This seminar will take place on June 20 at 15:00. The seminar will be in a hybrid format with:
- in-person session in the IST Alameda Campus, Department of Engineering and Management's Meeting Room
- online, via Zoom https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/93164155063?pwd=TGw5dkFCNk1LQUEzdnZBbklaQTN6QT09
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Summary
Plastics can help face many societal challenges. However, the steady increase in plastic production over the years has resulted in the significant accumulation of plastic waste on a global scale. So, urgent approaches are needed to reduce plastic consumption and increase its reusability and recyclability, which in turn depends on innovations and the development of new technologies for materials, products, and processes, in line with the principles of Circular Economy (CE). Considering the advanced institutional stage of the European Union in the transition to the CE of plastics, as well as its leadership role at a global level and potential to represent a benchmark for countries that are lagging in this issue, this research has the objective to carry out a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) addressing the transition to CE of the plastic packaging industry supply chain in Europe, as well as to present some preliminary results of a field research on the specific case of Portugal. The main theoretical contributions are the outlining and discussion of three key improvements necessary to accelerate this transition to the CE, and the consolidation of different categories of initiatives and barriers, adding knowledge on the topic in a way that is not restricted to the researched context.
Speaker's bio
Professor Fernando Viana has a degree in Civil Engineering (Federal University of Ceara, 1995), a master's degree in production engineering (Federal University of Paraiba, 1996) and a PhD in Administration (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, 2010). He is currently a full professor and researcher at the University of Fortaleza, linked to the Postgraduate Program in Administration (PPGA). He teaches courses in the areas of operations management, logistics, supply chain management and circular economy, in the PPGA's master's and doctoral courses and in the undergraduate courses in Administration and Business, in addition to coordinating research projects and guiding students in their development of theses and dissertations related to these themes. He is currently a member of the scientific committee of the Logistics Operations Management division of the Brazilian Academy of Management (ANPAD). He is an associate editor of the Journal of Contemporary Administration (RAC) and a reviewer for prominent events in the area and for some of the main Brazilian journals qualified by QUALIS/CAPES, as well as international journals. Prof. Fernando Viana is currently carrying out his post-doctoral internship at the Centre for Management Studies of Instituto Superior Técnico of the University of Lisbon.
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