Descripción del proyecto
Red de formación innovadora en economía circular
La innovación en materia de productos circulares está abriendo nuevos mercados y una gran cantidad de oportunidades para las empresas de todo el mundo. En el proyecto iCircular3, financiado por las Acciones Marie Skłodowska-Curie, se iniciará un programa de formación centrado en la economía circular para reforzar el potencial investigador de jóvenes investigadores en este campo. El consorcio del proyecto, formado por tres universidades punteras y cuatro socios industriales, orientará a los investigadores sobre cómo aprovechar las tecnologías digitales para aplicar los principios de la economía circular en una serie de industrias. Entre ellas figuran las de robots industriales, equipos de energía para exteriores y vehículos eléctricos.
Objetivo
Circularity has opened up new markets and business opportunities, domestically and outside the EU. However, opportunities are being missed due to low reuse and recycling rates. iCircular3 creates a cohort of future leaders in research, policy, and business through its innovative training programme focused on the Circular Economy. Three leading universities supported by four industry partners will address the incorporation of circular economy principles using digital technologies throughout the product lifecycle, for three innovative and strategic sectors for the European economy: industrial robots, outdoor power products, and electric vehicles.
Each sector will explore the possibilities of a circular lifecycle through four perspectives:
1. Product and service design: exploring opportunities for circularity in the design of outdoor power products, electric vehicles, and industrial robots.
2. Reverse supply chains: understanding and overcoming recovery barriers in these industries.
3. Users and stakeholders: ensuring stakeholder engagement in the transition towards more circularity, for instance by engaging outdoor power product consumers in the development of Reverse Logistics systems, and improving the recycling rates of electric vehicles from a consumer perspective.
4. Systems: developing digital tools and decision support systems that foster circularity.
iCircular3 will recruit and train 9 Researchers to conduct sector-specific projects related to circular lifecycle perspectives; combined together, the projects will contribute to the development of new guidelines and digital tools for the integration of circularity in industry, as well as the identification of cross-sector commonalities. The strong academic/industry interaction in iCircular3 will ensure the relevance of each research project. Researchers will receive high-level industry-led research training and professional development courses, with a view to open up their career perspectives.
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Programa(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Régimen de financiación
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN - HORIZON TMA MSCA Doctoral NetworksCoordinador
4 Dublin
Irlanda