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Re-evaluating the changing geographies of climate activism and the state in the post-climate emergency era in the build-up to COP26 (2021)
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Kythreotis, A. P., Howarth, C., Mercer, T. G., Awcock, H., & Jonas, A. E. (2021). Re-evaluating the changing geographies of climate activism and the state in the post-climate emergency era in the build-up to COP26. Journal of the British Academy, 9(s5), 69-93. https://doi.org/10.5871/jba/009s5.069

A key aim of much climate activism is to enhance climate ambition and hold local and national governments, as well as global governance forums like the United Nations (UN), to account for the ways in which they implement and monitor climate policy ac... Read More about Re-evaluating the changing geographies of climate activism and the state in the post-climate emergency era in the build-up to COP26.

Towards territorial product-service systems: A framework linking resources, networks and value creation (2021)
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Delgadillo, E., Reyes, T., & Baumgartner, R. J. (2021). Towards territorial product-service systems: A framework linking resources, networks and value creation. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 28, 1297-1313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2021.08.003

While many models for sustainable product-service systems (PSS) integrate the multi-actor perspective, few provide insights on how the territory in which actors implement the system influences its sustainability. This paper explores the implementatio... Read More about Towards territorial product-service systems: A framework linking resources, networks and value creation.

Exploring sustainable product development processes for a circular economy through morphological analysis (2021)
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Diaz Tena, A., Schoeggl, J., Reyes, T., & Baumgartner, R. J. (2021). Exploring sustainable product development processes for a circular economy through morphological analysis. Proceedings of the Design Society, 1, 1491-1500. https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2021.410

Over the last years, academic literature has made significant progress on the development of key concepts, identifying circular product typologies, developing assessment methods, and exploring the synergies with manufacturing trends such as digitalis... Read More about Exploring sustainable product development processes for a circular economy through morphological analysis.

Climate‐change driven increased flood magnitudes and frequency in the British uplands: geomorphologically informed scientific underpinning for upland flood‐risk management (2021)
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Milan, D. J., & Schwendel, A. C. (2021). Climate‐change driven increased flood magnitudes and frequency in the British uplands: geomorphologically informed scientific underpinning for upland flood‐risk management. Earth surface processes and landforms : the journal of the British Geomorphological Research Group, https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5206

Upland river systems in the UK are predicted to be prone to the effects of increased flood magnitudes and frequency, driven by climate change. It is clear from recent events that some headwater catchments can be very sensitive to large floods, activa... Read More about Climate‐change driven increased flood magnitudes and frequency in the British uplands: geomorphologically informed scientific underpinning for upland flood‐risk management.

Circular economy in corporate sustainability reporting: A review of organisational approaches (2021)
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Opferkuch, K., Caeiro, S., Salomone, R., & Ramos, T. B. (2021). Circular economy in corporate sustainability reporting: A review of organisational approaches. Business strategy and the environment : BSE, 30(8), 4015-4036. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2854

A growing commitment from companies to implement circular economy (CE) strategies demands the development of guidelines for consistent related external communication. The fields of non-financial reporting and sustainability are well established with... Read More about Circular economy in corporate sustainability reporting: A review of organisational approaches.

Circularity as Alterity? Untangling Circuits of Value in the Social Enterprise–Led Local Development of the Circular Economy (2021)
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Lekan, M., Jonas, A. E., & Deutz, P. (2021). Circularity as Alterity? Untangling Circuits of Value in the Social Enterprise–Led Local Development of the Circular Economy. Economic geography, 97(3), 257-283. https://doi.org/10.1080/00130095.2021.1931109

In recent years, the circular economy (CE) paradigm has emerged as a mainstream policy discourse having the potential to disrupt linear economic development pathways by extracting and retaining the maximum value from existing resources through their... Read More about Circularity as Alterity? Untangling Circuits of Value in the Social Enterprise–Led Local Development of the Circular Economy.

Future perspectives on the role of extended producer responsibility within a circular economy: A Delphi study using the case of the Netherlands (2021)
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Campbell‐Johnston, K., Munck, M., Vermeulen, W. J. V., & Backes, C. (2021). Future perspectives on the role of extended producer responsibility within a circular economy: A Delphi study using the case of the Netherlands. Business strategy and the environment : BSE, 30(8), 4054-4067. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2856

Extended producer responsibility (EPR) is a proposed policy approach to promoting the circular economy (CE) within the European Union. This research used a policy Delphi to explore perspectives on improving EPR policies to further contribute to the C... Read More about Future perspectives on the role of extended producer responsibility within a circular economy: A Delphi study using the case of the Netherlands.

