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At the end of March 2022 Prof. Dr. Magnus Fröhling and Vanessa Heinrich from the Professorship of Circular Economy at the TUM Campus Straubing travelled to Ghana. The research visit, funded by the TUM Global Incentive Fund, aimed at investigating innovative ideas and concepts for sustainable e-waste management in Ghana by connecting with key stakeholders from academia, politics and society. The fruitful discussions and research interviews…

The professorship for Circular Economy is looking for a Research Associate (f/m/d) focusing on recycling concepts, networks and business models for ekectrolysers

Please read on for the detailed job descriptions and contact information.

We look forward to hold all courses (including the exams) in presence and finally welcome our students back in Straubing. Details to our offers in teaching for the summer term can be found here and in Moodle.

Our paper „Metallurgical infrastructure and technology criticality: the link between photovoltaics, sustainability, and the metals industry“ has been accepted and published by the journal Mineral Economics. In this paper we describe how digital twins of two...

Happy to share that our paper “Chemical Recycling of Plastic Waste: Comparative Evaluation of Environmental and Economic Performances of Gasification- and Incineration-based Treatment for Lightweight Packaging Waste” has been published in the Journal “Circular Economy...

Prof. Fröhling has been appointed as a member of the editorial board of the new journal Circular Economy and Sustainability. This journal published by Springer Nature aims to bring a new approach of the key concepts of circular economy and sustainability by combining...

Our team grows: We are happy to welcome three new team members at our professorship. Vitor Miranda da Souza started working with us in a two year PostDoc project ReCircleNet on Urban Resource Centres. These works are funded through a EuroTeQ PostDoc2 (Marie...

KoNaRo-Vortragsreihe: Im Wintersemester 2022 geht es in der KoNaRo-Vortragsreihe dieses Mal um das Thema Nachhaltigkeit. Unter anderem erläutert Prof. Dr. Magnus Fröhling vom TUM Campus Straubing am 7. Februar, um 18:00 Uhr, was Kreislaufwirtschaft genau bedeutet und...

The professorship for Circular Economy is looking for academic staff with the opportunity to pursue a doctoral degree or postdoctoral qualification:

– Research Associate or PostDoc (f/m/d)
– Research Associate focusing on recycling concepts, networks and business models for ekectrolysers (f/m/d)

Please read on for the detailed job descriptions and contact information.

New advanced seminar “Circular Economy for a sustainable society: from theory to practice” in January 2022 (registration deadline: Dec 23, 2021)

We are happy to share that our publication “Global warming potential and economic performance of gasification-based chemical recycling and incineration pathways for residual municipal solid waste treatment in Germany” has been published by the journal “Waste...

We are happy to share that our publication “Process simulation and digitalization for comprehensive life-cycle sustainability assessment of Silicon photovoltaic systems” has been published in the Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. It...

The proessorship for Circular Economy is looking for PhD students focusing on

– biomass resource strategies (in particular for biogenic residues)
– recycling concepts, networks and business models for ekectrolysers
– sustainability assessment of emerging technologies

Please read on for the detailed job descriptions and contact information.

We are happy to share that our publication “The resources, exergetic and environmental footprint of the silicon photovoltaic circular economy: Assessment and opportunities” has been published by the journal “Resources, Conservation, and Recycling”. It can be retrieved...

The circular economy can have a decisive impact on Germany achieving its climate, resource conservation and sustainability targets. The Circular Economy Initiative Deutschland has now published recommendations for policy makers, the private sector and researchers. Prof. Magnus Fröhling of the TUM Campus Straubing for Biotechnology and Sustainability is part of this initiative. In this interview he explains how a circular economy can get underway.