Martin Visby Buchard

Martin Visby Buchard is a transdisciplinary researcher with a strong background in both academia and practice. He is currently employed as postdoctoral researcher in the Department of People and Technology at Roskilde University and as environmental consultant at NIRAS. Martins main field of research is circular economy implementation in various sectors currently focussing on construction and demolition and with a heavy representation in the Nordic Countries. A central focus in his research is how local governments can organize actions to promote preservation of natural resources, minimize waste generation, and reduce environmental impacts, and how market actors can transform practices to push for new market paradigms. Martin holds a master’s in environmental planning and a Ph.D. in circular economy in the build environment, and he has an interdisciplinary profile with expertise ranging from both public planning, regulation and governance, multistakeholder involvement, and business model innovation to environmental impact assessment and material flow analysis.