Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that Sustainability will be awarding five Travel Awards for junior scientists. Applications will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee consisting of senior scholars from the Sustainability Editorial Board. 

This award provides financial support to help the winners to attend an international conference (both virtual and physical conferences included) in the field of sustainability and sustainable development to be held in 2022 in order to give a presentation, present a poster, or both.

Candidate Requirements:
– Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students.
– Plans to attend an international conference in 2022 (oral presentation or poster). 

Required Application Documents:

1. Information on the conference the applicant is planning to attend and the abstract that will be submitted.
2. Curriculum Vitae and a list of publications.
3. Justification letter describing the focus of the research (max. 800 words).
4. Letter of recommendation from the supervisor, research director, or department head that also confirms the applicant’s status as a postdoctoral fellow/PhD student.

The winners (five awardees) will each be awarded CHF 600 as well as a certificate. 

Please submit your applications for the Sustainability 2022 Travel Awards online by 31 January 2022. Prizes will be awarded at the end of March 2022 and announced on the Sustainability website.

Dear colleagues,

On behalf of the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen, we wish to acknowledge our reviewers who have so generously given their time to reviewing the papers submitted to Sustainability. We will present an award to the reviewers who have demonstrated their dedication, professionalism, and timeliness in reviewing manuscripts for Sustainability.

What are the pre-requisites to be eligible for this award?

• All of the reviewers for Sustainability in 2021 will be automatically included.

Select Criteria:

• Number of review reports (only first review reports are considered);
• Review quality based on the rating given in SuSy;
• Review speed.

What will the winners receive?
There will be five winners this year, and each will receive the following:

• 500 Swiss Francs;
• A certificate.

When will the winners be announced?

• The winners will be announced in March 2022 on the journal website.

How can I make myself eligible?

• If you have not yet reviewed papers for Sustainability, but would like to do so, you can register as a reviewer using the following link: https://susy.mdpi.com/volunteer/profile/edit.

Kind regards,
Sustainability Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that Sustainability is now inviting nominations for the Sustainability 2021 Young Investigator Award. This prize will be given to one young investigator in recognition of their excellence in the field of sustainability and sustainable development. All nominations will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen.                                                                                                               

The Prize:

− CHF 2000 (Swiss Francs);
− An engraved plaque.

Eligibility and Requirements:

− Must have a PhD degree;
− Must be below 35 years of age by 31 December 2021;
− Must have produced ground-breaking research and made a significant contribution to the advancement of sustainability and sustainable development;
− Candidates must be nominated by senior scientists.

List of Documents for Nomination

–Detailed Curriculum Vitae, including an updated publication list and a list of the researcher’s own research grants;
− Birth certificate or other proof of age;
− Scanned copy of doctorate certificate;
− Signed nomination letters from two established senior scientists.

Schedule

Open for nominations: 18 June 2021;
Nomination deadline: 31 December 2021;
Winner announcement: 20 May 2022.

How to submit nominations?

The nominations must be submitted online.

Contact
Ms. Helena Pei
Marketing Specialist
Email: [email protected]

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the Sustainability 2020 Best Paper Awards for research and review articles published in Sustainability from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020. One review and three research articles will each receive an award. The papers will be selected after thorough evaluation by the journal Award Committee led by the EiC, and the winners will be announced in May 2022.

Eligibility for the awards:
– Papers published in Sustainability from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020;
– Open to all career levels;
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions.

Selection Criteria:
The papers will be selected by the journal Award Committee according to the following criteria (data source: Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)):
– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Relevance to the journal’s field;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citation and download rates in 2021.

Prizes:
– One review award: 500 CHF;
– Three research article awards: First Place Award: 800 CHF; Second Place Award: 500 CHF; Third Place Award: 300 CHF;
– Each winner will also receive a certificate.

The winners will be announced on the journal website in May 2022.

Kind regards,
Sustainability Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Sustainability Travel Awards for 2021.

The awards have been granted to:

Sayyed Rasoul Khayyam Nekouei from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia;

Georgia A. Papacharalampous from Roma Tre University, Italy;

Raquel Filipa da Costa Viveiros from NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal;

Rajesh Pathak from South Dakota State University, USA.

