CIRCULAR ECONOMY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION - WHAT SUSTAINABILITY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

• Grant number: 24/21463-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: April 01, 2025
• End date: March 31, 2026
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Economics - Social Welfare Economics
• Principal Investigator: Andréa Eloisa Bueno Pimentel
• Grantee: Júlia Nunes Coradini
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Agrárias (CCA). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). Araras , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project aims to analyze the degree of sustainability of the European Union (EU) Circular Economy Action Plan, published in 2020. As specific objectives, it is intended to identify and analyze the economic, social and ecological aspects present in the plan; as well as to correlate such aspects in order to understand the degree of sustainability of the plan. It is a qualitative, exploratory research, whose technical procedure will first be done through the content analysis of the document A new Action Plan for the Circular Economy - For a cleaner and more competitive Europe. Once the analysis is done, the derived inferences will be tested through interviews, via the internet, with researchers from France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal, who study the European Union's Circular Economy policy. A priori, 2 researchers will be chosen per country, totaling 10 researchers. The analysis is based on the assumption that the EU action plan emphasizes more economic aspects to the detriment of ecological and social aspects, in order to strengthen the bloc's economic competitiveness in the global market.