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Professor Pauline Deutz's Outputs (49)

A Feminist Political Ecology of household waste management in an urban township, South Africa (2025)
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Pewa, M., Robson, E., & Deutz, P. (2025). A Feminist Political Ecology of household waste management in an urban township, South Africa. South African Geographical Journal, https://doi.org/10.1080/03736245.2025.2496264

In the Global South, women disproportionately shoulder the burden of household waste management. Development Studies suggest that this persistent feminization of waste-related activities is rooted in cultural, social, and economic factors that confin... Read More about A Feminist Political Ecology of household waste management in an urban township, South Africa.

Conservation priorities for development: survey of UK public's views on brownfield sites and biodiversity (2024)
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Macgregor, C., Deutz, P., Bunting, J., & Mayes, W. (2024). Conservation priorities for development: survey of UK public's views on brownfield sites and biodiversity. People, Place and Policy, 18(3), 135-163. https://doi.org/10.3351/ppp.2024.4947649325

Policies prioritising the repurposing of abandoned land ('brownfield sites'), in order to spare undeveloped sites, are widely perceived to limit damage to biodiversity. However, brownfield sites can be of significant ecological value, providing scarc... Read More about Conservation priorities for development: survey of UK public's views on brownfield sites and biodiversity.

Chinese transport emissions reduction policies: Analysis of purchase intention and approaches to promote uptake of new energy construction dump trucks (2024)
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Lan, N., Wang, Q., & Deutz, P. (2024). Chinese transport emissions reduction policies: Analysis of purchase intention and approaches to promote uptake of new energy construction dump trucks. Journal of cleaner production, 451, Article 142096. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.142096

Given the urgency of the transition to renewable energy, this study examines the challenges and opportunities associated with the electrification of heavy-duty vehicles, particularly new energy construction dump trucks, in China. Through a combinatio... Read More about Chinese transport emissions reduction policies: Analysis of purchase intention and approaches to promote uptake of new energy construction dump trucks.

The role of place in the development of a circular economy: a critical analysis of potential for social redistribution in Hull, UK (2024)
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Deutz, P., Jonas, A. E., Newsholme, A., Pusz, M., Rogers, H., Affolderbach, J., Baumgartner, R., & Ramos, T. B. (2024). The role of place in the development of a circular economy: a critical analysis of potential for social redistribution in Hull, UK. Cambridge journal of regions economy and society, 17(3), 551-564. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsae002

This paper examines the role of place in the local development of a circular economy and the potential for consequent social redistribution. Based on a case study of public, private and third-sector approaches to a circular economy in Hull, an indust... Read More about The role of place in the development of a circular economy: a critical analysis of potential for social redistribution in Hull, UK.

A managerial approach to product planning for a circular economy: Strategy implementation and evaluation support (2024)
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Diaz, A., & Baumgartner, R. J. (2024). A managerial approach to product planning for a circular economy: Strategy implementation and evaluation support. Journal of cleaner production, 442, Article 140829. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.140829

For global sustainable production and consumption goals to be met, circular economy strategies need to further preserve the value of extracted finite resources through the extension and renewal of products’ lifecycles. The integration of circular eco... Read More about A managerial approach to product planning for a circular economy: Strategy implementation and evaluation support.

A LDA-Based Social Media Data Mining Framework for Plastic Circular Economy (2024)
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Xue, Y., Kambhampati, C., Cheng, Y., Mishra, N., Wulandhari, N., & Deutz, P. (2024). A LDA-Based Social Media Data Mining Framework for Plastic Circular Economy. International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems, 17(1), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44196-023-00375-7

The mass production of plastic waste has caused an urgent worldwide public health crisis. Although government policies and industrial innovation are the driving forces to meet this challenge, trying to understand public attitudes may improve the effi... Read More about A LDA-Based Social Media Data Mining Framework for Plastic Circular Economy.

Towards a Just Circular Economy Transition: the Case of European Plastic Waste Trade to Vietnam for Recycling (2024)
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Thapa, K., Vermeulen, W. J., De Waal, M. M., Deutz, P., & Nguyễn, H. Q. (2024). Towards a Just Circular Economy Transition: the Case of European Plastic Waste Trade to Vietnam for Recycling. Circular Economy and Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-023-00330-w

Exporting waste for recycling to destinations without sound recycling capacity raises questions of fairness and sustainability. Due to insufficient recycling infrastructure in Europe to manage the growing generation of plastic waste, there has been a... Read More about Towards a Just Circular Economy Transition: the Case of European Plastic Waste Trade to Vietnam for Recycling.

