The course aims to provide students the following knowledges and skills: D1. Knowledge and understanding. At the end of the course, students will learn basic theoretical and practical references related to circular economy and sustainability of resources and environment. D2. Applying knowledge and understanding. By the end of the course, students will be able to apply knowledges acquired in point 1, with particular attention to sustainable development and ecological transition basics and tools, connected with planning processes, environmental resources management and enhancement. D3. Making judgments. By the end of the course, students will be able to work out on their own about results' analysis, evaluation, selection and control related to design actions' making up and environmental impacts' management, through case study analysis and application of models and analytical techniques examined during the course. D4. Communication skills. By the end of the course, students will be able to explain, discuss and clearly apply concepts, models and tools acquired in points 1 and 2. D5. Learning skills. By the end of the course, students will be able to examine and debate on their own all the topics covered in the course, also by consulting specific bibliography and site texts, making up both institutional and regulatory framework and technical national and international in-depth analysis of interest.

Economics elements' knowledges are requested

The course will focus precisely on the following topics: - general theoretical framework of environmental sustainability; - linear economy and transition to circular economy; - theoretical foundations and implications of the circular economy; - environment and economy. Market failures; - resources' management and monitoring, environmental systems and the territory (use, reuse and recovery of resources); - resources' assessment and environmental impacts; - green economy approach: production of goods and services, implications on the structure and functioning of markets; - interventions on the production of goods and services aimed at applying the improvement of environmental quality: the contribution of the three production sectors: agriculture, industry, service industry; - management and monitoring of waste recycling and valorisation activities; - eco-innovation and eco-design.

Reading list: Aprile M. C., Chiarini B. (2019), ECONOMIA DELL’AMBIENTE. Sostenibilità, politiche e aspetti strategici, Mondadori Università, Milano, ISBN 978-88-6184-650-0. Bompan E., Brambilla I.N. (2019), Che cosa è l’economia circolare, Edizioni Ambiente, Milano, ISBN 978-88-6627-186-4. Castellucci L. (2017), Lezioni di Politica Economica Ambientale, Collana Economia, Società Editrice Esculapio, Bologna, ISBN 978-88-9385-020-9. Charter M. (2019) Designing for the Circular Economy, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group Eds., New York, ISBN 978-1-138-08101-7. European Commission (2020), Circular Economy Action Plan. The European Green Deal, #EUGreenDeal, European Union Ed. Gusmerotti N. M., Frey M., Iraldo F. (2020), Management dell’economia circolare. Principi, drivers, modelli di business e misurazione, Franco Angeli, Edizioni, Milano, ISBN 978-88-917-9162-7. Lacy P., Rutqvist J., Lamonica B. (2016), Circular Economy. Dallo spreco al valore, Egea Editore, Milano, ISBN 978-88-238-3570-2. Lucia M. G., Duglio S., Lazzarini P. (2018) (a cura di), Verso un’economia della sostenibilità. Lo scenario e le sfide, Franco Angeli, Edizioni, Milano, ISBN 978-88-917-7078-3. Massarutto A. (2019), Un mondo senza rifiuti? Viaggio nell’economia circolare, Società editrice Il Mulino, Bologna, ISBN 978-88-15- 28002-2. Pellizzari A., Genovesi E. (a cura di) (2021), NEOMATERIALI 2.0 NELL’ECONOMIA CIRCOLARE, Edizioni Ambiente, Milano, ISBN 978-88-6627-283-0. Caffi M. (a cura di) (2024), NEOMATERIALI NELL'ECONOMIA CIRCOLARE. BUILDING, Edizioni Ambiente, Milano, ISBN 9788866273844. Raworth K. (2021), L’ECONOMIA DELLA CIAMBELLA. Sette mosse per pensare come un economista del XXI secolo, Edizioni Ambiente, Milano, ISBN 978-88-6627-209-0. Rau T., Oberhuber S. (2019), MATERIALS MATTERS. L’IMPORTANZA DELLA MATERIA. Un’alternativa all’economia del sovrasfruttamento, Edizioni Ambiente, Milano, ISBN 978-88-6627-239-7. Samuelson Paul A., Nordhaus William D., Bollino Carlo A. (2019), Economia, Collana Economia e discipline aziendali, McGraw-Hill Education, Milano, ISBN 883869480X. Scarnicci Ciani M., Marcelli A., Pinelli P., Romani A., Russo R. (a cura di) (2014), Economia, ambiente e sviluppo sostenibile, Collana Economia, Franco Angeli Edizioni, Milano, ISBN 978-88-917-1152-6. Stahel Walter R. (2019), Economia Circolare per Tutti. Concetti base per cittadini, politici e imprese, Edizioni Ambiente, Milano, ISBN 978-88-6627-268-7. Other materials. REPORTS: ENEA (2022), IV RAPPORTO SULL’ECONOMIA CIRCOLARE IN ITALIA, Circular Economy Network (a cura di), Roma ENEA (2020), RAPPORTO SULL’ECONOMIA CIRCOLARE IN ITALIA. Con Focus sulla bioeconomia, Circular Economy Network (a cura di), Roma. European Environment Agency (2018), The circular economy and the bioeconomy. Partners in sustainability, EEA Report No 8/2018, ISBN 978-92-9213-974-2. European Environment Agency (2017), Circular by design. Products in the circular economy, EEA Report, No 6/2017, ISBN 978-92-9213-857-8. European Environment Agency (2016), Circular economy in Europe. Developing the knowledge base, EEA Report No 2/2016, ISBN 978-92-9213-719-9. Green Building Council Italia (2019), Economia circolare in edilizia, GBC Italia, Trento. ISPRA (2022), Rapporto di Sostenibilità 2022, ISPRA, Documenti tecnici, None/2022, ISBN: 978-88-448-1139-6 . ISPRA (2022), Rapporto Rifiuti Urbani. Edizione 2022, ISPRA, Rapporti 380/2022, ISBN: 978-88-448-1145-7.

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The course will take place through frontal lessons and seminar meetings planned with the presence of scholars and experts in the field, with discussion and classroom computation according to the following structure:

- presentation of themes and theoretical topics;
- in-depth seminars;
- case studies.

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The check of learning will take place through an oral exam consisting of an individual interview to open questions on the theoretical topics covered during the lessons and the evaluation of the original plans done by the students based on the readings chosen as an in-depth study. The final evaluation will be equally distributed between the plan evaluation (50%worth) and the theoretical preparation (50%worth). The final vote is expressed in thirtieths.

This teaching contributes to the realization of the UN Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development (SDGs)