Research Output per year
Research Output per year
Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Education in Circular Economy and Sustainability (CIRCLES) is an interdisciplinary research centre focusing on circular economy and sustainable development. It combines research across natural science, humanities, social science and technical sciences.
Roskilde University has a strategic aim to conduct research and offer educational programs contributing to fulfilling the seventeen global goals for sustainable development as initiated by the United Nations.
In order to fully commit to this strategic aim Roskilde University has intensified interdisciplinary collaboration through facilitating closer integration and synergy between natural science, humanities, social science and technology. The university holds a unique position by working across a broad spectrum of highly relevant research areas, educational aspects and having established collaboration with a range of external stakeholders like NGOs, private companies, universities and public institutions. CIRCLES demonstrates the strengths of interdisciplinarity and intersectoral collaboration on a local, national and international level.
The purpose of CIRCLES is to strengthen:
CIRCLES focuses on circular economy and sustainable development by not only looking for solutions based on single technologies but on systemic change and innovation at different levels in society and across sectors.
Following the European Commission (2014)[1] CIRCLES understands the circular economy as an economic system with a closed-loop material cycle: “Circular economy systems keep the added value in products for as long as possible and eliminate waste. They keep resources within the economy when a product has reached the end of its life, so that they can be productively used again and again and hence create further value”.
The circular economy approach focuses on four main aspects:
The framework of the Sustainable Development Goals implies an ambitious need for interdisciplinary research in order to understand interrelated ecological, social, human and economic challenges and in moving towards a resolution of these challenges. CIRCLES aims to connect strong research across fields and disciplines in the application of transdisciplinary approaches to these challenges.
[1] European Commission. 2014. Towards the Circular Economy – A zero waste programme for Europe. Brussels 25.9.2014
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Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Bojsen, H., Ngomba, T. J., Compaoré, I., Wildermuth, N., Hahonou, E. K., Nielsen, P. E., Samuelsen, H., Larsen, J. M., Hagberg, S., Yaméogo, L., De Jorio, R., Soré, Z., Cissao, Y., Kibora, L., Konsimbo, E., Kaboré, A., Bagaré, M., Fofana, H., Konkobo, B., Ouedraogo, B., Lamine, S., Ely Dicko, B., Karambé, Y., Koné, B., Daouda Diallo, B., Lamine, S., Gustafsson, J., Hansen, E. & Frère, M.
01/01/2021 → 31/12/2023
Project: Research
Neisig, M., Schultz, C., Kristensen, M. L., Håkansson, T., Sørensen, J. H., Pollak, S., Christensen, D. S., Krüger, T. & Ackerhans, S.
01/12/2020 → 01/12/2021
Project: Other
Kristensen, N. H. & Hansen, S. R.
16/10/2020 → 15/10/2024
Project: Research
Thomas Skou Grindsted (Editor)
Activity: Editorial work and peer review › Editor of Series › Research
Patrick Rowan Blackburn (Host)
Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
Niklas Alexander Chimirri (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
21/12/2020
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
18/12/2020
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
18/12/2020
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Grindsted, Thomas Skou (Recipient), 19 Nov 2020
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions
Langergaard, Luise Li (Recipient), 18 Sep 2015
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions
Jensen, Christine Revsbech (Recipient), Jul 2017
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions