PhD Course - Circular Economy and Industrial Systems (7.5 Credits), 2024
For year 2024, the PhD course “Circular Economy and Industrial Systems ” will be offered from the platform of the Strategic Innovation Program for production 2030 supported by VINNOVA, Swedish Energy Agency and Formas.
The PhD course is designed by the Circular Economy initiative at KTH (CE@KTH). Faculty members from different departments and schools at KTH are involved in teaching the course and supervising the student projects/assignments. The aim of the PhD course is to
- Provide conceptual frameworks necessary to understand the foundations of the circular economy paradigm
- Give insights into current industry trends regarding CE
- Provide methods and tools for the implementation of CE in practice
- Provide the policy rationale for CE
Intended learning outcomes
This course will enable PhD students to
- Describe and analyze the conceptual frameworks necessary to understand the foundations of the CE
- Describe current industry trends regarding CE
- Based on a system perspective suggest implementation of CE strategies in industry and society and discuss opportunities and barriers in implementation efforts
- Describe and critically review the policy rationale for CE
Preliminary schedule*
| Course meetings | Date | Agenda |
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Meeting 1 |
19 March 2024 |
Lectures on foundations of the CE: themes and conceptual frameworks |
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Meeting 2 |
20 March 2024 |
CE in practice: Industry presentations |
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Meeting 3 |
24 April 2024 |
Peer review reports and group discussions on Assignment 1 |
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Meeting 4 |
11 June 2024 |
Learnings from the CE implementation projects |
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Meeting 5 |
12 June 2024 |
Circular business strategy workshop |
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Meeting 6 |
13 June 2024 |
Student seminars and peer discussion on final assignment |
*Some changes in schedule may be expected and will be communicated in due time
The deadline for the course registration is Feb 29, 2024.
Minimum number of students to run the course: 10
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