GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society
ISSN 0940-5550 (Print); ISSN 2625-5413 (Online)
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GAIA is a peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to inter- and transdisciplinary research on and for sustainability transformations.
Environmental problems cannot be solved by one academic discipline. The complex natures of these problems require cooperation across disciplinary boundaries. Since 1991, GAIA has offered a well-balanced and practice-oriented forum for transdisciplinary research. GAIA offers first-hand information on state of the art environmental research and on current solutions to environmental problems. Well-known editors, advisors, and authors work to ensure the high quality of the contributions found in GAIA and a unique transdisciplinary dialogue – in a comprehensible style.
GAIA is an ISI-journal, listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Science Citation Index and in Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences.
All contributions undergo a double-blind peer review.
Publisher: oekom verlag
- Volume 34
- Number 1, 2025
- Volume 33
- Number 4, 2024 Focus: Sustainable Development and Ethics of Science - Mutual Impulses and Challenges
- Number 3, 2024
- Number 2, 2024
- Number 1, 2024 Focus: Novel Natures - New Technologies and Conflicts in Nature Conservation
- Supplement 1, 2024 Impacts of Real-World Labs
- Volume 32
- Number 4, 2023
- Number 3, 2023
- Number 2, 2023
- Number 1, 2023 Focus: Creating Spaces and Cultivating Mindsets for Transdisciplinarity
- Supplement 1, 2023 Sustainable Digitalization
- Volume 31
- Number 4, 2022
- Number 3, 2022
- Number 2, 2022
- Number 1, 2022
- Volume 30
- Number 4, 2021
- Number 3, 2021 Focus: Communication and the Climate Crisis
- Number 2, 2021
- Number 1, 2021
- Volume 29
- Number 4, 2020 Focus: Environmental Humanities
- Number 3, 2020
- Number 2, 2020
- Number 1, 2020
- Volume 28
- Number 4, 2019
- Number 3, 2019
- Number 2, 2019 Focus: Research for Sustainable Development Goals
- Number 1, 2019
- Supplement 1, 2019 Sustainable Economy
- Volume 27
- Number 4, 2018
- Number 3, 2018
- Number 2, 2018
- Number 1, 2018
- Supplement 1, 2018 Labs in the Real World
- Volume 26
- Number 4, 2017
- Number 3, 2017
- Number 2, 2017 Focus: Jahrhundertprojekt Endlagerung
- Number 1, 2017
- Supplement 1, 2017 Resilienz
- Volume 25
- Number 4, 2016
- Number 3, 2016
- Number 2, 2016
- Number 1, 2016
- Volume 24
- Number 4, 2015
- Number 3, 2015
- Number 2, 2015
- Number 1, 2015
- Volume 23
- Number 4, 2014
- Number 3, 2014
- Number 2, 2014
- Number 1, 2014
- Supplement 1, 2014 Sustainable Consumption
- Volume 22
- Number 4, 2013
- Number 3, 2013
- Number 2, 2013
- Number 1, 2013
- Volume 21
- Number 4, 2012
- Number 3, 2012 Focus: 50 Years of Silent Spring
- Number 2, 2012 Focus: Limits to Growth
- Number 1, 2012 Focus: 20 Years After the Earth Summit
- Volume 20
- Number 4, 2011
- Number 3, 2011
- Number 2, 2011
- Number 1, 2011
- Volume 19
- Number 4, 2010
- Number 3, 2010
- Number 2, 2010
- Number 1, 2010 Focus: Engineering Education in Sustainable Development
- Volume 18
- Number 4, 2009 Focus: CCS (Part 2)
- Number 3, 2009 Focus: Coastal Change and Management (Part 2); CCS (Part 1)
- Number 2, 2009 Focus: Systemic Risks (Part 2); Coastal Change and Management (Part 1)
- Number 1, 2009
- Volume 17
- Number 4, 2008 Focus: Systemic Risks (Part 1)
- Number 3, 2008 Focus: Agrarforschung – Globale Perspektiven
- Number 2, 2008
- Number 1, 2008
- Supplement 1, 2008 Protected Areas and Biodiversity Conservation
- Volume 16
- Number 4, 2007
- Number 3, 2007
- Number 2, 2007
- Number 1, 2007 Focus: Transdisziplinarität
- Volume 15
- Number 4, 2006
- Number 3, 2006 Focus: Flächeninanspruchnahme; Instruments for Participatory Landscape Planning
- Number 2, 2006 Focus: Umweltforschung Teil 2
- Number 1, 2006 Focus: Umweltforschung
- Volume 14
- Number 4, 2005
- Number 3, 2005
- Number 2, 2005
- Number 1, 2005
- Volume 13
- Number 4, 2004
- Number 3, 2004
- Number 2, 2004
- Number 1, 2004
- Volume 12
- Number 4, 2003
- Number 3, 2003
- Number 2, 2003
- Number 1, 2003
- Volume 11
- Number 4, 2002
- Number 3, 2002
- Number 2, 2002
- Number 1, 2002
- Volume 10
- Number 4, 2001
- Number 3, 2001
- Number 2, 2001
- Number 1, 2001
- Volume 9
- Number 4, 2000
- Number 3, 2000
- Number 2, 2000
- Number 1, 2000
- Volume 8
- Number 4, 1999
- Number 3, 1999
- Number 2, 1999
- Number 1, 1999
- Volume 7
- Number 4, 1998
- Number 3, 1998
- Number 2, 1998
- Number 1, 1998
- Volume 6
- Number 4, 1997
- Number 3, 1997
- Number 2, 1997
- Number 1, 1997
- Volume 5
- Number 6, 1996
- Number 5, 1996
- Numbers 3-4, 1996
- Number 2, 1996
- Number 1, 1996
- Volume 4
- Numbers 5-6, 1995
- Number 4, 1995
- Number 3, 1995
- Number 2, 1995
- Number 1, 1995
- Volume 3
- Number 6, 1994
- Number 5, 1994
- Number 4, 1994
- Number 3, 1994
- Number 2, 1994
- Number 1, 1994
- Volume 2
- Number 6, 1993
- Number 5, 1993
- Number 4, 1993
- Number 3, 1993
- Number 2, 1993
- Number 1, 1993
- Volume 1
- Number 6, 1992
- Number 5, 1992
- Number 4, 1992
- Number 3, 1992
- Number 2, 1992
- Number 1, 1992
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