Circular models
Developing and evaluating circular frameworks for cities and industry, drawing on the ReSOLVE framework of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, industrial ecology and urban metabolism.
Waste prevention
Prevention through product design, packaging and behaviour, following the waste hierarchy of the EU Waste Framework Directive.
Resource metrics
Material Flow Analysis (MFA) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to compare resource performance at city and company level.
SMEs in transition
Circular business models, supply chains and stakeholder engagement in small and medium-sized enterprises.
Urban pilots
Co-design and evaluation of circular pilots in Berlin, from repair formats to material passports.
Theory and methods
The cluster draws on industrial ecology, urban metabolism, sustainability transition studies (multi-level perspective) and behavioural economics. Methods include MFA, LCA, agent-based modelling and comparative case studies.