About the Journal

Aims and Scope

The Journal of Evolving Sustainability publishes original research that contributes to the understanding, measurement, implementation, or evaluation of sustainability and sustainable development.

The journal welcomes quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, theoretical, conceptual, methodological, and evidence-synthesis research. Studies may operate at the micro, organisational, sectoral, national, regional, or global level.

Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Economic sustainability and development
  • Sustainable economic growth and structural transformation
  • Inclusive growth and shared prosperity
  • Poverty, inequality, livelihoods, and social protection
  • Financial inclusion and financial resilience
  • FinTech, digital finance, and sustainable financial systems
  • Banking, investment, capital markets, and sustainable finance
  • Microfinance and community-based financial systems
  • Financial literacy and financial behaviour
  • Entrepreneurship, innovation, and enterprise sustainability
  • Small and medium-sized enterprises and start-up ecosystems
  • Digital transformation and technology adoption
  • Employment, labour markets, human capital, and decent work
  • Education, skills development, and sustainable human development
  • Public policy, governance, institutions, and accountability
  • Business sustainability and responsible management
  • Corporate governance, corporate responsibility, and ESG
  • Environmental sustainability and natural-resource management
  • Climate change, adaptation, resilience, and transition
  • Energy systems and sustainable energy
  • Sustainable cities, communities, and urban development
  • Sustainable agriculture and food systems
  • Health, wellbeing, and sustainable development
  • Gender, inclusion, and social sustainability
  • Demographic change and population dynamics
  • Sustainable consumption and production
  • Circular economy and resource efficiency
  • Sustainable supply chains and operations
  • Technology, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies for sustainability
  • Sustainability measurement, indicators, and data
  • Sustainable development policy and implementation
  • The Sustainable Development Goals and their localisation
  • Resilience to economic, social, environmental, technological, and public-health shocks

The journal particularly encourages research that connects sustainability with institutions, markets, technology, human behaviour, and public policy, and that generates findings with implications for researchers, practitioners, policymakers, businesses, civil society, and other stakeholders.