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KU Leuven

KU Leuven (KUL) is a research university in Belgium, known for its high-quality education, research excellence, and strong international partnerships. Founded in 1425, it spans various fields, including sciences, engineering, humanities, and social sciences, contributing significantly to global knowledge and innovation.

Role in the project
KUL is specialised in sustainability assessments and circular economy monitoring. They have experience in applying assessment methodologies on biobased materials for aligning sustainability and circularity assessments with circular bioeconomy. KUL will bring its expertise to the UPWEARS project in sustainability assessments, (LCA, LCC, etc) and multicriteria optimisation analysis with large sets of parameters by leading the WP8 on Environmental, social, and economic assessments.

This project has received funding from the Horizon Europe programme under grant agreement No 101130741. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union, the Horizon Europe or the HADEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.