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From PhD to Book: Rewriting the Rules of Public Procurement for a Circular Economy

Last summer, in July 2025, I successfully defended my PhD dissertation at the University of Hasselt before a committee of esteemed EU specialists in public procurement and circular economy. But that milestone was just the beginning. Over the past year, I have refined...

Understanding the Realities of nZEB Adoption in Romania: A Closer Look at Developers and Procurers

The European Union (EU) has established ambitious climate neutrality goals for 2050, reinforced by directives such as the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) and the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED). These frameworks mandate the widespread adoption of...

The EU Sustainable Public Procurement Reform: the Green, the Mandatory and the Digital – Working Paper

Introduction Nadia Sava (ESR 4) publishes her Working Paper in the SAPIENS Network WP Series. Nadia Sava focuses her research on the use of emerging technologies in the public procurement process so as to foster sustainability. In this Working Paper, she explores  the...

How to Procure Sustainable Food and Include Farmers in Public Procurement? – Legal Constraints and Opportunities

Our Lead Researcher, associate professor Marta Andhov, has co-authored a newly published study, “How to Procure Sustainable Food and Include Farmers in Public Procurement? – Legal Constraints and Opportunities,” Other co-authors include Professor Michał Kania (the University of Silesia and senior researcher at the University of Copenhagen) and graduate research assistant Sven Mikulic (Centre of Private Governance at the University of Copenhagen). This 115-page study offers insights for academics, decision-makers as well as public procurement professionals. It addresses the possibilities and legal limitations of integrating sustainability criteria in public food procurement and examines the possibilities and limitations of integrating farmers into the public procurement process.

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A Transatlantic Analysis of EU and U.S. Strategies In ‘Green Procurement’ – new publication

Our lead researcher, Associate Professor, Marta Andhov (from the University of Copenhagen) and Professor Christopher R. Yukins from our partner organization George Washington University Law School published an article in Government Contractor that discusses green public procurement strategies in the European Union and the United States. The article is made available open-access on the Social Science Research Network.

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Sustainability Clauses in Public Contracts

Sustainability Clauses in 'Public' Contracts Sustainability Clauses under the Public Sector Directive: Sustainable Performance Contract Clauses Our ESR Ezgi has recently published an open-access article titled “Sustainability Clauses in ‘Public’ Contracts” in the latest issue of the European...

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