The Circular Industries Talks are organized every second Wednesday. In this edition, Dr. René Repasi (Professor of Public and Private Interests, EUR) discusses the implementation of the European Right to Repair and how policy can effectively promote repair practices across the EU. Take a look at the recording at the bottom of this page.

Prof. Dr. René Repasi is Professor of Public and Private Interests at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Since February 2022 he is a member of the European Parliament, affiliated to the S&D group, holding a seat in the committees for the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO), Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) and Legal Affairs (JURI).
In his Talk he will dive into the following questions:
- How is the European Right to Repair being implemented in the Netherlands?
- Which parties should the policy focus on?
- How can policy financially and fiscally incentivize repair?
- How can we prevent planned obsolescence and make design more repair-friendly?
- How can we ensure that all providers within the EU comply?
Curious to learn more? Watch the recording below.

The Circular Industries Talks
The goal of the Circular Industries Talks is to share knowledge across Leiden, Delft and Erasmus and to complement and deepen the knowledge already available within the Circular Industries Hub. The talks are organized on Wednesday morning from 10:00 to 11:00. The talks are online (Microsoft Teams).