Network priorities for social sustainability research and education: Memorandum of the Integrated Network on Social Sustainability Research Group

Co-authorship network analysis and social network indicators of coronavirus research

Background and aim: The aim of this study was to examine the status of documents related to coronavirus based on scientometric indicators and to draw a co-authorship map of authors, organizations and countries producing an article to get to know this field as much as possible. Materials and methods: This applied-scientometric was conducted using social network analysis. The statistical populati...

Social and Cultural Sustainability

Of building cultural centers in all communities and with any kind of attitude has always been one of the designers’ issues. When we use the term in ordinary daily conversation, we often think of culture as an equivalent to the “higher things of the mind”- art, literature, music and painting. According to sociologists, the concept of culture includes such activities, but also far more. Culture c...

Understanding Classrooms through Social Network Analysis: A Primer for Social Network Analysis in Education Research

Social interactions between students are a major and underexplored part of undergraduate education. Understanding how learning relationships form in undergraduate classrooms, as well as the impacts these relationships have on learning outcomes, can inform educators in unique ways and improve educational reform. Social network analysis (SNA) provides the necessary tool kit for investigating ques...

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Social Sustainability a Design Research Approach to Sustainable Development

While issues such as clean production and energy efficiency are still central in sustainable development discourse, attention is increasingly on patterns of consumption at multiple levels in society. This opens new opportunities and responsibilities for design research, as we shift from a focus on product lifecycles to people’s lifestyles. It also requires further understanding the ‘social sust...

A mission statement and research agenda for the Sustainability Transitions Research Network