A call for abstracts has been issued for the 18th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference, taking place on June 24-26, 2012 at the University of Hull.

Areas in which contributions are sought include:

• Theories, paradigms, case studies, methodologies and indicators for the study of eco-innovation, com-petitiveness and sustainability
• Determinants of and barriers to eco-innovations
•  Benefits and costs of eco-innovation
• Diffusion of eco-innovations, technology, research and development, transfer of technology, the role of patents, intellectual property, public goods and knowledge spillovers
• Environmentally driven investment in firms, risks, decision making, etc
• Business strategies and models, resources and competences for eco-innovation
• Behavioural underpinnings of eco-innovation
• Policy strategies to promote eco-innovation
• Mainstreaming eco-innovation: integration into the wider economy

The deadline for sending in contributions is 15 December, 2011.