Towards an ecological metaphor for regenerative circular economies
Filippos K. Zisopoulos (Independent researcher)
Brian D. Fath (Towson University, Masaryk University, International Institute for Applied System Analysis)
Bruno Meirelles de Oliveira (Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), International Institute for Applied System Analysis)
S. Toboso Chavero ( Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, TU Delft - Integral Design & Management)
Hugo D'Assenza-David (Sciences Po)
Vitor Miranda de Souza (Lund University)
Hao Huang (Princeton University)
Serban Scrieciu (University College London)
O. Grant Clark (McGill University)
Dominik Noll (University of Évora)
Simron J. Singh (University of Waterloo)
Alexandros Stefanakis (Technical University of Crete)
Graham Boyd (Evolutesix)
Daan F.J. Schraven (TU Delft - Real Estate Management)
Martin de Jong ( Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Fudan University)
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Abstract
An ecological metaphor can enable transitions towards regenerative circular economies. Yet, this potential remains latent because its conceptual development, which is a prerequisite for its practical operationalization, is in its incipient phase and largely vague. To strengthen its epistemological underpinning, we propose a forward-looking interdisciplinary research agenda which brings together theories, ontological positions, analytical approaches, and strategies of action from ecological economics, panarchy theory, socio-metabolic research, process ecology, environ network theory, the constructal law, nature-based solutions, complexity economics, doughnut economics, regenerative economics, and ergodicity economics. The agenda facilitates the concentration, consolidation, and acceleration of theoretical and methodological innovation for the generation and accumulation of a diverse yet coherent body of knowledge on the interpretation of the process of regeneration and for illuminating the ways in which regenerative circular economies may function.
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