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EDITORIAL article

Front. Sociol.
Sec. Urban Ecology
Volume 9 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2024.1491091
This article is part of the Research Topic Towards 2030: Sustainable Development Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure. A Sociological Perspective View all 9 articles

Editorial: Towards 2030: Sustainable Development Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure. A Sociological Perspective

Provisionally accepted
Andrzej Klimczuk Andrzej Klimczuk 1*Grzegorz P. Gawron Grzegorz P. Gawron 2Magdalena Klimczuk-Kochańska Magdalena Klimczuk-Kochańska 3Piotr Toczyski Piotr Toczyski 4
  • 1 Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland
  • 2 Institute of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
  • 3 Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
  • 4 Media and Communication Department, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, The Maria 9 Grzegorzewska University, Warsaw, Poland

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    This Research Topic explores the ninth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) to build resilient 20 infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and foster innovation, particularly 21 in the context of the post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery. The pandemic significantly impacted the 22 manufacturing sector, leading to a global production drop, job losses, and disrupted supply chains, with 23 less technology-intensive industries taking longer to regain ground. Despite these challenges, the 24 United Nations highlights opportunities to enhance industrialization and technology distribution, 25 emphasizing, among others, the need to expand mobile broadband networks, increase research and 26 development investment, and improve rural road connectivity. 27 The collection “Towards 2030: Sustainable Development Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and 28 Infrastructure. A Sociological Perspective” was edited in cooperation with two journals: “Frontiers in 29 Sociology” and “Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.” The presented Research Topic includes eight 30 articles of original research type prepared in total by 30 authors who deal with subjects covering issues 31 such as green development, environmental regulation, carbon reduction, institutional development, 32 digital economy, innovation, and technology transfer. The articles comprising this collection are 33 organized according to three themes.

    Keywords: SDG9, environmental regulation, Industrial policies, innovation, Sustainable Industrial Development, technology transfer Editorial on the Research Topic Towards 2030: Sustainable Development Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure. A Sociological Perspective Overview

    Received: 04 Sep 2024; Accepted: 17 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Klimczuk, Gawron, Klimczuk-Kochańska and Toczyski. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Andrzej Klimczuk, Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland

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