Quality of Working Life in the Circular Economy: the Case of Self-employment in the Repair Sector (2024)
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Rogers, H. A., Deutz, P., Ramos, T. B., & Jonas, A. E. (2024). Quality of Working Life in the Circular Economy: the Case of Self-employment in the Repair Sector. Circular Economy and Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-023-00343-5

Establishing a circular economy is assumed by some definitions to include social benefits such as employment opportunities; however, research beyond quantitative job creation projections is only recently emerging. While the repair sector is well-esta... Read More about Quality of Working Life in the Circular Economy: the Case of Self-employment in the Repair Sector.

Exploring the Limitations of a Circular Economy Under Capitalism and Raising Expectations for a Sustainable Future (2023)
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Deutz, P. (2023). Exploring the Limitations of a Circular Economy Under Capitalism and Raising Expectations for a Sustainable Future. Journal of circular economy, 1(3), https://doi.org/10.55845/heml8087

The concept of a circular economy has gained remarkable policy and academic traction. Associated expectations of social benefits are
underexamined. Driven by the current perilous state of the
environment and society, this article pulls aside the c... Read More about Exploring the Limitations of a Circular Economy Under Capitalism and Raising Expectations for a Sustainable Future.

Knitting Circular Ties: Empowering Networks for the Social Enterprise-led Local Development of an Integrative Circular Economy (2023)
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Pusz, M., Jonas, A. E., & Deutz, P. (online). Knitting Circular Ties: Empowering Networks for the Social Enterprise-led Local Development of an Integrative Circular Economy. Circular Economy and Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-023-00271-4

Circular economy (CE) discourse primarily focuses on business-as-usual and resource-related economic processes whilst overlooking relational-spatial aspects, especially networking for local development. There are, however, many mission-driven social... Read More about Knitting Circular Ties: Empowering Networks for the Social Enterprise-led Local Development of an Integrative Circular Economy.

Towards a framework for corporate disclosure of circular economy: Company perspectives and recommendations (2023)
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Opferkuch, K., Walker, A. M., Roos Lindgreen, E., Caeiro, S., Salomone, R., & Ramos, T. B. (2023). Towards a framework for corporate disclosure of circular economy: Company perspectives and recommendations. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 30(5), 2457-2474. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.2497

Circular economy (CE) is becoming an increasingly mandatory material issue within corporate sustainability reporting, however, what remains unaddressed within literature are the perspectives and capacities of the companies which must soon adapt to me... Read More about Towards a framework for corporate disclosure of circular economy: Company perspectives and recommendations.

Lessons, narratives, and research directions for a sustainable circular economy (2022)
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Leipold, S., Petit-Boix, A., Luo, A., Helander, H., Simoens, M., Ashton, W. S., Babbitt, C. W., Bala, A., Bening, C. R., Birkved, M., Blomsma, F., Boks, C., Boldrin, A., Deutz, P., Domenech, T., Ferronato, N., Gallego-Schmid, A., Giurco, D., Hobson, K., Husgafvel, R., …Xue, B. (2022). Lessons, narratives, and research directions for a sustainable circular economy. Journal of Industrial Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13346

The current enthusiasm for the circular economy (CE) offers a unique opportunity to advance the impact of research on sustainability transitions. Diverse interpretations of CE by scholars, however, produce partly opposing assessments of its potential... Read More about Lessons, narratives, and research directions for a sustainable circular economy.

Ultimate producer responsibility for e-waste management–A proposal for just transition in the circular economy based on the case of used European electronic equipment exported to Nigeria (2022)
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Thapa, K., Vermeulen, W. J. V., Deutz, P., & Olayide, O. (2022). Ultimate producer responsibility for e-waste management–A proposal for just transition in the circular economy based on the case of used European electronic equipment exported to Nigeria. Business Strategy and Development, https://doi.org/10.1002/bsd2.222

Used European electric and electronic equipment (UEEE) has multiple use cycles in various countries, including Nigeria. Although the EU-Nigeria e-waste trade is illegal under EU and Nigerian law, previous research shows that some imported equipment i... Read More about Ultimate producer responsibility for e-waste management–A proposal for just transition in the circular economy based on the case of used European electronic equipment exported to Nigeria.

