Special Issue Sustainability in Dispute: Governance, Social inequalities and Environmental Justice

This special issue emerges from the result of the International Colloquium held in the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland (November 2024) under Scientific direction of Prof. Dr. iur. Rahma Bentirou Mathlouthi (HES-SO), held in Fribourg, Switzerland, under the theme Gouvernance et justice socio-environnementale. The colloquium brought together researchers, professionals, and social actors to critically examine the tensions between prevailing environmental governance models and the growing demands for socio-environmental justice, opening a productive scientific debate that this special issue aims to further develop and disseminate.

The guest editors for this special edition are:

Prof. Dr. Allívia Rouse Carregosa Rabbani (IFBA | IFS, Brazil)

Prof. Dr. Anderson Orestes Cavalcante Lobato (FURG | MDA, Brazil)

Prof. Dr. iur. Rahma Bentirou Mathlouthi (HES-SO, Switzerland)

 

Topics of Interest

Environmental governance, institutions, and public policy

Environmental injustice and the unequal distribution of risks and impacts

Social movements, resistance, and struggles for territory and rights

Sustainability, the SDGs, and the 2030 Agenda: progress and contradictions

Race, class, gender, and socio-environmental vulnerability

Environmental law, regulation, and access to justice

Global South perspectives on sustainable development

Social work and professional intervention in socio-environmental contexts

 

Submission Guidelines

Languages accepted: English, Portuguese, Spanish and French

Submission deadline: July 31, 2026

Expected publication: until first semester of 2027

Submissions must be made on the journal's website and comply with the journal's editorial guidelines, available at: Campos Neutrais - Latin American Journal of International Relations - https://periodicos.furg.br/cn/about/submissions

All articles will undergo double-blind peer review