Explore projects from the URC research line. A focus on the interface between cities and their surroundings is essential for a successful and rapid transition to a sustainable circular society. These projects do so by looking at solutions for increasing tensions between urban and rural areas. These projects were either awarded seed money, or are awarded grants as a spin-off from seed money initiatives.
2025
2024
Societal change for future upcycling
Barriers and opportunities for closing the loop on materials in Utrecht’s secondhand economy.
Accelerating public-private partnership
For circular public spaces through inclusive digital technologies
Examining how the location of the demand and supply of landscape services are interrelated.
Managing construction waste effectively while transitioning towards a circular economy model
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2023
Collaborative Circular Research Network (C3RN)
Research and implementation of circular, nature-based designs.
Re-Inventing Wastewater for Rural-Urban Circularity
Co-Creating Pathways for the Water, Energy and Food Nexus in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area.
A regional planning support system for a circular equitable foodsystem in the Eindhoven Metropolitan Region
Using landscape-thinking to close loops regionally
This project envisions the transformation of food systems into regionally embedded, landscape-based, circular systems.
Collaborative, Digitized and Integral Processes to Achieve Circular and Emission-Free Renovation
Practically applicable methods that support collaborative activities and appropriate policy frameworks.
2022
This study explores challenges in transitioning to circular food systems, emphasizing the tensions between circularity and inclusivity.
2021
Transitioning to a dynamic water system that stores precipitation surpluses and uses alternative water sources during droughts.