• 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 ...
    • 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 ...