Expertise: Circular Economy

CenSE is committed to research focused on the circular transition. Facilitating the change process towards sustainable circular partnerships is an important pillar in this. 

On the one hand, CenSE performs fundamental research on sustainable cooperation models and innovative circular business models. On the other hand, the research group is strongly committed to practical research experimenting with new circular chains. How a diverse set of actors can cooperate with each other in an efficient and transparent way invariably receives an important place in each project. This is consistent with the principles of systems thinking.

From this spearhead, CenSE contributes to the rollout of the circular economy in Brussels, Flanders and Europe. 

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Ongoing projects

Completed projects

  • Circular transition through sustainable multi-actor partnerships

    In this research we want to explore what is needed to establish sustainable partnerships between the actors of a Quintuple Helix model for circular ecosystems, within the Flemish and Brussels context.

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  • S-CircEl: Social and Circular Ecosystems with a view to advancement to gainful employment

    Transition from the social economy to a sustainable, paid job (in the regular circuit) is and remains a major challenge. Within this project we look for new opportunities to (re)activate this target group on the (regular) labor market and increase their chances of a sustainable job.

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  • City4coEN

    This study, commissioned by the Brussels Capital Region, examines a wide range of sharing initiatives in the Brussels region.

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