Hydroclimate changes in eastern Africa over the past 200,000 years may have influenced early human dispersal (2021)
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Schaebitz, F., Asrat, A., Lamb, H. F., Cohen, A. S., Foerster, V., Duesing, W., …Trauth, M. H. (2021). Hydroclimate changes in eastern Africa over the past 200,000 years may have influenced early human dispersal. Communications Earth & Environment, 2(1), Article 123. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00195-7

Reconstructions of climatic and environmental conditions can contribute to current debates about the factors that influenced early human dispersal within and beyond Africa. Here we analyse a 200,000-year multi-proxy paleoclimate record from Chew Bahi... Read More about Hydroclimate changes in eastern Africa over the past 200,000 years may have influenced early human dispersal.

Mobile phone use and the welfare of community health nurses in Ghana: An analysis of unintended costs (2021)
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Robson, E., Hampshire, K., Abane, A., Kasim, A., Owusu, S., & Mariwah, S. (2021). Mobile phone use and the welfare of community health nurses in Ghana: An analysis of unintended costs. World Development Perspectives, 23, Article 100317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2021.100317

The use of mobile phones is fast transforming the healthcare delivery landscape in Ghana. A substantial number of health facilities are now dependent on mobile phones to facilitate their work. Evidence of the use of mobile phones in Ghana's healthcar... Read More about Mobile phone use and the welfare of community health nurses in Ghana: An analysis of unintended costs.

What Is the Relation between Circular Economy and Sustainability? Answers from Frontrunner Companies Engaged with Circular Economy Practices (2021)
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Walker, A. M., Opferkuch, K., Roos Lindgreen, E., Raggi, A., Simboli, A., Vermeulen, W. J., …Salomone, R. (2021). What Is the Relation between Circular Economy and Sustainability? Answers from Frontrunner Companies Engaged with Circular Economy Practices. Circular Economy and Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-021-00064-7

The circular economy (CE) concept has become a major interest for companies, promising new business opportunities and a decrease in environmental impacts. Though research on circular business models has recently increased, few scholars have investiga... Read More about What Is the Relation between Circular Economy and Sustainability? Answers from Frontrunner Companies Engaged with Circular Economy Practices.

Observations of large-scale coherent structures in gravity currents: implications for flow dynamics (2021)
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Marshall, C. R., Dorrell, R. M., Keevil, G. M., Peakall, J., & Tobias, S. M. (2021). Observations of large-scale coherent structures in gravity currents: implications for flow dynamics. Experiments in Fluids, 62(6), Article 120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-021-03217-4

Density driven flows, also known as gravity currents, comprise a head, body, and tail. Yet whilst the body typically forms the largest part of such flows, its structure remains poorly understood. In this work, experimental data gathered using particl... Read More about Observations of large-scale coherent structures in gravity currents: implications for flow dynamics.

Advancing the Circular Economy in Public Sector Organisations: Employees’ Perspectives on Practices (2021)
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Klein, N., Ramos, T. B., & Deutz, P. (2022). Advancing the Circular Economy in Public Sector Organisations: Employees’ Perspectives on Practices. Circular Economy and Sustainability, 2(2), 759-781. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-021-00044-x

Circular economy (CE) is a concept that is gaining attention as an approach to help accelerate the transition towards sustainability. Research has focused on the adoption of CE practices in the business sector while the adoption within public sector... Read More about Advancing the Circular Economy in Public Sector Organisations: Employees’ Perspectives on Practices.

Co‐development of a framework for circular economy assessment in organisations: Learnings from the public sector (2021)
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Droege, H., Raggi, A., & Ramos, T. B. (2021). Co‐development of a framework for circular economy assessment in organisations: Learnings from the public sector. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 28(6), 1715-1729. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.2140

To seize the potential of Circular Economy (CE) organisations need to evaluate and communicate their progress moving away from the non-sustainable paradigm of ‘take-make-dispose’ towards circularity. Existing CE assessments for organisations focus on... Read More about Co‐development of a framework for circular economy assessment in organisations: Learnings from the public sector.

