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International Sustainability Conference 2015***Tuesday 25th – Friday 28th August 2015.***The International Sustainability Transitions Conference (IST 2015) will be hosted by SPRU (Science Policy Research Unit) at the University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton (UK).This year’s theme is ‘Sustainability Transitions and Wider Transformative Change: Historical Roots and Future Pathways’ which aims to view sustainability transitions with a long-term perspective. The conference will not only explore transitions in individual systems, but also investigate broader transformations of entire economies, societies and political systems.As in previous years, the conference will provide opportunities for scholars to share theoretical, empirical and practical advances in the field of sustainability transitions.The planning and preparing for this year’s International Sustainability Transitions Conference hosted by SPRU (Science Policy Research Unit) is in full swing. We have received many proposals, and whilst the call for papers has now officially closed, submissions will be received up to the 20th March 2015.Sustainability transitions are transformations of major socio-technical systems of provision and use in areas such as energy, water, mobility, and food, towards more sustainable ways of production and consumption. This is a multi-disciplinary field with inputs from economics, science and technology studies, geography, political science, management, sociology and history.The conference is part of the activities of the Sustainability Transitions Research Network (STRN) and is linked to the journal Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions.website: http://www.ist2015.org/indexCall for papers - IST FINAL