Walter R. Stahel
Prof. Walter R. Stahel
Founer-Director
The Product-Life Institute Geneva
9, chemin des Vignettes
CH-1231 Conches
Switzerland
Mailing Address:
The Product-Life Institute Geneva
9 chemin des Vignettes
-1231 Conches, Geneva
Phone: +41 (0) 22 346 86 84
E-mail:
wrstahel2014(at)gmail.comURL Institution:
product-life.org
Additional functions:
Senior Research Fellow at the Circular Economy Research Center of the Ecole des Ponts Business School, Fontainebleau
Key Publications of Walter R. Stahel (up to ten) :
Stahel, Walter and Reday-Mulvey, Geneviève (1981) ‘Jobs for Tomorrow, the potential for substituting manpower for energy’ , Vantage Press N.Y. N.Y..
Giarini, Orio and Stahel, Walter R. (1989) The Limits to Certainty, facing risks in the new service economy; Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht (1st edition).
Stahel, Walter R. (1997) The service economy: 'wealth without resource consumption?'; in: Philosophical Transactions A, Royal Society London, 355 (June), pp. 1309-19.
Stahel, Walter R. (1997) The functional service economy: cultural and organizational change; in: Richards, Deanna J., The industrial green game (1997) National Academy Press, Washington DC. pp. 91-100.
Stahel, Walter R. (1997) Some thoughts on Sustainability, Insurability and Insurance; in: The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance, Issues and Practice, no. 85, Oct. 1997, p. 477-495. ISSN 1018-5895.
Stahel, Walter R. (2001) From ‘Design for Environment’ to ‘Designing Sustainable Solutions’; in: Tolba, M.K. (ed.) Our Fragile World: Challenges and opportunities for sustainable development. Forerunner to the Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems. UNESCO and EOLSS Editors, Cambridge UK. pp. 1553-68.
Stahel, Walter R. (2010) ‘The Performance Economy’, 2nd edition, Palgrave MacMillan.
Stahel, Walter R. (2013) Policy for material efficiency—sustainable taxation as a departure from the throwaway society; in: Philosophical Transactions A of the Royal Society, London. Published 28 January 2013 doi: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0567 Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 13 March 2013 vol. 371 no. 1986 20110567.
Stahel, Walter R. (2016) COMMENT – a new relationship with our goods and materials would save resources and energy and create local jobs; Nature, , Vol 531, 435—438. (24 March 2016) doi:10.1038/531435a,
Stahel, Walter R. (2019) The Circular Economy – a user’s guide (2019), Routledge.
Expertise of Walter R. Stahel:
| Expertise Category | Specific Expertise |
|---|
| Expert Type | Expert Type |
| Applied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering |
| Scope | Scope |
| Adaptation Measures to Change |
| Topic Atmosphere | Atmosphere |
| Global Warming |
| Topic Hydrosphere | Hydrosphere |
| Water Pollution / Waste Water |
| Topic Cryosphere | Cryosphere |
| Permafrost / Solifluction |
| Topic Pedosphere | Pedosphere |
| Soil Degradation / Erosion / Desertification |
| Topic Integrated Systems | Integrated Systems and Ecology |
| Economic Cycle |
| Life Cycle |
| Topic Economy/ResourceUse | Economy / Resource Use |
| Industry |
| Trade / Globalisation |
| Energy |
| Mineral Resources |
| Topic Technology | Technology |
| Topic Politics/Law | Politics / Law |
| Mitigation / Prevention / Emission Reductions |
| Adaptation |
| Regionalization / Globalization |
| Topic Society | Society |
| Employment / Social Security / Poverty |
| Perception / Behaviour / Attitudes |
| Topic Culture/History | Culture / History |
| Ethics / Cultural Values |
| Topic Health | Health |
| Pollution Effects / Water Quality |
| Topic Sustainability | Sustainability |
| Ecological Sustainability |
| Social Sustainability |
| Economic Sustainability |
| Topic Risk & Disaster Management | Topic Risk and Disaster Management |
| Risk Assessment / Forecasting |
| Prevention of Risks and Natural Hazards |
| Fundamental Knowledge |
| Spatial Zones | Spatial Zones |
| Spatial Scale | Spatial Scale |
| Regional |
| National / Cultural |
| Local / Community |
| Time Frame | Time Frame |
| Recent / Today |
| Methods | Method |
| Applied Research / Technology |
Specialties of Walter R. Stahel:
circular economy, risk management and loss prevention, waste prevention, service-life extension of objects, buildings, infrastructure; recovery of atoms and molecules for reuse
Last update: 12/2/23
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