Scholars to explore cutting-edge research on Circular Economy Economic Modeling in Leuven
The joint workshop on Circular Economy Economic Modelling, supported by the EAYE and the EU & ANR projects: IAM-Circ, Circomod, CircEUlar and ScarCyclET, will take place on the 1st of July 2024 in Leuven. This workshop will precede the Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) and aims to provide […]
Seminar series on Sustainable Development Beyond Green Growth
We know that a ‘greening’ of current economic practices will not suffice to achieve global sustainability targets, such as limiting global warming to well below 2°C and eradicate poverty. A growing body of literature shows that we need to transform not only our energy system and decarbonise industry, but have to rethink our entire economic […]
Macroeconomics and physical consistency
In this article Etienne Lorang and Reyer Gerlagh from Tilburg University explain how macroeconomic models, namely the “Computable General Equilibrium” (CGE) model are been deployed to understand better the circular economy possibilities. While the economy seems sometimes an abstract entity, it requires substantial material processing. Along with economic gro

