Category Circular Economy Business Models
PhD studentship at University of Exeter: “Digital technologies and business model innovations for the circular economy”
The University of Exeter is inviting applications for a fully funded PhD studentship on “Digital technologies and business model innovations for the circular economy”: http://www.exeter.ac.uk/studying/funding/award/?id=3036 This project will investigate how to use disruptive digital technologies (e.g. internet of things, artificial intelligence, big data analytics, 3D printing and cloud computing) to achieve circular economy; and which […]

Reminder: Call for Abstracts for a Special Issue on “Business Models for the Circular Economy” – Deadline 1st Sept 2017
This request for papers for a Special Issue of the International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility focuses on exploring Business Models for the Circular Economy.

5th Hamburg Workshop on Sustainability-Oriented Business Models: “Neues Wirtschaftspotential durch die Circular Economy” (July 28, 2017, in German)
On July 28, 2017, the 5th Hamburg Workshop on Sustainability-Oriented Business Models takes place. This edition deals with product design and business models for a circular economy.

Call for Abstracts for a Special Issue on “Business Models for the Circular Economy” – Deadline 1st Sept 2017
This request for papers for a Special Issue of the International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility focuses on exploring Business Models for the Circular Economy.

PLATE (Product Lifetimes and the Environment) Conference 8-10 Nov 2017 Delft, Netherlands
The 2nd PLATE conference will be hosted from 8-10th November 2017 at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering of the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.
Circular Economy Research Group Hiring 3 PhD Candidates and 1 Postdoc
Interdisciplinary Research Group on Circular Economy at the University of Freiburg, Germany, is hiring 3 PhD students (social science & engineering) and 1 postdoc (management or economics).
Papers in Brief (IV): Kant Hvass (2016): Weaving a Path from Waste to Value – Exploring Fashion Industry Business Models and the Circular Economy
[Note: This is the fourth post in our “Papers in Brief” series. This series offers a special service as it explains the core ideas of chosen research papers in a nutshell.] Papers in Brief (IV) by Kerli Kant Hvass Kant Hvass, K. (2016): Weaving a Path from Waste to Value: Exploring Fashion Industry Business Models […]

Call for Papers for a Journal of Industrial Ecology Special Issue on “Exploring the Circular Economy” – Deadline 15th February 2016
The Journal of Industrial Ecology will publish a Special Issue on “Exploring the Circular Economy”. Paper manuscripts are due 15 February 2016. The circular economy is quickly gaining traction as a key strategy to pursue global sustainability. In contrast to the “take-use-dispose paradigm” of the traditional linear economy, in a circular economy, resources are kept in […]