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Impact of public environmental participation on air pollution control: A dual examination of we-media attention and government environmental regulation 公众环境参与对大气污染治理的影响：自媒体关注和政府环境监管的双重考察

IF 3.3 2区社会学

Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2025-06-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100839

Pingping Ma , Ming Zhang , Yan Song

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Bridging the digital gap: Empirical insights into agri-food supply chain transformation 弥合数字鸿沟：对农业食品供应链转型的实证见解

IF 3.3 2区社会学

Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2025-06-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100810

Peiyun Yu , Roshayati Abdul Hamid , Lokhman Hakim Osman , Jing Liao

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Optimization of the agricultural and forestry biomass power generation supply chain considering multi-period inventory 考虑多期库存的农林生物质发电供应链优化

IF 3.3 2区社会学

Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2025-06-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100831

Zhenfeng Wang , Yanru You , Zhanwu Wang , Heng Wang

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Towards sustainable energy futures: multi-objective policy framework for integrating high penetration of renewable energy sources into energy systems 迈向可持续能源的未来：将可再生能源的高度渗透纳入能源系统的多目标政策框架

IF 3.3 2区社会学

Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2025-06-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100814

Farnam Dehghani, Mohammad Agha Shafiyi

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Environmental performance indicators and quality of life: New insight from emerging countries 环境绩效指标与生活质量：来自新兴国家的新见解

IF 3.3 2区社会学

Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2025-06-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100836

Nisat Akter Suci , Md. Hasanur Rahman , Shapan Chandra Majumder

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The influence of artificial intelligence and additive manufacturing on sustainable manufacturing practices and their effect on performance 人工智能和增材制造对可持续制造实践的影响及其对绩效的影响

IF 3.3 2区社会学

Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2025-06-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100820

Mohit Srivastava , Junaid Aftab , Ladislav Tyll

{"title":"The influence of artificial intelligence and additive manufacturing on sustainable manufacturing practices and their effect on performance","authors":"Mohit Srivastava , Junaid Aftab , Ladislav Tyll","doi":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100820","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100820","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates the relationships between artificial intelligence (AI), additive manufacturing (AM), sustainable product design and development (SPD), sustainable manufacturing processes (SMP), and sustainable performance. Using stratified random sampling, this research used a cross-sectional survey methodology for gathering data from 267 small and medium-sized firms across several industries in the Czech Republic. We applied a \"partial least squares-structural equation modeling\" (PLS-SEM) analysis technique to validate and test the interrelationships between AI, AM, SPD, SMP, and sustainable performance. The study provides several important insights: AI significantly and positively impacts AM, SPD, and SMP. Additionally, AM has a positive influence on SPD and SMP. Both SPD and SMP have significant positive effects on sustainable performance. Furthermore, SPD mediates the effects of AI and AM on sustainable performance, while SMP mediates the impact of AI and AM on sustainable performance. The findings highlight the transformative potential of AI and AM in enhancing sustainable practices within the Czech industrial landscape. The study highlights the importance of integrating AI and AM with sustainable design and manufacturing processes to achieve superior sustainable performance, offering valuable insights for policymakers, educators, and industry stakeholders seeking to foster innovation and sustainability in the Czech Republic.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34478,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Futures","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100820"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144281045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Enhancing sustainable academic course delivery using AI in technical universities: An empirical analysis using adaptive learning theory 在技术大学中使用人工智能增强可持续的学术课程交付：使用适应性学习理论的实证分析

IF 3.3 2区社会学

Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2025-06-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100828

Emmanuel S. Adabor , Elizabeth Addy , Nana Assyne , Emmanuel Antwi-Boasiako

{"title":"Enhancing sustainable academic course delivery using AI in technical universities: An empirical analysis using adaptive learning theory","authors":"Emmanuel S. Adabor , Elizabeth Addy , Nana Assyne , Emmanuel Antwi-Boasiako","doi":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100828","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100828","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The educational landscape is undergoing a significant transformation driven by the rapid advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) that hold immense potential for enhancing sustainable academic course delivery, fostering deeper understanding, and improving student-learning outcomes. However, while AI applications promise individualized learning experiences and more efficient instructional methods, their integration into Technical Universities, particularly in developing countries, remains limited. Few studies address the unique challenges and opportunities of deploying AI in this context, leaving educators and policymakers without clear, empirically-backed strategies for implementation. This study seeks to bridge this gap by analyzing the impact of AI integration on academic course delivery in Technical Universities, guided by Adaptive Learning Theory. A mixed-method approach was adopted, combining qualitative interviews with 8 students and 8 lecturers and structured surveys from 124 randomly selected students and lecturers, achieving an 81 % response rate. Structural equation modeling was employed to examine the relationships between AI-driven parameters and academic course delivery. It was found that personalized learning, natural language processing, intelligent tutoring systems, and data-driven insights significantly enhance course delivery, while virtual and augmented reality showed limited impact in this setting. The results highlight AI’s potential to transform course design and delivery in Technical Universities, leading to improved learning outcomes. The study presents exciting possibilities that AI presents for educators and policymakers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34478,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Futures","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100828"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144271547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Elevating green CSR through green banking: the mediating role of green financing activities 通过绿色银行提升绿色企业社会责任：绿色融资活动的中介作用

