Problems & objectives
The world of work is undergoing a fundamental and accelerated process of change. Driven by the expanded possibilities of digital transformation, the world of work and the economy are faced with the challenges of sustainable use of resources and a climate-neutral economy. The establishment of circular economy principles in the sense of the Circular Economy (CE) is an important step on the way in this direction. New circular business models, expanded responsibility in inter-company collaboration, technical and organizational changes in conjunction with a redesign of production, logistics and work processes characterize CE.
As a central contact point and expertise hub regionally, nationally and internationally, the regional competence center KREIS will pursue four primary goals:
1. Build and establish holistic work research on CE.
2. Designing the working world in the CE to promote health and skills.
3. Develop supportive forms and practices to enable cooperation, participation and social partnership in CE.
4. Consolidate work design knowledge in CE and transfer knowledge.
AIP-DLM goals:
1 Analysis of drivers and barriers that influence companies and employees in relation to the change towards business models for CE and derivation of recommendations for action
2 Further development of business management approaches in understanding the design of CE business models, especially with regard to the further use of products (second-use)
3 Development and testing of new training, teaching and consulting offerings for selected transfer formats
