Professor Matthew Kearnes (University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney) will be giving our next 3S Seminar, Wednesday 18th December 2024, 13:00-14:00pm, SCI 01.38 (UEA).

During the seminar, Professor Kearnes will introduce the concept of ‘critical circularity‘ of the circular economy, with reference to two overlapping studies focused on the configuration of projects of repair and reuse in the case of wastewater and sewage treatment and in the case of the global ‘right to repair’ movement. This notion of ‘critical circularity’ points to the prospects for critical and engaged conceptions of the circular economy, in direct response to the current emphasis on market-oriented capitalism and technocratic policy interventions for circular economies.