[HTML][HTML] Conceptualizing the circular economy (revisited): an analysis of 221 definitions

J Kirchherr, NHN Yang, F Schulze-Spüntrup… - Resources …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the past decade, use of the circular economy (CE) concept by scholars and practitioners
has grown steadily. In a 2017 article, Kirchherr et al. found that the CE concept is interpreted …

Scaling the impact of sustainability initiatives: a typology of amplification processes

DPM Lam, B Martín-López, A Wiek, EM Bennett… - Urban …, 2020 - Springer
Amplifying the impact of sustainability initiatives to foster transformations in urban and rural
contexts, has received increasing attention in resilience, social innovation, and sustainability …

[HTML][HTML] Policy mixes for sustainability transitions: New approaches and insights through bridging innovation and policy studies

F Kern, KS Rogge, M Howlett - Research Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
There has been an increasing interest in science, technology and innovation policy studies
in the topic of policy mixes. While earlier studies conceptualised policy mixes mainly in terms …

Transdisciplinary sustainability research in real-world labs: success factors and methods for change

M Bergmann, N Schäpke, O Marg, F Stelzer… - Sustainability …, 2021 - Springer
The transdisciplinary research mode has gained prominence in the research on and for
sustainability transformations. Yet, solution-oriented research addressing complex …

[HTML][HTML] Circular economy-induced global employment shifts in apparel value chains: Job reduction in apparel production activities, job growth in reuse and recycling …

L Repp, M Hekkert, J Kirchherr - Resources, conservation and recycling, 2021 - Elsevier
There is no evidence-based discussion on the intended and unintended global social
impacts, such as changes in employment, of the European Union's (EU) transition towards …

[HTML][HTML] Democratising sustainability transformations: Assessing the transformative potential of democratic practices in environmental governance

J Pickering, T Hickmann, K Bäckstrand… - Earth System …, 2022 - Elsevier
Many democracies find it difficult to act swiftly on problems such as climate change and
biodiversity loss. This is reflected in long-standing debates in research and policy about …

Discursive dynamics and lock-ins in socio-technical systems: an overview and a way forward

MC Simoens, L Fuenfschilling, S Leipold - Sustainability Science, 2022 - Springer
Understanding the dynamics of stability and change is key to accelerate sustainability
transitions. This paper aims to advance and inspire sustainability transition research on this …

The 'end of the world'vs. the 'end of the month': understanding social resistance to sustainability transition agendas, a lesson from the Yellow Vests in France

M Martin, M Islar - Sustainability Science, 2021 - Springer
This paper investigates the Yellow Vests movement and the extent it constitutes an original
platform for resistance to a sustainability transition agenda in the French context. The …

[HTML][HTML] A system dynamics-based framework for examining Circular Economy transitions

D Guzzo, DCA Pigosso, N Videira… - Journal of cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Decision-makers in the public policy and business arenas need tools to deal with multiple
sources of complexity in Circular Economy (CE) transitions. System Dynamics (SD) …

[HTML][HTML] Mind the gap: Towards a systematic circular economy encouragement of small and medium-sized companies

D Holzer, R Rauter, E Fleiß, T Stern - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite a growing number of circular economy (CE) strategies, reports, methods and tools,
researchers have provided little empirical evidence on the corporate practices in small and …