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Quadruple Helix - Social Sciences and Humanities Symposium - Springer - 25 - 02 - 2022
Quadruple Helix - Social Sciences and Humanities Symposium - Springer - 25 - 02 - 2022
Sustainable development is an overarching concept that now permeates all areas of society and all
scientific disciplines. The social sciences and humanities can contribute greatly to sustainable
development at various levels. The quadruple helix approach includes the following areas: (1)
government (with all institutions, legal frameworks, systems, policies, strategies and action plans),
(2) academia (focusing on R&D and education), (3) community (focusing on the broad societal
issues from the general public to marginalized groups) and (4) industry (focusing on market
positions, product/service development, entrepreneurship, corporate social responsibility, carbon
footprint, green economy and much more).
Sustainable development is of course not limited to the areas mentioned topics above, as it is an
integrative field with many different aspects. Specific sustainable development topics such as
sustainable tourism, sustainable consumption, greenwashing, and many more are the target of this
call. In addition, contributions from a wide variety of interdisciplinary and theoretical perspectives
are welcome, such as environmental/social laws and policies, natural resources law, sustainability,
and environmental/social justice, EU environmental/social legislation, reflexive
environmental/social law, etc.
It is important to emphasize that we draw on the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development
which provide for: (1) no poverty, (2) zero hunger, (3) good health and well-being, (4) quality
education, (5) gender equality, (6) clean water and sanitation, (7) affordable and clean energy, (8)
decent work and economic growth, (9) industry, innovation and infrastructure, (10) reduced
inequalities, (12) responsible consumption and production, (13) climate action, (14) life below
water, (15) life on land, (16) peace and justice strong institutions, (17) partnership for the goals.
All topics that fit within the mentioned goals are targeted with this call.
The deadline for submission of manuscripts (min. 3,000 words) within a Springer template
is February 25, 2022, Submission of full papers (Deadline extended).
Conference Proceedings:
Papers that are accepted and presented during ISDC 2022 will be published in the
Springer’s LNNS series
and will be indexed in ISI Proceedings, SCOPUS, Google Scholar, and Springerlink.
Peer review:
Papers whose content is determined to be within the scope of the conference topics will be sent
out for peer review by two experts in the field. Papers will be evaluated based on relevance, level
of novelty, depth of contribution, and overall quality. Submitted papers must be original,
unpublished, and not currently under review by any other journals or conferences.
Paper formatting and submission:
Full Papers must be formatted according to the Springer template (download template). The
minimum word count is 3000 words.