RESEARCH

CASTLE will address research topics in three work packages which are bringing together a societal, scientific and business perspective in an innovative cross linkage of complementary sustainability impact assessment methodologies. Each work package will implement targeted research studies in the form of PhD projects addressing cutting-edge research questions highly relevant for policy, industry and the public.

As not all partners are degree granting institutions, the CASTLE network has negotiated a planned University affiliation for each PhD research project. The 14 individual research projects are interconnected. The studies in WP 1 (Societal evaluation of sustainability impact )and WP 2 (Methods for qualification of sustainability criteria) are focusing on the further development of methods for SIA, LCA, MCA, and material flow analysis, respectively. These developments will be utilized as much as possible in the research studies in WP 3 (Sustainable companies and products).

As the research is strongly oriented to the demand of future potential employees in the forest sector, private sector contacts will be relevant in most ESR studies. The project consortium includes several private sector actors as full and associated partners (Network). These partners provide concrete study cases and will be used for research secondments to the researchers, who can test the scientific methods in practical company settings.

Individual Research Projects: