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Aims and Scope
Highlights of Sustainability is an international, transdisciplinary journal focusing on environmental, economic, social as well as cultural, technological, and political fields about sustainability and sustainable development. The journal serves as a platform for addressing and discussing theoretical and practical studies related to natural and social sciences as well as humanities about sustainability in corporations, governments, education institutions, regions, and societies.
As a scholarly open access journal, Highlights of Sustainability encourages researchers to publish their experimental and methodical results in as much detail as possible to promote the development of new technologies and new sustainability solutions. The journal accepts research articles and reviews.
As a scholarly open access journal, Highlights of Sustainability encourages researchers to publish their experimental and methodical results in as much detail as possible to promote the development of new technologies and new sustainability solutions. The journal accepts research articles and reviews.
Highlights of Sustainability is an international, transdisciplinary journal focusing on environmental, economic, social as well as cultural, technological, and political fields about sustainability and sustainable development. The journal serves as a platform for addressing and discussing theoretical and practical studies related to natural and social sciences as well as humanities about sustainability in corporations, governments, education institutions, regions, and societies.
As a scholarly open access journal, Highlights of Sustainability encourages researchers to publish their experimental and methodical results in as much detail as possible to promote the development of new technologies and new sustainability solutions. The journal accepts research articles and reviews.
The journal will cover topics including:
As a scholarly open access journal, Highlights of Sustainability encourages researchers to publish their experimental and methodical results in as much detail as possible to promote the development of new technologies and new sustainability solutions. The journal accepts research articles and reviews.
The journal will cover topics including:
- circular economy
- climate change
- defining and quantifying sustainability
- education and sustainability
- effects of global climate change on sustainability
- energy resources management and assessment
- environmental degradation
- environmental impact assessment
- environmental law
- environmental protection
- environmental resources management
- environmentally-friendly chemical engineering
- green building
- green technologies
- health and environment
- heritage conservation
- human population control
- human well-being and social equality
- land use
- local and individual lifestyles
- measuring sustainability
- natural capital and biodiversity
- natural resources management
- overconsumption
- policies and laws related to sustainability
- policies for sustainable development
- pollution
- poverty
- renewable energy
- supply chain management
- sustainable agriculture and food security
- sustainable tourism
- sustainability assessment tools
- urban and regional planning
- urban planning and transport
- waste
- water pollution and sanitation
- and others as related to sustainability
Article 23 Dec 2025
Waleed Mugahed Al-Rahmi
Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 4, pp. 329–352
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 4, pp. 329–352
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Article 23 Dec 2025
Ga-won Song, Eunhwa Yang and Cheol-Jae Yoon
Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 4, pp. 299–328
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 4, pp. 299–328
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Article 4 Dec 2025
Aivars Spilbergs, Biruta Dzērve, Sandra Ozoliņa, Gunta Innuse-Breidaka, Tatjana Mavrenko, Laima Čable, Agnese Vincēviča, Biruta Sloka, Ginta Tora and Kristīne Liepiņa
This study examines the primary risks associated with using generative artificial intelligence (GAI) in social science research and proposes a framework for higher education institutions to effectively manage these risks. As universities increasingly integrate GAI into
This study examines the primary risks associated with using generative artificial intelligence (GAI) in social science research and proposes a framework for higher education institutions to effectively manage these risks. As universities increasingly integrate GAI into teaching, research, and administration, concerns around intellectual property, academic integrity, data privacy, and ethical use have intensified. This paper explores the adequacy of current legal frameworks in addressing these challenges, drawing on recent legal analyses and institutional practices. Survey data reveal statistically significant differences in perceptions of the need for GAI guidelines based on respondents’ age, education level, field of study, research experience, and geographic region. The findings underscore the urgency of developing adaptive, risk-based policies that support responsible integration of GAI while safeguarding academic standards. The study concludes by proposing guiding principles for a dynamic legal framework that balances innovation with accountability. These recommendations aim to support sustainable and ethical GAI adoption in higher education institutions and contribute to the broader discourse on responsible AI governance in academia.
