Journal of Education for Sustainable Development
Conservation | Development Studies (General) | Environmental Studies/Physical Geography (General)
The Journal of Education for Sustainable Development (JESD) is a forum for academics and practitioners to share and critique innovations in thinking and practice in the emerging field of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). A peer-reviewed international journal, JESD aims at global readership and is published twice a year.
The journal seeks articles from the field of environmental education, which pioneered much of the work in ESD, as well as from economics, communications, education, social sciences and the humanities.
The journal is formatted in sections of news, opinion, project descriptions, research, academic opportunities and reviews. Research articles develop, test, or advance ESD theory, research or practice. Project descriptions focus on innovative ESD projects and programmes. A special section addresses international news and events related to the Education for Sustainable Development. The journal publishes reviews of books, videos/films, curricula, and other print and nonprint ESD materials and programmes. Notes and comments from readers continue the discussion.
Contributions to all sections are welcome.
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).The Journal of Education for Sustainable Development (JESD) is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes empirical as well as research articles, reports and essays relating to all aspects of the emerging field of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) as it is practiced in formal primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, community organisations, government agencies, businesses and nonprofit organisations around the world.
Launched during the UN Decade for Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014), the journal seeks to provide an ongoing forum to share, analyze and examine thinking and practice in ESD; and to keep academics and practitioners abreast with the latest developments in the field. The scope of content is kept wide so as to cover all fields of formal and non formal ESD. The journal shares how teachers and educators in diverse fields can facilitate learning that is multidisciplinary, cross-cutting and holistic while enabling learners to address issues of local as well as global importance. Additionally, it aims to strike a balance in the geographical focus by covering innovations and research right across the globe.
The journal invites articles from the field of environmental education–which pioneered much of the work in ESD; as well as from all diverse disciplines as part of the urgent need to integrate ESD thinking and practice into every aspect of human activity. The journal specifically invites research articles on pioneering work in integrating ESD into disciplines in ways that challenge the traditional silo approach to education and practice.
Prithi Nambiar | Senior Programme Director, Centre for Environment Education, Ahmedabad, India |
Janki Shah | Programme Director, Centre for Environment Education, Ahmedabad, India |
Kartikeya V Sarabhai | Director, Centre for Environment Education, Thaltej Tekra, Ahmedabad, India |
Stephen Sterling | Professor of Sustainability Education, Centre for Sustainable Futures, Plymouth University, UK |
Neil Pratt | Sr. Environmental Affairs Officer, Outreach and Major Groups Implementation and Technical Support, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, World Trade Center, Canada |
Peter Blaze Corcoran | Director, Center for Environmental and Sustainability Education, College of Arts & Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers FL, USA |
Zinaida Fadeeva | Research Fellow, Education for Sustainable Development Programme, UNU-IAS, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan |
John Fien | Executive Director, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia |
Maocir Gadotti | Director General, Paulo Freire Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
James Hindson | Environmental Education Consultant, Shrewsbury, UK |
Ryokichi Hirono | Professor Emeritus, Seikei University, Tokyo, Japan |
Charles Hopkins | UNESCO Chair of Education for Sustainable Development, York University, Toronto, Canada |
Alexander Leicht | Chief of Section, Section of Education for Sustainable Development, Division for Teaching, Learning and Content Education Sector, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Organization (UNESCO), Paris, France |
Frans Lenglet | Senior Advisor, Swedish International Centre of Education for Sustainable Development, Gotland University, Visby, Sweden |
Rupert Maclean | Visiting Professor, Institute for Policy Research, University of Bath, England, UK |
Rosalyn McKeown | Programme Specialist, Section for Education for Sustainable Development, Division for Peace and Sustainable Development, UNESCO, Paris, France |
Akpezi Ogbuigwe | Director, Advancement and Linkages Center, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, Nigeria & Founder, ANPEZ Center for Environment and Development, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria |
Mahesh Pradhan | Head, Environmental Education and Training Unit, United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya |
Ahmad Qablan | Associate Professor of Science Education, Department of Curricula & Instruction, College of Educational Sciences, the Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan |
Heila Lotz Sisitka | Professor & Chair: Environmental Education, Director: Centre for Postgraduate Studies, Rhodes University Education Department, ELRC , South Africa |
Jim Taylor | Director, Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa, Howick, South Africa |
Daniella Tilbury | Vice-Chancellor and CEO, University of Gibraltar, Europa Point Campus, Gibraltar, UK |
Mirian Vilela | Executive Director, Earth Charter International Secretariat and Earth Charter Center for Education for Sustainable Development at the UPEACE, Costa Rica |
A H Zakri | Director, Centre for Global Sustainability Studies, University Sains, Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia |
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