Transboundary movement of waste review: From binary towards a contextual framing (2022)
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Thapa, K., Vermeulen, W., Deutz, P., & Olayide, O. (2022). Transboundary movement of waste review: From binary towards a contextual framing. Waste management & research : The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy, https://doi.org/10.1177/0734242X221105424

Multiple cases of toxic waste dumping from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries to non-OECD countries in the 1980s led to scholarly attention to transboundary waste movements. The Basel Convention was establishe... Read More about Transboundary movement of waste review: From binary towards a contextual framing.

Implementing circular economy strategies during product development (2022)
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Diaz, A., Reyes, T., & Baumgartner, R. J. (2022). Implementing circular economy strategies during product development. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 184, Article 106344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106344

Although recent circular economy literature has emphasized the strategic role played by circular product design in private sector organizations, strategic management literature has so far overlooked the management implications of integrating circular... Read More about Implementing circular economy strategies during product development.

Circular economy disclosure in corporate sustainability reports: The case of European companies in sustainability rankings (2022)
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Opferkuch, K., Caeiro, S., Salomone, R., & Ramos, T. B. (2022). Circular economy disclosure in corporate sustainability reports: The case of European companies in sustainability rankings. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 32, 436-456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2022.05.003

Circular economy (CE) continues to become an increasingly important topic within disclosure frameworks and taxonomies for sustainable finance, however, early evidence points to CE not readily being included within corporate sustainability reports. Th... Read More about Circular economy disclosure in corporate sustainability reports: The case of European companies in sustainability rankings.

Science with society: Challenges of early-stage researchers engaging with transdisciplinary research in sustainability science (2022)
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Thapa, K., Vermeulen, W. J., & Deutz, P. (2022). Science with society: Challenges of early-stage researchers engaging with transdisciplinary research in sustainability science. Sustainable Development, https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2328

The ongoing social and ecological crises create urgency in academia and elsewhere to devise actionable problem-solving knowledge to tackle sustainability challenges. Transdisciplinary research (TDR) represents a problem-solving methodology for sustai... Read More about Science with society: Challenges of early-stage researchers engaging with transdisciplinary research in sustainability science.

Towards a circular disruption: On the pivotal role of circular economy policy entrepreneurs (2022)
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Droege, H., Kirchherr, J., Raggi, A., & Ramos, T. B. (2023). Towards a circular disruption: On the pivotal role of circular economy policy entrepreneurs. Business strategy and the environment : BSE, 32(3), 1142-1158. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3098

The shift towards sustainable development is argued to be achieved by a circular disruption triggered or supported by circular economy (CE) policies. CE policies can pressure the disruption of currently predominant linear socio-technical systems acro... Read More about Towards a circular disruption: On the pivotal role of circular economy policy entrepreneurs.

A survey of Circular Economy initiatives in Portuguese central public sector organisations: National outlook for implementation (2022)
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Klein, N., Deutz, P., & Ramos, T. B. (2022). A survey of Circular Economy initiatives in Portuguese central public sector organisations: National outlook for implementation. Journal of environmental management, 314, Article 114982. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114982

The Circular Economy (CE) is generally understood as an opportunity to transform the current unsustainable linear economic system by redesigning the way organisations provide goods and services rethinking how society consumes and uses those resources... Read More about A survey of Circular Economy initiatives in Portuguese central public sector organisations: National outlook for implementation.

Understanding the bioeconomy: a new sustainability economy in British and European public discourse (2022)
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Sotiropoulou, I., & Deutz, P. (2022). Understanding the bioeconomy: a new sustainability economy in British and European public discourse. Bio-based and Applied Economics, 10(4), 283-304. https://doi.org/10.36253/bae-9534

Over the past decade, the term bioeconomy has emerged in both policy and academic discourse. Implying a technology-driven approach to wealth generation from organic materials, the term has taken hold with so far limited critical engagement. It is a c... Read More about Understanding the bioeconomy: a new sustainability economy in British and European public discourse.