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Announcing New Sustainability Research & Policy Network
We are pleased to announce the creation of Sustainability Research & Policy Network (SRPN). It will provide a worldwide, online community for research in all areas of sustainability and policy, following the model of other subject matter networks within SSRN.
We expect SRPN to become a comprehensive online resource for research in sustainability and policy, providing scholars with access to current work in their field and facilitating research and scholarship.
SRPN is sponsored by GSE Research, a new online publisher whose aim is to provide a valuable bridge between scholarly research and practice in the fields of governance, environment and sustainability. GSE offers a fast and friendly publication process and global dissemination of your work. Authors retain the right to publish later versions elsewhere if desired. SRPN's founding director is John Peters, CEO of GSE Research (john.peters@gseresearch.com) and is edited by Colin Fisher from Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, and Timothy M. Devinney from University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), Faculty of Business.
Initially, SRPN will begin with the following 25 Subject Matter eJournals, and subscriptions will be free during the start-up phase through September 2012. SRPN will also begin with two Research Paper Series - Center for Robust Decisionmaking on Climate & Energy Policy (RDCEP) Working Paper Series and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Discussion Paper Series - as noted below.
BUILT ENVIRONMENT eJOURNAL
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Editor: Colin Fisher,
Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University
Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts covering all aspects of the built environment including but not limited to: architecture, building materials, construction, housing, land use, regeneration and revitalization, restoration and conservation, sustainable design and urban design and planning.
Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts covering all aspects of the food industry including but not limited to: agribusiness, aquaculture, farming and agriculture, food production, food processing, food retail and food transport.
Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts covering all aspects of food politics and sociology including but not limited to: diet, food shortages and scarcity, globalization, hunger, malnutrition, nutrition, obesity, politics of food, vegetarianism and waste food.
Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts covering all aspects of nuclear energy management and research including but not limited to: cold fusion, nuclear energy politics, nuclear energy protests, nuclear power plants, nuclear waste management, plutonium enrichment, reactors and nuclear safety.
Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts covering all aspects of energy politics including but not limited to: carbon reduction, carbon trading, carbon taxation, coal, gas and oil.
Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts covering all aspects of environmental pollution including but not limited to: acid rain, air pollution, chemical pollution, contamination, toxins, water pollution, remediation and clean up.
Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts covering all aspects of renewable energy including but not limited to: alternative fuels, biofuels, geothermal energy, hydro power, hydrogen, solar energy and wind power.
CONSUMER SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY eJOURNALSOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT eJOURNAL
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Editor: Timothy M. Devinney, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), Faculty of Business
Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts related to the interface between the social activities of firms, their corporate social responsibility stance, and customers. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, consumers' willingness to pay for the social attributes of products, the role of social responsibility in influencing consumer attitudes and perceptions, and how consumer demand can influence firm product and service decisions.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) eJOURNAL
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Editor: Colin Fisher, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University
Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts covering all aspects of corporate social responsibility including but not limited to: accountability, compliance, corporate governance, corporate reporting, fair trade, regulation, stakeholders, standards and triple bottom line.
CSR & MANAGEMENT PRACTICE eJOURNAL
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Editor: Timothy M. Devinney, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), Faculty of Business
Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts related to corporate social responsibility as it relates to management practice. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the role of a corporation's social stance on aspects of the practice of management not covered by other eJournals. In particular, this eJournal is an excellent outlet for managerial or practitioner studies.
EMPLOYEE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY & HR PRACTICES eJOURNAL
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Editor: Timothy M. Devinney, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), Faculty of Business
Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts related to the interface between the social activities of firms, their corporate social responsibility stance, and current and potential employees. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the role of social responsibility in influencing employee attitudes, perceptions, satisfaction and job choice, and how labor market demand can influence the firm's social responsibility activities.
HUMAN RIGHTS & THE CORPORATION eJOURNAL
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Editor: Timothy M. Devinney, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), Faculty of Business
Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts related to the interface between the social activities of firms with respect to human rights and aspect of the firm's operations and performance. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, corporate activities to enhance human rights, the impact of human rights transgressions and promotion on performance, and how the corporate sector can be a force for influencing human rights globally.
INVESTMENT & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY eJOURNAL
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Editor: Timothy M. Devinney, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), Faculty of Business
Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts related to the interface between the social activities of firms, their corporate social responsibility stance, and investment and investor behaviour. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the role of corporate social responsibility plays in influencing investor attitudes and perceptions, the willingness of potential investors to invest in a company's operations, and how capital markets demand can influence a firm's social responsibility activities.
