Project Circular X is about experimentation with circular service business models. It is an ambitious research project funded by the European Research Council (ERC) which supports top researchers from anywhere in the world. Project Circular X started on 1 June 2020 and will run for 5 years. The project is led by Principal Investigator Prof Dr Nancy Bocken, based at Maastricht Sustainability Institute (MSI) at the School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University. Through the research agenda, the aim is to facilitate a diverse range of organisations with the implementation of the circular economy. The project closely cooperates with organisations – from small start-ups to large multinationals - who want to innovate towards the circular economy.
Workshop on "Circular strategies, design and business models": Companies want to innovate for sustainability/circularity, but internal projects often falter. This session helps to address organizational design issues to increase the chance of success with developing and launching new, sustainable/circular…
On 10 March 2023, Prof Nancy Bocken of Circular X was invited to give a talk on the linkages between Circular Economy and Climate Change for the Danish Council on Climate Change.
The Circular Experimentation Workbench was developed by Nancy Bocken and Matthew Coffay to help develop circular business experiments rapidly.
