Rita joined the Sustainability in Business Lab (sus.lab) within the Group of Sustainability and Technology (SusTec) at ETH Zürich in April 2025 as an intern.
We are proud to announce that Catharina Bening has been awarded the title of Professor by ETH Zürich in recognition of her longstanding commitment and contributions to sustainability research.
The TAPIR framework evaluates climate and energy demonstration projects by integrating assessments at both the technology and project levels, enabling decision-makers to identify and scale the most promising solutions.
Our new study, published in “Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions,” examines how the EU policy landscape contributes to increased plastics recycling and use of recycled content in the electronics sector. We highlight three key barriers that hinder the mix from substantially driving the circular plastics transition.
A new review article uncovers the state-of-the-art and future avenues for research on experiments and demonstrations of sustainable energy technologies.
Our new study, published in Research Policy, introduces the concept of "decline functions" for analyzing how technology innovation systems decline. It illustrates its usefulness by investigating the decline of four energy technologies: incandescent light bulbs, oil-based heating, nuclear power, and ICE cars.
