Call for Papers | Sustainability Analytics and Modeling

The Special Issue "Sustainability Analytics and Modeling: Mainstreaming Assessment Methods and Development Strategies for Resilient, Circular, Digital and Inclusive Cities. Analytics and OR applications at EURO 2025" emphasizes the role of assessment and evaluation methods and development strategies in supporting the development of the built environment and including citizens in the transformation of cities.

This Special Issue is dedicated to the 34th European Conference on Operational Research (EURO) 2025. Participants of the conference and from the entire community of academics and practitioners working in the field of urban development and environmental management are encouraged to submit relevant work.

Guest Co-Editors include three professors of the Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning-DIST at Politecnico di Torino, Sara Torabi Moghadam, Patrizia Lombardi, and Virginia Pellerey.

The deadline for submitting papers is December 31, 2025.

Topics:
Possible topics that are of interest for this special issue include, but are not limited to:

• Assessment methods and evaluation techniques for inclusive, resilient, and circular cities,
• Multi-criteria Spatial Decision Support System (MC-SDSS) tools for the sustainability of the built environment,
• Digital tools to support inclusion and participation in decision-making processes,
• Balancing economic, environmental, and social objectives in urban development,
• Climate change mitigation and adaption, and resilience measures,
• Circular economy concepts for urban sustainability,
• Technological and organizational tools to increase transparency and collaboration between stakeholders,
• The role of policy and regulation for urban sustainability.

For further details on the Call, please visit the website.