Research

Sustainable public procurement: A glimpse on evidence produced so far

The project leaders, lead researchers and the ESRs met at the University of Greenwich from 29 February and 1 March 2024, where the fifth project meeting of the Sapiens Network was hosted.  This blog post includes a glimpse on evidences and findings produced so far by...

Public Procurement in a Circular Economy: An Overview of the EU and South African Models – Working Paper

1. Sustainable Public Procurement: From the International Agenda to Actual Buying Practices   Aura Iurascu’s research on public procurement and circular economy focuses on the EU and Member States level. However, the relevance of the international context and...

The accommodation of sustainability in the EU Internal Market public procurement system – Working Paper Series

1. Working Paper: EU public procurement system and sustainability considerations This working paper was drafted by ESR 1 Natalia Spataru, as part of her PhD research on the public procurement (PP) chapters of third-generation Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and...
Towards socially responsible public procurement

Towards socially responsible public procurement

On 31 March- 1 April, the Academy of European Law (ERA) held the Annual Conference on European Public Procurement Law 2022 in Trier, Germany. As one of the speakers at the conference, SAPIENS Network Coordinator Prof. Roberto Caranta (University of Turin) gave a...

Commentary to the EU Case C-295/20 Sanresa

Commentary to the EU Case C-295/20 Sanresa

Our Early Stage Researcher Ezgi Uysal (ESR 7, University of Turin) published an open access annotation on Case C-295/20 Sanresa of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The commentary was featured in Vol. 17 Issue 2 of the European Procurement and Public...