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The three-day hybrid conference, Beautiful, Sustainable, Together: LIFE in the New European Bauhaus, welcomed the REFLOW Project Coordinator and Associate Professor (CBS), Cristiana Parisi, to join in on the conversation on urban transformations and the need for accelerating circular and regenerative transitions. During the second day's session on Circular Economy (CE), Cristiana Parisi shared REFLOW’s approach to CE and how we are co-creating circular and regenerative transitions across the six REFLOW pilot cities - Amsterdam, Berlin, Cluj-Napoca, Milan, Paris, and Vejle. Cristiana was joined alongside a panel of other circular projects, initiatives, and actors who share in the journey towards building a better future for everyone. The panelists engaged in fruitful discussions on Circular Economy exploring how regenerative approaches can create a dialogue between urban development and climate action, which cultural and social changes are needed to promote circularity in urban society and economy, and much more. The panel was moderated by Filip Van Den Abeele. European Commission - Events, LIFE...

The EU H2020 project, CLIC is holding their online two-day final conference from the 22 to 23 September 2021. The final conference agenda is chock-full of sessions surrounding circularity and cultural heritage adaptive reuse. The final conference brings together a diversity of professionals, plus other ongoing EU Horizon 2020 projects including T-Factor, HUB-IN, CENTRINNO, and of course, REFLOW. REFLOW's Project Coordinator and Associate Professor, Cristiana Parisi was invited to the panel discussion - tools for circular governance: impacts assessment for cultural heritage adaptive reuse on September 22. The opportunity to align and link the two H2020 projects through common focus on impact assessment, business models, and performance measurement marked an important moment for REFLOW to connect, share, and learn with other European projects. The event is ongoing and can be joined online here. CLIC-Final-Conference-Programme-2Download CLIC (Circular models Leveraging Investments in Cultural heritage adaptive reuse) was an EU Horizon 2020 funded project, running from 2017 to 2021....

Are you interested in learning about circular economy with the REFLOW team? Join the REFLOW Academy! Here in the REFLOW project, the team is working hard to disseminate our work and knowledge across wider audiences, including industry representatives and municipalities. As part of this task, the REFLOW partners, in collaboration with circular economy professionals, have created a podcast series where those interested in diving into the topic of circular economy across an array of disciplines, fields, and industries can become engaged and part of the conversation around circular and regenerative transitions.  Give the first podcast a listen below where Associate Professor and REFLOW Project Coordinator, Cristiana Parisi introduces what the REFLOW project is all about and how REFLOW works towards co-creating circular and regenerative cities.  You can listen to the rest of the podcast series from REFLOW on the REFLOW Project's website or on Spotify or Apple Podcast. ...

REFLOW as a Case for Circular Cities and Neighbourhoods From the Danish installation at Milan Design Week 2021, HRH The Crown Princess of Denmark launched the release of Creative Denmark's recent white paper, 'Designing the irresistible circular society'. Following the official launch of the white paper from HRH, attendees were joined by the Danish Minister of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs, Simon Kollerup, who spoke of the need for green transitions in society, pinpointing circularity as a key cornerstone of this shift. The white paper includes an impressive repertoire of Danish case studies from circular economy frontrunners across business and public institutions, who are leading the way towards accelerating circular transitions here in Denmark and beyond. As part of this collection of circular economy movers and shakers, the CBS REFLOW team has contributed to the white paper's chapter on 'Circular cities and neighbourhoods'. Source: Creative Denmark, 2021 Source: Creative Denmark, 2021 Read the white paper here and find REFLOW's case while discovering other circular economy...

The Latest Research from CBS Copenhagen Business School's Associate Professor and Project Coordinator for REFLOW, Cristiana Parisi and PhD Fellow, Justyna Bekier's latest research paper, Assessing and managing the impact of COVID-19: a study of six European cities participating in a circular economy project, is hot off the press. Cristiana Parisi and Justyna Bekier's research, published in the Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, explores the role of accounting in the assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic. The research sets out to address the research gap regarding the role of performance management systems in managing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of the six REFLOW pilot cities. The paper dives into how accounting became involved in the six REFLOW pilot cities' response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and how it influenced the diverse discourses and practices of governance. Photo by Clay Banks on Unsplash Based on fieldwork undertaken in the six pilot cities, the authors demonstrate how the "adjudicating" and "territorialising"...

