con·sil·i·ence, noun. The joining together of knowledge and information across disciplines to create a unified framework of understanding.
Consilience is a global online publication dedicated to promoting interdisciplinary dialogue on sustainable development. By providing a public platform for discussion, we hope to encourage a global community to think more broadly, thoroughly and analytically about sustainable development.
This publication aims to bring students, researchers, professors, and practitioners from a variety of disciplines and geographical regions in direct conversation with each other through an online, academically rigorous medium.
We aim to encourage students to become involved in research: an invaluable problem-solving tool that has the power to transform unfocused passion into focused solutions. Consilience is designed to allow different disciplines to converse with each other in the high hopes that this cross-pollination of methodologies will spark ideas that ultimately lead to a higher quality of life for all people.
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Consilience: The Journal of Sustainable Development, an interdisciplinary academic journal based at Columbia University, seeks submissions for its Spring 2009 edition. Articles may take the following forms:
Scholarly Articles: Original, research-based articles that fall between 1,500 – 5,000 words. Please include relevant graphs, data tables, maps, or any other supplementary material.
Field Notes: Field work observations that make a broader commentary on the field of sustainable development. We encourage you to submit relevant photographs along with the article.
Photo Essay: Photographic work that offers a unique view on a particular challenge, issue, region, or population related to the study of sustainable development. All photographs should include an explanatory paragraph or two and citations for each photo. Ideally, the photo essay will portray a cohesive or thematic story regarding the material presented.
Opinion Pieces: Opinions concerning attendant challenges, strengths, and theories regarding sustainable development.
Please see important guidelines for submission below, under Submissions Files. You will find both a formatting and submissions guide, as well as a submission template created to guide you through the process. Please do not hesitate to e-mail
contact@consiliencejournal.org for general questions or Hannah Lee, Editor-in-Chief, at
hsl2103@columbia.edu with inquiries regarding the mission and future developments of Consilience.
