Professor Pauline Deutz

Professor Pauline Deutz

Professor

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Science and Engineering
  • School of Environmental Sciences

Qualifications

  • BA (University of Oxford)
  • MA
  • PGCert (University of Hull)
  • PhD / DPhil

Summary

Pauline's has a BA in Geography from the University of Oxford, a MA in Climatology from the Ohio State University and a PhD in Geology from the University of California, Riverside.

Since 1996 she has held a variety of posts at the University of Hull, including with the Centre of Waste and Pollution Research, Environmental Technology Centre of Industrial Collaboration, and the Depart of Geography - now Geography, Geology and Environment.

Undergraduate

- Exploring Worlds Around Us (leader)

- Sustainable Futures (leader)

- Field Study (Human Geography)

- Global Challenges - Living in the Anthropocene

- Sustainability Economies and Green Politics (leader)

Postgraduate

- Working Beyond Disciplines

- Environmental Change in the Anthropocene

Recent outputs

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Book Chapter

Conclusions: Emerging understandings of circular economy realities

Deutz, P., Vermeulen, W. J., Baumgartner, R. J., Ramos, T. B., & Raggi, A. (2024). Conclusions: Emerging understandings of circular economy realities. In P. Deutz, W. J. Vermeulen, R. J. Baumgartner, T. B. Ramos, & A. Raggi (Eds.), Circular Economy Realities: Critical Perspectives on Sustainability (203-213). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003295631-9

Policy Considerations for a Circular Economy

Vermeulen, W. J., Friant, M. C., Campbell-Johnston, K., Deutz, P., Newsholme, A., Pusz, M., Klein, N., Ramos, T. B., Tena, A. D., & Thapa, K. (2024). Policy Considerations for a Circular Economy. In P. Deutz, W. J. Vermeulen, R. J. Baumgartner, T. B. Ramos, & A. Raggi (Eds.), Circular Economy Realities: Critical Perspectives on Sustainability (173-202). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003295631-8

Exploring the Role of Companies in Transitioning to a Sustainable and Circular Future: Insights and Reflections

Baumgartner, R. J., Deutz, P., Delgadillo, E., Tena, A. D., Newsholme, A., Lindgreen, E. R., Santa-Maria, T., Walker, A. M., & Reyes, T. (2024). Exploring the Role of Companies in Transitioning to a Sustainable and Circular Future: Insights and Reflections. In Circular Economy Realities: Critical Perspectives on Sustainability (64-95). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003295631-4

Approaches to Circular Economy Research

Deutz, P., Caeiro, S., Lindgreen, E. R., Thapa, K., Walker, A. M., & Pusz, M. (2024). Approaches to Circular Economy Research. In P. Deutz, W. J. Vermeulen, R. J. Baumgartner, T. B. Ramos, & A. Raggi (Eds.), Circular Economy Realities: Critical Perspectives on Sustainability (13-44). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003295631-2

Introduction: Exploring the sustainability implications of a circular economy

Deutz, P., Vermeulen, W. J., Baumgartner, R. J., Ramos, T. B., & Raggi, A. (2024). Introduction: Exploring the sustainability implications of a circular economy. In P. Deutz, W. J. Vermeulen, R. J. Baumgartner, T. B. Ramos, & A. Raggi (Eds.), Circular Economy Realities: Critical Perspectives on Sustainability (1-12). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003295631-1

Research interests

Pauline's research interests are focused on the political and economic aspects of environmental issues, especially examining how the latter interrelate with the functioning and organisation of the capitalist economy.

A particular interest is the building, and implications, of a Circular Economy (i.e., maximising the value from resources and minimising waste).

Her research in this area includes multi-disciplinary collaborations with colleagues in environmental sciences, chemical and systems engineering.

