Projet CRESTING (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2017)
Action : Doctoral Networks
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

CRESTING will train Early Stage Researchers (ESR) in cutting edge systematic analysis of the process of transformation to a Circular Economy (CE). Establishing a CE (such that the maximum value is extracted from materials and waste generation minimised) is a major policy area within the European Union and elsewhere. Explicitly seen as increasing economic competitiveness and laying a foundation for environmental employment, CE policies are designed to increase resource efficiency and decrease carbon dependency. Previous and ongoing research into the CE, however, has been largely concerned with strategies for implementation. The many different fields of activity comprising the CE (e.g., re-use, recovery, recycling, eco-design amongst others) operate with varying degrees of effectiveness in different places and for different materials. These fields of activity have not been critically analysed as an interrelated social, technical, environmental and, significantly, spatial phenomenon. This programme will advance the critical analysis of the concept and sustainability implications of the CE by the training of 15 ESR analysing CE-related activity and initiatives in a range of geographic and economic settings. CRESTING is divided between 5 work packages (WP) analysing: current discourse and policy contexts (WP1); corporate engagement with the CE (WP2); public sector engagement in the CE (WP3); the potential for local economic development and employment from the CE (WP4); and measuring life cycle impacts and developing sustainability indicators relevant to the CE (WP5). With multidisciplinary and international supervisory teams including non-academic partners within each WP, CRESTING will 1) analyse the sustainability implications of the CE; 2) analyse the spatial dimension of the CE and 3) translate these analyses into specific actions for managing the transformation to the CE.

Mots clés : circular economy, industrial ecology, policy implementation, life cycle analysis, sustainability indicators, business models, employment, employability, public sector, sustainability

Participants :
- Universidade Aberta (Portugal) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 238356.36 €
- Secretaria-geral do ministério do ambiente (ministry of environment, republica portuguesa) (Portugal) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Messina (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 258061.32 €
- Amt der steiermärkischen landesregierung (office of the regional government of styria) (Autriche) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Utrecht University (Pays-Bas) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 766122.84 €
- Wrap (United Kingdom) (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, organization partner, Autres, subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Ibadan (Nigeria) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Chieti-Pescara (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 258061.32 €
- Saubermacher dienstleistungs ag (Autriche) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Mangiatorella spa (Italie) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Nanjing University (Chine) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Initiatives durables (France) — Partner, organization partner, Autres, subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Hull (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 819863.64 €
- Ipoint-systems gmbh (Allemagne) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Ecoinnovazione srl (Italie) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Hull City Council (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes publics (hors enseignement & recherche), subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Graz (Autriche) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 511868.16 €
- Aptar italia spa (Italie) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Taiwan ce network (Taïwan) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de technologie de Troyes (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 525751.2 €
- Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment (Pays-Bas) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes publics (hors enseignement & recherche), subvention : 0.0 €
- Environmental and management solutions ltd (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 476712.72 €