Miguel Brandão 
Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering (SEED), KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
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Dr. Miguel Brandão is Associate Professor in Industrial Ecology and Life Cycle Assessment at KTH, Stockholm. Over the last 17 years, he has taught and researched at a number of organisations around the world.
He works with the use of hard systems approaches that can robustly support decisions towards sustainable development. His research has focused on the integrated assessment of bio-based systems, with emphasis on their impacts on climate change, resource depletion, ecosystem services and biodiversity.
He was/is involved in international standardisation initiatives (PAS2050, ILCD, FAO LEAP, ISO, GHG Protocol) in the areas of life cycle assessment, carbon footprinting, circular economy and climate-change metrics.
He is the coordinator for research and innovation in circular economy at KTH, and formerly KTH's academic responsible for Latin America in the areas of student recruitment, exchange studies, and business and research collaboration.
His interests include: Circular Economy, Environmental Economics, Ecological Economics, Agroecology, Land Use, Sustainable Production and Consumption, Globalisation, Poverty alleviation, Food Security, Bioenergy, Food Systems.
In 2012, he received the SETAC Europe Young Scientist LCA Award.
He works with the use of hard systems approaches that can robustly support decisions towards sustainable development. His research has focused on the integrated assessment of bio-based systems, with emphasis on their impacts on climate change, resource depletion, ecosystem services and biodiversity.
He was/is involved in international standardisation initiatives (PAS2050, ILCD, FAO LEAP, ISO, GHG Protocol) in the areas of life cycle assessment, carbon footprinting, circular economy and climate-change metrics.
He is the coordinator for research and innovation in circular economy at KTH, and formerly KTH's academic responsible for Latin America in the areas of student recruitment, exchange studies, and business and research collaboration.
His interests include: Circular Economy, Environmental Economics, Ecological Economics, Agroecology, Land Use, Sustainable Production and Consumption, Globalisation, Poverty alleviation, Food Security, Bioenergy, Food Systems.
In 2012, he received the SETAC Europe Young Scientist LCA Award.
Research Interests
Circular economy; Environmental economics; Ecological economics; Agroecology; Land use; Sustainable production and consumption
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