Franco Donati
Leiden University, Institute of Environmental Science CML, Dept. Industrial Ecology
Leiden, Netherlands
Member ID 1724
Member since Aug 20, 2018
Status Active
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Sections
Sustainable Circular Economy Environmentally Extended Input Output Section Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment

About

Franco Donati is an assistant professor at the Institute of Environmental Sciences of Leiden University (CML). He holds a PhD degree in Industrial Ecology focusing on software and data for circular economy assessment. Prior to his PhD degree, he obtained a MSc in Industrial Ecology from Leiden University and TU Delft, and a BSc in Industrial Design from the Polytechnic of Turin.

Research Interests

Franco Donati’s research focuses on the expansion of data availability on the environmental impacts of products and technologies, and on the development of tools and methods for circular economy scenarios analysis. He pursues these research areas by employing software and data development methods, and the use of reverse engineering for data collection practices. Specifically, he investigates data collection and generation methods for Life Cycle Inventory and Environmentally Extended Input Output databases, and software tools and methods for macro-economic sustainability scenario analysis.

Website contributions from this member

30 Jul 2024 PhD Researcher on sustainability and circularity-based decision support systems for industrial digital twins
28 Sep 2023 PhD Candidate
11 Sep 2023 Software developer / Scientist, Industrial Ecology
25 Jun 2020 Summer School on the Assessment of Materials Stocks and Flows | Panorama project | 16 to 18 September 2020