Projects
Datafication of the Circular Economy: designing a data exchange platform for upscaling the circular economy KU Leuven
Design for a Circular Economy: How to design optimal plastics usage in a circular economy University of Antwerp
Antecedents and economic impacts of circular economy innovation at the firm level KU Leuven
Given today’s environmental challenges, businesses are increasingly urged to embrace sustainable solutions, with the circular economy emerging as a prominent strategy. While many studies have investigated the environmental implications of the circular economy, research about its economic implications is limited. This research project aims to fill this gap by examining how the adoption of circular economy practices by firms impacts their ...
The Dynamic Environmental and Economic Impacts of the Circular Economy KU Leuven
The objective of this particular PhD is to study the interaction between the changing economic context and the resource and environmental drivers for circular economy. How can economic models for the circular economy better take the dynamics of material flows and environmental impacts into account, and how can environmental assessments better reflect the consequences of changing markets. In other words, the dynamics of the system in which the ...
Circular Economy as a Standard for Sustainable Development in the European Union? KU Leuven
Circular Economy (CE) is a strategy of the European Union for the achievement of the UN-agenda for sustainable development and the European Environmental Action Plan 2014-2020. The legal framework for this strategy consists of regulations, directives and decisions based on legal acts (COM((2016) 739, COM(2015) 614, and Decision 1386/2013/EU). The legal 'context' of the strategy consist of a vision on economic growth (art. 3 TEU), ...
Policy research centre sustainable materials management in a circular economy University of Antwerp
Steps forward in the GRAphic sector towards a Circular Economy Centexbel - Scientific and Technical Centre of the Belgian Textile industry
Unieke samenwerking tussen Centexbel-VKC en VIGC leidt naar driejarige COOCK+ subsidietraject (2024 – 2026) om stappen voorwaarts te kunnen gaan zetten in de GRAfische sector naar een meer Circulaire Economie (GRACE-project).
Voor de eerste keer in het ontstaan van beide organisaties zullen Centexbel-VKC (Kenniscentrum voor de Textiel- en Kunststoffensector) en VIGC (Vlaams Innovatiecentrum voor Grafische Communicatie) de ...
Market structures and cooperation incentives in a circular economy. KU Leuven
This project concerns the microeconomic analysis of cooperation incentives along the entire life cycle of goods in a circular economy. Transition towards a more circular economy is seen by policy makers around the world as a key strategy to achieve the long term climate policy targets of the 2015 Paris Agreement. Circular economy strategies require however new ways of cooperation among stakeholders (virgin material companies, commodity ...
Monitoring the circular economy in Flemish cities and municipalities KU Leuven
In 2021, 293 local Flemish governments signed the Mayors' Covenant 2030, and pledged to reduce CO2-emissions by 40% by 2030. The Energy and Climate Pact between the Flemish government and the Flemish cities and municipalities identified four priority areas to achieve these targets: transport, housing, greening and rainwater (Vlaamse Overheid, 2021). In order to succeed in this transition towards a more resilient and sustainable economy while ...