Call for papers: Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability

Call for papers of the "Journal of Innovation Economics & Management". The idea of this call for papers is to combine both artificial intelligence (AI) and sustainability and investigating how AI solutions could offer the possibility of facing the challenges raised by sustainable development. [Picture: trahko - stock.adobe.com] Research on the relationships between AI and sustainability has mostly emphasized on machine learning models and algorithms on the environmental pillar of sustainability with a particular focus on climate change, transportation and mobility, sustainable agriculture, waste management, biodiversity, energy or pollution management. However, the literature sheds light on contradictory inputs from AI with both positive impacts by, for instance, reducing the effects of climate crisis or predicting climate change and negative consequences as being a source of pollution. Moreover, only few studies focus on the link between AI and societal or economic aspects of sustainability, and the existing results appear equally ambiguous. Therefore, in a world where AI and sustainability are of prime importance, further research is needed, and researchers are invited to explore and uncover the potential synergies and interactions between AI and sustainability, taking into consideration the triple bottom line and using a multi-scale approach. Emerging questions pertain to the role of firms as transmitters, mediators and/or users of information, governmental programs and policies, intellectual property and open access, demand-side interventions, such as influential consumer collectives, or citizenship and political social awareness.