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What is it?

The circular economy is a concept that has been shown to have great merits in mobilizing many different actors and professional groups to contribute to a more effective and resource‐efficient, sustainable and circular society.  

The vision of this project is to create an interdisciplinary network for a sustainable and circular economy, focusing on effective solutions and how to make them efficient from a societal perspective. 

  • Coordinator institution: Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) 
  • Principal Investigator: assoc. Prof. Viktorija Varaniūtė 
  • Duration: 12 months 
  • Research area: Circular economy, circular business models, institutional environment 
  • Keywords: Circular economy, sustainable development, business models, industry, symbiosis.  

UAB members

Laura Talens Peiró

Laura Talens Peiró

PhD in Environmental Science and Technology 

ORCID: 0000‐0002‐ 1131‐1838 

Maria Rosa Rovira Val

Maria Rosa Rovira Val

PhD in Economics and Business 

ORCID: 0000‐0003‐ 0408‐6270 

Susana Toboso Chavero

Susana Toboso Chavero

PhD in Environmental Science and Technology 

ORCID: 0000‐0001‐ 8475‐5184 

Anna Petit Boix

Anna Petit Boix

PhD in Environmental Science and Technology  

ORCID: 0000‐0003‐ 2048‐2708 

Mateo Sanclemente Crespo

Mateo Sanclemente Crespo

PhD student in the Environmental Science and Technology 

ORCID: 0000‐0003‐ 0778‐0946 

  • Kaunas University

    Universitat de Tecnologia de Kaunas

    The University of Kaunas School of Economics and Business is the coordinator of this project. The school offers degrees in environmental costs for sustainable development and master's degrees in circular economy, circular business models, sustainable development economy and circular economy impact assessment.

  • Linköping University

    Linköping University

    Linköping University has a management or engineering department. In its program it offers studies on circular economy, the development and marketing of business models, circular economy and legal, financial and environmental aspects, LCC, LCA, Lean remanufacturing, sustainable manufacturing, product/service systems, ecological design and industrial ecology.

  • Tampere University

    University of Tampere

    The University of Tampere has an industrial engineering and management department. This university offers a circular economics study module to convert technologies in this area into a business: a model of business development and commercialization. In addition, it offers master's studies in contemporary circular economics challenges and solutions.