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tabindex=\"-1\">Programme<\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu elementor-nav-menu--dropdown\">\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-3656\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erscp2027.lneg.pt\/?page_id=3167\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Programme at a glance<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-3657\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erscp2027.lneg.pt\/?page_id=3886\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Keynote speakers<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-3658\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erscp2027.lneg.pt\/?page_id=3888\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">PhD day<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-3659\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erscp2027.lneg.pt\/?page_id=3890\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Parallel events<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom 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href=\"https:\/\/erscp2027.lneg.pt\/?page_id=3897\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Registration form<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-3667\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erscp2027.lneg.pt\/?page_id=3899\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Contact for registering<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-362\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erscp2027.lneg.pt\/?page_id=3171\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Call for abstracts<\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu elementor-nav-menu--dropdown\">\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-4394\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erscp2027.lneg.pt\/?page_id=3171\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Call for abstracts<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-3780\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erscp2027.lneg.pt\/?page_id=3923\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Thematic tracks<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-3848\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erscp2027.lneg.pt\/?page_id=3905\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Review process<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-3849\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erscp2027.lneg.pt\/?page_id=3907\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Submission form<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-3845\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erscp2027.lneg.pt\/?page_id=3911\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Special issues<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-1731\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erscp2027.lneg.pt\/?page_id=3173\" class=\"elementor-item\" 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class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1861\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1861\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-down\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">1. Systemic solutions for circular materials, technologies and processes<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1861\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1861\"><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The transition towards a sustainable circular society requires far\u2011reaching changes in how technologies, materials, and processes are designed, governed and integrated. While circularity is gaining momentum, the systemic transformation needed across industrial sectors, supply chains, and value networks remains incomplete.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Significant knowledge gaps persist around scaling cleaner technologies, managing critical and strategic materials, and aligning industrial and ecological processes in ways that are both regenerative and just. Current industrial systems continue to rely on resource\u2011intensive processes and on raw materials vulnerable to geopolitical, environmental, and economic disruptions. There is an urgent need to better understand strategies for substitution, stewardship, and circular recovery that can reduce dependency while maintaining performance and resilience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">By addressing these gaps, this track aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and generate actionable insights that support the design, integration, and scaling of circular and sustainable solutions across sectors.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">We welcome contributions to the following exemplary questions:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How can cleaner technologies and process innovations accelerate the transition towards a sustainable circular society by reducing emissions, waste, and resource dependency across sectors?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">What strategies for substitution, stewardship, and recycling of critical and strategic raw materials can strengthen societal resilience and competitiveness and support the development of a sustainable circular economy?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">In what ways can industrial symbiosis models and enabling frameworks foster the required systemic collaboration, and what limitations or unintended consequences may hinder their implementation and long-term effectiveness?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How can emerging technologies for bio circularity and bio-based systems contribute to building a society that relies on renewable biological resources?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How can global supply chains be reshaped to enhance circular resource flows, transparency, and resilience in pursuit of a sustainable circular society?<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1862\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1862\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-down\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">2. Design and development of circular products, services and systems<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1862\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1862\"><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The role of designers and their practice is recognized as a catalyst and driving force in the transition from the traditional take-make-dispose model to achieve a more restorative, regenerative and circular economy. Therefore, this track focuses on promoting the debate and sharing of experiences regarding the design practice for the development of innovative products, services and systems, aligned with international policies, goals and objectives, aiming to the transition to a more sustainable and circular society.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Submissions should address innovative methods, tools and trends in the design and development practice, as well as future perspectives, like bio and regenerative design, AI in design, product and systems design, social design, service design, new business models design, the influence of design in user behaviours and consumer practices, etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Finally, we challenge submitters to &#8220;think outside the box,&#8221; presenting innovative research that new paradigms for the future of design in the context of sustainability.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">We welcome contributions to the following exemplary questions:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How can design promote and shape the transition to a sustainable and circular society?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Which innovative tools and methods can designers apply to support an effective design practice for a successful transition to circular economy in the real world?