The Auto Industry and the Circular Economy: a Global South perspective

Adriana Marotti de Mello, is associate professor at the School of Economics and Business at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. Her research interests include Circular Economy, Sustainable Transitions and Technological Transformation in Automotive Industry. She is Editor in Chief of REGE (Revista de Gestão).

Heike Proff has a Chair in General Business Administration & International Automotive Management at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Duisburg, Germany. Her reseach interests are Strategic and International Management, especially the transformation of the automotive industry, including mobility ecosystems, business models and the circular economy. She is in the steering committee of Gerpisa (The International Network of the Automobile) and in the PVMI (Program on Vehicle and Mobility Innovation).