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Delftx: CircularX Circular Economy: An Introduction

This course is led by TU Delft and co-created with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Sustainability.

The Instructors:

David Peck
Dr. David Peck		 Dr. David Peck is assistant professor at the TU Delft, Faculty of Architecture. He researches and teaches in the field of critical materials and circular design. David is an Adjunct Professor at MIP, Politecnico di Milano, Graduate School of Business, where he runs the Circular Economy programme.
Dr. Conny Bakker
Dr. Conny Bakker		 Conny Bakker is Professor of Circular Product Design at the TU Delft, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering. She specialises in design methodology; she explores strategies such as design for product life-extension, design for remanufacturing, and design for recycling, and the business models that enable these strategies. Conny coordinates and teaches dedicated courses in Sustainable Design and Circular Product Design.
Ken Webster
Ken Webster		 Ken Webster is Head of Innovation at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in the UK. He is the author of The Circular Economy A Wealth of Flows (EMF May 2015) and Sense and Sustainability (Terra Preta 2009). His background is in economics and business education and education for sustainability. He is Honorary Teaching Fellow at the University of Bradford's School of Management and a major contributor to their MBA Enterprise, Innovation and the Circular Economy. He joined the Foundation in 2010.
Dr. Erwin van der Laan
Dr. Erwin van der Laan		 Erwin van der Laan is Associate Professor of Logistics and Operations Management at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. His research focuses on value creation though closed loop supply chain management, in particular by designing and optimising operations management processes. Erwin is Scientific Director of the closed loop supply chain centre at RSM and teaches dedicated courses on closed loop supply chain management.
Dr. Ester van der Voet
Dr. Ester van der Voet		 Dr. Ester van der Voet is Associate Professor at the Department of Industrial Ecology at the Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University. She specialises in life-cycle assessment, material flow analysis, substance flow analysis, natural resource accounting, and indicator development. Her research areas include the bio-based economy and metals in the Circular Economy. She has extensive teaching experience, both online and on campus. She is a member of UNEP's International Resource Panel.

We are grateful for the contributions from (in order of appearance):
- Colin Webster (Education Programme Manager, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, UK)
- Dr. Marian Chertow (Associate Professor of Industrial Environmental Management and Director of the Industrial Environmental Management program at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, USA)
- Nestor Coronado Palma (Circular Economy Program Director, Philips Healthcare)
- Prof. dr. Arnold Tukker (Professor of Industrial Ecology and Director of the Institute of Environmental Sciences at Leiden University, the Netherlands)
- James Ball (regional manager, MaGrann Associates for energy efficiency and green housing, USA)
- Miquel Ballester (Innovation Lead, Fairphone, Amsterdam)
- Olivier Hebert (Chief Technology Officer, Fairphone, Amsterdam)
- Marcel den Hollander (Industrial Designer and PhD researcher, TU Delft, the Netherlands)
- Ian Buxcey (Remanufacturing Manager Europe, Meritor)
- Dr. Nabil Nasr (Associate Provost and Director of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA)
- Dr. Nancy Bocken (Associate Professor Sustainable Business Models and Circular Product Design, TU Delft, the Netherlands)
- Thijs Jasink (COO, ACtronics)
- Prof. Dr. Ing. Rolf Steinhilper (Professor of Manufacturing and Remanufacturing Technology, University of Bayreuth, Germany)
- Arjen Wittekoek (Director Coolrec)
- Gwen Cunningham (Project Developer, Circular Textiles Program, Circle Economy, Amsterdam)
- Michael Pawlyn (Architect, Exploration Architecture, UK)
- Geanne van Arkel (Head of Sustainable Development, Interface)

There would not be a MOOC without a dedicated team! Special thanks to:

  • Jannes Nelissen for technical support, and
  • Rosa Jager, and
  • Michael Speek for managing the e-moderation.

We thank the support staff of TU Delft Online Learning, the Delft Extension School, New Media Centre, Communication TU Delft, and Communication IO. Last but not least, a very special thanks to Moois Media (Arne Verbrugh and Christiaan van Schermbeek) and Yvo Zijlstra (Antenna-Men) for the amazing videos.