Twenty Second International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece+ Online
20th to 22nd April 2026
Rhodes, Greece
CALL FOR PAPERS
https://onsustainability.com/2026-conference
Place: University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece + Online
Format: In-Person (Location) and Online (Asynchronous Content)
Dates: 20-22 April 2026
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PLENARY SPEAKERS
Phoebe Koundouri, Professor at the Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece; Research Professor at the Technical University of Denmark, Denmark; Honorary Visiting Professor at the University of Cambridge, UK
Stergios Vakalis, Assistant Professor, Department of Environment, University of the Aegean, Greece
Björn Hassler, Professor, Södertörn University, Sweden
David Humphreys, Emeritus Professor, Environmental Policy, The Open University, UK
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SPECIAL FOCUS: Unseen Sustainability: Addressing Hidden Risks to Long-Term Wellbeing for All
Climate change has become the predominant focus of environmental discussions. However, the current discourse often suffers from "carbon myopia", a "carbon tunnel vision", overlooking the interconnected and equally pressing challenges that threaten the stability of our natural systems. Beyond the critical issues of biodiversity loss and freshwater depletion, a broader range of urgent threats exists, which are less visible but pose severe risks to long-term wellbeing for all (sustainability).
While there are a range of both hidden social and environmental issues, this year's theme highlights these overlooked yet urgent environmental challenges. In turn we emphasize the need for a more holistic approach to organizational decision-making, including government and corporate strategies to include all these foundational issues as hard parameters. To secure long-term wellbeing for all, it is crucial to expand our focus beyond carbon emissions and integrate these hidden risks into our organizational frameworks, ensuring that the health of all environmental systems are respected and addressed if we are to achieve a state where our collective wellbeing is assured.
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CONFERENCE THEMES
Theme 1: Ecological Realities
Theme 2: Participatory Process
Theme 3: Economic, Social and Cultural Context
Theme 4: Education, Assessment, and Policy
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ON SUSTAINABILITY JOURNAL COLLECTION
Exploring interdisciplinary perspectives on sustainability, where environmental, cultural, economic, and social concerns intersect. Supporting a member-based, scholar-led knowledge community.
https://onsustainability.com/journals
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ABOUT US
Founded in 2005, the On Sustainability Research Network is brought together by a common concern for sustainability in a holistic perspective, where environmental, cultural, economic and social concerns intersect.
https://onsustainability.com/about
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RELATED CONFERENCES
We also offer related thematic events in our other Research Networks that you might be able to attend in-person. This way we build for our Research Network Members flexible, and at the same time resilient, spaces for communication, engagement, and participation.
View other Common Ground Research Networks conferences: https://cgnetworks.org/conferences/conference-calendar
Enquiries: support@cgnetworks.org
Web address: https://onsustainability.com/2026-conference
20th to 22nd April 2026
Rhodes, Greece
CALL FOR PAPERS
https://onsustainability.com/2026-conference
Place: University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece + Online
Format: In-Person (Location) and Online (Asynchronous Content)
Dates: 20-22 April 2026
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PLENARY SPEAKERS
Phoebe Koundouri, Professor at the Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece; Research Professor at the Technical University of Denmark, Denmark; Honorary Visiting Professor at the University of Cambridge, UK
Stergios Vakalis, Assistant Professor, Department of Environment, University of the Aegean, Greece
Björn Hassler, Professor, Södertörn University, Sweden
David Humphreys, Emeritus Professor, Environmental Policy, The Open University, UK
--------
SPECIAL FOCUS: Unseen Sustainability: Addressing Hidden Risks to Long-Term Wellbeing for All
Climate change has become the predominant focus of environmental discussions. However, the current discourse often suffers from "carbon myopia", a "carbon tunnel vision", overlooking the interconnected and equally pressing challenges that threaten the stability of our natural systems. Beyond the critical issues of biodiversity loss and freshwater depletion, a broader range of urgent threats exists, which are less visible but pose severe risks to long-term wellbeing for all (sustainability).
While there are a range of both hidden social and environmental issues, this year's theme highlights these overlooked yet urgent environmental challenges. In turn we emphasize the need for a more holistic approach to organizational decision-making, including government and corporate strategies to include all these foundational issues as hard parameters. To secure long-term wellbeing for all, it is crucial to expand our focus beyond carbon emissions and integrate these hidden risks into our organizational frameworks, ensuring that the health of all environmental systems are respected and addressed if we are to achieve a state where our collective wellbeing is assured.
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CONFERENCE THEMES
Theme 1: Ecological Realities
Theme 2: Participatory Process
Theme 3: Economic, Social and Cultural Context
Theme 4: Education, Assessment, and Policy
--------
ON SUSTAINABILITY JOURNAL COLLECTION
Exploring interdisciplinary perspectives on sustainability, where environmental, cultural, economic, and social concerns intersect. Supporting a member-based, scholar-led knowledge community.
https://onsustainability.com/journals
--------
ABOUT US
Founded in 2005, the On Sustainability Research Network is brought together by a common concern for sustainability in a holistic perspective, where environmental, cultural, economic and social concerns intersect.
https://onsustainability.com/about
--------
RELATED CONFERENCES
We also offer related thematic events in our other Research Networks that you might be able to attend in-person. This way we build for our Research Network Members flexible, and at the same time resilient, spaces for communication, engagement, and participation.
View other Common Ground Research Networks conferences: https://cgnetworks.org/conferences/conference-calendar
Enquiries: support@cgnetworks.org
Web address: https://onsustainability.com/2026-conference
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