With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. We congratulate all of the winners on their accomplishments.

Sustainability 2021 Travel Awards Evaluation Committee

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Sustainability 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Awards. The Sustainability Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by all of our reviewers in checking the manuscripts submitted to Sustainability. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.

Jose Manuel Diaz-Sarachaga
Universidad de Oviedo, Spain

Pasquale Marcello Falcone
University of Naples Parthenope, Italy

Otilia Manta
Romanian Academy, Romania

Elżbieta Macioszek
Silesian University of Technology, Poland

Romina Fucà
University of Macerata, Italy

Kind regards,

Sustainability Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Sustainability 2020 Young Investigator Award is Dr. Alvaro de Gracia.

Dr. de Gracia is a post-doctoral researcher and assistant professor at the University of Lleida. He produced groundbreaking research in the field of renewable energy systems, heat storage and LCA studies and contributed significantly to the advancement of sustainability and sustainable development.

He has co-authored about 80 journal papers, published in leading professional venues (60 of his papers were published in Q1 journals defined by ISI). The Scopus database lists 96 of his publications since 2010, the majority of them in peer-reviewed journals. The overall citations reached 3952, or 3724 without self-citations. His Google Scholar profile lists more than 6000 citations, with an H-index of 35.

As the awardee, Dr. de Gracia will receive an honorarium of 2000 CHF and an engraved plaque.

We would like to express our gratitude to all the participants of the Sustainability 2020 Young Investigator Award and the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of all the excellent nominations.

Sustainability Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Sustainability Travel Awards for 2020.

The awards have been granted to Margarita Triguero-Mas, who is from Autonomous University of Barcelona; Baojie He, who is from the University of New South Wales; Marco Schiavon, who is from the University of Trento and Heewon Lee, who is from Florida State University.

With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, we congratulate the winners on their accomplishments.

Sustainability Editorial Office

The editorial team would like to congratulate the winners of the 2019 Sustainability Best Paper Awards, who were chosen by a selection committee chaired by the Editor-in-Chief, Professor Marc A. Rosen.

The following papers, in no particular order, have won first prize in the 2019 Sustainability Best Paper Awards:

Article:
Social Sustainability: A New Conceptual Framework
Sustainability 2017, 9(1), 68; doi: 10.3390/su9010068
Available online: https://0-www-mdpi-com.brum.beds.ac.uk/2071-1050/9/1/68

Review:
Maturity Models in Supply Chain Sustainability: A Systematic Literature Review
Sustainability 2017, 9(1), 64; doi: 10.3390/su9010064
Available online: https://0-www-mdpi-com.brum.beds.ac.uk/2071-1050/9/1/64

The following paper has won second prize in the 2019 Sustainability Best Paper Awards:

Worldwide Research on Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in Public Buildings
Sustainability 2017, 9(8), 1294; doi: 10.3390/su9081294
Available online: https://0-www-mdpi-com.brum.beds.ac.uk/2071-1050/9/8/1294

The following papers, in no particular order, have won and will share third prize in the 2019 Sustainability Best Paper Awards:

Reconfiguring Urban Sustainability Transitions, Analysing Multiplicity
Sustainability 2017, 9(2), 299; doi:10.3390/su9020299
Available online: https://0-www-mdpi-com.brum.beds.ac.uk/2071-1050/9/2/299

Enabling Value Co-Creation in the Sharing Economy: The Case of Mobike
Sustainability 2017, 9(9), 1504; doi: 10.3390/su9091504
Available online: https://0-www-mdpi-com.brum.beds.ac.uk/2071-1050/9/9/1504

The five winners will receive a certificate and each winner will additionally receive a bonus based on the award class:

Article Awards:

First Place Award: 500 CHF
Second Place Award: 300 CHF
Third Place Award: 200 CHF

Review Award: 300 CHF

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Best Paper Awards. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all our authors for your continued support of Sustainability.

Kind regards,

Sustainability Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

The Sustainability Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy given by reviewers in checking manuscripts submitted to Sustainability. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.