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Which are the design trends and paths for the future?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How can the design practice and the role of design professionals be promoted in the circular economy context?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How can designers overcome the barriers in the adoption of design practices that result in more sustainable products and services aligned with the future needs of the society?<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1863\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1863\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-down\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">3. Business perspective: Innovation, entrepreneurship, finance and education for sustainability<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1863\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1863\"><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Overall, this track aims to deepen our understanding of how innovations, entrepreneurship, finance, and education may advance sustainability transitions of organisations. Particular attention is given to innovative sustainable business practices towards a regenerative society. The track also examines sustainable entrepreneurship and its role for a sustainability transition from the perspective of systemic innovation and social change.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Contributions may, for example, address how sustainable entrepreneurs and impact investors mobilize capital and reshape markets. It questions further the financing of the transition toward sustainable (and regenerative) economic systems across sectors. The role of institutions, policy frameworks, and financial instruments in enabling these transitions is central. Equally important is the development of education and skills for sustainable entrepreneurship across formal and informal learning contexts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The track welcomes interdisciplinary perspectives from sustainability, management, economics, and education science. We encourage to submit empirical, conceptual, and methodological contributions as well as literature reviews.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">We welcome contributions to the following exemplary questions:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">What sustainable business practices most effectively contribute to the transition toward a sustainability transition\/regenerative society?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How do sustainable entrepreneurs act as change agents within broader sustainability transitions?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Which educational approaches and skill sets are critical for enabling future-proof sustainable entrepreneurs?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How can financing mechanisms be designed to better support sustainable entrepreneurship and long-term sustainable outcomes for society?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How do policy, finance, and education systems interact to accelerate or hinder sustainability transitions?<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1864\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1864\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-down\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">4. Resilient regions and circular cities<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1864\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1864\"><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">As global systems face increasing environmental, economic, and social pressures, the transition toward circularity offers a pathway to decentralised, inclusive, and regenerative urban and regional futures.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The track will focus on the transformative role of social and grassroots innovations in driving systemic change from the bottom up. It will examine how regional innovation hubs can serve as catalysts for experimentation, collaboration, and scaling of circular solutions across sectors. Particular attention will be given to regional value creation, highlighting how shorter value chains and localized production systems can enhance economic robustness, reduce dependencies, and foster community well-being. Also, the engagement needed for a circular regional transition and new types of cooperations should be considered.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Central to the discussions will be citizens\u2019 participation and local\/regional governance, recognizing that resilient circular transitions require democratic engagement, co-creation, and multi-level governance frameworks. The conference will also address the importance of decentralisation in strengthening adaptive capacity, enabling distributed infrastructures, and supporting place-based strategies tailored to regional contexts.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">We welcome contributions to the following exemplary questions:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How can social and grassroots innovations accelerate circular transitions in cities and regions?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">What role do regional innovation hubs play in fostering circular ecosystems and scaling place-based solutions?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How could regional circular systems be embedded within local authorities and communities?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How can new types and formats of co-operations evolve, what might be the role of start-ups?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How can short loops and regional value chains strengthen economic resilience and local value creation?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">In what ways does decentralisation enhance urban and regional resilience and adaptive systems through circular resource systems?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How can behavioural change and shifts in urban lifestyles support sustainable consumption patterns and circular city transitions?<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1865\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1865\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-down\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">5. Energy and climate neutrality<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1865\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1865\"><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Achieving climate neutrality requires systemic transformations in resource use, production, and consumption patterns. The circular economy has gained increasing relevance as a framework capable of contributing to climate change mitigation by reducing material use, extending product lifecycles, and enabling resource recirculation. By decreasing raw materials and carbon-intensive processes, circular strategies may play a critical role towards climate neutrality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">This track invites contributions, from theoretical, empirical to methodological perspectives, that examine the role of circular economy strategies for narrowing, slowing and closing material loops in climate mitigation. We are particularly interested in contributions across micro, meso, and macro levels, assessing their effectiveness, scalability or systemic implications.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">We welcome contributions to the following exemplary questions:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How do circular economy strategies for narrowing, slowing, and closing material loops (such as circular design, industrial symbiosis, material recovery and recirculation, etc.) contribute to climate neutrality?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Which are the main developments in policy and economic frameworks that enable the integration of circular economy into climate How can tools such as life cycle assessment (LCA), material flow analysis (MFA), carbon accounting, and circularity indicators evaluate the climate implications of circular economy strategies?