Property rights in waste – in essence who owns waste and how waste can be used – are a key consideration in how waste is conceived and treated. Yet, they are not consciously engaged with to promote reuse, recycling, or recovery of waste. This post covers how private property rights are currently being used to facilitate the looping of wastes in one particular case study in Sweden.
As the founders of the Forum, Dr Luo Li and Dr Amber Darr invited Ms Heidi Härkönen, Senior Researcher at the Faculty of Law, University of Turku in Finland, to deliver a guest talk on 24 February 2021 on how AI raises complicated copyright issues in the fashion industry. Dr Luo Li provides an account of the session in this post.
Second year course rep, Caroline Texeira Gouveia, shares some of her own thoughts on mental health challenges and seeking support whilst studying during a pandemic.
Madda Rashwan, a BSC Accounting and Finance student describes her experience of studying Law and Business Organisations and how it has inspired her future study aspirations.
Aaron Cooper highlights some of the ways in which he has been ensuring the dissemination of his research virtually during the pandemic.
Mahmoud Masud reflects on his experience of recently winning the People’s Choice Award and placing third in the judges’ choice in Coventry University’s Three Minute Thesis competition.
Victor Otor shares his experience of applying to and working for SAP, one of the world’s largest technology companies.
Simran Sanghera spent a year with Coventry Citizens Advice. Despite being thrown in at the deep end, she has come away with a new skill set and some close friends.