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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    29 Oct 2025
    
                                    Barbara Marchetti,                             Guido Castelli and                             Francesco Corvaro                        
    
                    https://doi.org/10.54175/hsustain4040015
            
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                            Article    23 Oct 2025
    
                                    Mehdi Hesam,                             Alfonso A. Vargas-Sánchez,                             Nima Moshiri Langroudi,                             Younes Saeedi Saraee and                             Zeynab Dargahi                        
    
                    https://doi.org/10.54175/hsustain4040014
            
        Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 4, pp. 216–239
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 4, pp. 216–239
    147 Views35 Downloads
                            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
    609 Views94 Downloads
                            Article    29 Oct 2025
    
                                    Barbara Marchetti,                             Guido Castelli and                             Francesco Corvaro                        
    
                    https://doi.org/10.54175/hsustain4040015
            
        Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 4, pp. 240–255
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 4, pp. 240–255
    31 Views8 Downloads
Article    23 Oct 2025
    
                                    Mehdi Hesam,                             Alfonso A. Vargas-Sánchez,                             Nima Moshiri Langroudi,                             Younes Saeedi Saraee and                             Zeynab Dargahi                        
    
                    https://doi.org/10.54175/hsustain4040014
            
        Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 4, pp. 216–239
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 4, pp. 216–239
    147 Views35 Downloads
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
    288 Views47 Downloads
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
    478 Views120 Downloads
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
    609 Views94 Downloads
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    31 May 2025
    
                                    Vassilios Makrakis,                             Nelly Kostoulas-Makrakis,                             Omar Ramzy and                             Mohammed Anwar                        
    
                            
                                    Increasing numbers of refugee children enter host countries’ public schools. Yet, most refugee children’s education is carried out through refugee community schools, mainly by unqualified teachers. This study examines critical elements impacting teacher training satisfaction, emphasizing
                                                    
                    
                            
            
                                    Increasing numbers of refugee children enter host countries’ public schools. Yet, most refugee children’s education is carried out through refugee community schools, mainly by unqualified teachers. This study examines critical elements impacting teacher training satisfaction, emphasizing instructors’ preparedness and skill, and the effectiveness of training outcomes within a post-graduate program to improve education for refugee children. It supports the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially SDG10, which calls for lowering inequality, and SDG4, which strongly emphasizes high-quality education. A sizable sample of 306 out of 386 individuals who had finished the RefTeCp capacity-building program participated in the study. These people worked in various educational environments, such as community schools for refugees and private establishments. The study guaranteed its legitimacy through a thorough reliability analysis and content evaluation. Multiple regression techniques were used in data analysis to identify the crucial factors influencing teacher training satisfaction. According to key findings, the efficiency of teaching materials and instructors’ abilities to manage blended learning environments substantially correlate and explain teacher training satisfaction. The study’s results highlight several essential facets of teacher professional development, such as focusing on suitable high-quality blended learning materials and resources to improve refugee students’ learning needs and experiences. Continuing teacher capacity-building interventions, and allowing refugee teachers to participate, can significantly contribute to reducing inequities and, ultimately, to a more equitable and just society.
                                
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        Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 2, pp. 146–157
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 2, pp. 146–157
    1373 Views249 Downloads
Review    21 May 2025
    
                                    Hüseyin Emre Ilgın and                             Özlem Nur Aslantamer                        
    
        Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 2, pp. 122–145
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 2, pp. 122–145
    1594 Views269 Downloads
Article    16 Apr 2025
    
                                    Enrique Javier Díez Gutiérrez,                             Luisa María García Salas,                             Sara Aguilar Moya,                             Kelly Romero Acosta,                             Antonio Pérez Robles,                             José Jesús Trujillo Vargas,                             Ignacio Perlado Lamo de Espinosa and                             Luis Miguel Mateos Toro                        
    
        Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 2, pp. 108–121
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 2, pp. 108–121
    1629 Views436 Downloads
Article    3 Apr 2025
    
                                    Martin Wynn and                             Peter Jones                        
    
        Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 2, pp. 95–107
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 2, pp. 95–107
    1687 Views1431 Downloads
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
    7913 Views4933 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
    7535 Views4513 Downloads12 Citations
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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        Highlights of Sustainability
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
    6932 Views2858 Downloads4 Citations
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
    5017 Views3758 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
    6228 Views1586 Downloads9 Citations
Article    6 May 2022
    
                                    Marjan Marjanović,                             Wendy Wuyts,                             Julie Marin and                             Joanna Williams                        
    
        Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 1 (2022), Issue 2, pp. 65–87
Volume 1 (2022), Issue 2, pp. 65–87
    5587 Views1570 Downloads14 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    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
    5252 Views1569 Downloads2 Citations
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