The role of local stakeholders in disseminating knowledge for supporting the Circular Economy: a network analysis approach

Starting from the lack of empirical evidence on the role of local stakeholders in developing a Circular Economy system, we found that: In a local context, presence of a multifaceted system of relationships according with different fields of CE; Food Waste is more perceived as a social issue rather than environmental at the local level; Central actors act as tertium gaudens rather than iugens; Policymakers could facilitate the emergence of tertium iugens, opening the networks to a wider participation and knowledge exchange, and involving institutions with a higher iungens attitude (e.g. universities)