Call for Papers: Ecological Economics Special Issue on Behavioural Ecological Economics
Nives Della Valle
Dear colleagues,
I would like to announce an upcoming Special Issue of Ecological Economics on Behavioural Ecological Economics.
This special issue aims to
highlight the importance of the integration of behavioural economics into
ecological economics. While these fields have been largely studied in
isolation, a deeper understanding of their interaction is essential as the
socio-economic and sustainability challenges (such as climate change and
biodiversity loss) we face grow in complexity. Hence, this special issue will
promote studies that investigate what drives and inhibits the adoption of
prosocial and pro-environmental behaviours and citizenship practices, which
enable to achieve well-being for all while staying within planetary limits. It
will address the role that prosocial and pro-environmental behaviours play in
both shaping collective ecological action and enhancing justice (e.g.
procedural, intergenerational, distributional, etc.). It will evaluate the extent
to which alternative approaches to methodological individualism, like
ecological rationality, enable to better interpret ecological collective action
as the co-evolution between agents’ non-monetary motivations and their
relationships with nature and others.
We invite experimental, theoretical and empirical papers showing how behavioural economics can be integrated into ecological economics, and incorporating aspects ranging from the identification of behavioural levers and policy instruments that can support both sufficiency and justice, the advancement of analytical models of collective action that account for the complex relationships between humans and nature, to the consideration of facets like social, cultural and ethical values. The aim of this special issue is to enhance our understanding of how individual behaviour and collective actions can contribute to implement and foster an ecological transition in practice.
The editors of this special issue are Nives Della
Valle (European Commission Joint Research Centre), Leonardo Boncinelli,
(University of Florence), Tiziano Distefano (University of Florence), Tommaso
Luzzati (University of Pisa) and Ann-Kathrin Blankenberg (Bard College Berlin).
All contributions will go through the normal peer-review process and are expected to at least meet, if not exceed, the usual quality standards of articles published in Ecological Economics. This includes the possibility that a given contribution will not be published if it is found to be not suitable.
The special issue is open for submission starting from 1st October 2023. The deadline for submissions is 31st January 2024. Submissions must be made through the journal’s online submission platform Editorial Manager https://www.editorialmanager.com/ecolec/default1.aspx. We aim for publishing accepted publications from 1st October 2024.
The call for papers is attached.
For questions, contact any of the Guest Editors:
Nives Della Valle: nives.de...@ec.europa.eu
Leonardo Boncinelli: leonardo....@unifi.it
Tiziano Distefano: tiziano....@unifi.it
Tommaso Luzzati: tommaso...@unipi.it
Ann-Kathrin Blankenberg: a.blan...@berlin.bard.edu
We look forward to your submissions.
Thank you!
Nives