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Which are the limitations and trade-offs of circular economy, including rebound effects, material constraints, and other environmental, economic and social externalities linked with broader decarbonization pathways?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How can circular economy principles, applied to renewable energy technologies and energy infrastructure, support the energy transition while minimizing material demand, emissions, and resource criticality in pathways toward climate neutrality?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How can sector-specific circular economy strategies (e.g. energy-intensive industries, construction, and mobility) contribute to reducing energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions on pathways toward climate neutrality?<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1866\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1866\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-down\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">6. Nature-based solutions as green, social and critical infrastructures<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1866\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1866\"><p>Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are often defined as addressing societal challenges via the support and power of nature. As multiple challenges emerge simultaneously, a main issue in NbS implementation is not just achieving multifunctionality but balancing diverse functions, values, and trade-offs within complex socio-ecological systems. This highlights a range of critical questions about how NbS are viewed and implemented in practice. This track explores this complexity by examining NbS through a conceptualization as green, social, and critical infrastructures for cities, regions and societies.<\/p><p>From a green infrastructure perspective, NbS can be strategically planned networks that enhance ecological performance, connectivity, circularity and system-level functionality. A social infrastructure lens draws attention to the importance of accessible public spaces in fostering civic life, inclusion, safety, care, belonging, and justice but also the social networks which support NbS. Meanwhile, a critical infrastructure perspective highlights NbS as key components of resilience and circularity, supporting robustness, adaptability, and integration across systems and domains. This track invites contributions, from theoretical, empirical to methodological perspectives, that examine how can nature-based solutions serve as green, social, and critical infrastructures?<\/p><p>We welcome contributions to the following exemplary questions:<\/p><ul><li>How can cities, regions and societies advance a reframing of NbS as dynamic socio-ecological infrastructures providing key benefits rather than peripheral or niche interventions?<\/li><li>How can cities, regions and societies work with NbS as living and circular systems that are continuously planned, governed, maintained, inhabited, and tested over time?<\/li><li>How can cities, regions and societies capture the potential of NbS to operate across multiple domains simultaneously, contributing to ecological integrity, social wellbeing, systemic resilience and circular systems?<\/li><li>How can cities, regions and societies work with NbS as green, social and critical infrastructure while continuously foregrounding questions of inclusive governance, equity, and stewardship?<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1867\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1867\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-down\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">7. Sustainable consumption and social change<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1867\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1867\"><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">This track welcomes contributions regarding the important role consumption plays for a circular society. Emphasis is on the structural conditions in which consumption decisions take place and how they can be shaped.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Thus, one strand we are interested in are latest insights how societal norms and values influence sustainable consumer behaviour. Also, we like to see contributions how to further foster sufficiency approaches. Which cultural and technical trends are useful in this regard? Which concepts and tools are needed to better measure and demonstrate sufficiency approaches complementing efficiency ones?\u00a0 Also, the just transition and distributional impacts and challenges should be reflected.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Sessions in this track welcome \u2013 but are not limited to \u2013 papers and presentations in the emerging fields of unintentional sustainability and the optimalisation and implementation of consumption corridors. The track welcomes interdisciplinary perspectives from political science, sociology, economics, and legal science. We encourage to submit empirical, conceptual and methodological contributions as well as literature reviews.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">We welcome contributions to the following exemplary questions:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">In which way can social norms and values foster a transition in consumer behaviour?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How to overcome sufficiency delays to increase adaptation and resilience?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Which concepts, tools and measurements contribute to a broader uptake of sufficiency?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Which cultural and technical trends foster sufficiency?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How can we make so far undervalued sufficiency lifestyles more visible?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How to better reflect on fairness ensure a just transformation and meet distributional challenges?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How to operationalise and implement a good life within consumption corridors?<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1868\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1868\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-down\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">8. Circularity policies, governance, engagement and participation<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1868\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1868\"><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">This track intends to focus on the policy level, especially participation in, formulation of and implementation of policy. The track wants to look for future balance of government and governance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Particular attention is given to support transitions paths to circularity; this might not be restricted to a single policy area but also look for the interplay among different policy areas and\/or across different economic sectors. The perspective is not restricted to a specific level, it is encouraged to look for the global, national, regional and\/or local level to support the transition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The recent debates on deregulation and a deliberative democracy might be picked up and reflected; we encourage to discuss innovative and smarter approaches, also regarding financially support the transition. The role of citizens and society in policy making might be another topic, it should be reflected how to involve and empower them? Which participation formats might support them? In recent years, the role of science in policymaking has been doubted. We invite for reflecting this \u201cwind of change\u201d and look forward to bringing insights how science should answer. The track welcomes interdisciplinary perspectives from political science, sociology, economics, and legal science. We encourage to submit empirical, conceptual and methodological contributions as well as literature reviews.