Sandra Köhler
University of Augsburg
Augsburg, Germany
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Member since Oct 30, 2019
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Sandra Köhler is a postdoctoral researcher at the Resource Lab and the department of production and supply chain management at the University of Augsburg, Germany. She is also associated with the center for climate resilience of the University of Augsburg. In her doctoral thesis she investigated the environmental implications of preparation for reuse.

She holds a master’s degree in industrial engineering from the University of Augsburg. During her master studies she gained expertise in the fields of "Materials Resource Management" as well as "Management and Sustainability".

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Dissertation:

Boldoczki, S. (2021): Assessment of the Contribution of Preparation for Reuse to the Goals of a Circular Economy. University of Augsburg. https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/88971

Publications:

Beamer, K.; Elkington, K.; Souza, P.; Tuma, A.; Thorenz, A.; Köhler, S.; Kukea-Shultz, K.; Kotubetey, K.; Winter K. B. (2023): Island and Indigenous systems of circularity: how Hawaiʻi can inform thedevelopment of universal circular economy policy goals. Ecology and Society 28(1): 9. doi.org/10.5751/ES-13656-280109

Köhler, S. (2022): How to unlock potentials of preparation for reuse: barriers and action recommendations. Die Unternehmung 76, 192-222. doi.org/10.5771/0042-059X-2022-2

Boldoczki, S.; Thorenz, A.; Tuma, A. (2021): Does increased circularity lead to environmental sustainability? The case of washing machine reuse in Germany. Journal of Industrial Ecology 25, 864-876. doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13104

Beamer, K.; Tuma, A.; Thorenz, A.; Boldoczki, S.; Kotubetey, K.; Kukea-Shultz, K.; Elkington, K. (2021): Reflections on sustainability concepts: aloha ʻāina and the circular economy. Sustainability 13, 2984. doi.org/10.3390/su13052984

Boldoczki, S.; Thorenz, A.; Tuma, A. (2019): The environmental impacts of preparation for reuse: a case study of WEEE reuse in Germany. Journal of Cleaner Production 252, 119736. doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.119736

Messmann, L.; Boldoczki, S.; Thorenz, A.; Tuma, A. (2019): Potentials of preparation for reuse: a case study at collection points in the German state of Bavaria. Journal of Cleaner Production 211, 1534-1546. doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.11.264

Talks:

Michalke, A.; Köhler, S.; Messmann, L.; Thorenz, A.; Tuma, A.; Gaugler, T.: True Cost Accounting of organic and conventional food production. 11th International Conference on Industrial Ecology (ISIE 2023), Leiden, Netherlands, 2023. (submitted abstract)

Fieber, R.; Messmann, L.; Antimisaris, K.; Köhler, S.; Thorenz, A.; Tuma, A.: Hospital sustainability indicators and actions – a systematic literature review and framework. 11th International Conference on Industrial Ecology (ISIE 2023), Leiden, Netherlands, 2023. (submitted abstract)


Boldoczki, S., Thorenz, A., Tuma, A. (2019): Dynamic Stock Model for the Assessment of the Environmental Impacts of Preparation for Reuse for WEEE. 19th European Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production. Barcelona (Spain), October 2019.

Boldoczki, S., Thorenz, A., Tuma, A. (2019): The environmental impacts of preparation for reuse: The case of WEEE reuse in Germany. 10th International Conference on Industrial Ecology, Beijing (China), July 2019.

Boldoczki, S., Thorenz, A., Tuma, A. (2018): Assessing the environmental savings potential of Preparing for Reuse for WEEE. 13th Biennial International Conference on EcoBalance, Tokyo (Japan), October 2018.

Research Interests

Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment: Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) of waste electrical and electronic equipment, hospitals/healthcare, bio-based polymers, agricultural products. True Cost Accounting (TCA) of food products.
Circular Economy: Circularity/sustainability indicators and actions. Impact of culture on sustainable development. Material Flow Analysis (MFA) of products. Sociometabolic research.
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