Dear Colleagues,

Accelerating the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals Series: 
two specialist on-line events leading to special issues of the International 
Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

As a continuation of the events organised as part of the "Accelerating the Implementation of the 
Sustainable Development Goals Series",  two specialist on-line events leading to
special issues of the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education are currently
being organised.

1. Symposium and special issue on "Desigining and Implementing Sustainability Strategies
at Higher Education Institutions"
Scope: This event will focus on the presentation, documentation
and promotion of sustainability strategies at higher education institutions, including aspects of design and implementation
Date: Friday 8th October 2021 (10:00-15:00 Central European Time)
Deadline for abstracts: 30th June 2021
Deadline for registrations to attend the event: 10th September 2021
Deadline for full papers: 30th October 2021
Guest Editors:  Ana Margarida Simaens, Sara Moggi, Claudio Ruy Portela de Vasconcelos


2. Symposium and special issue on "Decarbonising University Campuses"
Scope: This event will focus on the presentation, documentation
and promotion of initiatives undertaken at higher education institutions, with a view
to reducing their carbon emissions and moving towards decarbonisation.
Date: Wednesday 13th October 2021 (10:00-15:00 Central European Time)
Deadline for abstracts: 30th June 2021
Deadline for registrations to attend the event: 10th September 2021
Deadline for full papers: 30th October 2021
Guest Editors:  Ayyoob Sharifi (University of Hiroshima, Japan) and Ismaila Abubakar Rimi (IAU, Saudi Arabia)

Expressions of interest to attend these events, initially consisting of an abstract
of 200 words with the title and an outline of the proposed papers, should be sent 
to the general e-mail address: [log in to unmask] within the respective deadlines.

The papers which have been accepted, presented and discussed at each of the events
may  be submitted for the specials issues of the International Journal of Sustainability
in Higher Education, published by Emerald Publishing (UK), which is the world´s
leading journal on sustainability in a higher education context:
http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/ijshe.htm.

Authors of selected abstracts will be informed about the further procedures.

A fee of € 100 will be charged to  delegates to offset the staff and preparation costs of the on-line events.
Registrations fees may be refunded (with a 50% processing charge) in case of cancellations until
one month before each event. After that date, no refunds are possible. Details on registrations
will be sent to the authors of those abstracts which have been accepted.

For further details and enquires, please feel free to contact the IUSDRP team at: [log in to unmask]
Please do not reply to this message: kindly send your abstract or any questions to this address only:
[log in to unmask] Once again: details will be sent to those authors whose abstracts have been
accepted.

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