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">We welcome contributions to the following exemplary questions:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How could policy foster the transition to circularity and sustainability, also by mobilising policy synergies?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How could a multi-level-policy framework support the transition?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Is there a need for other types of regulation? How could become regulation smarter and institutionally more innovative?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How could public money support the transition?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How could policy involve and activate society and citizens in policy formulation and implementation? How to involve and empower people?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How can citizens\u2019 participation and new governance models enable inclusive and decentralised circular transitions?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">What is the role of inter- and transdisciplinary science in policymaking? How to handle with fact-based and emotional-based public discussions?<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1869\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"9\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1869\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-down\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">9. Assessing and reporting circularity and sustainability<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1869\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"9\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1869\"><p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">In the monitoring, assessment, and reporting of circularity and sustainability, one of the main aims is to support decision-making, organizational learning, and policy processes, thereby improving the management of natural and human systems and enabling transitions towards sustainable outcomes. In addition,\u00a0circularity and sustainability\u00a0evaluation, reporting, and governance initiatives should integrate and reflect the uncertainties of non-linear, complex systems, where boundaries and limits are often unknown. <\/span><\/p><p>Despite the diversity of methods and tools to assess and report circularity and sustainability, indicators are one of the most widely used approaches, playing a central role in supporting management systems and communicating circularity and sustainability performance to stakeholders. Indicators and related approaches have long been used in this field; therefore, it is useful to compare, evaluate, and further develop\u00a0different indicator approaches and practices. Researchers face several challenges, including how to design indicator models that account for\u00a0complexity and long-term dynamics, how to improve indicator communication, and how useful indicators are for society and stakeholder decision-making. Additional challenges include assessing their effectiveness in advancing circularity and sustainability, evaluating their\u00a0real-world impact, tailoring indicators for\u00a0policy influence, and understanding their strengths, limitations, and future potential.<\/p><p>We welcome both theoretical and empirical contributions addressing new approaches, concepts, methods, frameworks, and case-studies,\u00a0focusing on the following exemplary questions:<\/p><ul type=\"disc\"><li>Sustainability and circularity assessment and reporting approaches: How can advanced tools and integrated frameworks support the evaluation of transitions, how can indicators express distance-to-targets, and how are reporting standards (e.g., GRI, ESRS) evolving to integrate circularity and sustainability disclosures while addressing lack of coherence between both approaches?<\/li><li>Engagement of social actors: How can participatory approaches and stakeholders contribute to co-creating and validating assessment and reporting approaches?<\/li><li>Societal implications: How does measurement influence equity, governance, and behaviour in sustainability and circular transitions?<\/li><li>Scale effects on assessments: How can the complexities of measuring circularity and sustainability from micro to macro levels be addressed?<\/li><li>AI and Big Data: How can AI and Big Data be effectively used in circularity and sustainability assessment and reporting approaches?<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-18610\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"10\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-18610\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-down\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">10. Digitalization and AI for a sustainable circular society<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-18610\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"10\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-18610\"><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">This track explores how digitalisation, AI and big data can enable &#8211; yet also constrain &#8211; a sustainable circular society. We invite contributions that examine the \u201ctwin transition\u201d of digital and green\/circular transformation, including trade-offs, rebound effects and questions of social justice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Submissions may address digital tools shaping sustainable consumption (e.g., feedback systems, nudges, sharing\/repair platforms), approaches to sustainable digital transformation (energy- and data-efficient systems, life cycle-aware design), and ethical AI frameworks for sustainability-oriented decision-making processes (transparency, accountability, explainability, fairness). We also welcome research on data governance and circular ecosystems for sustainability transitions, including standards, interoperability, and trusted data-sharing models. Another focus lies on Digital Product Passports and related information infrastructures for traceability, circular ecosystems.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Finally, we encourage work assessing the impacts of AI on social and ecological systems and reflecting on emerging technologies and future horizons &#8211; ranging from high-tech pathways to sufficiency, low-tech and degrowth perspectives.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">We welcome contributions to the following exemplary questions:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How can digitalisation, AI and big data enable &#8211; or constrain &#8211; a sustainable circular society?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How can the twin transition (digital + green\/circular) be governed while addressing trade-offs, rebound effects and social justice?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Which digital tools can effectively shape a sustainable circular society?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How can sustainable\/circular digital transformation and ethical AI for sustainability-oriented decision-making be designed (energy\/data efficiency, lifecycle-aware design, transparency, fairness)?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How can data governance and information infrastructures support traceability and the scaling of circular ecosystems, and which future pathways (high-tech to sufficiency\/low-tech\/degrowth) appear most promising?<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6bdc01dc elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6bdc01dc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3166eba8\" data-id=\"3166eba8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b88d079 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b88d079\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #0067aa;\"><strong>\u00a9 ERSCP 2027. 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