"Designing circular and sustainable innovation ecosystems"

Sustainability and Circularity

The transition to a more sustainable society requires more than technological change alone. Rather, it requires fundamental changes in:

  1. the behaviour of individuals and firms, such as new business models and new collaborations for multiple value creation, and in
  2. governance and institutions.

We design circular and sustainable innovation ecosystems which are socio-economic building blocks for a more sustainable society. Our experts in the social sciences and humanities work in close cooperation with TU/e’s engineering departments in order to approach sustainability transitions from a systems perspective

Our research topics

At present our research focusses on these topics:

Sustainable behavior of firms and individuals

Sustainability transitions: system integration and societal readiness

Innovation Ecosystems for a Circular economy

Our core team

Associate Professor

Zümbül Atan

Full Professor

Anna Wieczorek

Associate Professor

Bob Walrave

Full Professor

Pascale Le Blanc

Technological innovations can only be successful if people are not only able but also eager to use them

Some of our research projects

Research project

Circular Plastics Network for training

To demonstrate that a sustainable future for plastics is possible

Research project

URBANE

Developing a sustainable business model for agro-ecological farming in West-Africa

Research project

New Energy Outlook for the Netherlands

Lighting the way to zero emission energy and mobility