Research

Navigating the Circular Economy: A Demystified Framework for Public Buyers

1. Continuing the SAPIENS Policy Brief Series with a focus on Circular Economy  In today's global economy, linear practices dominate, fueling exponential growth in material consumption, pollution, and waste generation. The EU has embraced a Circular Economy (CE) model...

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...

Contract Compliance for SPP: To Monitor or Not to Monitor – Working Paper Series

1.Sustainable Contract Performance Ezgi's research examines sustainability clauses in public procurement contracts, focusing on achieving sustainable contract performance. She uncovers the limits of contract law and investigates monitoring and enforcement practices to...
New publication on Sustainable Food Procurement

New publication on Sustainable Food Procurement

The SAPIENS Network is excited to announce its contribution to the book Sustainable Food Procurement. Legal, Social, and Organisational Challenges, co-edited by experts Mark Stein, Maurizio Mariani, Roberto Caranta and Yiannis Polychronakis and published on February...

Exploring Sustainable Public Food Procurement in Portugal

Exploring Sustainable Public Food Procurement in Portugal

ESR 15 secondment with ISLE Association From the end of September to the end of December 2023, I, Chiara Falvo, ESR15 at the SAPIENS Network and Ph.D student in Law at the University of Turin, had the opportunity to do a three-month research visit to the School of...