• Alternative consumption: a circular economy beyond the circular business model 

      Ortega Alvarado, Isaac Arturo; Pettersen, Ida Nilstad; Berker, Thomas (Chapter, 2021)
      Studies for the circular economy have focused consumption from the perspective of acceptance of business models. However, consumers can engage in waste prevention, reuse and reparation in modes of consumption outside ...
    • Contesting Consumerism with a Circular Economy? 

      Ortega Alvarado, Isaac Arturo; Pettersen, Ida Nilstad; Berker, Thomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The circular economy (CE) concept has recently entered the public discourse. A CE should contest the reproduction of a so-called linear economy. However, it is largely promoted as a normative top-down fix for business ...
    • Designing for what? Approaching necessary production and consumption for a circular economy 

      Ortega Alvarado, Isaac Arturo; Pettersen, Ida Nilstad (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Circular economy (CE) is currently a 'hot topic' in design discourse. The focus of these discourses has centered on product design, which is a core aspect of material circularity. However, CE is more than products. This ...
    • Domesticating circular economy? An enquiry into Norwegian subnational authorities’ process of implementing circularity 

      Sutcliffe, Thomas Edward; Ortega Alvarado, Isaac Arturo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      This article focuses on the introduction of the concept of circular economy into a Norwegian context by concentrating on two levels of subnational authorities against the backdrop of the national level. By drawing on ...
    • Emerging circular economies: Discourse coalitions in a Norwegian case 

      Ortega Alvarado, Isaac Arturo; Sutcliffe, Thomas Edward; Berker, Thomas; Pettersen, Ida Nilstad (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The transition to a circular economy (CE) remains an anticipated future with alternative pathways for its fulfillment. Most research on CE is normative about technological approaches and interpretations for production and ...
    • Everyday Politics of Circular Futures 

      Ortega Alvarado, Isaac Arturo (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2023:159, Doctoral thesis, 2023)
      This thesis deals primarily with the ideas about a circular economy (CE). A branch of critical studies about CE has emerged in recent years. These critical studies take the nexus of consumption and production as its point ...
    • An Exploration of Some Aspects to Consider When Opening Futures 

      Ortega Alvarado, Isaac Arturo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      This paper follows the form of an essay, it offers a narrative review inquiring conceptually about opening futures. The main research question is: What concepts could help elucidate the new position of designers when futures ...
    • Limiting consumption: leverage points from alternative consumption 

      Ortega Alvarado, Isaac Arturo; Pettersen, Ida Nilstad (Chapter, 2021)
      The aim of this paper is to extend and articulate an understanding of reduction and limits to consumption as a pathway for achieving resource use within planetary limits. We inquire about leverage points to limit consumption. ...
    • Promoting Intergenerational Justice Through Participatory Practices: Climate Workshops as an Arena for Young People’s Political Participation 

      Ursin, Marit; Lorgen, Linn C.; Ortega Alvarado, Isaac Arturo; Smalsundmo, Ani-Lea; Chang Nordgård, Runar; Bern, Mari Roald; Bjørnevik, Kjersti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      In the fall of 2019, Trøndelag County Council, Norway, organized a Climate Workshop for children and youth. The intention of the workshop was to include children’s and youth’s perspectives as a foundation for a policy ...
    • Reuse principle for primary packaging circularity in the food system 

      Sæter, Frøydis; Ortega Alvarado, Isaac Arturo; Pettersen, Ida Nilstad (Chapter, 2020)
      The overall goal of this article is to explore how the circular economy reuse principle can transform the mainstream food system in order to reduce plastic waste from primary packaging. This paper reviews literature about ...
    • Reuse principle for primary packaging circularity in the food system 

      Sæter, Frøydis; Ortega Alvarado, Isaac Arturo; Pettersen, Ida Nilstad (Chapter, 2020)
      The overall goal of this article is to explore how the circular economy reuse principle can transform the mainstream food system in order to reduce plastic waste from primary packaging. This paper reviews literature about ...
    • The role given to citizens in shaping a circular city 

      Ortega Alvarado, Isaac Arturo; Pettersen, Ida Nilstad (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      A circular city (CC) presents opportunities to address the urban nexus of citizens and material flows in a circular economy (CE). Still, the role of the citizen in shaping both CCs and CE is understudied. We start with a ...