Comparative assessment of marine weathering of ROP-derived biopolymers against conventional plastics (2021)
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Rodgers, K., Mayes, W. M., Santoro, O., Redshaw, C., Mccumskay, R., & Parsons, D. R. (2021). Comparative assessment of marine weathering of ROP-derived biopolymers against conventional plastics. Marine pollution bulletin, 167, Article 112272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112272

Bio-based plastics were designed to replace single-use plastics and to cause less post-consumer environmental damage. This paper assesses the weathering of four bio-based polymers created by ring opening polymerization (ROP) promoted by a previously... Read More about Comparative assessment of marine weathering of ROP-derived biopolymers against conventional plastics.

What Is in a Name? The Rising Star of the Circular Economy as a Resource-Related Concept for Sustainable Development (2021)
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Cecchin, A., Salomone, R., Deutz, P., Raggi, A., & Cutaia, L. (2021). What Is in a Name? The Rising Star of the Circular Economy as a Resource-Related Concept for Sustainable Development. Circular Economy and Sustainability, 1(1), 83-97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-021-00021-4

The most popular definition of sustainable development, which can be found in the Brundtland Report, sets an ideal goal but do not provide a clear direction for the implementation of sustainable solutions. Other related concepts and approaches have e... Read More about What Is in a Name? The Rising Star of the Circular Economy as a Resource-Related Concept for Sustainable Development.

Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) crisis on surgical training: Global survey and a proposed framework for recovery (2021)
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Wilson, A., Van Cleynenbreugel, B., Wellbelove, Z., Sharma, D., Sultan, J., Sanchez Salas, R., …Chetter, I. (2021). Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) crisis on surgical training: Global survey and a proposed framework for recovery. BJS Open, 5(2), Article zraa051. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/zraa051

Background: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic had a profound impact on surgical services, potentially having a detrimental impact on training opportunities. The aim of this global survey was to assess the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on surgical training and... Read More about Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) crisis on surgical training: Global survey and a proposed framework for recovery.

Repairing the circular economy: Public perception and participant profile of the repair economy in Hull, UK (2021)
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Rogers, H. A., Deutz, P., & Ramos, T. B. (2021). Repairing the circular economy: Public perception and participant profile of the repair economy in Hull, UK. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 168, Article 105447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105447

Repair is an essential aspect of circular economy (CE) strategies to extend the life of products and materials, and has further been suggested as a key sector to benefit from employment through CE transitions. At the same time, CE narratives around r... Read More about Repairing the circular economy: Public perception and participant profile of the repair economy in Hull, UK.

Assessing the social sustainability of circular economy practices: Industry perspectives from Italy and the Netherlands (2021)
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Walker, A. M., Opferkuch, K., Roos Lindgreen, E., Simboli, A., Vermeulen, W. J., & Raggi, A. (2021). Assessing the social sustainability of circular economy practices: Industry perspectives from Italy and the Netherlands. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 27, 831-844. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2021.01.030

Despite the frequent association of circular economy (CE) with sustainability, most CE practices have yet to prove they actually contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and social aspects in particular. To attain the consens... Read More about Assessing the social sustainability of circular economy practices: Industry perspectives from Italy and the Netherlands.

Informal mhealth at scale in Africa : opportunities and challenges (2021)
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Hampshire, K., Mwase-Vuma, T., Alemu, K., Abane, A., Munthali, A., Awoke, T., …Kasim, A. S. (2021). Informal mhealth at scale in Africa : opportunities and challenges. World Development, 140, Article 105257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105257

© 2020 The extraordinary global growth of digital connectivity has generated optimism that mobile technologies can help overcome infrastructural barriers to development, with ‘mobile health’ (mhealth) being a key component of this. However, while ‘fo... Read More about Informal mhealth at scale in Africa : opportunities and challenges.

Formalising ‘informal’ mHealth in Ghana: Opportunities and challenges for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) (2021)
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Mariwah, S., Machistey Abane, A., Asiedu Owusu, S., Kasim, A., Robson, E., Castelli, M., & Hampshire, K. (in press). Formalising ‘informal’ mHealth in Ghana: Opportunities and challenges for Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Global Public Health, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2021.1874467

While mobile phones promise to be an important tool for bridging the healthcare gaps in resource-poor areas in developing countries, scalability and sustainability of mobile phones for health (mhealth) interventions still remain a major challenge. Me... Read More about Formalising ‘informal’ mHealth in Ghana: Opportunities and challenges for Universal Health Coverage (UHC).