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The overall theme for the PhD Seminar 2022 will be Companies, Markets and Circular Economy
The seminar will cover important theoretical and methodological issues for PhD candidates and launch with discussions of recent developments and topical issues on the EU level, in particular stemming from the European Green Deal. The second day of the seminar will be devoted to discussing the meaning and relevance of a regulatory ecology approach to conduct research in company, market and circular economy law. A regulatory ecology approach analyses the interactions between law and social norms, market pressures, and human-made and ecological architecture, thus allowing to identify options of regulatory interventions. The third day will focus on business models, with particular focus on repair as a circular business model, the particular place of SMEs, and the role of company law. We end the seminar with a day dedicated to reflections on the future of companies, markets and circular economy.
The seminar gives PhD candidates the possibility of presenting their topics amongst a dedicated group of scholars. For those interested, there is also an option of signing up for essay writing, with follow-up after the seminar. We recommend early registration for interested PhD candidates, as we usually have a waiting list for PhD candidates wishing to present.