23357: Socially Inclusive Circular Economy Business Models and Ecosystems

Monday, July 28, 2025

10:15 - 11:45 CEST (GMT+2)

Location: Bella Center: Hall D- D3-m12

Session Type: Symposium (panel)
Orientation: Practice,Research
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Coordinator(s)

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Luciano Campos Batista

Aston University, United Kingdom
MM

Marly Monteiro De Carvalho

USP (Polytechnic School), Brazil

Moderator(s)

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Diego Alfonso Vazquez

Portsmouth Faculty of Business and Law, United Kingdom

Panelist(s)

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Martin Geissdoerfer

U. of Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Natalia Yakovleva

Kedge Business School, France
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Stelvia Vigolvino Matos Hall

Simon Fraser University, Canada
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Janaina Mascarenhas

University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
SP

Susana Carla Farias Pereira

FGV EAESP, Brazil
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Roberta Souza Piao

U. of Sao Paulo (Polytechnic School), Brazil

The Circular Economy (CE) can be a path to reducing both environmental deterioration and social exclusion. However, despite the increasing body of research investigating CE outcomes, there is little understanding of how to extend and embed social inclusion within emerging circular economy business ecosystems. Currently, our understanding of how to address these circular ecosystem challenges and deliver and scale circular economy benefits is obscured by the paucity of theoretical development in socially inclusive circular economy business models, the lack of confirmatory studies, and the dearth of literature exploring the lens of social justice and explicitly addressing social inclusion in CE. The purpose of this panel symposium is to explore and discuss theoretical and practical perspectives of CE business model ecosystems that involve socially inclusive approaches. The panel symposium will engage a group of panelists in formal, moderated, and interactive discussions around the central question of “how can the circular economy be scaled through ecosystem models that foster social inclusion?”. The panelists will critically explore (1) the interactions of multiple stakeholders, feedback loops and the emergence of complex behaviors among agents; (2) the extent to which social inclusion is embedded in circular ecosystems; (3) CE strategies that contribute to social inclusion; (4) how social inclusion and resource efficiency can be aligned; and (5) what factors influence such relations.