Publications

Last updated in September 2025

Ongoing projects (work-in-progress):

  • “The effects of EU Green Deal policies on world resources management & climate change: a CGE assessment with integrated material flows” with X. Li, C. Brink, R. Gerlagh & E. Lorang (Available upon request)
  • “Pay Up or Pile Up: Willingness to Pay for Waste Collection Services in Conakry” – with M. Saliou Barrya, A. Creti, K. Lobob, & C. Metta-Versmessen (Available upon request)
  • “Integrating citizen’s perspectives in urban mobility decarbonization: Lessons from Tallinn and Skopje” – with A. Horton & M. Feenstra (Available upon request)
  • “Labour in the circular economy: a catalyst towards sustainable development” ( Preliminary draft version available online)
  • “Impacts of the circular economy and its related human components on sustainable growth” – with S. Rousseau & L. Zhang  (Available upon request)
  • “The Just Transition and Circular Economy in (renewable) energy systems: Concepts, Implications and Involved Parties” (Available upon request)
  • “Trade and Circular Economy: labour allocations and geopolitical tensions” – with S. Bernard

Working papers:

  • “Waste Trading System: managing waste with high population density and low sorting rate” – with Coline Metta-Versmessen, 2024, FAERE Working Paper, WP2024.03 ISSN 2274-5556 (Working paper available)
  • “Mobility Gini: distributional effects of transportation policies” – with Andrea Rangel Guevara and Aude Pommeret, 2023, Irege Working Paper (Working paper available)
  • “Reducing the footprint of tourist transportation within an island context: readiness and emission abatement” – with Carla Doncescu, S. Mathouraparsad, S. Regis, 2023, BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Days 2023.

Academic Publications:

  • “Socio-economic and volume effects of a circular value chain for clothing” (with K. Bachus & S. Rousseau, S.) 2025, Ecological Economics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108625
  • “Towards circular consumer behavior: Analysis of discount schemes on coffee cup use” (with S. Rousseau) 2025, Journal of Environmental Management, 374-124055, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124055
  • “Circular Makerspaces as Alternative Employment Platforms for Circular Jobs” (with Coskun, A., Hofgärtner, R., et al.) 2024, Circular Economy and Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-024-00413-2
  • “Circular Entrepreneurship via Makerspaces Towards Fostering Sustainable Cities: A Mixed-Method Approach with Case Studies” (with N. Premyanov , E. Roma-Athanasiadou, N. Tsoniotis , M. Angelidou, & A.C. Tsolakis) 2024, Journal of Circular Economy, 2(3). https://doi.org/10.55845/QZUU6387
  • “Challenging conventional narratives on trade unions’ attitudes towards decarbonisation – a case-based analysis.” (with Guisset, A., Van Overbeke, T., Lenaerts, K. & Bachus, K.) 2024, Négociations, 40, 63-87. https://doi-org.kuleuven.e-bronnen.be/10.3917/neg.040.0063
  • “Make it a circular city: experiences and challenges from European cities striving for sustainability through promoting circular making” (with A. Coskun, Y. Bakırlıoğlu , D. Çay & K. Bachus) 2022, Resources, Conservation and Recycling DOI:10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106495
  • “Potentials and opportunities towards the low carbon technologies – From literature review to new classification”, (with Y. An, H. Zheng, L. Zhang), 2019, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology  DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2019.1642834 (Available online)

Reports and other publications:

  • “Methods to Enrich CGE Models with Circular Economy (CE) Mechanisms Relevant to Climate Change” , (with R. Gerlagh, E. Lorang, ), 2024,  Circomod HEU project 101056868 (Available online)
  • Building capacities and strategies of trade union involvement in shaping a just transition towards a sustainable and decarbonised industry” (with A. Guisset, Y. Vereycken, T.Van Overbeke, K. Bachus, R. Hofgärtner, K. Lenaerts & L. Meylemans), 2022, IndustriALL (Available online)
  • “Circular Makerspaces as entrepreneurship platforms for smart and sustainable cities” (with N. Premyanov, M. Angelidou, N. Tsoniotis, C. Politis, E. R. Athanasiadou & A. C. Tsolakis), 2022, Conference proceeding SpliTech (Available online)
  • “Thinking beyond borders to achieve social justice in a global circular economy”, (with Y. Lembachar, J. Marsden, A. von Schwerdtner, K. Bachus) 2022, Circle Economy (Report Available online)
  • “Fiscal treatment and market trends of pickup trucks in Belgium”, (with R. Hofgärtner & K. Bachus), 2022,  Leuven (Policy report available online)
  • “Putting circular textile into work – The employment potential of circular clothing in the Netherlands”, (with N. Papú Carrone, L. Sosa Lagunes, H. Van Duijn, J. Wilting, T. Goesaert, K. Bachus) 2021, Circle Economy (Snapshot report Available online)
  • “Mapping the circular maker movement: from a literature review to a circular maker passport“ , (with K. Bachus), 2020, Leuven: Pop-Machina project 821479 – H2020. | DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3947570  (Available online)
  • “Pop-Machina: The breakthrough of the circular maker movement in Europe” (with K. Bachus), 2020, OpenAccessGovernment ISSN 2516-3817 April 2020 (p450-451). (Available online)
  • “Hong Kong’s Green Innovations Impact its Energy Market” (with J. Deller), 2018, International Association for Energy Economics Energy Forum ISSN 1944-3188. First Quarter 2018. (p35-36) (Available online)
  • “A Fair society or a Fare society?” (with S.S. Chopra), 2018, Asian Perspectives – Asia Global Online (Available online)
  • “Waste Management and Circular Economy in Hong Kong”, 2018, Tara Expeditions Website (Available online)
  • “L’économie circulaire à Hong Kong”, 2016 (French)(Online)
  • “Réglementation sur les graisses de cuissons à Hong Kong “, 2015 (French)(Online)
  • “Hong Kong: Consommation Energétique des Bâtiments “, 2015 (French)(Online)
  • “La gestion des déchets alimentaires à Hong Kong”, 2015 (French)(Online)
  • “Water storage for biomass boilers and CHP systems”, 2014 (English & French)(Online)