"A doctoral thesis is far beyond one researcher's work". This statement from my thesis acknowledgements summarises the PhD journey I embarked on at the University of Gävle in 2021, with the support of the SAPIENS Network, which I recently finished. On June 5th,...
1. Drivers for sustainable public procurement Early Stage Researcher Felippe Santos, SAPIENS Lead Researcher Rodrigo Lozano, and Lead Researcher Maria Barreiro-Gen recently published their open-access article entitled “Analysing the drivers for sustainable public...
1. Continuing the SAPIENS Policy Brief Series with a Focus on Collaboration Sustainable public procurement (SPP) has been using government purchasing power to foster sustainable consumption and production, contributing to sustainable development efforts. SPP...
1. How social issues are being addressed through collaboration between stakeholders in sustainable public procurement? Our Early Stage Research n. 5 Felippe Vilaça Loureiro Santos, from the University of Gävle, explores how social issues are being addressed by...
1. EU Publications Office’s TED Ambassador Competition The Publications Office of the European Union, which is the official publisher of European Union law, public procurement, publications, open data and research results, launched in February 2023 Ambassador...
Our Early Stage Researcher Felippe Santos co-edited with his colleague Virgínia Lopes a book entitled "Compras públicas centralizadas no Brasil: teoria, prática e perspectivas" ("Centralized public procurement in Brazil: theory, practice, and perspectives", Editora...
On 15 December 2022, SAPIENS Lead Researcher Rodrigo Lozano, Early Stage Researcher Felippe Santos, and Lead Researcher Maria Barreiro-Gen published together their article entitled "Developing a harmonic sustainable public procurement framework". This article was...
The International Exchange Forum On 25th-27th October 2022, the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS, a SAPIENS Network Partner Organisation) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) hosted the International Exchange...
Our Lead Researcher Olga Martin-Ortega (Professor of International Law at the University of Greenwich) presented the talk "Changing the world one Tender at a time" at the TEDx - University of Greenwich. In this talk, Professor Olga Martin-Ortega...
SAPIENS’ fourth Advanced Training Course (ATC4) discussed sustainability assessment and collaboration in sustainable public procurement (SPP). This ATC complements the previous SAPIENS ATCs by adding sustainability assessment and collaboration perspectives to SPP....
