Themes
  • Change management
  • Territory
Amount granted
15 000 $

Description

To what extent does the transition to the circular economy at city and regional level have a positive or negative impact on local populations in Quebec? To answer this question, this research project will combine a systematic literature review on the social impacts of transition processes and local CE initiatives with an empirical study of two local Quebec experiences, with the aim of identifying, classifying and analyzing the social externalities (positive and negative) of the transition to the CE in Quebec. The proposed research activities will enable the development of a social impact assessment grid for transition processes and local CE experiments that can be replicated in other Quebec contexts.

Affiliated research axes

Axis 1: Change and Transition Management

1.1 – Establish a reference framework for the circular economy
1.2 – Conceptualize the intended transition to a circular Québec 2026–2050

Axis 3: Resource and Product Maximization

3.2 – Develop a conceptual framework of tools that may be mobilized to identify better circularization scenarios for products, components and resources at the end of their life cycles

Axis 4: Policy levers

4.3 – Ensure the consistency and relevance of levers

Member(s)

  • Juste Rajaonson

    Ph.D. Professor
  • Chedrak Chembessi

    Ph.D. Assistant Professor

Collaborators

Philippe Genois-Le François

Doctoral student at Université de Montréal

Pierrick Barcat

Graduate student at Université Paris Dauphine

Valérie Lacombe

Doctoral student at UQAM

Deliverables and spin-offs

  • Summary of project results

  • Understanding and avoiding strategic traps in circular economy transition for cities

    Chapter from the book Regions, cities and the circular economy
  • Local and regional transition to the circular economy : How to estimate and prevent social externalities ?

    Paper presented at the 90th ACFAS Congress
The RRECQ is supported by the Fonds de recherche du Québec.
Fonds de recherche - Québec