The following referees have been selected to receive Sustainability 2019 Outstanding Reviewer Awards for the quantity, timeliness, and quality of their reviews in 2019.

Frank Li
Richard Ivey School of Business, Western University

Otilia Manta
Romanian Academy, Center for Financial and Monetary Research

Hossein Azadi
Department of Geography, Ghent University

Haozhi Pan
School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Dmitry Ruban
K.G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management (the First Cossack University)

Each winner will receive a certificate and 500 CHF.

Sustainability Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, I am pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Sustainability Travel Awards. In the aim of helping PhD students or postdoctoral fellows in sustainable environment, sustainable economy, sustainable energy, and sustainable urban communities travel to an international scientific meeting of their choice in 2019, the Travel Awards have been granted to the following exceptional individuals:

Hao Li, a PhD student from University of Texas at Austin, will attend the ‘3rd International Conference on Catalysis and Chemical Engineering’, 25–27 February 2019, in Houston TX, USA, to present his research, via the following paper: “Rational Design of High-Performance Environmentally Sustainable Catalysts: A Fast Theoretical Guide to Experiments”.

Francesco Aletta is a Post-doctoral fellow from University College London. He will attend the conference ‘23rd International Congress On Acoustics (ICA 2019)’ to present his research, via the following paper: “Positive health-related effects of experiencing urban soundscapes: A systematic review”.

Monika Egerer is a PhD student from University of California. Her research involves ecology and agroecology; biodiversity and ecosystem services; urban ecology; climate change and sustainable food systems. She will attend the ‘International Association for Landscape Ecology (iale) World Congress’ in July 2019 in Milano, Italy.

Claudia Schwirplies, a Post-doctoral fellow from Universität Hamburg, will attend ‘Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economist (EAERE)’, 26–29 June 2019, in Manchester, UK. She will present her paper “Meaty arguments: Field experimental evidence on the effectiveness of different reasons to reduce meat consumption”.

With many high-quality applications for the awards, the evaluation and decision process was difficult, and we would like to thank all applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of all at Sustainability, I congratulate the winners for their accomplishments.

Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen, Editor-in-Chief
Chair of Evaluation Committee

Dear Colleagues,

The Editor-in-Chief of Sustainability, Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen; the Editorial Board and the Editorial Team gratefully acknowledge all those who have kindly given their time to referee papers submitted to Sustainability and are delighted to announce the winners of the 2018 Sustainability Outstanding Reviewer Awards. The criteria used for the selection of the winning reviewers included the quantity of papers reviewed, quality of reviews, and speed of reviews.

Congratulations to the following referees, who have been selected to receive an Outstanding Reviewer Award in recognition of their significant contributions over the past year:

Roberto Cerchione, University of Naples Parthenope
Ştefan Cristian Gherghina, Bucharest University of Economic Studies
Tamás Bányai, University of Miskolc
Kathy Lewis, University of Hertfordshire

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2018 Sustainability Young Investigator Award is Dr. Riccardo Accorsi.

Dr. Accorsi is a Senior Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Italy. He has an extremely strong track record, and exemplary references and publications. Furthermore, he has carried out ground-breaking research in sustainable food supply chain management and has thereby made a significant contribution to the advancement of an important area in the field of sustainability. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Accorsi on receiving this award, and for his outstanding achievements.

As the awardee, Dr. Accorsi will receive an honorarium of 2000 CHF and an engraved plaque.

We would like to thank all the applicants in various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee members for their evaluation of the abundant, excellent applications.

Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen
Editor-in-Chief, Sustainability

The Sustainability Editor-in-chief, Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen, the Editorial Board and the Editorial Team gratefully acknowledge all those who have kindly given their time to referee papers submitted to Sustainability, and are delighted to announce the winners of the Sustainability Outstanding Reviewer Awards for 2017. The criteria used for the selection of the winning reviewers were quantity, quality and speed of reviews.
Congratulations to the following referees who have been selected to receive an ‘Outstanding Reviewer Award’ in recognition of their significant contributions over the past year:

Rui Cunha Marques, University of Lisbon
Miguel Amado, University of Lisbon
John Coulter, Griffith University
Yongrok Choi, Inha University