Together with partner universities, TU Delft has launched a new MOOC (massive open online course) 'Circular Economy - Sustainable Materials Management'. The course is currently open for enrollment (for free), and will begin on 12th November, 2018.

From 24 to 26 October 2018, the SusCritMat Autumn School will take place at the TU Delft, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment. Registration possible until 7 September.

The Netherlands will have to develop towards a circular economy before 2050. But what does this mean, is it even possible, and which challenges will we have to tackle in order to achieve a circular economy? That is the subject of the recent publication ‘Circularity – on the road to 2050?’.

In the framework of the BauHow5 initiative, a two-day event on Approaches to Circularity was held on 11 – 12 June 2018.

In her PhD project RE4HAB, Anne van Stijn will develop circular renovation solutions for the late post-war social housing stock in the Netherlands.

During the Week of the Circular Economy, PhD candidates from the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment will present and discuss the circular aspects of their current research with practitioners.

While circular economy policies and initiatives are gaining momentum, their spatial implications remain largely unexplored. The third debate in the 'Making the Circular Built Environment a Reality' debate series focuses on the spatial dimensions of the circular economy. The Circular Built Environment Hub invites institutes, organisations and individuals to participate in this interactive session that aims to identify spatial conflicts, synergies, and potentials, paving the way for a future Circular Netherlands.

On 14 December, the symposium 'Architecture and Doughnut Economics' takes place.

On 18 December, Sultan Çetin Öztürk defends her PhD thesis 'Towards a Circular Building Industry Through Digitalisation: Exploring how digital technologies can help narrow, slow, close, and regenerate the loops in social housing practice'.

On 5 December, Tanya Tsui defends her PhD thesis 'Spatial approaches to a circular economy: Determining locations and scales of closing material loops using geographic data'.