My vision is to establish Design for Absolute Sustainability as a prominent interdisciplinary research field that will enable the design of sustainable production and consumption systems capable of fulfilling societal needs within the planetary boundaries (i.e., the safe operating space for humanity within the Earth system).

Associate Professor on Sustainable Design and Circular Economy. Research, teaching and innovation activities related to sustainability maturity, business and product innovation, eco-innovation, product/service-systems, rebound effects and system dynamics.

Educating engineers that can help develop new technological solutions, products and services that conserve resources and support the development of a sustainable society.

Applied research related to sustainability maturity, circular economy, business and product innovation, industrial symbiosis, eco-innovation and product-service systems.

REBOUNDLESS aims to enable a paradigm shift in design science that will establish the scientific knowledge for preventing rebound effects through novel methodologies, simulation models and strategies for the design of solutions that are resilient to rebound effects.

ready2LOOP has helped more than 800 companies to understand how ready they are to transition to a Circular Economy, to identify strengths and improvement opportunities and to define transition paths to achieve their sustainability goals.www.ready2loop.org

Enhancing companies’ business success by integrating sustainability in their core business and innovation processes. By using our unique maturity framework, we enable companies to achieve their sustainability and circular economy ambitions and systematically improve their innovation abilities. htttp://www.essensus.co

The Advisory Board advises, guides and supports the Board of Management in developing and furthering the aim and objectives of the Society. It does this by advising the Board of Management on the direction and strategy of the Society, and by generating and giving feedback on particular proposals for development.

The Sustainable Design SIG supports the development of science-based knowledge to enable industry to deal with the challenges for Sustainable Design implementation (e.g. strategy, companies’ buy-in, collaboration, knowledge, tools and management).

The Sustainable Design SIG supports the development of science-based knowledge to enable industry to deal with the challenges for Sustainable Design implementation (e.g. strategy, companies’ buy-in, collaboration, knowledge, tools and management).sustainable.designsociety.org

ASAP aims at defining the industry best practice in the field of services and extended product management, working in close partnership with a wide range of SMEs and large companies. ASAP provides knowledge, competencies, services, fellowship, and peer-to-peer connections, supporting managers and executives with decision-making support, organizational and operative processes.

The System Dynamics Society is an international, nonprofit organization devoted to encouraging the development and use of System Dynamics and systems thinking around the world. With members in seventy countries, the Society provides a forum in which researchers, educators, consultants, and practitioners in the corporate and public sectors interact to introduce newcomers to the field, keep abreast of current developments, and build on each other’s work.

By combining economy, management, engineering, technology, environment, and society, the journal aims to bring a new approach of the key concepts of circular economy and sustainability.

Product: Management and Development (PMD) is an international and open access publication platform dedicated to the dissemination of original, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary research on innovation. The broad scope of the innovation concept is what sets it apart. The journal accepts research with different levels of analysis to promote the relationship between theories. It publishes research in the macro-level sphere, such as innovation environment, national and regional… Show more Product: Management and Development (PMD) is an international and open access publication platform dedicated to the dissemination of original, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary research on innovation. The broad scope of the innovation concept is what sets it apart. The journal accepts research with different levels of analysis to promote the relationship between theories. It publishes research in the macro-level sphere, such as innovation environment, national and regional policies, ecosystems, networks and organizations; further, it considers research in the micro-level, involving various aspects of users and consumers, agents (teams, designers, and engineers), intellectual property, technology, and products. It particularly focuses on issues that bridge the gap between theories generated at different levels of study, thus creating a space for interaction between macro and micro-level researchers in innovation. Show less

The purpose of the Biomimicry Institute is to naturalize biomimicry in the culture by promoting the transfer of ideas, designs, and strategies from biology to sustainable systems design.

Systematizing Grundfos' approach for the development of “Sustainable Product Solutions” by means of a maturity model for sustainability integration.www.grundfos.com

Implementation and management of sustainability best practices into product and business development at Embraer, following the maturity framework for sustainability integration.https://embraer.com/global/en

Development of a methodology for the validation of DfE (Design for Environment) practice in HP. Systematic identification of legal, social, environmental, economic and technological characteristics related to the life cycle management.

Development of a methodology to enable Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Brazil and Germany to implement sustainable manufacturing in the fields of management, technology, processes and products.