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enlightenedSustainability Nexus Forum is succeeding Sustainability Management Forum as an inter- and transdisciplinary journal which prioritises Nexus perspectives in the realm of Sustainability Transformation. Read more about the relaunch of the journal over here.enlightened


Sustainability Nexus Forum  derives its mission from three crucial assumptions:

  1. The transformation of our world towards sustainability, as laid out in the 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals, is a central challenge for inter- and transdisciplinary research and effective policy implementation.
  2. This transformative task requires a nexus perspective to succeed – this being an approach that theoretically understands, and practically enhances, the governance of sustainability transformations in terms of their explicit interlinkages across actor groups, sectors, scales, and policy levels.
  3. Academic research, policy-making, and societal dynamics need fora for mutual exchange, transfer and learning to foster intellectual openness, creative pioneers, and strong coalitions – both in research and practice.

With these motivations in mind, the Sustainability Nexus Forum extends a warm welcome to inspiring contributions across all those research fields that aim to:

Ø  Contribute to a better understanding of sustainability transformations and their enhancement across the globe and in all relevant aspects, trends, and (emerging) requirements.

Ø  Incorporate the complex interdependencies of environmental, societal, and economic systems (‘nexus’), as well as the strategic interactions of individual actions, managements, policies or governance responses in multi-sector, multi-level or polycentric settings.

Ø  Promote unique perspectives with regard to science-policy advice, the role of knowledge and transfer, or the dissemination of divergent positions, dynamics, drivers to, or barriers of sustainability transformations.

Publications in Sustainability Nexus Forum shall not be restricted to specific well-established academic perspectives. Rather, the Journal’s guiding interest – in line with its three key motivations – span a wide and inclusive plethora of themes that can be both transcended and criticized. Indeed, we are interested in expanding upon previously-established discussions e.g., on environmental management and governance, the resource nexus and human-environmental interactions, global sustainability governance, green economy topics, (inter)national policies towards climate neutrality and circularity. We are also equally interested in the boundaries of these fields; on new emerging topics, and stimulating perspectives, e.g. related to technological change and digital disruptions as an urgent sustainability issue, to protest and civil disobedience, to the future of planetary environmental and biodiversity observation, or to global dynamics in times of multiple crises.

Editors-in-Chief
  • Edeltraud Guenther,
  • Dirk Messner
Managing Editor
  • Saroj Kumar Chapagain
Submission to first decision (median)
3 days
Downloads
123,310 (2023)

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Journal updates

  • New Launch in 2023

    We are very pleased to announce the launch of the Sustainability Nexus Forum (SNF) in January 2023. Read more about the relaunch of the journal over here.

  • Upcoming Topical Collections

    With the new launch in 2023 Sustainability Nexus Forum welcomes submissions to upcoming topical collections. All topical collections are opened for submissions and can be viewed on the collections page

    1. Nexus Perspectives for Sustainability Transformation

    2. Nexus Perspectives for Sustainable, Just and Timely Transitions in the Era of Climate Change, Geopolitical Tension and Energy Insecurity

    3. The Resource Nexus for New Modes of Science-Policy Interaction

    4. Sustainability Nexus Perspectives on Water Security and Climate Resilience

    5. Data for Good: Promoting Data-Driven Nexus Approaches to Sustainability

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2948-1627
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