Guest Editors
Dr. Don Nuwantha Lasitha Sampath Uduwage, Department of Building Economics, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, nuwanthauduwage@gmail.com, nuwanthas@uom.lk
Dr. Diani Sirimewan, School of Architecture and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia, diani.sirimewan@qut.edu.au, dianisirimewan@gmail.com
Introduction
Our built environment faces increasing pressures in addressing complex global challenges, including climate change, resource depletion and biodiversity loss, that retard the transition towards more sustainable and resilient societies. In response to these challenges, regenerative thinking has emerged as a promising approach that expands the conventional sustainability paradigm by aiming to restore, renew, and regenerate enhanced and resilient ecological, social, and economic systems. While regenerative principles have received growing attention in research and practice, significant challenges remain in translating these principles into practical strategies and measurable outcomes across the built asset lifecycle.
Meanwhile, developments in circular economy practices, digital technologies, and collaborative governance, also provide new opportunities towards regenerative transformation. However, these areas are often examined independently, resulting in fragmented knowledge and limited understanding of how they can be integrated to achieve regenerative outcomes. There is therefore a need for implementation-focused research that examines the relationships, synergies, and practical pathways through which circularity, digital innovation, and stakeholder collaboration can synergistically support the operationalisation of regenerative principles in project and asset management. In this context, this Special Issue particularly welcomes submissions on interdisciplinary research and development that highlight linkages among some of these areas.
This Special Issue therefore provides a platform for advancing knowledge on the practical implementation of regenerative approaches across the built environment. It welcomes research that develops frameworks, strategies, governance models, digital solutions, assessment methods, and decision-support approaches that can translate regenerative principles into practice. It thereby seeks to bridge the gap between theory and practice by generating actionable knowledge for policymakers, practitioners, asset owners and communities.
List of Topic Areas
Operationalising Regenerative Principles
Circularity for Regenerative Built Environment
Digital Innovation for Regenerative Transformation
Collaborative Governance and Stakeholder Engagement
Performance Assessment and Decision Support
Submissions Information
Submissions are made using ScholarOne Manuscripts. Registration and access are available at: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/bepam
Author guidelines must be strictly followed. Please see: https://www.emerald.com/bepam
Submitted articles must not have been previously published, nor should they be under consideration for publication anywhere else, while under review for this journal.
Key Deadlines
Opening date for manuscripts submissions: 15/09/2026
Closing date for manuscripts submission: 31/01/2027
