MC1 - Introduction to Digital Circular Economy

See how digital technologies drive sustainable growth and shape the future of business innovation.

Start Date

September 12, 2026

  Credits

12 ECTS

  Delivery Mode

Blended

  Duration

13 Weeks

  Language

English

Why This Course Matters

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What You Will Learn

Use Digital Tech for Real Impact

See how AI, IoT and blockchain drive circular innovation.

Think in Systems, not Silos

Discover how circular models outperform the old linear way of doing business.

Design Smarter Strategies

Create digital solutions that boost efficiency and close resource loops.

Navigate the Policy Landscape

Apply EU and global frameworks to lead sustainable transformation.

Measure What Matters

Track circular performance using lifecycle tools, KPIs and digital metrics.

Lead Digital Circular Change

Turn insight into action and guide organisations towards sustainable growth.

Skills You Will Gain

Turn knowledge into action with practical skills for digital and circular transformation.

Spot Opportunities for Circular Change

Use Data with Purpose

Design Solutions that Work

Think Ahead

Skills You Will Gain

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Spot Opportunities for Circular Change

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Design Solutions that
Work

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Use Data with Purpose

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Lead Transformation

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Make Complex Things Simple

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Think Ahead

Your 13-Week Journey

Here’s how your learning unfolds

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.


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.

Learn With Us

Meet the people guiding your journey.
Academics, innovators, and practitioners shaping the future of circular business.

#innovators | #experts| #changemakers| 

Giorgos Demetriou
Associate Dean of Research and Innovation
Sophia Alexaki
Smart Health & Social Innovation Lab Coordinator 
Hernan Ruiz Ocampo
Principal Research Development & Implementation Expert
Vlatka Katusic
Senior Research Development & Implementation Expert

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