The REFLOW Journey Back in June 2019, the REFLOW project began its three-year journey towards the co-creation of circular and regenerative resource flows in cities. After kicking off the project over a two-day event at the Copenhagen Business School, the 28 partners of the REFLOW consortium, with talents spanning across a diverse portfolio of expertise, were ready to embark on REFLOW's mission to enable the transition towards circular and regenerative cities. Fast forward to today, the project is now in full swing as we enter into the final year. Our friends at the Wire have covered REFLOW's journey over the past two years where Project Coordinator and Associate Professor, Cristiana Parisi gave the lowdown of the resilient REFLOW pilot cities and their action plans towards circularity.   The six REFLOW pilot cities set into action transitioning their linear resource streams into circular and regenerative ones.Photo by Adrià Tormo on Unsplash     Understand - Define - Make - Release To start off with, building a solid foundation through...

The REFLOW Project is a Best Practice The REFLOW project has been named by the European Commission (EC) as a Best Practice in their latest monitoring report, Integration of Social Sciences and Humanities in Horizon 2020. The report assesses the Social Sciences and Humanities integration of all the H2020 topics and projects funded in 2018. The REFLOW project is comprised of a multi-disciplinary consortium of 28 partners, including partners stemming from the Social Sciences and Humanities. To achieve the lasting goal of societal impact, drawing upon insights from the Social Sciences and Humanities is vital. Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash In 2018, 391 projects were funded under Social Sciences and Humanities topics, receiving €1.9 billion in funding, with €415 million of that going to Social Sciences and Humanities partners. This year's report showed a positive indication of an enhanced role for disciplines in the Social Sciences and Humanities. A Bottom-Up Approach The REFLOW project is one of 35 other funded projects under the...

REFLOW in the News The REFLOW project, the largest EU coordinator project ever granted to CBS, received the spotlight last Friday, November 27, making the frontpage news at the Copenhagen Business School. The CBS REFLOW Team Led by Project Coordinator and Associate Professor, Cristiana Parisi, the CBS REFLOW team continues into its second year of REFLOW as the project and consortium coordinators alongside a set of international and interdisciplinary partners. The CBS team also leads the REFLOW project's first building block, focusing on performance measurement and social impact, working closely with the REFLOW pilot cities in defining their roadmaps and implementation of their circular action plans. Photo by Bonneval Sebastien on Unsplash The REFLOW project, funded under the European Union's Horizon 2020 Innovation Action Scheme, seeks to offer a new approach to the circular economy (CE), integrating social impact and inclusion dimensions into CE. The importance of citizen involvement and systemic change spans across the six REFLOW pilot cities, Amsterdam, Berlin, Cluj-Napoca, Milan,...

Join the Copenhagen Business School and the Greater Copenhagen EU Office’s online workshop 9 November 2020 at 10:00 to 12:00! The workshop will focus on the Green Transition and the EU’s Research and Innovation Projects, presenting highlights and experiences from the EU Horizon 2020 REFLOW Project from Project Coordinator and Associate Professor (CBS), Cristiana Parisi. Researchers and green transition experts across Denmark are welcome to join and partake in the workshop. As part of the event, there will be Breakout Sessions across three themes: Food and ClimateMobilityCircular Economy  Jesper Blaabjerg, Copenhagen EU Office, David Christensen, Project Manager BOFA,and Cristiana Parisi, Associate Professor CBS, will moderate the Circular Economy theme. Register Here To register, send an email to info@cphoffice.eu and indicate which of the thematic Breakout Sessions you are interested in. Read more about the event here and find the agenda here....

REFLOW at World Cities Day The UN-HABITAT will be hosting its World Cities Day on 31 October 2020 welcoming a distinguished group of speakers to address this year’s focus on the Circular Economy Model as a necessary means to undertake the challenges and impacts of climate change. The event will take place in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 circumstance where the Circular City Model presents itself as a new and crucial perspective during these times of crisis.   REFLOW Project Coordinator and Associate Professor at CBS, Cristiana Parisi will speak at the event shedding light on the need for new governance tools and the role of universities in producing new knowledge/tools for operationalizing the Circular Digital City Model. Photo by Javier M. on Unsplash Catch Cristiana’s talk on 31 October 2020 at 12:20 (CET). Find the programme for World Cities here.Download Programme...