
CfP: Special Issue on "The Role of Universities in Regional Transitions towards Sustainability"
4. März 2020

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Researchers have the chance to publish their research in the journal "Sustainability".
The Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) publishes different Open Access journals for instance the journal "Sustainability". This Special Issue aims to bring together researchers from multiple disciplines to contribute to the theoretical and practical understanding of the role of universities in regional transitions towards sustainability. All researchers are welcomed; from relevant domains to submit papers that address the overarching concerns including, but not limited to:
- The interdependence between universities and the emergence of regional transition paths towards sustainability;
- Application of the multilevel perspective to understand the role of universities in regional sustainability transitions;
- The positioning of universities within multiactor strategies for sustainability at the regional level;
- Drivers and barriers within universities for establishing regional change agency towards sustainability;
- Transition processes within universities that aim at increasing their ability to contribute to sustainable regional development and at creating sustainable universities.
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2020. Intereseted persons are invited to express their interests to publish an article via e-mail until end of March 2020.
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited.
Contact: Prof. Dr. Daniel Schiller: daniel.schiller(et)uni-greifswald.de(daniel.schiller"AT"uni-greifswald.de)
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Verena Radinger-Peer: verena.radinger-peer(et)boku.ac.at(verena.radinger-peer"AT"boku.ac.at)
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