About us

A just transition
to circular
economy

JUST2CE aims at understanding, in a critical and thoughtful way, under which conditions a responsible, inclusive and socially just transition to a circular economy is possible and desirable, what technical, geopolitical and social factors can enable or hamper such transformation and how these aspects can contribute to the development of transitional policy measures.

The project will identify enablers and barriers to Circular Economy in a number of key strategic sectors – selected among those indicated by the EU Action Plan for Circular Economy – such as food production and waste, water management, critical raw materials and production in complex global supply chains. The results of this analysis will be used to develop a decision support system and macroeconomics analytical tools to design new or improve existing Circular Economy practices.

Key Information

WHAT WILL BE IMPROVED:

The project will allow the qualitative and quantitative assessment of Circular Economy practices and will support well-targeted policy to design new or improve existing CE initiatives. This will be implemented by a software platform freely available on the project website

WHO WILL BENEFIT:

Scholars, practitioners,
policy-makers, business and civil society organizations in the Circular Economy arena.

EXPECTED ACHIEVEMENTS:

A rigorous and comprehensive overview and analysis of the current state-of-the-art in the field of Circular economy
An integrated Decision Support System (DSS) for Responsible CE practices. The DSS is a decision making roadmap – not standardised but shared and editable that is achieved by creating appropriate directions, interfaces, goal and scope, integration and selection procedures for each approach, in order to help decision making at each step
The successful completion of 10 case studies
Policy Briefs on Responsible Circular economy

3.5

MILLION

budget

MONTHS DURATION

01/09/2021 – 31/08/2024

PARTNERS

all over the world

TARGET COUNTRIES

Spain, United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal, South Africa, Greece, Ethiopia, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Morocco

Consortium members

Work packages

WP1

BEYOND THE CURRENT CE MODELS AND PRACTICES
Lead Beneficiary | CES

WP2

ENABLERS AND BARRIERS TO THE TRANSITION TOWARDS A CE
Lead Beneficiary | UAB

WP3

TOWARDS A FRAMEWORK FOR A RESPONSIBLE CE
Lead Beneficiary | SEERC

WP4

AN INTEGRATED DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR RESPONSIBLE CE PRACTICES
Lead Beneficiary | USFD

WP5

POLICY MODELS FOR EVALUATION AND PLANNING OF CE PRACTICES
Lead Beneficiary | UNIVLEEDS

WP6

DISSEMINATION AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
Lead Beneficiary | ARC

WP7

PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Lead Beneficiary | UAB

WP8

ETHICS REQUIREMENTS
Lead Beneficiary | UAB

Action Network

UAB | Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona

Mario Pansera

Project Coordinator | Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona mario.pansera(at)uab.cat

Maddalena Ripa

Postdoc | Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona maddalena.ripa(at)uab.cat

Tess Doezema

Postdoc | Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona tessdoez(at)gmail.com

Noelia Donado

Management | Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona noelia.donado(at)uab.cat

Martín Calisto Friant

Postdoctoral Researcher/UAB [email protected]

UVigo | Universidade de Vigo

Brais Suarez

Postdoc | Universidade de Vigo

David Soto

Postdoc | Universidad de Vigo davidsoto(at)uvigo.es

Sonia Pascual

Management | Universidade de Vigo sonia.pascual(at)uvigo.es

Javier de Rivera

Postdoc | Universidad de Vigo

USFD | The University of Sheffield

Emanuela Girei

Lecturer in Organisation Studies | University of Sheffield e.girei(at)sheffield.ac.uk

Victor Shi Guang

Supply Chain Resilience Lead at AMRC | University of Sheffield guang.shi(at)sheffield.ac.uk

Akis Bimpizas-Pinis

Research Assistant | University of Sheffield m.bimpizas-pinis(at)sheffield.ac.uk

Andrea Genovese

Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management | University of Sheffield a.genovese(at)shef.ac.uk

Andrea Jimenez Cisneros

Lecturer in Information Management | University of Sheffield a.jimenez(at)sheffield.ac.uk

Tommaso Calzolari

Research Associate | University of Sheffield t.calzolari(at)sheffield.ac.uk

Azar MahmoumGonbadi

Research Assistant | University of Sheffield a.mahmoum(at)sheffield.ac.uk

Energy at work

Giuseppe Rocco Rana

Senior researcher, administrative & financial manager | Energy at work giuseppe.rana(at)energyatwork.it

Luigi D’Oriano

Senior researcher, project manager | Energy at work luigi.doriano(at)energyatwork.it

