Subject(s): Sustainability, Social sciences -- Challenges and opportunities of sustainability research in social science -- Researching local lives- experiences of unsustainability among individuals, households and communities : Green lifestyles, social groups and collective decision making- focus group approaches, local lives and conflict methodology of dialogic research -- Comparative research on sustainability performance of cities, regions and nation-states : Sustainable development, biophysical indicators of society- nature interaction- material and energy flow analysis, human appropriation of net primary production and ecological footprint, mapping for sustainability- environmental noise and city -- Time in focus : Biographical research and sustainability, time and sustainability -- Current developments and future trends : Researching complex sustainability issues- reflections on current challenges and future developments