Twentieth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability

  • Pathways to Sustainability Innovation: Perspectives from Civil Society, Government and Business
  • 24-26 January 2024
  • University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal + Online

Research Network Chairs

David Humphreys

David Humphreys

Professor of Environmental Policy, The Open University, United Kingdom

(English)

José Gutiérrez-Pérez

José Gutiérrez-Pérez

Professor, Educational Research Methodology, Faculty of Science Education, Universidad de Granada, Spain

(Spanish)

Local Conference Chair

Marta Ferreira Dias

Marta Ferreira Dias

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Management, Industrial Engineering and Tourism, University of Aveiro / GOVCOPP, Portugal

Plenary Speakers

The Twentieth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability featured plenary sessions by some of the world’s leading thinkers and innovators in the field.

Tomás B. Ramos

Tomás B. Ramos

Professor of Sustainability Assessment and Planning, NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal

"Navigating New and Old Frontiers of Sustainability Assessment: What is still missing in Indicator-Based Approaches?"

Adelina Paula Pinto

Adelina Paula Pinto

Deputy Mayor of Guimarães City Hall, Portugal

"Municipalities and Sustainability: The Case of Guimarães"

Wencke Gwozdz

Wencke Gwozdz

Professor of Consumer Research and Vice Dean of the Department of Agricultural Sciences, Nutritional Sciences, and Environmental Management, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany.

"Pathways to Sustainable Consumption: Navigating Behavioral Change for Healthier and Greener Living"

David Humphreys

David Humphreys

Professor of Environmental Policy, The Open University, United Kingdom

"Responding to Planetary Change: What Role for the Social Sciences in the Anthropocene"

Emerging Scholar Awardees

For each conference, a small number of Emerging Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students and emerging scholars who have an active research interest in the conference themes. Emerging Scholars perform a critical role in the conference by chairing the parallel sessions, providing technical assistance in the sessions, and presenting their own research papers. The 2024 Emerging Scholar Award Recipients are as follows:

Alberto E. López Carrión

Alberto E. López Carrión

University of Valencia, Spain

(In-Person)

Russell Manser

Russell Manser

Texas Tech University, USA

(In-Person)

Claudia Ribeiro Pereira Nunes

Claudia Ribeiro Pereira Nunes

Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

(In-Person)

Naomi Alcaide Manthey

Naomi Alcaide Manthey

University of Copenhagen, Denmark

(In-Person)

Federica Panzarella

Federica Panzarella

KU Leuven, Belgium

(In-Person)

Bárbara Carvalho

Bárbara Carvalho

University of Aveiro, Portugal

(In-Person)

Gloria Schmitz

Gloria Schmitz

Northeastern University in Boston, USA

(In-Person)

Margarida Casau

Margarida Casau

University of Aveiro, Portugal

(In-Person)

Marta Macedo

Marta Macedo

University of Aveiro, Portugal

(In-Person)

Prudence Villanueva

Prudence Villanueva

Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada

(Online Only)

Asma Awan

Asma Awan

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA

(Online Only)

Mahsa Khatibi

Mahsa Khatibi

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Afghanistan

(Online Only)

Adriana Lozada

Adriana Lozada

University of La Serena, Chile

(Online Only)

Nancy Ladeinde

Nancy Ladeinde

Eastern Ilinois University, USA

(Online Only)

Local Organizing Committee

  • Mara Madaleno, University of Aveiro/GOVCOPP, Portugal
  • Margarita Robaina, University of Aveiro/GOVCOPP, Portugal
  • Marlene Amorim, University of Aveiro/GOVCOPP, Portugal
  • Sara Moreno Pires, University of Aveiro/GOVCOPP, Portugal

Conference Partner