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Circular economy

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 152-0366/01
Abbreviation CE
Course title Circular economy
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Business Administration and Law
Course coordinator Ing. Hana Štverková, Ph.D.,MBA,LL.M.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to the circular economy
2. Strategic frameworks and key documents in the Czech Republic and the EU
3. Sustainable development goals and their link to the circular economy
4. Circularity as a business opportunity: benefits and challenges of the transition
5. Material flows, resource management, and life cycle assessment
6. The role of technology in circular economy implementation
7. Circular economy models, sharing economy, and social economy
8. Sectoral circularity: industrial symbiosis and waste as a resource
9. The role of the consumer in promoting circular solutions
10. Managing circular approaches in organizations (e.g. SDG Compass)
11. The future of the circular economy: trends and directions
12. Examples of good practice from Czech and international contexts
13. Final reflection, discussion, and synthesis of knowledge

Literature

LESNIEWSKA, Feja a STEENMANS, Katrien. Circular economy and the law: bringing justice into the frame. Routledge focus on environment and sustainability. London: Routledge, 2023. ISBN 978-0-367-37533-1 .
PATTI, Sebastiano. Circular economy and policy: sustainability, environmental, and social perspectives. Cham: Springer Nature, [2023]. ISBN 978-3-031-43323-8 .
SILLANPÄÄ, Mika and NCIBI, Mohamed Chaker. The circular economy: case studies about the transition from the linear economy. London, United Kingdom: Academic Press, imprint of Elsevier, 2019. ISBN 978-0-12-815267-6 .

Advised literature

BRANDÃO, Miguel; LAZAREVIC, David a FINNVEDEN, Göran (ed.). Handbook of the circular economy. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020. ISBN 978-1-78897-271-0 .
MODAK, Prasad. Practicing circular economy. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021. ISBN 978-0-367-61957-2 .
ZAVYALOVA, Elena B. a Jelena Gennad´jevna POPKOVA, ed. Industry 4.0: fighting climate change in the economy of the future. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. 473 p. ISBN 978-3-030-79495-8.


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