Updated on 22 May 2025
Urban Transformation & Circular Design
About
Urban Transformation: Expertise in sustainable urban development and production, climate adaptation strategies, urban health, ...
Design, Social Innovation, Participation, Communication Skills: Experience with co-creation, participatory planning, and citizen engagement processes, ability to facilitate workshops and engage diverse urban communities, Transdisciplinary Collaboration, ...
Circular Economy, Sustainability, Climate Resilience: Knowledge of circular economy principles and how repair/upcycle contribute to waste reduction and resource conservation, Lifecycle analysis (LCA) and environmental impact assessment ...
Circular Design and Technological Understanding: digital technologies, particularly in the context of urban production and Industry 4.0, AI-based decision support tools, Understanding of product design, materials science, and how products fail or degrade over time, Familiarity with rrepair and upcycling techniques for electronics, furniture, appliances, textiles, etc. ...
Innovation and Start-Up Support: Knowledge of how to develop and support start-ups and innovative business models, especially in urban environments ...
Geographic Information Systems: Experience with GIS tools for mapping and analyzing production sites ...
Socio-Ecological Expertise: sustainable development, resource efficiency, social inclusion in urban contexts ...
Governance, Policy and Funding Knowledge: Understanding of urban governance structures and public administration. Knowledge of multi-level governance, policy integration, and stakeholder coordination ...
Field
- (Advanced) Materials and additive manufacturing
- (AI based) Material and Product Design
- Data ecosystems
- Industry 4.0 technologies
- Life cycle assessment / Product life cycle management
- Manufacturing and machine learning
- Network design of reverse supply chains
- Reverse Manufacturing
Organisation
Similar opportunities
Project cooperation
- Already defined
- Expertise offered
- Consortium seeks Partners
- Data technologies | Assistance and Expert systems
- Enabling technologies | Network design of reverse supply chains
- Enabling technologies | Robotic / handling - and assistance systems
- Data technologies | (AI based) Material and Product Design, Decomposition and Separation
- Data technologies | Interoperability of CVC-relevant data ecosystems, quality assurance and traceability across systems
- Enabling technologies | Industry 4.0 technologies (IoT, big data analytics) for monitoring and managing circular value chains
- Enabling technologies | Life cycle assessment / Product life cycle management – e.g., Digital Twin / Digital Product Passport
- Data technologies | Simulation models and predictive analytics to assess the scalability of circular processes across industries
- Enabling technologies | Reverse Manufacturing (e.g. adaptive automation for high variance, sorting, sophisticated logistic systems)
- Data technologies | (AI based) recognition systems (e.g. image recognition) to evaluate materials, components and products and determine the best use paths
- Data technologies | Data ecosystems for the realisation of circular value creation exploiting the full potential of digitalisation – e.g., harnessing existing, purpose-built platform solutions.
Justus von Geibler
Co-Head Research Unit Innovation Labs at Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie
Wuppertal, Germany
Expertise
Offering: (Circular) Design // Sustainability Assessment (LCA, ToC, etc.)
Dr. Manuel Bickel
Co-Head Research Unit Consumption and Production Systems at Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie
Wuppertal, Germany
Expertise
Circular Economy Strategist – Expertise in PaaS, Public Procurement & Decision Support
- Reverse Manufacturing
- Simulation models and predictive analytics
Alexander Wahlberg
Circular economy process leader, PaaS and business expert at RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Umeå, Sweden