08 JUN 2026 (MON) 09:00-10:00

Departmental Research Seminars Series

Publishing Sustainability Research

Date: 08 JUN 2026 (Monday)

Time: 09:00-10:00 (HKT)

Venue: Chamber, Faculty of Social Sciences, 11/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU

Registration link: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=106843

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Abstract:

The talk will provide a brief overview about the sustainability research domain (what the overall research focus is, the approach to understand problems and provide evidence, the mission), the associated publishing challenges (evaluating the outcome of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary efforts) to then conclude with Nature Sustainability editorial processes (editorial assessment, peer review, projects).

Monica Contestabile

Chief Editor, Nature Sustainability, SpringerNature

Monica joined the Nature family in 2011 as a Senior Editor at Nature Climate Change, where she handled original research and review articles across the entire breadth of social sciences, and interdisciplinary articles integrating natural and social science disciplines in the context of climate and global environmental change. She became the launching Chief Editor of Nature Sustainability in 2016. Monica completed her doctoral studies in environmental and development economics at the University of Naples Federico II, Italy; she then held a visiting professor position at University Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, and subsequently joined the sustainable consumption team at WWF-UK where she gained invaluable experience about the challenges of bridging the gap between research and policy domains. Monica is based in Berlin.

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