Exaptation and Circular Innovation

Position: Post-doctoral research appointment Institute: Uni. Bolzano
Posted on: 20/05/2026 Deadline: 11/06/2026

Scientific-Disciplinary Group

13/ECON-07 - Management

Description

The research project involves the development, refinement, and empirical validation of a model ofexaptive innovation-based on the creative recombination of existing solutions to solve new problems-within the context of circular innovation. This research has two main objectives. 1: Development and validation of an exaptive innovation model within the context of the circular economy. 2: Development and application of this innovation model within the context of corporate strategic innovation. Method: The research project involves a) the application of abduction, deduction, and induction; b) the analysis of case studies; c) the design and execution of experiments to validate specific hypotheses... (see call)

Number of positions

1

Funding body

Libera Università di Bolzano