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| Anmeldevoraussetzungen |
(*)IK Circular Economy Fundamentals
(parallel enrolment in the same semester possible on request)
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| Quellcurriculum |
Masterstudium Sustainability and Plastics Management (SPM) 2025W |
| Lernergebnisse |
Kompetenzen |
(*)- Competency to apply circular economy concepts (e.g., circular business models, circular design principles, smart circular strategies) in real-world scenarios.
- Competency to collaborate effectively in peer groups to design and execute projects addressing practical circular economy challenges.
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Kenntnisse |
(*)- Ability to apply circular business model concepts to address practical challenges (K3).
- Skill to create product-services system solutions based on circular design principles (K6).
- Ability to integrate smart product concepts into circular strategies (K3).
- Skill to evaluate project outcomes and reflect on their impact regarding circularity (K5).
- Ability to analyze real-world practices and insights gained from site visits or industry events (K4).
- Skill to propose strategies for scaling circular economy projects based on industry and peer feedback (K6).
- Ability to work collaboratively in teams to design and implement circular economy projects (K6).
- Skill to communicate findings and recommendations effectively to diverse audiences (K4).
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(*)- Identify key elements of circular business models or circular design and their applications (K2).
- Explain the role of smart circular products in enabling R-strategies (e.g. reuse, repairing remanufacturing, recycling) (K2).
- Recognize the importance of collaboration across disciplines and sectors when implementing circular economy solutions (K2).
- Define criteria for assessing the success of circular economy projects (K1).
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| Beurteilungskriterien |
(*)Grading will be based on the following aspects:
- Project report
- Presentation
- Attendance
- Project management
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| Lehrmethoden |
(*)- Interdisciplinary teams: The teams analyze the meaning of concepts like Smart Products, Materials Circularity, or Product-as-a-service and further analyze how these trends affect corporate innovation, quality and sustaianbility management. Based on this analysis, they develop solutions and suggestions on how to introduce these concepts into a company and how to handle the challenges. The overall goal is to support companies in the development of new products and services by unearthing the gap between current capabilities and processes and alternatives ones supporting innovation. Thus, the teams gain deep practical insights into latest innovation trends and service development.
- Coaching: Each team is mentored by two coaches – one internal working at the JKU and an external one at the industry partner.
- Site visits and industry events: Some of the course activities (e.g. interviews, final presentation) take place at the headquarter of our business partner(s). Moreover, students may have the opportuntity to attend an industry event so that they can learn more about current industry challenges.
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| Abhaltungssprache |
Englisch |
| Literatur |
(*)To be announced
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| Lehrinhalte wechselnd? |
Nein |
| Sonstige Informationen |
(*)Small teams of 2-4 Master-level students with engineering background (and also social sciences) work on current industry challenges at the intersection of innovation, quality and sustainability management. They elaborate the status quo of a current practice challenge and present solutions (informed by practices in industry and scientific literature) to a jury consisting of top management representatives of our business partners.
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| Frühere Varianten |
Decken ebenfalls die Anforderungen des Curriculums ab (von - bis)
480AMSGCE2U18: IK Circular Economy 2: Interdisciplinary Project (2018W-2023S)
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