This text presents some historical and theoretical considerations on the relationship between society, knowledge and sustainability, searching the intersections of this debate with the matter of development in the contemporary world. Afterwards, the articles that comprise the dossier Society, Knowledge and Sustainability are presented, which have in common the linkage between society, science and sustainability. This set of articles sometimes brings theoretical controversies and questions the own scientific work and its criticism, other times presents the scientific output on sustainability, highlighting the conceptual frameworks, interfaces between humans and non humans, hybridisms, disciplinarity and interdisciplinarity. Information technology with its applications and social repercussions are also present in the analyzes featured in the dossier, which, on the one hand, deal with interactions mediated by the internet and their ability to create social support and, on the other hand, discuss the increase of social inequalities in access to goods and resources that are characteristic of a society in which the use of information and communication technologies is intensive.
Sustainability; Knowledge; Science and technology; Technoscience