Circular Economy: Innovative Approaches to Circularity Toward Green Transformation and Blue Growth

Dear Colleagues,

The purpose of this Special Issue is to explore new circular economy findings and approaches for the achievement of the sustainability goals for the green transformation and the blue growth toward the collaborative-design paradigm, thus extending previous academic and managerial knowledge. We encourage submissions investigating the application of circular economy models in both theoretical and practical approaches to the industrial challenge.

The common ground of circularity has the potential to cross resource-intensive sectors: the field of renewable energy, agriculture, marine, maritime industries, and infrastructure. It also has the potential to trigger innovation paths for new sustainable products and strategic actions under the critical raw materials viewpoint. The intersectoral challenge in reaching the ambitious objective of the circular approach also mixes the digital integration in design with the application of circularity. We welcome articles that address consumer behavior, circular design approaches and waste management, environmental, social and economic assessment, green claims and certification, new hybrid managing models, and evaluation of the entrepreneurial risks in light of the achievement of sustainability goals. Preference will be shown for work that is novel, applicable, and that with a breadth of multidisciplinarity, captures best practices as well as systemic principles, and reflects the state of the art. Papers selected for this Special Issue will be subject to a rigorous peer review with the goal of the rapid and wide dissemination of research results, developments, and applications. 

Prof. Dr. Andrea Colantoni
Prof. Dr. Enrico Maria Mosconi
Prof. Marco Marconi
Prof. Dr. Donato Morea
Dr. Mattia Mattia Pellegrini
Guest Editors

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