Population ageing has been a focus of research since the 1960s (Michael et al. 2006), and it has become a domain of international discussions, debates and research throughout a myriad of disciplines including housing, urban planning and real estate (Buffel and Phillipson 2016, van Bronswijk 2015, Kort …

On April 30, 2019, the European Directive (2019/633) on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain entered into force. The directive was the result of debates on a fairer supply chain that could be traced back for at least a decade. The main …

Following up on recent sociological attention to how futures are imagined and how views of the future influence economic and political action, this mini-conference aims to create an interdisciplinary dialog on time horizons presumed or articulated by theorists, professionals, activists, journalists, …

As education in Vietnam is still too intensively focused on theory, a learning forum at the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh city is a necessary development. It is situated inside an infrastructural cloverleaf of freeways and surrounded by a university campus, a High-Tech Park and a Theme park. Theory and practice …

This article will discuss liberal arts college students’ perceptions of environmental and ecological justice. Complementing emerging studies of education that tackles human-environment relationships, this article discusses student assignments related to the debates in social/environmental and ecological …

This article will discuss philosophical debates on economic growth and environmental sustainability, the role of management responsibility, and the risk of subversion to business as usual. This discussion will be framed using the concepts of Cradle to Cradle (C2C) and Circular Economy about sustainable …

How can transport and land-use transitions in urban regions be understood and supported? This question is increasingly relevant for researchers and policy makers alike given the growing urgency of sustainability issues confronting cities and the limited improvements can be observed despite continued …

This entry begins by reviewing the definitions of “human”, “environment” and “dichotomy”, consequently turning to the debates concerning the human–environment relationship. Synthesizing various studies, the capability of advanced tool use; language, hyper-sociality, advanced cognition, morality, civilization, …

Student achievement is a frequently debated issue in many European countries. In most public debates, it is assumed that all school-level stakeholders hold the same beliefs about student achievement. This paper contributes to the debate by presenting the results of research on the beliefs of teachers …

Climate change is one of the key societal challenges of our times, and its debate takes place across scientific disciplines and into the public realm, traversing platforms, sources, and fields of study. The analysis of such mediated debates has a strong tradition, which started in communication science …