Project description
Multidisciplinary training in the circular economy
The EU-funded ReTraCE project will deliver world-class multidisciplinary training to 15 early-stage researchers (ESRs) on the transition towards a more sustainable mode of production and consumption in Europe. The researchers will directly facilitate the implementation of the ambitious Circular Economy Strategy of the European Commission (connected to Sustainable Development Goals). The project will apply a method drawing upon research to significantly advance the current understanding of the applicability of the circular economy paradigm from economic, environmental and social aspects, providing policy insights. The consortium consists of seven academic and three non-academic groups. The ESRs will be employable by research institutions, the public sector, and the manufacturing and service industries.
Objective
This network brings together an exceptionally strong team of world-leading experts from a wide set of beneficiaries and partners in order to achieve breakthroughs in understanding how the transition towards a Circular Economy (CE) can be realised in a successful way in the European context, both within existing organisations and industries as well as through innovative and sustainable business models. The proposed approach is inherently multi-disciplinary, drawing upon research that will advance significantly the state-of-the-art in terms of the current understanding of the applicability of the CE paradigm from Economic, Environmental and Social points of view, providing policy insights and implications for practice. The consortium of 10 beneficiaries (including 7 academic and 3 non-academic groups) will design and deliver world class multidisciplinary training to 15 Early Stage Researchers (ESRs), offering them an extended and valuable program of international exchanges and secondments through the wide network of partner organisations involved in the proposal. The network builds on the success of previous projects in which beneficiaries have successfully delivered high impact research and knowledge exchange. ReTraCE is specifically designed to train a cohort of new thought leaders capable of driving the transition towards a more sustainable mode of production and consumption in Europe in the next decades, who will directly facilitate the implementation of the recently adopted ambitious Circular Economy strategy of the European Commission, which is closely linked to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Indeed, it is envisaged that ESRs will be employable not only by research institutions, but also by public sector bodies and within a wide range of manufacturing and service industries which will require new professional profiles for realising the transition towards the CE.
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S10 2TN Sheffield
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80133 Napoli
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34125 Kassel
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54622 Thessaloniki
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1050 Bruxelles / Brussel
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791 88 Falun
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CT2 7NZ Canterbury, Kent
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SW1X 7HS London
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60300 Aiginio
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3062 PA Rotterdam
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1092 AD Amsterdam
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4390 Ballito
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32660 Allariz
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34266 Niestetal
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80121 Naples
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1120 Bruxelles / Brussel
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Napoli
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20145 Milano
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75009 Paris
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1030 Bruxelles / Brussel
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35576 Wetzlar
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80138 Napoli
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LS2 9JT Leeds
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EX4 4QJ Exeter
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55510 Thessaloniki
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680-749 Ulsan
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00196 Roma
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S1 1UJ Sheffield
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200030 SHANGHAI
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S8 9HE Sheffield
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