CUP: Announcing Global Sustainability, a new Open Access launch from Cambridge

Cambridge University Press is pleased to announce a major new open-access journal, Global Sustainability, to publish significant research advances and policy-relevant reviews and commentaries addressing Earth-system resilience, sustainability and solutions in the context of rapid global change.

Cambridge University Press have appointed Professor Johan Rockström as Editor-in-Chief. Professor Rockström, Professor of global sustainability at Stockholm University and Director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, is an internationally renowned scientist and thought leader on resilience, global sustainability and sustainable development. He also serves as an advisor to many international organizations and governments.

“In the face of profound change and uncertainty at a global scale we need to think differently, act differently and do science differently. Quite simply, in the Anthropocene the stability of the Earth system is no longer assured. We urgently need new types of research that will provide essential knowledge and solutions from local to global scale for a planet under pressure,” said Professor Rockström. “Global Sustainability will be the first journal dedicated to this vital new research. A journal like this would have been impossible a decade ago. But the Anthropocene changes everything,” he added.

The Earth system is changing rapidly as a result of human pressures with long-term consequences for all societies and species on Earth. The interdisciplinary research field of global sustainability science is expanding rapidly to understand the phenomenon and explore solutions for long-term stability. The journal will provide a forum for research in Earth system analysis, integration and modeling, incorporating economic and social dynamics from local to global scales.

Matthew Day, Head of Open and Data Publishing at Cambridge University Press, added, “We are excited to be working with Professor Rockström and the rest of the Editorial Board on this journal. Global sustainability is a hugely important new field of research, and this new journal is a key element in our major initiative to substantially develop our portfolio in critical subject areas.”

Global Sustainability joins MRS Energy and Sustainability as a second interdisciplinary sustainability-focused Cambridge journal, broadening our commitment to this field.

For more information, please visit the Journal’s website: www.gsus-journal.com

About Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press is part of the University of Cambridge. It furthers the University’s mission by disseminating knowledge in the pursuit of education, learning, and research at the highest international levels of excellence. Its extensive peer-reviewed publishing lists comprise over 50,000 titles covering academic research, professional development, over 350 research journals, school-level education, English language teaching, and bible publishing. Playing a leading role in today’s international market place, Cambridge University Press has more than 50 offices around the globe, and it distributes its products to nearly every country in the world.

For further information about Cambridge University Press, visit cambridge.org.

About Global Sustainability

Global Sustainability is a new Open Access journal that will publish interdisciplinary original research, reviews and commentaries addressing how human activities interact with Earth system dynamics. Without profound societal transformations, humanity risks destabilising the Earth system. In the last decade, the research field of global sustainability science has expanded rapidly to explore human social and economic pressure on the whole Earth system. This journal will explore global sustainability, planetary and societal resilience and solutions for societal transformations.

For more information, go to www.gsus-journal.com.

Submissions will be open from May 2016. We welcome pre-submission enquiries to gsus@cambridge.org

Source: Notification from CUP from 18.04.2016Cambridge University Press is pleased to announce a major new open-access journal, Global Sustainability, to publish significant research advances and policy-relevant reviews and commentaries addressing Earth-system resilience, sustainability and solutions in the context of rapid global change.

Cambridge University Press have appointed Professor Johan Rockström as Editor-in-Chief. Professor Rockström, Professor of global sustainability at Stockholm University and Director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, is an internationally renowned scientist and thought leader on resilience, global sustainability and sustainable development. He also serves as an advisor to many international organizations and governments.

“In the face of profound change and uncertainty at a global scale we need to think differently, act differently and do science differently. Quite simply, in the Anthropocene the stability of the Earth system is no longer assured. We urgently need new types of research that will provide essential knowledge and solutions from local to global scale for a planet under pressure,” said Professor Rockström. “Global Sustainability will be the first journal dedicated to this vital new research. A journal like this would have been impossible a decade ago. But the Anthropocene changes everything,” he added.

The Earth system is changing rapidly as a result of human pressures with long-term consequences for all societies and species on Earth. The interdisciplinary research field of global sustainability science is expanding rapidly to understand the phenomenon and explore solutions for long-term stability. The journal will provide a forum for research in Earth system analysis, integration and modeling, incorporating economic and social dynamics from local to global scales.

Matthew Day, Head of Open and Data Publishing at Cambridge University Press, added, “We are excited to be working with Professor Rockström and the rest of the Editorial Board on this journal. Global sustainability is a hugely important new field of research, and this new journal is a key element in our major initiative to substantially develop our portfolio in critical subject areas.”

Global Sustainability joins MRS Energy and Sustainability as a second interdisciplinary sustainability-focused Cambridge journal, broadening our commitment to this field.

For more information, please visit the Journal’s website: www.gsus-journal.com

About Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press is part of the University of Cambridge. It furthers the University’s mission by disseminating knowledge in the pursuit of education, learning, and research at the highest international levels of excellence. Its extensive peer-reviewed publishing lists comprise over 50,000 titles covering academic research, professional development, over 350 research journals, school-level education, English language teaching, and bible publishing. Playing a leading role in today’s international market place, Cambridge University Press has more than 50 offices around the globe, and it distributes its products to nearly every country in the world.

For further information about Cambridge University Press, visit cambridge.org.

About Global Sustainability

Global Sustainability is a new Open Access journal that will publish interdisciplinary original research, reviews and commentaries addressing how human activities interact with Earth system dynamics. Without profound societal transformations, humanity risks destabilising the Earth system. In the last decade, the research field of global sustainability science has expanded rapidly to explore human social and economic pressure on the whole Earth system. This journal will explore global sustainability, planetary and societal resilience and solutions for societal transformations.

For more information, go to www.gsus-journal.com.

Submissions will be open from May 2016. We welcome pre-submission enquiries to gsus@cambridge.org

Source: Notification from CUP from 18.04.2016