Conference Agenda

Never before has there been a stronger global focus on the development of sustainable solutions, but society’s most well-intended efforts to solve sustainability challenges have not yet achieved the expected positive sustainability benefits due to rebound effects. Rebound effects are negative unintended consequences of interventions that arise due to induced changes in system behaviour, which undermine ca. 40% of the potential sustainability gains of sustainable solutions. Despite the increased recognition that rebound effects are defined and can be addressed by design, there is still limited employment of design as a powerful leverage point at which to intervene in production and consumption systems. In this keynote presentation, Daniela will discuss the need for the further advancement of design science towards the design of reboundless solutions (i.e., products, product/service-systems and socio-technical systems that are resilient to rebound effects). In addition to enabling addressing societal needs within the planetary boundaries, the development of reboundless solutions will enable the transition to a new sustainable design paradigm targeted at the systemic level, enabling the design of sustainable production and consumption systems that are resilient to rebound effects.

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Daniela Pigosso is Associate Professor on Sustainable Design at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and a member of DTU’s Centre for Absolute Sustainability. She is the Principal Investigator of an ERC Consolidator project (REBOUNDLESS) which aims to prevent the occurrence of rebound effects by design, and co-leads the ready2LOOP project, which aims to enhance readiness of manufacturing value chains for the Circular Economy. Her research and innovation activities are demonstrated in 20+ national and international projects, carried out in close collaboration with industry, governmental and non-governmental organisations. Currently, Daniela serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of the Design Society and at the ASAP Service Management Forum. In addition to several high-impact publications and scientific contributions, Daniela has had an impressive industrial and societal impact throughout her career.