Research and Communication

Circular Economy Business Models | Social Innovations | Entrepreneurship | Sustainable Organizational Management | Extended Producer Responsibility | Social Network Analysis | Latourian theory | Rural-Urban Nexus | Circular Agri-food Systems | Design Thinking

About

Experienced researcher and facilitator specializing in Sustainability Management and Circular Economy – strategies, business models, innovations, EPR schemes, eco-design, social-circular entrepreneurship, circular procurement, impact evaluation and scaling. I have a track record of managing and conducting research within complex sustainability and development projects, consulting (including policy development and policy briefs), and navigating collaboration across public, social and private sectors organizations, spanning a wide range of sectors, settings and countries, including Poland, England, Scotland, Chile, Sweden, Hungary, Austria, Peru, Cambodia, Italy, Greece.

Currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management at Kozminski University – Warsaw-based leading business school in CEE – where I focus on circular economy research and explore new teaching methods in the field of management, research methods and designing innovative organizations. Visiting scholar at the University of Graz, University of Trento and University of Technology of Troyes. Former Research Fellow at the University of Hull (UK) and Assistant Professor at the University of Warsaw (Faculty of Geography) where I also taught courses for the University Centre for Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development (UCBS).

Where else to find me?

ISDRS conferences: https://isdrs.org

Always happy to foster new collaborations to co-create exciting research projects: Contact section

Education

PhD, University of Hull (UK), awarded in 2023

Field: Circular Economy, Social Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Local & Regional Economic Development.

Conducted as part of the Horizon 2020 CRESTING project (Circular Economy: Sustainability Implications and Guiding Progress – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions fellowship). This involved collaboration with approx. 60 enterprises, non-profits, and start-ups in Chile, the UK, and Austria.

MSc in Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management (MESPOM – Erasmus Mundus), 2015-2017

A joint degree awarded by Lund University (Sweden), Central European University (Hungary/Austria), and the University of Manchester (UK). The degree also involved a short stay at the University of Aegean (Greece).

MA in Geography and Hispanic Studies, University of Aberdeen (Scotland), 2009-2014 (undergraduate Scottish joint degree, thesis with distinction)

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Publications

Academic & non-academic publications

Research & Grants

Research projects, research grants, fellowships

Communication

Conferences, guest talks, teaching modules etc.

Visulas

Videography as a research method; photography

Contact

Seeking a research project partner? Feel free to drop me a line to co-explore research opportunities

malgorzata.pusz@proton.me

Warsaw, Poland