We are very happy to announce that Lasting project PhD candidate Kamila Krych will defend her thesis “Lifetimes of consumer products: modeling, trends, and policy for lifetime extension” on Monday the 27th of January 2025.… Kamila Krych defends her PhD thesis 27th of January 2025
One of the key principles of the circular economy is extending product lifetimes with aim to slow down material turnover rates and thus reduce resource consumption and emissions. A recent study by Lasting PhD candidate… New publication: The “nature” and “nurture” of product lifetimes in dynamic stock modeling
In the Lasting project, we have found that product longevity is shaped by complex ‘product ecosystems’, encompassing not only related products in the market and households but also the infrastructures behind resource extraction, production, distribution,… Lasting Design Brief