Event Details

International Conference on Building Sustainable Futures: A Collaborative Approach Integrating Arts, Humanities, and Economic Perspectives ICBSF -2025

FROM 11 Sep 2025 TO 12 Sep 2025

Venue : Hybrid Mode @

1. Introduction:

The urgent need for sustainable futures demands innovative and multifaceted solutions. The conference, "Building Sustainable Futures: A Collaborative Approach Integrating Arts, Humanities, and Economic Perspectives," recognizes that such solutions cannot emerge from a single discipline. Instead, it champions a powerful synergy, bringing together the critical insights of the Arts and Humanities – fostering creativity, cultural understanding, and ethical reflection – with the analytical rigor and practical frameworks of economics. By fostering dialogue and collaboration across these vital fields, we aim to explore novel pathways towards a more just, equitable, and environmentally sound future for all. This interdisciplinary approach will enable us to address the complex challenges of sustainability with a richer, more nuanced, and ultimately more effective lens. 1

Conversely, the conference will also examine how academic frameworks, methodologies, and critical perspectives can support, validate, and scale community-led initiatives. By creating a platform for dialogue and exchange, the conference aim to foster partnerships that move beyond conventional approaches, recognizing the inherent value and complementarity of diverse knowledge systems. This conference invites researchers, practitioners, community leaders, and policymakers to explore critical questions related to theme.

2. Objectives:

1. To Foster Interdisciplinary Dialogue and Collaboration: Facilitate meaningful exchange and the formation of collaborative partnerships among scholars, practitioners, and policymakers from the arts, humanities, and economics to address the multifaceted challenges of sustainability.
2. To Explore the Unique Contributions of Each Discipline: Investigate and highlight the specific and vital roles that the arts (in fostering creativity and cultural understanding), the humanities (in promoting ethical reflection and historical context), and economics (in providing analytical frameworks and resource management strategies) play in shaping sustainable futures.
3. To Identify Innovative and Integrated Solutions: Generate novel, interdisciplinary approaches and solutions to complex sustainability issues by synthesizing insights and methodologies from the arts, humanities, and economics.
4. To Promote a Holistic Understanding of Sustainability: Encourage a comprehensive understanding of sustainability that encompasses not only environmental and economic dimensions but also social, cultural, and ethical considerations, enriched by the perspectives of all three fields.
5. To Disseminate Knowledge and Inspire Action: Share cutting-edge research, innovative practices, and policy recommendations arising from the interdisciplinary discussions to wider academic, public, and policy-making audiences, thereby inspiring concrete action towards building sustainable futures.

3. Themes and Sub-themes:

Track 01: The Politics of Sustainable Futures: Governance, Justice, and Power

Sub themes-

• Community participation in environmental decision-making processes.
• The role of local governance institutions in promoting sustainability.
• Addressing issues of social justice and environmental equity in community initiatives.
• The impact of top-down development policies on local sustainable practices.
• Building effective partnerships between communities, government, and civil society organizations.
• Political ecology perspectives on resource management and conflict at the local level.

Track 02- Ethics, Values, and the Philosophy of Sustainable Living in Community

Sub themes-

• Local interpretations of environmental ethics and responsibility.
• The philosophical basis for community-based resource management (the commons).
• Exploring concepts of well-being, justice, and the good life within a sustainable context.
• The influence of religious and spiritual beliefs on environmental stewardship in local communities.
• Critical philosophical perspectives on dominant development paradigms and their impact on communities.
• The role of empathy and interconnectedness in fostering sustainable behaviours.

Track 03- Bridging Knowledge Systems: Methodologies and Innovations for Collaborative Futures

Sub themes-

• Participatory action research and community-based research methodologies.
• Developing effective communication strategies for knowledge exchange.
• Utilizing digital technologies and platforms to document and share community knowledge.
• Building capacity for interdisciplinary collaboration among researchers and community members.
• Evaluating the impact and effectiveness of knowledge bridging initiatives.
• Developing ethical frameworks for the co-creation and ownership of knowledge.

Track 04 Narratives of Resilience: Culture, Literature, and Community-Driven Change

Sub themes-

• The role of folklore and myths in environmental ethics and conservation.
• Literary representations of human-nature relationships in local contexts.
• Community theatre and art as tools for raising awareness and promoting sustainable behaviours.
• Oral histories and the transmission of traditional ecological knowledge across generations.
• The impact of cultural values and beliefs on sustainable development practices.
• Analyzing community narratives of resilience in the face of environmental stress.

Track 05- The Sound of Sustainability: Music, Community, and Environmental Harmony

Sub themes-

• Traditional Music and Environmental Knowledge
• Music as a Tool for Social and Environmental Awareness
• Music and Community Identity
• The Soundscape of Sustainability

Track 06- The Economics of Community-Led Sustainability: Livelihoods, Resources, and Equitable Growth

Sub themes-

• Sustainable Livelihoods and Green Economies at the Local Level
• Community-Based Natural Resource Management and Economic Benefits
• Financial Mechanisms for Community Sustainability Projects:
• Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Community Benefits
• The Economics of Traditional Skills and Knowledge
• Impact Investing and Social Finance for Community-Based Sustainability

Track 07 - Bridging Wisdom: Psychology for Sustainable Futures Through Community-Academic Partnerships

Sub themes-

• Indigenous Psychologies and Local Wisdom for Sustainability:
• Documenting and Preserving Local Knowledge for Future Generations
• Understanding Pro-Environmental Behaviors in Diverse Cultural Contexts
• The Psychology of Collective Action and Community Engagement for Sustainability
• The Impact of Environmental Change on Mental Health and Well-being in Rural Communities

Track 08- The Role of Media in Communicating Sustainability

Sub themes-

• Media for Sustainable Development
• Media and Society
• Women and Media
• Journalism and Artistic/Humanistic Expression
• Ethical and Social Dimensions of Media
• Technological Innovations and Their Impact on Journalism