Rate My Professor Fiona Charnley

Fiona Charnley is Professor of Circular Innovation within the University of Exeter Business School and Co-Director of the Exeter Centre for the Circular Economy. She earned her PhD in Sustainable Design and MSc by Research in Product Design from Cranfield University. Earlier in her career, she served as a Lecturer in Sustainable Product and Service Design at Cranfield University, contributing to research in competitive creative design and circular economy principles. Charnley has established herself as a leading expert in design, innovation, and manufacturing for sustainability, with extensive publications advancing the field. Notable works include 'A conceptual framework for circular design' (2016, Sustainability), 'Skills and capabilities for a sustainable and circular economy: The changing role of design' (2017, Journal of Cleaner Production), 'Unlocking value for a circular economy through 3D printing: A research agenda' (2017, Technological Forecasting and Social Change), 'Digitisation and the circular economy: A review of current research and future trends' (2018, Energies), and 'Simulation to Enable a Data-Driven Circular Economy' (2019, Sustainability). She co-edited the 'Handbook of the Circular Economy: Transitions and Transformation' (2023, De Gruyter).