CENTS Research Questions
CENTS will fund high risk, multidisciplinary, excellent research which will form the backbone of the Network.
5 Research Strands
The network initially focused the following 5 Research Strands:
Material stocks and flows in transportation |
Research into materials (eg. industrial/technology metals, plastics, glass etc.) |
Whole life design |
Research encompassing End-of-Life recycling, reuse and recovery processes |
Circular Economy Decisions |
Research to understand and strategise social, economic, political, financial and logistical barriers to make improved Circular Economy decisions |
Circular Economy Transitions |
Research to enhance the delivery of Circular Economy at a sector level, using coordinated action by separate economic and civil entities |
Digital Circularity |
Research on the potential roles of data in the Circular Economy (eg. Big Data, Blockchain technologies connecting transport supply chains, building trust and facilitating data exchange.) |
Additional Research Questions
As a network for the research community, CENTS is keen to hear from its members and to adapt to new challenges.
Additional research challenges from industry, academia and policy have been co-created via a survey and series of roadmapping workshops: