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The latest and greatest proposals, collaborations and big achievements from The VR(Ex)Change team!

  • “Embodying Degrowth” which is a compilation of interviews, profiles, and study guides on tackling the issue of “degrowth” (an invitation to reflect on western economic growth, sustainable lifestyles and environmental maintenance practices) from an interdisciplinary perspective.
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  • Dapena Fraiz, L. (2023). The Maintainers Fellowships - a model to understand localized practices of maintenance, repair and care. The Maintainers. https://themaintainers.org/the-maintainers-fellowships/  

  • Russell, J.D., & Okorie, O. (2024). Accelerating the adoption of circular economy: An extended diffusion model for understanding consumer perceptions of circular economy products, in The Routledge Handbook of Catalysts for a Sustainable Circular Economy, Ed. Lehtimäki, H., Aarikka-Stenroos, L., Jokinen, A., & Jokinen, P. ISBN 9781032212449.

  • Russell, J. D., & Nasr, N. Z. (2023). Value-retained vs. impacts avoided: the differentiated contributions of remanufacturing, refurbishment, repair, and reuse within a circular economy. Journal of Remanufacturing, 13(1), 25-51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13243-022-00119-4

  • Okorie, O., Russell, J., Cherrington, R., Fisher, O., & Charnley, F. (2023). Digital transformation and the circular economy: Creating a competitive advantage from the transition towards Net Zero Manufacturing. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 189, 106756. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106756

  • Russell, J.D., Moore, E., Svensson-Hoglund, S., Novich, L., & Donaghey, F. (2022). Achieving circular economy through a fixing city mindset, in Place-Based Sustainability: Research and Design Extending Pathways for Ecological Stewardship, Ed. Montgomery, J. pp. 218.

  • Okorie, O., Russell, J., Jin, Y., Turner, C., Wang, Y., & Charnley, F. (2022). Removing barriers to Blockchain use in circular food supply chains: Practitioner views on achieving operational effectiveness. Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain, 5, 100087. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clscn.2022.100087

  • Svensson-Hoglund, S., Russell, J. D., & Richter, J. L. (2022). A Process Approach to Product Repair from the Perspective of the Individual. Circular Economy and Sustainability, 1-33. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-022-00226-1

  • Hull, C. E., Russell, J. D., & Kukar-Kinney, M. (2022). Making Sustainability a Core Competency: Consumer Response to Sustainable Innovative Products. Sustainability, 14(18), 11688. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141811688

  • Russell, J. D., Svensson‐Hoglund, S., Richter, J. L., Dalhammar, C., & Milios, L. (2022). A matter of timing: System requirements for repair and their temporal dimensions. Journal of Industrial Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13280

  • Svensson-Höglund, S., Thorslund, M. L., Richter, J. L., Olsson, A. R., Jensen, C. L., Quist, J., ... & Dalhammar, C. (2022). Futures of fixing: exploring the life of product users in circular economy repair society scenarios. International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, Lund University.

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