THE ROLE OF UNIVERSITY FOR PROMOTING CIRCULAR ECONOMY WITH A VIEW TO QUINTUPLE HELIX IN THE SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION CONTEXT. THE CASE-STUDY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ROME "TOR VERGATA"

The aim of the research is to analyze the role of University to promote sustainable strategies inside and outside the academic community. In particular, the focus is on projects promoted by the Academia that respond to the big problem regarding waste. After an analysis of the literature on circular economy and Third Mission of University, the research focuses on the analysis of the causes of the call “Mission Sustainability” promoted by University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. By promoting sustainable action in the territory, in specific a project will involve the installation of incentivizing compactors in the Campus for PET collection. The research methodology applied to the case study, mainly qualitative, is based on the document analysis of: university report and strategy planning, the call and the specific project promoted by professor and researcher titled “GREENtosi for UniRecycling purpose between Third Mission and Sustainability. A virtuous experimental partnership with a view to quintuple helix in the socio-ecological transition context”.