Digitalization and sustainability: A systematic literature analysis of ICT for Sustainability research

It is important to understand the opportunities and risks of digital technologies (ICT) for a sustainable transformation of society. In Digitalization and sustainability- A systematic literature analysis of ICT for Sustainability research – Santarius+Wagner 2023 in order to investigate the state of debate. We cluster them according to different levels of action (micro, meso, macro) as well as regarding different sustainability strategies (efficiency, consistency, sufficiency). We find that ICT4S research has a one-sided focus on digital efficiency improvements and on life-cycle impacts of ICT devices and applications. Much more research is needed regardingt digitalization’s potential to advance sufficiency-oriented practices, and transformations at macro-level.