How and when can civil society associations foster the informal circular economy? In our newest article we discuss its roles and limitations in informal reuse, repair, and sharing in an industrialised setting. #circulareconomy @vito-research.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

I am happy to share our newest publication, on value propositions and organizational design of social circular hubs: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #circulareconomy #socialeconomy @vito-research.bsky.social

I am happy to share our newest publication: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... We outline comparative advantages of housing cooperatives in a circular transition, offering policy and governance recommendations for a more inclusive and circular built environment. @vito-research.bsky.social

Glad to share our newest publication, on the impacts of subsidizing repair on the formal and informal circular economy. #skills #repair #circulareconomy @vito-research.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

What a sunny day! Unfortunately, not all households have equal access to solar photovoltaics. We investigated to what extent circular business models could alleviate barriers for solar PV update in www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚀 New publication! Smart, circular and renewable: the role of cooperative governance in accelerating a sustainable energy transition In Energy Research & Social Science 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.er... We explore how #cooperatives can overcome barriers to a just and #circular #energy #transition

📢 Publication alert! We mapped the informal circular economy in Flanders - a substantial part of the circular transition, often overlooked in research and policy. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #CircularEconomy #InformalEconomy #JustTransition @vito-research.bsky.social

"The substantial autonomy that university endowments permit, may help keep the maintenance of culture and the pursuit of knowledge from being blown about unduly by the shifting winds of ideology and interest" Henry Hansmann, in 1990, explaining the importance of financial reserves of universities

De Belgische 10j rente is deze week met 0,5%-punt gestegen (vnl. door EU aankondigingen extra defensie-uitgaven). Structureel (op termijn) kost dat ons quasi evenveel als het opschalen van de defensie-uitgaven zelf… NB: in de begrotingstabel stond er 365mln “besparing” op rente-uitgaven

I am happy to share our newest publication: 'Too old for a circular solar economy? Age dynamics in the acceptance of solar and circular value propositions' www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #circulareconomy #solarPV #renewables #sustainability #justtransition @vito-research.bsky.social

New publication alert: Cooperating for circularity? Perspectives of citizen energy cooperative members on circular solar business models 🌞🔄 #CircularEconomy #EnergyCooperatives #Solar #Sustainability @vito-research.bsky.social @maastrichtu.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...

Thanks @lucintpanis.bsky.social for bringing me back to this pre-COVID version of Twitter—when it was a vibrant platform for interaction between academics, policymakers, journalists, businesses, and civil society. Let's contribute and connect. @vito-research.bsky.social