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Paula Juarez currently works at the Institute for the Study of Science and Technology, National University of Quilmes (Argentina). Paula does research in Science and Technology Policy for Inclusive Sustainable Development, Water, Food and Climate Policy, Bioeconomics and Circular Economy. Her perspective of research is socio-technical and interdisciplinary. She works with non-academic actors to improve development strategies and policies in Argentina and the world.
How is it possible to design and deploy circular economy (CE) strategies oriented to inclusive development? How can non-traditional units of production and consumption (i.e., actual productive actors such as waste picker cooperatives and peasant organizations) be integrated into these strategies? Using data collected as a result of two long-term participatory action research projects carried out with a waste picker cooperative in Buenos Aires and 65 peasant families in Chaco (both located in Argentina) the paper opens the door to a proactive critical debate in terms of how to integrate circular economy principles with the development of technological solutions (artifacts, processes and methods of organization). We show that CE holds great potential, both in terms of its contribution to the generation of new interpretive frameworks and also, in terms of nurturing local and inclusive development strategies when it is integrated with collaborative, bottom-up and innovative dynamics. Based on the idea of working with heterogeneous traditional production units (not only with profit-maximizing firms), it is possible to think of social development avenues for vulnerable populations, where the CE principles build up mechanisms capable of maximizing the transformative potential of the resources (including those understood as waste) presented in actual techno-economic matrices.
Lucas Becerra; Sebastián Carenzo; Paula Juarez. When Circular Economy Meets Inclusive Development. Insights from Urban Recycling and Rural Water Access in Argentina. Sustainability 2020, 12, 9809 .
AMA StyleLucas Becerra, Sebastián Carenzo, Paula Juarez. When Circular Economy Meets Inclusive Development. Insights from Urban Recycling and Rural Water Access in Argentina. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (23):9809.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLucas Becerra; Sebastián Carenzo; Paula Juarez. 2020. "When Circular Economy Meets Inclusive Development. Insights from Urban Recycling and Rural Water Access in Argentina." Sustainability 12, no. 23: 9809.
Paula Juarez. Transformative Social Innovation for Food Sovereignty: The Disruptive Alternative. 2020, 1 .
AMA StylePaula Juarez. Transformative Social Innovation for Food Sovereignty: The Disruptive Alternative. . 2020; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StylePaula Juarez. 2020. "Transformative Social Innovation for Food Sovereignty: The Disruptive Alternative." , no. : 1.