Themes
- Agri-food
- Energy
- Governance
- Public policy
- Territory
Amount granted
$15,000
Description
The project examines the CE vision, governance and practices at a municipal level.
It focuses on three key CE sectors: food, energy (including transportation) and waste (Keblowski et al 2020). Two key research issues are raised:
- How do stakeholders understand CE as a concept and what is their understanding of CE practices and assessment in a city and region like Saint-Hyacinthe?
- How is CE governed and practiced by different political and social stakeholders?
The questions will be explored from the perspectives of the concepts of the socio-technological vision and the governance of the socioecological transition.
Affiliated research axes
Axis 1: Value, transitions, and change management
1.1 – Establish a reference framework for the circular economy (2021-2025 objective)1.2 – Conceptualize the intended transition to a circular Québec 2026–2050 (2021–2025 objective)
1.3 – Identify means to mobilize all societal stakeholders for the circular economy (2021–2025 objective)
1.4 – Identify and develop the roles of education and research to support the circular economy (2021–2025 objective)
Axis 2: Organizational practices and progress indicators
2.3 – Establish and maintain local, national and international circularity inventories (2021–2025 objective)Axis 3: Resources and products sustainability
3.1 – Map the knowledge and potential of product circularization (2021–2025 objective)Axis 4: Policy levers and public governance
4.1 – Monitor new knowledge, create an inventory and carry out priority-setting exercises for levers and strategies (2021–2025 objective)4.2 – Foster effective circular economy governance (2021–2025 objective)
4.3 – Ensure the consistency and relevance of levers (2021–2025 objective)
Collaborators and students
Fabien Kerambrun
UQAMValérie Lacombe
UQAMDeliverables and spin-offs
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Summary of project results
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Understand the expectations and needs of local players in a region's circular transition
Webinar with the RRECQ -
Collaboration between the research community and cities
Conference at the Estrie circular economy symposium -
Summer school - Small and medium-sized cities in Canada
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7th Sustainable Development Forum
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Vertech summer school: circular economy
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Montérégie biofood strategy ideation workshop
