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Se­basti­an Ols­son

Research Assistant

Subjects
Circular economy Co-creation Green transition Business community

Primary research areas

Cir­cu­lar Busi­ness Mod­el Trans­formation
My re­search primar­ily con­cerns the EU-fun­ded CIR4FUN pro­ject con­cern­ing the fur­niture in­dustry in Europe. Here, I seek to con­duct stake­hold­er ana­lyses and work­shops in or­der to de­vel­op new busi­ness mod­el form­a­tions to­wards a more cir­cu­lar prac­tice. In es­sence, how can busi­ness, in­dustry and so­ci­ety re­duce waste.
Im­pact Cre­ation and Policy Re­com­mend­a­tions
One thing is to de­vel­op mod­els for cir­cu­lar busi­ness prac­tices; an­oth­er is to carry them out. My oth­er re­search top­ic con­cerns the form­a­tion of com­munity en­gage­ment pro­cesses in or­der to de­vel­op policy re­com­mend­a­tions. In oth­er words, ‘blue­prints’ to carry out sus­tain­able change in loc­al com­munit­ies.

Ex­plor­ing busi­ness mod­el op­por­tun­it­ies to push for a just and sus­tain­able so­ci­ety

I am a Research Assistant developing stakeholder analysis, circular business model development and implementation strategies for a better future with less waste and more equality. My work mainly concerns contributions to European and nationally funded research projects. The overall ethos of my contributions will always be to find a balance between institutions, nature, and people.

My career at CBS started promptly after finalising five years of studies at the same institution. With this experience, I emphasise active engagement of students at eye level. Amongst other initiatives, I'm a volunteer part of CBS's Permahave. Besides using the garden to connect with something 'more than human', I invite students to partake in our activities and gain alternative perspectives on how we conduct business in contemporary society.

Recent research projects

CIR4FUN

Re­vo­lu­tion­iz­ing the fur­niture In­dustry through Cir­cu­lar Eco­nomy Prin­ciples With a con­sor­ti­um of 22 part­ners from 10 European coun­tries, Cir4Fun is a pro­ject fun­ded by the European Uni­on’s Ho­ri­zon Europe pro­gram (HO­RI­ZON-CL6-2024-Cir­cBio-01-3) that in­tends to drive cir­cu­lar eco­nomy with­in the fur­niture in­dustry.
CIR4FUN