Circular Economy
Below are some of the researchers within The Baltic University Programme working within the theme Circular Economy. The theme is coordinated by a theme coordinator.
BUP theme coordinator
Professor
Riga Technical University, Riga
”For the best World.”
Keywords: circular economy; environmental management; sustainable consumption; energy efficiency; environmental audit
Researchers
PhD student
HAW Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg
”Anyone who believes in indefinite growth on a physically finite planet is either mad, or an economist.” – Sir David Attenborough
Keywords: Sustainability; circular economy; value chain based partnerships; business models for circular economy
Assistant Professor
Jagiellonian University, Krakow
”Buy less, choose well, make it last!”
Keywords: circular economy; circular urban development; resilience; waste management
Research Profile: Research Gate Anna Avdiushchenko
Associate Professor
Klaipeda University, Klaipeda
”Always do your best in whatever you do!”
Keywords: Waste recycling; cellulose aerogels; natural sorbents; oil spills clean-up
Researchprofile: ResearchGate Tatjana Paulauskiene
Professor
Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas
”Truly believing and trying to convince the surrounding ones, that the success of our future based only on sustainable decisions and personal responsibility.”
Keywords: circular economy; ecodesign; LCA; industrial sustainability; cleaner production; sustainable packaging
Research profile: ResearchGate Visvaldas Varžinskas, LinkedIn Visvaldas Varžinskas
Associate Professor
Klaipeda University, Klaipeda
”Economists in Circular economy.”
Keywords: circular economy; business models; operations efficiency; optimisation
Research profile: LinkedIn Rasa Viederyte
Associate Professor
Sumy State University, Sumy
”Dematerialization Economy.”
Keywords: dematerialization; material flow analysis; solidarity use; MIPS
Research profile
Research profile: ResearchGate Oleksii Goncharenko
Professor
Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), Warsaw
”Science makes cities better places to live and less harmful to the planet.”
Keywords: urban planning; urban economics; local government; circular economy; evolutionary economics; architecture
Research profile: ResearchGate Katarzyna_Sadowy
Professor
Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), Warsaw
”Simplicity.”
Keywords: audit; accounting; finance; synthesis; reporting
Research profile: ResearchGate Piotr_Staszkiewicz
PhD
Medical University of Lodz, Lodz
”creative.”
Keywords: risk management, eco-design, biopackaging, circularity, supply chain resilience
Research profile: ResearchGate Grazyna Wieteska
Associate Professor
Riga Technical University, Riga
”Veido viedo!”
Keywords: railways; sustainable transport; emissions
Associate Professor
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv
”Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.” -Margaret Mead
Keywords: circular cites; circular public procurement; green public procurment; environmental policy instruments
Research profile: ORCiD Olena Maslyukivska
PhD
Poznan University of Technology, Poznan
Keywords: polymer composites; waste management; plant-based fillers; extrusion; filler modification
Research profile: ResearchGate Aleksander Hejna, Google Scholar Aleksander Hejna
PhD
Riga Technical University, Riga
”Creativity with science and innovation is the best fusion.”
Keywords: Sustainable development, Circular economy, Bioeconomy, Agriculture, Carbon footprint, biopolymer packaging materials
Research profile: LinkedIn Nidhiben Arvindbhai Patel
Assistant Professor
Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), Warsaw
”Curiosity is the engine of the achievement.”
Keywords: ESG, risk management, socially responsible investments
Research profile: ResearchGate Jolanta Turek
Associate Professor
Linnaeus University, Växjö and Kalmar
”Bridging the gap between theory and practice in the age of disruption.”
Keywords: Sustainability; Digitalization; Digital Experiences; Human-Robot Interaction; Human-Computer Interaction
Research profile: ResearchGate Selcen Ozturkan
PhD
Mendel University in Brno, Brno
”Transforming data into insights.”
Keywords: Circular economics; Decision science; Education; Efficiency analysis; Sustainability
Research profile: ResearchGate Markéta Matulová
Associate Professor
Ivan Franko National University of L’viv, Lviv
Keywords: regional development; sustainable development; agricultural economics; quantitative economics; economic growth
Research profile: ResearchGate Larysa Zomchak
PhD candidate
Poltava State Agrarian University, Poltava
Keywords: Resource efficiency; Renewability; Recycling; Closed loops; Sustainable development
Research profile: ORCiD Eduard Kotsaha
Senior researcher
Lodz University of Technology, Lodz
Keywords: biotechnology; filamentous microorganisms; waste substrates; metabolites; morphology
Research profile: Orcid Anna Ścigaczewska
Senior researcher
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Toruń
“Let’s turn biopolymers into sustainable materials — for packaging and beyond.”
Keywords: biopolymers; sustainable packaging; deep eutectic solvents; circular bio-based materials
Research profile: ResearchGate Magdalena Gierszewska, ORCiD Magdalena Gierszewska