Giuseppe Mastandrea

Technical leader | Energy at work giuseppe.mastandrea(at)energyatwork.it

Elena Conte

DSS development team member | Energy at work elena.conte(at)energyatwork.it

Daniele Mattia

DSS development team member | Energy at work daniele.mattia(at)energyatwork.it

SIRDC | Scientific and Industrial Research and Development Centre

Cephas Mandizvidza

Associate researcher | SIRDC cmandizvidza(at)sirdc.ac.zw

Stanford Mushiri

Director of SIRDC’s ZNCPC | SIRDC smushiri(at)sirdc.ac.zw

Andrew Chinyepe

Associate researcher | SIRDC achinyepe(at)sirdc.ac.zw

Netsayi Tabetha Ngorima

Public Consultation Expert and Administrator | SIRDC nngorima(at)sirdc.ac.zw

Thokozani Dube

Associate researcher | SIRDC tdube(at)sirdc.ac.zw

Tutsirai Mufunde

Social development and gender expert | SIRDC tmufunde(at)sirdc.ac.zw

Angela Msipha-Karuva

Production Engineer | SIRDC akaruva(at)sirdc.ac.zw

Raymond Makhanda

Associate researcher | SIRDC rmakahnda(at)sirdc.ac.zw

UPN | Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope

Giovanna Apice

Financial Manager | UPN giovanna.apice(at)uniparthenope.it

Renato Passaro

Researcher | UPN renato.passaro(at)uniparthenope.it

Patrizia Ghisellini

Researcher | UPN patrizia.ghisellini(at)uniparthenope.it

Marco Casazza

Researcher | UPN marco.casazza(at)uniparthenope.it

Sergio Ulgiati

Researcher | UPN sergio.ulgiati(at)gmail.com

Roberto Cerchione

Researcher | UPN roberto.cerchione(at)uniparthenope.it

Serena Kaiser

Researcher | UPN serena.kaiseri(at)uniparthenope.it

Amos Ncube

Researcher | UPN amos.ncube(at)uniparthenope.it

Mariana Oliveira

Researcher | UPN mariana.oliveira(at)uniparthenope.it

Ivana Quinto

Researcher | UPN Ivana.quinto(at)unina.it

Remo Santagata

Researcher | UPN remo.santagata(at)uniparthenope.it

Giuseppe Scandurra

Researcher | UPN giuseppe.scandurra(at)uniparthenope.it

Antonio Thomas

Researcher | UPN antonio.thomas(at)uniparthenope.it

Kevin van Langen

Researcher | UPN kevin.vanlangen(at)uniparthenope.it

Chiara Vassillo

Researcher | UPN [email protected]

MedWaves | the UNEP/MAP Regional Activity Centre for SCP

Alessandro Miraglia

Team Leader Networking and Communication | MedWaves amiraglia(at)gencat.cat

Magali Outters

Team Leader Policy Area| MedWaves moutters(at)gencat.cat

Matías Ibañez Sales

Project Manager [email protected]

Ramon Tormo Foraster

Communications Officer [email protected]

CES | Centro de Estudos Sociais

Emanuele Leonardi

Affiliated Researcher | Centro de Estudos Sociais lele.leonardi(at)gmail.com

Stefania Barca

Senior Researcher | Centro de Estudos Sociais sbarca(at)ces.uc.pt

Teresa Meira

Post-doctoral researcher | Centro de Estudos Sociais teresameira(at)ces.uc.pt

Giacomo D'Alisa

FCT postdoc | Centro de Estudos Sociais giacomo_dalisa(at)yahoo.it

Joana Vaz Sousa

Researcher | Centro de Estudos Sociais joanasousa(at)ces.uc.pt

ACEN | African Circular Economy Network

Sally-Anne Käsner

Administration | ACEN info(at)circular-vision.com

Katharina Gihring

Main Contact [email protected]

Peter Desmond

Team member [email protected]

Kumasi Hive

George Kwadwo, Appiah

Main contact | Kumasi Hive jorgeappiah(at)kumasihive.com

Freda Yamorti, Gbande

Communications manager | Kumasi Hive freda(at)kumasihive.com

Priscilla Siaw, Yeboaa

Finance manager | Kumasi Hive siaw(at)kumasihive.com

Samuel, Alorzukey

Team member | Kumasi Hive samkojo(at)kumasihive.com

Rex, Babo

Team member | Kumasi Hive rex(at)kumasihive.com

SEERC | South-East European Research Centre

Adrian Solomon

Administration | SEERC asolomon(at)seerc.org

Dilay Celebi

Researcher | SEERC digonidis(at)york.citycollege.eu

Nikos Zaharis

Administration | SEERC nzaharis(at)seerc.org

Leeds University Business School | University of Leeds (UK)

Marco Veronese Passarella

Co-Investigator, Workpackage Coordinator of WP5 and Leader | University of Leeds m.passarella(at)leeds.ac.uk | m.passarella(at)unilink.it

Effie Kesidou

Professor of Economics of Innovation & Sustainability | University of Leeds e.kesidou(at)leeds.ac.uk

Annina Kaltenbrunner

Associate Professor in the Economics of Globalisation and the International Economy | University of Leeds a.kaltenbrunner(at)leeds.ac.uk

Oriol Vallès Codina

Post-doc researcher and deals with WP5 | University of Leeds oriolvallescodina(at)gmail.com

UCT | University of Cape Town

Kosheek Sewchurran

Project Director | University of Cape Town kosheek.sewchurran(at)uct.ac.za

Gavin Andersson

Adjunct Professor and Project Leader | University of Cape Town gavin(at)aktivity.org

Lester Davids

Research Assistant | University of Cape Town lesterdavids(at)gmail.com

Advisory Board

Richard Owen

Responsible Research and Innovation richard.owen(at)bristol.ac.uk

Ken Webster

Circular Economy ken_webster(at)mac.com

Keren Mettle-Nunoo

Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Africa keren.arthur(at)ucc.edu.gh

Jenny Cargill

Business Strategy and green economy jenny(at)strategyexecutionsa.com

Patrick Schröder

Circular Economy in the Global South PSchroeder(at)chathamhouse.org