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Roberta De Angelis is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Strategy at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University. She is a leading academic specializing in the circular economy, with extensive research focusing on circular business models, sustainable business practices, and the socio-ethical dimensions of circular economy implementation. Holding a PhD in Management Studies from Exeter Business School, an MSc in International Management with distinction, and a BSc in Economics from the University of Salerno, she brings a strong interdisciplinary background to her work.
Dr. De Angelis's research interests center on circular economy implementation and entrepreneurship from a business model perspective, organizational paradoxes emerging in business model innovation for circularity, and the conceptual and theoretical foundations of circular economy thinking. Her work has been published in top journals including Business Strategy and the Environment, Production Planning and Control, and Industrial Marketing Management. She is the author of the book Business models in the circular economy. Concepts, examples and theory (Palgrave Macmillan) and serves as one of the editors of The Routledge Companion to Marketing and Sustainability. In 2024, she was recognized as a Top Scholar by Expertise (Circular Economy) by ScholarGPS.
Her scholarly contributions demonstrate a clear progression from foundational conceptual work on circular business models toward increasingly sophisticated explorations of the ethical, systemic, and strategic dimensions of circular economy implementation. Recent publications reveal a deepening engagement with humanistic perspectives, moral imagination, and systems thinking as critical components of sustainable business transformation. Her research spans theoretical development, empirical investigations of circular start-ups and social enterprises, and practical applications across diverse sectors including tourism and higher education.
- Top Scholar by Expertise (Circular Economy) 2024 - ScholarGPS
- 2024 Sinergie-SIMA Management Conference Mention Award
- Fellow of Advance Higher Education (FHEA)
- Exeter Business School PhD Scholarship (2012-2015)
Dr. De Angelis actively supervises postgraduate students in circular economy and business model innovation research. She serves on editorial boards for journals including Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility and Circular Economy and Sustainability, and regularly reviews for leading publications in her field. Her professional engagements include memberships in the European Academy of Management, International Society for Circular Economy, and the British Academy of Management. She has secured research funding for projects examining purpose ecosystems in higher education and circular economy business models in the Anthropocene context.
