Projects

Critical Materials in Circular Economy of Cities (Romulus), funding €7 million, funding period: 1 Jan 2022-31 Dec 2025

Projects belonging to the Romulus Academy programme are listed below. You find more information about the funding decisions on our WebFocus page.

Towards urban symbiosis of critical raw materials: collaborative value creation models in circular ecosystems (UrbanSymbiosis)

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• Katri Valkokari, Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.
• Anna Aminoff, Hanken School of Economics 
• David Lazarevic, Finnish Environment Institute SYKE

Multi-level governance of critical materials for future electric mobility (GoverMat)

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• Marja Elina Huttunen-Saarivirta, Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.
• Ari Jokilaakso, Aalto University
• Ulla Lassi, University of Oulu
• Rauno Sairinen, University of Eastern Finland

Municipal solid waste incineration residues as secondary resource for metal recovery and construction materials

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• Mirja Illikainen, University of Oulu

Viable magnesium ecosystem: exploiting Mg from magnesium silicates with carbon capture and utilization (MAGNEX)

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• Päivö Kinnunen, University of Oulu
• Erkki Levänen, Tampere University
• Ron Zevenhoven, Åbo Akademi University

Ecodesign of solar technologies for urban environment (ECOSOL)

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• Kati Miettunen, University of Turku
• Pekka Heikkinen, Aalto University
• Annukka Santasalo-Aarnio, Aalto University

FUSUMIN - Focused Ultrasound for Urban Mining

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• Ari Salmi, Helsingin yliopisto

SmartCycling. Optimising the circular economy of batteries with artificial intelligence aided designs

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• Rodrigo Serna, Aalto University
• Milica Todorovic, University of Turku

Governing Transition to a Circular City: Engaging public and private stakeholders in the circular economy

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• Pekka Valkama, University of Vaasa
• Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko, Tampere University

M-ERA.NET 3, funding period 1 Sep. 2022 – 31 Aug. 2025, Academy of Finland funding €1.25 million and EU funding €0.7 million.

M-ERA.NET is a strong European network of public funding organisations supporting and increasing coordination and convergence of national and regional funding programmes on research and innovation related to materials and battery technologies to support the European Green Deal.

Nanocarbon materials for sustainable battery technology (NACAB)

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• Miguel Caro, AALTO University
• Tomi Laurila, AALTO University
• Tekla Tammelin, VTT OY   

Gradient- and multi-material processing of next-generation solid-state-lithium-batteries using direct material processing

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• Ashish Ganvir, University of Turku          

Gallium Oxide Fabrication with Ion Beams

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• Flyura  Djurabekova, University of Helsinki                   

Bio-sourced alternatives for lithium-silicon anodes

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• Vesa-Pekka Lehto, University of Eastern Finland        

Bio-inspired interfaces for the development of next generation degradable multi-phase materials

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• Mikko Salomäki, University of Turku