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Open Access for Sustainable Development
On September 2015, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development were officially adopted. Supporting countries have committed themselves to “mobilizing...
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Moving Forwards on Open Access—Interview with Drs. Saskia de Vries
We recently had the pleasure of speaking with Drs. Saskia de Vries. She is the co-founder and first director of both Amsterdam University Press and Leiden University Press, founder of Sampan–academia...
View ArticleGyorgy Szekely: An Expert Reviewer
This week, we were fortunate to interview one of the top rated reviewers for MDPI in 2017, Dr Gyorgy Szekely. He is currently a lecturer at the School of chemical engineering and analytical science at...
View Article“Sounds Reasonable’ is Never a Good Idea” – An Interview with Michael Hofreiter
This post gives some important lessons the Guest Editor of the Genes Special Issue “Novel and Neglected Areas of Ancient DNA Research” has learned from his work. Michael Hofreiter, who edits the Genes...
View Article“Only when humans understand the reason for animal life they will realize...
This post gives some important lessons the Editor in Chief of Animals has learned from his work. “We need to find whether there is a reason for animal life, and if so what it is, since this will help...
View ArticleLearn about MDPI’s Institutional Open Access Program
In a fast-changing Open Access environment, research institutions and libraries are adjusting their workflows and taking on additional administrative and advocacy work. MDPI’s Institutional Open Access...
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World Sustainability Awards Winners – A Short Interview
The second World Sustainability Awards were presented during the 7th World Sustainability Forum in Beijing, China on 19 September 2018. These awards recognized the winners’ outstanding contribution to...
View ArticleWomen in Science: Interview with Neus Feliu, researcher and guest editor in...
Why are there fewer women than men in science? Female scientists are under-represented in research, being only a third of researchers globally. Despite the progress in gender equality during the last...
View ArticleWomen in Science: Interview with Sylvia Beyer, researcher and guest editor in...
In a previous post, we looked at the under-representation of women in research in our interview with Neus Feliu, from the University of Hamburg. We continue this series of interviews with female...
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Designing a Sustainable Future – An Interview with Max Bergman
Prof. Dr. Max Bergman seeks answers to key questions on the challenges set out by the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs). He is one of the Chairs of the 8th World Sustainability Forum (WSF) that...
View ArticleProf. Dr. Jianguo Liu Interview—World Sustainability Award Winner 2021
There are many questions that we must ask ourselves when it comes to sustainability. What links the expansion of meat consumption in China to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest? What about clean...
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What is ‘MDPI Books’? The Books Team Explains
Researchers can hold a book featuring their work, thanks to MDPI’s Books service. Books are produced in two ways: Often, research papers from MDPI’s various journals are transferred into book format....
View ArticleViews from Above—Remote Sensing for Geohazard Monitoring and Management
On 15th January 2022, an unanticipated eruption on a small uninhabited island in the Tongan archipelago led to natural disasters around the globe, with tsunamis emitted across the Pacific Ocean. The...
View ArticleProf. Dr. Anet Režek Jambrak Interview—Emerging Sustainability Leader Award...
Food made us who we are, or at least our food systems did; since that first agricultural revolution nearly 12,000 years ago, these systems have become no less significant. It was then that food began...
View ArticleInsight Faster (Episode 4)—World Sustainability Award Winner John Elkington
Today on Insight Faster we’re back at the afterparty for the 2021 Global Sustainability Awards. This time it’s with Professor John Elkington. Creator of the ‘Triple Bottom Line’ and now founder and...
View ArticleHow Working from Home Has Changed Academic Life
Researching from home has gone mainstream! Many academics are now permanently switching to this new way of working. Our authors are important to us, and therefore we are taking the time to consider the...
View ArticleWriting the Perfect Peer Review Report — An Expert’s Perspective
Peer review reports are crucial to the academic publishing process. Providing feedback to authors and confirming the validity and significance of the research in question are important not just for the...
View ArticleWomen in Science: Interview with Prof. Dr. Ritva Tikkanen
To celebrate international women’s day, we have connected with Prof. Dr. Ritva Tikkanen from Justus-Liebig University of Giessen, Germany. We discussed what #BreakTheBias means to her, those who...
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#BreakTheBias: International Women’s Day 2022 at MDPI
International Women’s Day (IWD) takes place on 8th March every year. This year, the IWD theme is #BreakTheBias, encouraging us to question and break free from biases and stereotypes related to gender....
View ArticleInsight Faster (Episode 5)—Nodes of Persisting Complexity with Professor Aled...
We catch up with Nick King and Professor Aled Jones from the Global Sustainability Institute to think about some of the consequences of pushing our planet and societies beyond their limits, how the...
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