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Volume 4 (2025), Issue 4, pp. 285–298
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 4, pp. 285–298
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Article 26 Nov 2025
Kurt Orkun Aktaş, Ajda Zaim, Özlem Nur Aslantamer, Gözen Güner Aktaş and Hüseyin Emre Ilgın
Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 4, pp. 256–284
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 4, pp. 256–284
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Article 29 Oct 2025
Barbara Marchetti, Guido Castelli and Francesco Corvaro
Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 4, pp. 240–255
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 4, pp. 240–255
496 Views146 Downloads
Article 23 Dec 2025
Waleed Mugahed Al-Rahmi
Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 4, pp. 329–352
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 4, pp. 329–352
39 Views13 Downloads
Article 23 Dec 2025
Ga-won Song, Eunhwa Yang and Cheol-Jae Yoon
Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 4, pp. 299–328
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 4, pp. 299–328
35 Views12 Downloads
Article 4 Dec 2025
Aivars Spilbergs, Biruta Dzērve, Sandra Ozoliņa, Gunta Innuse-Breidaka, Tatjana Mavrenko, Laima Čable, Agnese Vincēviča, Biruta Sloka, Ginta Tora and Kristīne Liepiņa
This study examines the primary risks associated with using generative artificial intelligence (GAI) in social science research and proposes a framework for higher education institutions to effectively manage these risks. As universities increasingly integrate GAI into
This study examines the primary risks associated with using generative artificial intelligence (GAI) in social science research and proposes a framework for higher education institutions to effectively manage these risks. As universities increasingly integrate GAI into teaching, research, and administration, concerns around intellectual property, academic integrity, data privacy, and ethical use have intensified. This paper explores the adequacy of current legal frameworks in addressing these challenges, drawing on recent legal analyses and institutional practices. Survey data reveal statistically significant differences in perceptions of the need for GAI guidelines based on respondents’ age, education level, field of study, research experience, and geographic region. The findings underscore the urgency of developing adaptive, risk-based policies that support responsible integration of GAI while safeguarding academic standards. The study concludes by proposing guiding principles for a dynamic legal framework that balances innovation with accountability. These recommendations aim to support sustainable and ethical GAI adoption in higher education institutions and contribute to the broader discourse on responsible AI governance in academia.
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Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 4, pp. 285–298
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 4, pp. 285–298
357 Views55 Downloads
Article 26 Nov 2025
Kurt Orkun Aktaş, Ajda Zaim, Özlem Nur Aslantamer, Gözen Güner Aktaş and Hüseyin Emre Ilgın
Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 4, pp. 256–284
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 4, pp. 256–284
347 Views63 Downloads
Article 29 Oct 2025
Barbara Marchetti, Guido Castelli and Francesco Corvaro
Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 4, pp. 240–255
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 4, pp. 240–255
496 Views146 Downloads
Article 23 Oct 2025
Mehdi Hesam, Alfonso A. Vargas-Sánchez, Nima Moshiri Langroudi, Younes Saeedi Saraee and Zeynab Dargahi
Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 4, pp. 216–239
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 4, pp. 216–239
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Review 17 Oct 2025
Jesús Huerta de Soto, Antonio Sánchez-Bayón and Philipp Bagus
This paper reviews the efficiency and sustainability of the management model during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond. There is a comparison between the centralized bureaucratic management versus the agile market alternative or spontaneous and flexible social
This paper reviews the efficiency and sustainability of the management model during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond. There is a comparison between the centralized bureaucratic management versus the agile market alternative or spontaneous and flexible social coordination. This is a study of Political Economy, Management, and Health Economics from the perspective of Austrian economics, with special attention to the Spanish case. The analysis is based on Mises theorem about the impossibility of economic calculation under centralized coactive systems, and other economic principles. In this context, we also pay attention to collateral problems of the centralized and coactive management. Finally, we propose a solution based on dynamic efficiency and the constitutions of wellbeing economics based on digitalization.
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Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 4, pp. 205–215
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 4, pp. 205–215
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Article 8 Sep 2025
Larry Dwyer
Across the social sciences, wellbeing measures are being developed to cover a more comprehensive picture of factors contributing to quality of life. However, ongoing neglect of the wellbeing outcomes of tourism activity has restricted the relevance
Across the social sciences, wellbeing measures are being developed to cover a more comprehensive picture of factors contributing to quality of life. However, ongoing neglect of the wellbeing outcomes of tourism activity has restricted the relevance of much tourism research, practice and policymaking globally. These include failure to recognise human wellbeing as the primary aim of any industrial development, including tourism; adherence to a superficial conception of the nature of wellbeing and its measures; a failure to acknowledge that human wellbeing, beyond “needs”, is an essential component of sustainable development; tourism stakeholder adherence to a primarily static, rather than dynamic conception of sustainability; failure to distinguish between “weak” and “strong” sustainability; uncritical adoption of a pro-growth mindset that is steadily depleting and degrading the resources and the wellbeing of life on the planet; failure to incorporate wellbeing outcomes into tourism business mission statements; and failure to treat seriously the need for tourism degrowth at least for some sectors of the industry. To address such failures, tourism decisionmakers must incorporate stakeholder wellbeing outcomes into conceptual analysis, empirical research and policy assessment.