Lead investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

CiRcular Economy: SusTainability Implications and guidING progress

Funder

EC European Commission

Grant

£964,214.00

Started

1 January 2018

Status

Complete

Project

White Rose Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership

Funder

ESRC Economic & Social Research Council

Grant

£83,649.00

Started

1 October 2017

Status

Complete

Project

ECPE PPF: To investigate a plastic free alternative to single use plastic sacks for co-mingled recyclate reflecting technical, social economic and environmental constraints

Funder

EPSRC Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council

Grant

£18,900.00

Started

1 January 2020

Status

Complete

Co-investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

Citizen Inquiry: Barriers, Challenges and Enablers for public engagement

Funder

BBSRC Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Counc

Grant

£20,138.00

Started

1 February 2020

Status

Complete

Project

THYME: CCF BIO ECONOMY

Funder

HEFCE Higher Education Funding Council for England

Grant

£1,021,924.00

Started

1 April 2018

Status

Complete

Project

Evolving a Circular Plastics Economy

Funder

EPSRC Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council

Grant

£938,304.00

Started

1 January 2019

Status

Complete

Postgraduate supervision

Pauline would welcome the opportunity to supervise projects in areas related to her research. UK/EU applicants are invited to propose topics related to cities, environment and livability or sustainable growth which can be considered for funding by the White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership.

Current PhD supervisions

- Charlotte Mummery, Technological Change in a Fragmentary Policy Context: the Development of Hydraulic Fracturing (‘Fracking') in the UK, University of Hull

- Aodhan Newsholme, Circular Economy as a sustainable economic development tool in a global economy (EU MSCA ITN Cresting)

-Heather Rogers, Assessing the impact of the Circular Economy on national and local employment experience (EU MSCA ITN Cresting)

- Jana Busch, Universities as laboratories for change: Exploring pathways to a Circular Campus (U of Hull)

- Goska Lekan, Re-defining the boundaries of the in/formal economies with the Circular Economy (EU MSCA ITN Cresting): first supervisor, Andy Jonas

Past students

- Qiaozhi Wang, Knowledge Transfer to Facilitate Industrial Symbiosis : a Case Study of UK-China Collaborators, China Scholarship Council (2013)

- Jalal Etriki, Municipal Solid Waste Management and Institutions in Tripoli, Libya: Applying the Environmentally Sound Technologies (ESTs) Concept, Libyan Government (2013)

- Rui Zhao, Environmental Risk Management System Design for Hazardous Waste Materials, China Scholarship Council (2012)

- Haji Abdullah, Muhammad Amirruddin, Analysis of Low Carbon Transport in Brunei Darussalam: Case Study of a Sustainability Transition in an Oil-Rich Economy, Brunei Government (2015)

- Tiraprapa Ratanachoti, Transition to Sustainable Industrial Waste Water Management in Thailand, Thai Government

- Bingni Deng, Green Transformation of Eco-Industrial parks in China, China Scholarship Council

Committee member

- Elis Davies, Conversion of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) to Biodiesel Using Microwave Technology, University of Hull

- Mbali Pewa, Community-Led Recycling in Rural South Africa, Commonwealth Scholarship

- David Ross, The Role of Tourism Providers in Developing Intangible Archaeological Heritage Tourism Experiences: A Case of Alentejo (Portugal), University of Hull

- Emy Jalil, Sustainability via Reverse Logistics: An Examination of Symbiosis Effect between Recycling System and Household Behaviour, Malaysian Government (2017)

- Sarinah Omar, Sungai Liang Industrial Park (SPARK): Can Brunei Achieve its Sustainable Industrial Development? Brunei Government (2014)

- Stephen Hall, Sustainable Cities: Land Use, Transport and Environmental Governance, White Rose Consortium of Universities (2015)

- Marcela Mele, Urban Governance and Post-Communist Transition in Albania (2011)

- Amy Proctor, Governance, Partnership and Sustainable Industrial Development, ESRC Case Studentship (2005)

External examiner role

External examiner, University of Limerick, Climate Adaptation and Sustainability

2023 - 2027

External Examiner, Ulster University, BSc Geography

2023 - 2027

Journal editorial role

Editorial board, Circular Economy and Sustainability

2021 - 2025

National/International learned society/body role

President, International Sustainable Development Research Society

2019 - 2020

Vice President, International Sustainable Development Research Society

2012 - 2018

Co-Chair Circular Economy Track, ISDRS

2005 - 2025

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