IF 3.3 2区社会学

Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2025-06-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100804

Md. Abu Issa Gazi , Abdullah Al Masud , Shahria bin Kabir , Naznin Sultana Chaity , Md. Kazi Hafizur Rahman

{"title":"Elevating green CSR through green banking: the mediating role of green financing activities","authors":"Md. Abu Issa Gazi , Abdullah Al Masud , Shahria bin Kabir , Naznin Sultana Chaity , Md. Kazi Hafizur Rahman","doi":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100804","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100804","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study aims to investigate how green banking (GB) practices influence green finance activities (GFA) and green corporate social responsibility (GCSR) within private commercial banks in China, with a particular focus on the mediating role of GFA. By surveying 302 bank employees through snowball sampling and employing structural equation modelling (SEM), it explores the relationships among daily operations (BDOP), customer interaction practices (BPRCI), employee practices (BPRE), policy-related practices (BPRP), GFA, and GCSR (GCSR). The findings reveal that BDOP, BPRCI, and BPRP significantly impact GFA and GCSR, while employee practices do not. GFA has a substantial impact on GCSR and serves as a mediator in the connections between other practices and GCSR. This study provides novel insights into the connections between these practices and their collective influence on GCSR. It emphasizes the essential yet often overlooked role of green financing activities as a mediator, providing practical suggestions for advancing green financing and aligning banking operations with sustainability objectives, ultimately promoting a more environmentally conscious banking industry.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34478,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Futures","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100804"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144288974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Evaluating ChatGPT’s effectiveness in enhancing argumentative writing: A quasi-experimental study of EFL learners in Pakistan 评价ChatGPT在提高议论文写作方面的有效性：对巴基斯坦英语学习者的准实验研究

IF 3.3 2区社会学

Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2025-06-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100809

Musarat Yasmin, Walees Fatima, Isra Irshad

{"title":"Evaluating ChatGPT’s effectiveness in enhancing argumentative writing: A quasi-experimental study of EFL learners in Pakistan","authors":"Musarat Yasmin, Walees Fatima, Isra Irshad","doi":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100809","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100809","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A crucial area of ongoing research is the potential of artificial intelligence to improve learning outcomes in diverse educational settings, given its increasing global integration into education. This study assesses the effectiveness of ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence tool, in improving the argumentative writing skills of Pakistani students pursuing the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) environment. The focus of this study is to assess the impact of ChatGPT on the skills of argumentative writing of SSC students to evaluate to what extent they improve the key components of argumentative writing through pre-test and post-test, and to identify the specific types of errors committed by the learners in Pakistani context. This study adopted a quasi-experimental approach, using pre- and post-tests to measure changes in students' argumentative writing abilities after three months of ChatGPT interaction. The data from the pre-test and post-test is analyzed by using key components of argumentative writing by Tolumin (1958) and the framework of error analysis by Ellis (2002). The findings demonstrate significant progress in students' argumentative writing, with a corresponding decrease in error types after implementing the ChatGPT intervention. The study's results indicate a significant improvement in the argumentative writing abilities of secondary school students using ChatGPT, suggesting its usefulness in supporting error correction and enhancing writing skills in English as a Foreign Language education.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34478,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Futures","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100809"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144280900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The switching towards smart energy technologies for sustainable development: Individual, institutional and regional perspectives 转向智能能源技术促进可持续发展：个人、机构和区域视角

IF 3.3 2区社会学

Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2025-06-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100789

Qingyu Zhang , Aqsa Sajjad , Kamel Khoualdi , Pradeep Kautish , Muhammad Zafar Yaqub

{"title":"The switching towards smart energy technologies for sustainable development: Individual, institutional and regional perspectives","authors":"Qingyu Zhang , Aqsa Sajjad , Kamel Khoualdi , Pradeep Kautish , Muhammad Zafar Yaqub","doi":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100789","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100789","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Smart energy technologies are now economically competitive and have environmental benefits. The study employs the push-pull-mooring model, institutional theory, and Triandis’s model to investigate the switching intentions towards smart energy technologies. A partial least square approach is employed to analyze the primary data collected from 714 Chinese respondents. The results indicate that perceived consequences and green innovativeness are the most influencing factors, whereas ecological concerns and supportive normative environment remain significant in explaining the switching intentions. Green self-efficacy and switching cost as mooring factors significantly affect switching intentions and moderate some of the relationships in explaining switching intentions. Green self-efficacy and switching cost as mooring factors significantly affect switching intentions and moderate some of the relationships in explaining switching intentions. The study recommends that the economic benefits of smart energy technologies should be communicated to households and the regulative environment should project smart energy technologies as innovative sustainable products to attract more households.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34478,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Futures","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100789"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144271545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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