Circular Economy - Sustainable Materials Management
Ghent University , Flemish Institute for Technological Research , Lund University , Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland , International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics , National Technical University of Athens and Delft University of Technology via Coursera
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In addition to providing many cases of managing materials for sustainability, the course also teaches skills and tools for analyzing circular business models and promotes development of your own ideas to become more involved in the transition to a Circular Economy.
You will learn from expert researchers and practitioners from around Europe as they explain core elements and challenges in the transition to a circular economy over the course of 5 modules:
Module 1: Materials. This module explores where materials come from, and builds a rationale for why society needs more circularity.
Module 2: Circular Business Models. In this module circular business models are explored in-depth and a range of ways for business to create economic and social value are discussed.
Module 3: Circular Design, Innovation and Assessment. This module presents topics like functional materials and eco-design as well as methods to assess environmental impacts.
Module 4: Policies and Networks. This module explores the role of governments and networks and how policies and sharing best practices can enable the circular economy.
Module 5: Circular Societies. This module examines new norms, forms of engagement, social systems, and institutions, needed by the circular economy and how we, as individuals, can help society become more circular.
This course is brought to you by:
LUND UNIVERSITY
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS (IIIEE)
EIT RAWMATERIALS
VITO
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND
NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
GHENT UNIVERSITY
DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Syllabus
- Introduction - Materials
- This module explores sourcing of materials from extraction to refining processes as well as the complexity of material supply. It builds a rationale for why we need to transform to a Circular Economy.
- Circular Business Models
- In this module circular business models are explored in-depth and a range of ways for business to create economic and social value are discussed
- Circular Design, Innovation and Assessment
- This module presents topics like functional materials and eco-design as well as methods to assess environmental impacts.
- Policies and Networks
- This module explores the role of governments and networks and how policies and sharing best practices can enable the circular economy.
- Circular Societies
- This module examines new norms, forms of engagement, social systems, and institutions, needed by the circular economy and how we, as individuals, can help society become more circular.
Taught by
Philip Peck, Karl Vrancken, Julia Nußholz, Sophie Sfez, Jeroen Gillabel, Saskia Manshoven, Erika Faigen, Jessika Luth Richter, Konstantinos Modis and David Peck
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