SUST - Advancing Sustainability Solutions project is a part of the VUB Large Research Group, involving Mobilise, Centre for Environment, Economy and Energy (C3E) and Centre for Digitalisation, Democracy and Innovation (CD2I).
The mission of SUST is to advance the transition to a green, digital and just society through a deep understanding of the processes, policies and actors involved in making change.
We believe this can be achieved through a coherent, well-defined research agenda that examines interlinkages across policy fields and sectors, mobilises actors and supports policymaking. By advancing sustainability transitions, we hope to create a more just and equitable world that can meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Our three research lines, "Analysing sustainability, mobilising people, governing the change," reflects this commitment to transition to a more sustainable society and a way to structure our research lines within the larger group.
These research lines bring together the different tools and research approaches to answer the following questions: what can be called sustainable? (analysis of sustainability), how do we let people participate and engage? (mobilising people), and which policies approaches are necessary to govern the change? (governing the change).