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Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 3, pp. 192–204
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 3, pp. 192–204
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Article 4 Sep 2025
Noha Emara, I-Ming Chiu and Sheila Warrick
Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 3, pp. 174–191
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 3, pp. 174–191
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Systematic Review 3 Jul 2025
Samson Toye Abiodun and Mehmet Recai Uygur
This research investigates the role of line managers in encouraging prosocial behavior that improves sustainability at the individual level in organizations. Based on a meta-analysis of the last ten years of research literature consisting of 15
This research investigates the role of line managers in encouraging prosocial behavior that improves sustainability at the individual level in organizations. Based on a meta-analysis of the last ten years of research literature consisting of 15 studies, it underlines the impact of transformational, servant, and inclusive leadership on the level of trust, emotional commitment, and shared purpose within the organization. Its emergent culture and internal climates strengthened leadership’s impact on fostering prosocial behavior. Benefits include enhanced employee well-being, improved productivity, and heightened engagement. This study highlights the emotionally responsive leadership and the appreciation of organizational culture needed to perpetuate prosocial behavior, offering actionable insights for leadership and organizational transformation. This study approaches sustainability from a social perspective, framing “individual sustainability” as the employee’s ongoing capacity for well-being and interpersonal engagement within the organization.
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Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 3, pp. 158–173
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 3, pp. 158–173
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Article 18 May 2023
Larry Dwyer
Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 2 (2023), Issue 2, pp. 83–99
Volume 2 (2023), Issue 2, pp. 83–99
9711 Views6048 Downloads13 Citations
Article 29 Apr 2022
Richard W. Butler and Rachel Dodds
Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 1 (2022), Issue 2, pp. 54–64
Volume 1 (2022), Issue 2, pp. 54–64
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Article 26 Aug 2022
Stephen K. Wegren
Although Russia’s grain growing regions have experienced episodic droughts, the financial impact of climate change has to date been modest when measured in terms of value of production lost. As industrial agriculture continues to emit greenhouse
Although Russia’s grain growing regions have experienced episodic droughts, the financial impact of climate change has to date been modest when measured in terms of value of production lost. As industrial agriculture continues to emit greenhouse gases, the impact of climate change will intensify, making Russia’s southern regions drier and hotter, and potentially forcing a structural shift in production northward, an event that will lead to lower yields and grain output. The sustainable sector in Russia’s agricultural system is not able to compensate for lower grain output in the south, nor is it able to feed the nation or ensure food security across the full spectrum of commodities that consumers expect. The prospect of Russia as a declining grain power impacts the dozens of nations that import Russian grain, most notably authoritarian regimes in the Middle East.
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Volume 1 (2022), Issue 3, pp. 188–201
Volume 1 (2022), Issue 3, pp. 188–201
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Article 7 Feb 2024
Tsz Hin Hui, Nadine Itani and John F. O’Connell
Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 3 (2024), Issue 1, pp. 61–75
Volume 3 (2024), Issue 1, pp. 61–75
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Review 8 May 2023
Annette Toivonen
Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 2 (2023), Issue 2, pp. 75–82
Volume 2 (2023), Issue 2, pp. 75–82
5765 Views4308 Downloads5 Citations
Article 6 Dec 2022
Julia Hillmann, Anne Bergmann and Edeltraud Guenther
This paper investigates the time-dependent effects of building organizational resilience. So far, empirical research only finds evidence that organizational resilience provides benefits in the long term. For the short and medium term, the link remains unclear
This paper investigates the time-dependent effects of building organizational resilience. So far, empirical research only finds evidence that organizational resilience provides benefits in the long term. For the short and medium term, the link remains unclear. On the one hand, literature indicates that building organizational resilience is costly. On the other hand, actions to build organizational resilience are perceived by investors, which should provide immediate positive effects for companies. This study investigates these two assumptions in the climate change context. We apply multiple regression analysis to study the relationship between resilience capabilities and different measures of financial performance. For market value and financial volatility, our findings indicate that building organizational resilience provides immediate benefits. For the total stock return index, we find only benefits that materialize with a time lag. We find no evidence at all that building resilience capabilities is related to costs in terms of lower accounting-based financial performance. Overall findings indicate that building organizational resilience is advantageous as it prepares an organization to face the challenges of climate change and, at the same time, provides financial benefits.
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Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 1 (2022), Issue 4, pp. 233–252
Volume 1 (2022), Issue 4, pp. 233–252
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Article 8 Sep 2022
Annalisa Stacchini, Andrea Guizzardi and Michele Costa
Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 1 (2022), Issue 3, pp. 202–223
Volume 1 (2022), Issue 3, pp. 202–223
6958 Views1697 Downloads9 Citations
Review 18 Apr 2024
Md Tasbirul Islam, Usha Iyer-Raniga and Amjad Ali
Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 3 (2024), Issue 2, pp. 129–162
Volume 3 (2024), Issue 2, pp. 129–162
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Article 23 Aug 2024
Gulnara N. Nabiyeva and Stephen M. Wheeler
Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 3 (2024), Issue 3, pp. 294–307
Volume 3 (2024), Issue 3, pp. 294–307
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Article 6 Oct 2023
Felice Diekel, Vanessa Bach and Matthias Finkbeiner
This article is part of the Special Issue Capturing the Sustainable Impact of Early-Stage Business Models.
Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 2 (2023), Issue 4, pp. 207–223
Volume 2 (2023), Issue 4, pp. 207–223
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