Developing the sustainable thinking of students is an important preoccupation of specialists, teachers, and civil society. Information literacy represents the development of students’ skills to search, identify, evaluate, and ethically use scientific information. Is there a connection between sustainable thinking (ST) and information literacy (IL)? Through a scientometric study in the Web of Science (WOS) database, the authors identify clusters of keywords, analyze the articles identified in WOS, and identify the main research directions and the existing concepts. At the same time, a qualitative research study is performed regarding the opinions of students who participated in the IL class. By corroborating and interpreting the results obtained by the two previously mentioned research, the authors demonstrate a close correlation between the two, thus creating an extended map of these concepts, a limited map of the concepts used, and a theoretical map of the concepts. The connection between information literacy and the development of ST is demonstrated, thus creating the premise for a new research direction.

Environmental law, in the current context of society's evolution, is a highly topical discipline. The study of this discipline is not easy, being made difficult by the great diversity of environmental protection fields and implicitly the legislation. Also, the teaching of this discipline is challenging, requiring the adaptation of classic teaching methods but also the finding of new tools. The present paper, starting from the presentation of some technical aspects of the discipline that produce barriers in the teaching-learning process, presents the author's experience in using (i) the project, as a personalized teaching method and (ii) complementary online information resources.

Environmental protection is closely related to environmental education. Environmental education is as necessary in the educational system as outside it. The present study, starting from the perception of the representatives of the local rural public administration and the citizens of the rural communities on environmental protection issues: (i) highlights the need for information and education in the field of environmental protection, especially about environmental legislation and waste management; (ii) demonstrates the usefulness of environmental educational projects and the use of open educational resources, as resources that can be easily adapted to the real needs of education and information.

In this article, the effect of digitization, the use of the Internet and the Internet of Things on consumers in the EU in general and in Romania in particular is discussed. The research is linked to the legislation and policies for accelerating the digital transformation and to the concrete digital objectives pursued in the implementation of the Digital Decade at the level of the European Union. Creating new volumes of data through the implementation of digital services and technologies can create new issues related to data protection and therefore maintaining consumer confidence, confidentiality, access to data and their integrity. The right to information and the information of the average consumer are perhaps the most important aspects of consumer protection. These are key elements of the informed decisions that the consumer must make, in and about the digital environment, so that it is protected against risks and possible harm to its health, safety and fundamental rights. The research results reveal the vulnerability of Romanian consumers to the new reality imposed by the acceleration of digitalization at European level and proposes measures to reduce the digital divide in terms of digital skills.

Cercetările actuale despre etică sunt în mare parte punctuale, încercând să identifice o problemă sau să găsească o soluție. Chiar și cercetările scientometrice despre etică urmează acest model. Considerăm că este necesar să aruncăm o privire mai atentă și să avem o imagine de ansamblu asupra a ceea ce reprezintă etica astăzi și spre ce se îndreaptă, în ceea ce privește literatura de specialitate din ultimii ani (2011-2021). Folosind metoda cercetării scientometrice, prin interogarea bazei de date Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection, au fost stabilite două grupuri de cercetare asupra cărora au fost aplicate 10 criterii de analiză aferente noii interfețe WoS (lansată în 2021). Rezultatele studiului sunt prezentate în 22 de tabele care sunt interpretate printr-o abordare calitativă. Noutatea cercetării este evidențiată de interpretarea celor 31 de articole din Tabelul S1, care reprezintă studii scientometrice de etică și care se regăsesc grupate în 7 tabele în cadrul articolului. Concluziile care se desprind ne indică o creștere substanțială a interesului pentru etică, o acoperire aproape generală a domeniilor de cercetare cu subiecte etice, o largă distribuție teritorială (pe țară) și instituțională (pe afiliere) a autorilor, o finanțare substanțială de cercetare în acest domeniu dar și o disponibilitate a revistelor și a autorilor de a acorda acces gratuit la aceste studii. Aceste rezultate pot sta la baza viitoarelor cercetări scientometrice și/sau rafinate calitativ, pe oricare dintre domeniile și subdomeniile de cercetare evidențiate, pentru orice autor care este interesat de etică în propriul domeniu de cercetare.