Projects
Design for a Circular Economy: How to design optimal plastics usage in a circular economy University of Antwerp
Policy research centre sustainable materials management in a circular economy University of Antwerp
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 ...
Sabbatical Johan Eyckmans: Integrated climate and circular economy KU Leuven
My current research work consists of two main tracks: (1) economics of climate change (in particular integrated assessment modeling and international environmental agreements, see Bakalova and Eyckmans 2019) and (2) economic analysis of circular economy (in particular economic modeling of material flows, see GarcÃa-Barragán, J.F., Eyckmans, J. and Rousseau, S. 2019). So far these two tracks were rather separate but during the last couple of ...
Support centre for sustainable material-management in a circular economy. KU Leuven
The Policy Research Centre Circular Economy started in January 2017 and will carry out policy research in the theme of circular economy in the next five years, financed by the Flemish administration departments on economics, science & innovation and on environment, nature & energy. The policy research centre will deliver as products an index to monitor the progress towards a circular economy, policy advices on stimulating it and ...
Closed-loop clothing recycling in a circular economy – Towards indicators for fibre recyclability KU Leuven
UNA, citizens and civil society engagement towards a more inclusive and successful circular economy (CE). KU Leuven
Cities are complex systems which still rely on linear economic models. Given their importance in shaping the global
economy, they are key in the transition to a circular economy (CE). To monitor and support such transition at urban
level, a decisive move beyond the state-of-the-art of techno-economic indicators and data is required. In particular,
the involvement of citizens in supporting and advancing the transition to a CE is ...
support center circular economy KU Leuven
The circular economy support center combines excellence in policy research for sustainable materials management, complementarity, flexibility and coherence in a consortium. The consortium is building on the work of the previous support center SuMMa (2012-2016).
Smart plastic waste conversion for a circular economy Ghent University
The world is trying to make the transition to a stronger and more circular economy. Plastic waste is a particular concern because "closing the loop" through mechanical recycling and re-use is only feasible to a limited extend. This makes that thermal or catalytic chemical recycling, the topic of
this project, will become one of the dominant technologies in the coming decade. However, the limited understanding of how and what can be ...