BC2 - Innovation and Strategic Management in Circular Economy

This course examines how innovation and strategic management support the transition to circular economy models in the context of digital and green transformation. It introduces students to circular strategy, systems thinking, innovation leadership, and the role of digital technologies in reshaping business models and value chains. Through lectures, case studies, and applied workshops, students develop the skills to design and lead circular strategies that balance organisational performance with environmental and societal responsibility, while managing uncertainty and change in complex, interdisciplinary settings.

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Strategic Innovation Management

Analytical & Decision-Making Tools

Leadership for Circular Transformation

Your 13-Week Journey

How circular strategies create customer value, competitiveness, and long-term sustainability.

How leaders drive circular change through innovation, entrepreneurship, and responsible decision-making.

Understanding psychological, organisational, and leadership dynamics during complex transformation processes.

How systems thinking reveals root causes of waste and enables regenerative circular solutions.

Exploring ecosystem collaboration and waste valorisation through digital circular innovation tools.

Using foresight and scenario planning to anticipate uncertainty and guide resilient strategies.

How collaboration across organisations strengthens circular value creation and resource efficiency.

Analysing technological, organisational, financial, and policy factors shaping circular innovation.

Designing, financing, and leading digital circular business models for sustainable growth.

How digital technologies operationalise circular principles and enable strategic transformation.

Applying risk mapping and resilience tools to support robust circular decision-making.

Using KPIs and maturity models to assess progress and drive continuous improvement.

Integrating ethics, transparency, and stakeholder inclusion into circular strategy and innovation.

Week 1 — Systems in Transition

See the world in systems.

Learn to rethink linear vs circular economies and explore planetary boundaries.

Week 2 — The Digital–Circular Nexus

Discover how tech enables sustainability.

Explore how AI, IoT, and data power circular innovation.

Week 3 — Policy as Infrastructure

Understand Europe’s circular blueprint.

Dive into the EU Green Deal, CEAP, and Digital Europe frameworks.

Week 4 — Designing for Re-entry

Design for durability, reuse, and remanufacturing.

Learn how digital twins and simulation tools extend product lifecycles.

Week 5 — Tracking Resources Through Data

Follow materials in motion.

Understand how IoT and data infrastructures create transparency in supply chains.

Week 6 — Blockchain for Accountability

Trust through transparency.

Explore blockchain’s potential for tracking, verification, and ethical assurance.

Week 7 — Learning Loops with AI

Let data drive regeneration.

See how AI and machine learning enable adaptive circular decision-making.

Week 8 — Cognitive Factories

Meet the new industrial symbiosis.

Examine how robotics and smart manufacturing create circular production systems.

Week 9 — Reverse Intelligence

Close the loop through recovery.

Explore reverse logistics, digital disassembly, and resource recovery networks.

Week 10 — Measuring Circularity

Turn data into progress.

Use metrics, KPIs, and dashboards to track circular performance.

Week 11 — Financing the Regenerative Future

Empower innovation.

Discover how deep-tech, investment, and valuation models support circular ventures.

Week 12 — Ethics and Mindsets

Lead with responsibility.

Reflect on ethics, human–machine collaboration, and the competences for circular leadership.

Week 13 — 2040 and Beyond

Imagine the future you want to build.

Learn to rethink linear vs circular economies and explore planetary boundaries.