In May 2023, our Early-Stage Researchers Natalia Spataru, Valentina Bianchini and Xinyue Xue were seconded to our partner organisation George Washington University Law School in Washington DC, USA. In this blog post, Xinyue shares her experience researching relevant rules and practices for promoting small businesses in US federal procurement. Her PhD project at the University of Birmingham focuses on facilitating Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in public procurement.
I. Introduction In recent years, national laws focusing on circular economy requirements have increased substantially. Our network has already examined the significant accomplishments achieved in Italy due to the establishment of legally binding minimum environmental...
The following blog post has been authored by the SAPIENS Network lead researcher Associate Professor Marta Andhov and senior researcher at the PurpLE project Michał Kania. In this blog post, the authors analyse Case C-598/19 Conacee, which concerns Article 20(1)...
Event Summary On 20-21 April 2023, the bi-annual project meeting of the SAPIENS Network was held in Budapest, Hungary, hosted by the Corvinus University of Budapest, one of the beneficiaries of the network. The event aimed to monitor the research progress of the Early...
1. Societal Impact of SAPIENS Research Our lead researchers Marta Andhov, Roberto Caranta, Olga Martin-Ortega, in collaboration with Willem A. Janssen, contributed to the Greens/EFA in the European Parliament study on the legislative developments of Sustainable...
Sustainable Public Procurement: The Next Global Revolution? On the 28th of March 2023 the Public Procurement Research Group (PPRG) at the University of Nottingham (UK) organised its annual lecture on Sustainable Public Procurement: The Next Global Revolution?...
