Solène is associate researcher at SONYA, and has a mandate to supervise thesis for the Master in Environmental Management. Her research focuses on sustainable production and consumption modes, relating sustainability assessment and transition governance (including exnovation/deliberate decline). She has a double background in Economics (2007) and Environmental Management (2014). After a PhD on the methodological development of Social Life Cycle Analysis (with an application in the food sector and in collaboration with the COSY-Food project), she worked as a postdoc researcher for the GOSETE project, investigating exnovation processes in the Brussels Capital Region (2020-2023).



Description

Solène is associate researcher at SONYA, and has a mandate to supervise thesis for the Master in Environmental Management. Her research focuses on sustainable production and consumption modes, relating sustainability assessment and transition governance (including exnovation/deliberate decline).  She has a double background in Economics (2007) and Environmental Management (2014). After a PhD on the methodological development of Social Life Cycle Analysis (with an application in the food sector and in collaboration with the COSY-Food project), she worked as a postdoc researcher for the GOSETE project, investigating exnovation processes in the Brussels Capital Region (2020-2023).

Fields of activities
  • Sustainability assessment / Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) / Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA)
  • Sustainable production and consumption
  • Sustainability transitions / exnovation processes
  • Product/supply chain governance, alternative Food Networks, short food chains, fair trade
 
Teaching

Supervision of Master thesis, interdisciplinary projects of the Master in Environmental Management (IGEAT)

Research projects
  • Governance of transitions towards a sustainable economy: challenges of exnovation (GOSETE), Innoviris Prospective Research project.
  • Consumer - oriented systems of food provision (COSY Food), Innoviris Co-create project.
Publications
  • Sureau, Solène. « On What to Assess When Bridging Sustainability Pillars in S-LCA: Exploring the Role of Chain Governance and Value Distribution in Product Social Sustainability ». PhD Thesis, Université libre de Bruxelles, Faculté des Sciences – Géosciences, Environnement et Société, 2020. https://cibleplus.ulb.ac.be/permalink/32ULDB_U_INST/1hd430l/alma991009812329704066.
  • Sureau, Solène, Bernard Mazijn, Sara Russo Garrido, and Wouter M. J. Achten. “Social Life-Cycle Assessment Frameworks: A Review of Criteria and Indicators Proposed to Assess Social and Socioeconomic Impacts.” The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 23, no. 4 (April 1, 2018): 904–20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-017-1336-5.
  • Sureau, Solène, Sabrina Neugebauer, and Wouter M. J. Achten. “Different Paths in Social Life Cycle Impact Assessment (S-LCIA) – a Classification of Type II or Impact Pathways Approaches.” The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment on April 2019, September 19, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-019-01693-9.
  • Sureau, Solène, François Lohest, Joris Van Mol, Tom Bauler, and Wouter M. J. Achten. “Participation in S-LCA: A Methodological Proposal Applied to Belgian Alternative Food Chains (Part 1).” Resources 8, no. 4 (December 2019): 160. https://doi.org/10.3390/resources8040160.
  • Sureau, Solène, François Lohest, Joris Van Mol, Tom Bauler, and Wouter M. J. Achten. “How Do Chain Governance and Fair Trade Matter? A S-LCA Methodological Proposal Applied to Food Products from Belgian Alternative Chains (Part 2).” Resources 8, no. 3 (September 2019): 145. https://doi.org/10.3390/resources8030145.
Mail : Solene.sureau@ulb.be
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Updated on October 2, 2023