LAW, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS & CSR eJOURNAL
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Editor: Timothy M. Devinney, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), Faculty of Business
Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts related to the interface between the legal and international affairs domain and a firm's CSR activities. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the role that the law (both local and global) and international agreements and agencies play in influencing the CSR stance of firms and the degree to which corporate actions influence the form and function of international law and supranational authorities.
NGO & NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS eJOURNAL
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Editor: Timothy M. Devinney, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), Faculty of Business
Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts related to the interface between the third sector - NGOs and other non-profit organizations - and the social and corporate activities of firms.
SOCIAL INNOVATION eJOURNAL
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Editor: Timothy M. Devinney, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), Faculty of Business
Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts related to the innovation in the social domain. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, de novo innovation by NGOs and non-profit organizations, the innovative output of alliances between corporate and third-sector organizations, entrepreneurial activities that address social issues in unique and different ways, and entrepreneural activities that generate positive social and economic returns.
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN PRODUCTION & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT eJOURNAL
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Editor: Timothy M. Devinney, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), Faculty of Business
Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts related to the interface between the social activities of firms, their corporate social responsibility stance, and the operations of their supply chains and production operations. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the role corporate social responsibility plays in productivity, the efficiency and innovation of the supply chain and production processes, and the role that corporations play in policing the supply chain to enhance social welfare of the communities in which their suppliers operate.
STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT & STAKEHOLDER RESPONSIBILITIES eJOURNAL
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Editor: Timothy M. Devinney, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), Faculty of Business
Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts related to the management of stakeholders as a group. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, who is a stakeholder, how stakeholders gain legitimacy and influence corporate actions, how conflicting stakeholders can be managed, and whether or not stakeholder management is a superior alternative to standard management practices.
Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts covering all aspects of socially responsible investment including but not limited to: carbon trading, carbon finance, environmental finance, green investment, microcredit, microfinance, social enterprise and sustainable development.
Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts covering all aspects of sustainability and economics including but not limited to: sustainable capitalism, globalization, developing world, poverty, sustainable growth, social economics and the World Trade Organization.
Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts covering all aspects of sustainability at work including but not limited to: employment, enterprise, sustainable business, ethics, industrial waste, leadership and sustainability, recycling, renewable resources and research and development.
Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts covering all aspects of sustainable technology including but not limited to: biotechnology, information technology, nanotechnology, innovation, invention, patents, social technologies, sustainable technology, clean technology and green technology.
Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts covering all aspects of sustainable transport including but not limited to: air transport, freight transport, passenger transport, public transport, rail, roads, sea and waterways.
Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts covering all aspects of waste management including but not limited to: dumping, hazardous waste, nuclear waste, industrial waste, recycling, sewage, waste disposal and food waste.
Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts covering all aspects of water sustainability including but not limited to: fishing, fresh water, coastal waters, ice, oceans, rivers, waterways and lakes, water pollution, water supply and wetlands.
The Center for Robust Decision Making on Climate and Energy Policy (RDCEP) brings together experts in economics, physical sciences, energy technologies, law, computational mathematics, statistics, and computer science to work on a series of tightly connected research programs. Ultimately this research aims to improve the computational models needed to evaluate climate and energy policies, and to make robust decisions based on outcomes. The Center was established in September of 2010 by the University of Chicago in partnership with several universities and national laboratories and is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through the Decision Making Under Uncertainty (DMUU) program. The RDCEP working papers series is published electronically and is available online.
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) seeks sustainable solutions for ending hunger and poverty. The Institute's main outcome is policy information that leads to changes in food policy that improve the lives of poor people and promote sustainable food production. This vision of ending hunger is based on the human rights to adequate food and freedom from hunger, and the recognition of the dignity inherent in all human beings. It is a vision of a world where every person has secure access to sufficient and safe food to sustain a healthy and productive life and where food-related policy decisions are made transparently, including the participation of consumers and producers. IFPRI is committed to providing global food policy knowledge as an international public good; that is, it provides knowledge relevant to decisionmakers both inside and outside the countries in which it undertakes research. New knowledge on how to improve the food security of low-income people in developing countries is expected to result in large social benefits, but in most instances the private sector is unlikely to carry out research to generate such knowledge. IFPRI views both public organizations and the private sector in food systems as objects of study and as partners.
Posted 2/10/12