This deliverable D6.3 Academic dissemination plan sets out a strategy for disseminating research results from the project Democratising jUst Sustainability Transitions (DUST) among an academic audience and via scientific publications. In the DUST Grant Agreement (GA) key project indicators (KPIs) have been defined for observing this dissemination. These indicators include 16 open access research papers, of which at least ten are published in leading academic journals with an Altmetric score of at least 20 and >500 views one month after publication, and one open access edited book covering the project’s scientific advances, with 1000 online reads within a year after publication.

Since the project started in February 2023 researchers at the DUST partner organisations have been working towards realizing these KPI’s. This deliverable therefore firstly presents achievements in terms of scientific publications so far, including already published journal articles, submitted journal articles, conference papers and presentations, as well as publication ideas that were launched by groups of researchers during related DUST project meetings. Drawing on these ongoing publication work as well as an intended comprehensive coverage of results from the different research activities in work packages (WPs) and tasks (Ts), the deliverable secondly identifies upcoming work to be done. This is presented in the form of agreed-upon lists of future publications. In conjunction these lists form the core of this final version of the DUST Academic dissemination plan.

Lastly, the deliverable presents guidelines for publication activities to guarantee reliability, honesty, respect, accountability, and inclusivity in the making use of the empirical data and knowledge that has been gathered during the project. A credit taxonomy is introduced as a specific instrument for determining co-authorship. Open science and acknowledgement practices as well as steps in bringing academic writing to publication are outlined. The realization of KPIs for academic dissemination largely falls outside of the duration of the DUST project. The plan therefore also introduces agreements that govern this post-project process.