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Researcher
Karel Van Acker
- Disciplines:Materials recycling and valorisation, Life cycle engineering, Environmental impact and risk assessment, Sustainable development, Agricultural and natural resource economics, environmental and ecological economics
Affiliations
- Sustainable Materials Processing and Recycling (SeMPeR) (Division)
Responsible
From1 Oct 2020 → Today - Sustainable Materials Processing and Recycling (SeMPeR) (Division)
Member
From1 Aug 2020 → Today - Sustainable Metals Processing and Recycling (Division)
Member
From1 Jan 2012 → 31 Jul 2020 - Department of Materials Engineering (Department)
Member
From1 Oct 2009 → 31 Dec 2011
Projects
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- Environmental footprint of critical and bio-based raw materials in product value chainsFrom29 Oct 2025 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Environmental and circularity assessment methods for sustainable business modelsFrom1 Oct 2025 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Sustainability Sciences methods revisitedFrom15 Sep 2025 → TodayFunding: BOF - mobility
- PhD on Business process management for stimulating a circular economyFrom1 Apr 2025 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Closing the gaps between stakeholders for successful and sustainable urban Circular Construction initiatives through Co-creation (CirCoCreation)From1 Dec 2024 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Assessing circularity of companies and circular business modelsFrom1 Oct 2024 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Sustainability assessments of biobased composite value chainsFrom25 Sep 2024 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Sustainable solutions for upgraded smart wearables and equipment in sportFrom1 Sep 2024 → TodayFunding: HORIZON.2.4 - Digital, Industry and Space
- Developing the supply chains for industrial hemp fibre and bio-based resins towards high performance circular bio-based compositesFrom1 Sep 2024 → TodayFunding: HORIZON.2.4 - Digital, Industry and Space
- Developing the supply chains for industrial hemp fibre and bio-based resins towards high performance circular bio-based compositesFrom1 Sep 2024 → TodayFunding: HORIZON.2.4 - Digital, Industry and Space
Publications
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- Embedding a circular economy monitor in public administration(2024)
- Towards sustainable resource valorization: A life cycle sustainability assessment of metals recovery from sulfidic mining residues in Sweden(2024)Published in: Resources, Conservation and RecyclingISSN: 0921-3449Volume: 204
- SAB: An open-access Python-based integrated platform for fully automated emergent sustainability assessment of biorefineries(2024)Published in: The International Journal of Life Cycle AssessmentISSN: 0948-3349Issue: 4Volume: 29Pages: 632 - 651
- Recycling of Polyesters by Organocatalyzed Methanolysis Depolymerization: Environmental Sustainability Evaluated by Life Cycle Assessment(2024)Published in: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & EngineeringISSN: 2168-0485Issue: 10Volume: 12Pages: 4114 - 4120
- Circular economy strategies for permanent magnet motors in electric vehicles: Application of SWOT(2024)Published in: 31ST CIRP CONFERENCE ON LIFE CYCLE ENGINEERING, LCE 2024ISSN: 2212-8271Volume: 122Pages: 265 - 270
- Understanding the Problem Space for Effective Use of a Circular Economy Monitor in Policy Making(2024)Pages: 163 - 178
- Towards a service-oriented architecture for information systems in the circular economy(2024)Published in: Procedia CIRPISSN: 2212-8271Volume: 122Pages: 653 - 658
- Circular Economy’s Potential to Satisfy the EU’s Critical Metals Demand for Green Transition(2023)Pages: 285 - 291
- Preliminary Environmental Assessment of Carbonated Slags as a Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Materials (CCUS)(2023)Published in: Materials ProceedingsISSN: 2673-4605Issue: 1Volume: 15
- Environmental assessment of woven hemp fibre reinforced epoxy composites and potential applications in aerospace and electric scooter industries(2023)Published in: Results in MaterialsISSN: 2590-048XVolume: 20
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