Digital technologies offer powerful tools for organizations aiming to improve their environmental, social, and economic sustainability, contributing to sustainable development goals. By integrating smart systems into operations, companies can minimize their ecological footprint while enhancing productivity and resilience. This collection welcomes topics including, but not limited to:

Internet of Things (IoT) for the real-time monitoring of energy usage, waste, emissions, and equipment efficiency.

Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to process optimization, demand forecasting and waste reduction.

Cloud Computing enables scalable and remote operations with reduced physical infrastructure, minimizing energy

Blockchain enhances transparency in supply chains (e.g., tracking ethically sourced materials), promoting responsible sourcing and fair-trade practices.

Digital Twins for simulating operations to optimize performance and resource use.

Keywords:Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Blockchain, Production, Operation, Digital Technologies

Food goes far beyond nutrition. It reflects sociocultural identities and territorial heritage, consumption dynamics, economic development, public policies, sustainability concerns, food production, distribution and consumption. Understanding food production and food products, practices and strategies offers key insights into both historical traditions and contemporary lifestyles. Around the world, food and drink serve as powerful symbols of identity and attract interest through diverse value chains, economic interests and cultural expressions. On the other hand, traditional and local food systems contribute to cultural heritage, biodiversity conservation and sustainability matters from environmental, sociocultural and economic concerns.

The Collection "Food, societies and sustainability: Contemporary concerns around local food production and consumption" explores how food is locally produced, promoted and protected through public and private initiatives, food-based experiences, media platforms, and sustainable dietary and productive practices. It encourages contributions that examine how food concerns are shaped in contemporary societies, how globalization is affecting local food cultures, emphasizing the role of food as both tangible and intangible cultural heritage. Food preferences, food stereotypes, and attitudes towards food sustainability, analysed through the lenses of generational gaps and gender differences are also welcomed. This Collection seeks original research and case studies using both qualitative and quantitative methods.

Keywords: Food Systems, Food culture, Food Production, Locality, Heritage, Tourism, Gastronomy, Agricultural Biodiversity, Livestock Biodiversity, Food Sustainability, Regenerative Tourism.

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 2, SDG 3, SDG 4, SDG 5, SDG 10, SDG 12, and SDG 17.