The Bob Ayres Award

Aim
The award aims to acknowledge the most-impactful paper published in the Journal of Industrial Ecology (JIE), for continuing Bob Ayres’s tradition of making impactful contributions of the highest quality lying at the intersection of industrial systems and sustainability.

Main criteria
High impact on social, environmental, and/or economic sustainability, clearly showing innovation in methodology and positive impact to at least one of the following areas: policy development, business development, academic advancement, and environmental stewardship.

The Prize
The award of 2,500€ will be presented at the ISIE Biennal Conference. The first edition will be presented during ISIE2025 in Singapore.

Nomination
For further details and nomination instructions, please see: https://is4ie.org/announcements/2033. The deadline for submissions is 31 January 2025.

Selection committee
Chris Kennedy; Eric Williams; Marina Fischer-Kowalski; Luk van Wassenhove; Gang Liu (JIE liaison); Gara Villalba (chair)