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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...

Does gender equality matter? Gender responsive corporate procurement efforts of inter-governmental organizations

New publication on Gender responsive procurement SAPIENS Network ESR 10 Dibya Rathi has recently published an open-access article titled: "Does gender equality matter? Gender responsive corporate procurement efforts of inter-governmental organizations". The article...

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.

What is Life-Cycle Costing?

In 2019, SAPIENS lead researcher Associate and executive professor Steven Van Garsse wrote together with his colleagues a chapter titled "What is Life-Cycle Costing?" The chapter was part of the book Cost and EU Public Procurement Law: Life-Cycle Costing for Sustainability, which was also edited...

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Sustainable Public Procurement: The Use of Eco Labels

In 2015, SAPIENS lead researchers Associate professor Bogdana Neamtu and Jean Monnet Professor Dacian Dragos published their article "Sustainable Public Procurement: The Use of Eco Labels" in the European Procurement & Public Private Partnerships Law Review (EPPPL), volume 10, issue 2. The...

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Favouring Small and Medium Sized Enterprises with Directive 2014/24/EU

In 2020, SAPIENS lead researchers professors Martin Trybus and Marta Andhov published their article titled "Favouring Small and Medium Sized Enterprises with Directive 2014/24/EU" in the European Procurement and Public-Private Partnership Law Review (EPPPL), issue 3. The journal focuses on the two...

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