Themes and Tracks
The conference is organised around the ISDRS core themes and tracks.
You can submit an abstract for an oral presentation in one of the following tracks, as well as an abstract for a poster presentation.
Submissions must be in English, the Conference will be held in this language completely.
Abstracts and papers will be published in proceedings (electronic book with ISBN):
- Book of abstracts ISBN 978-88-943228-1-1
- Book of papers ISBN 978-88-943228-6-6
Abstracts and Papers will be included in the proceedings only if at least one author has registered and paid the registration fee. One registration (any category) covers maximum two (2) papers.
ISDRS 2018 Core Themes and Tracks
1. Sustainability and science
1a. Theoretical approaches (sustainability science, resilience, transformations, post-normal science)
1b. Research methods and methodologies (including the role of academia, policy engagement and inter- as well as transdisciplinarity)
1c. Assessing sustainability (indicators and reporting)
2. Education
2a. Provision, quality of and access to education
2b. Educating for sustainability
3. Biodiversity and ecosystem services
3c. Ecosystem services (definition, measurement, multi-criteria valuation)
4. Climate change & Energy
4b. Affordable and clean energy
5. Production, consumption and innovation
5a. Corporate sustainability and CSR
5c. Circular economy, zero waste & innovation
5e. Sustainable consumption and consumers
5f. Food security and agriculture
5g. Special Track - Industrial symbiosis, networking and cooperation as part of industrial ecology
6. Sustainable cities and communities
6b. Urban and rural development
6c. Infrastructure and transportation
7. Economic aspects of sustainability
7a. Global in/equality and poverty
7c. Smart, inclusive and green growth - degrowth and planetary boundaries
8. Social foundations of sustainability
8a. Gender, inclusivity & human rights
9. Governance, power and institutions and overall weaknesses of the SDG system
9b. Scale(s) of governance (to include analysis of SDGs as a global scale initiative)
9c. Public participation, role of stakeholders