Events
Short Note on the Seminar on Accelerating Circular Transition in Bangladesh’s Textile Industry
On May 6, 2026, Prof. Dr. Imranul Hoque and Prof. Dr. S.M. Shafiul Alam participated in a high-level seminar titled “Accelerating Circular Transition in Bangladesh’s Textile Industry: Insights from SWITCH2CE Pilots” jointly organized by the Ministry of Commerce of the Government of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) at the Inter-Continental Hotel Dhaka. Honorable…
Read MoreCREATE researchers and PhD students attending the EIBA conference in Athence 2025
Dr. Mohammad B. Rana receiving the Best Paper Award at the European International Business Academy (EIBA) Conference 2025 in Athens for research on multinational enterprises’ strategies for sustainable supplier upgrading.
Dr. Mohammad B. Rana received the Best Paper Award at the European International Business Academy (EIBA) Conference 2025 held in Athens. The award was presented by the Global Strategy Journal, one of the world’s leading journals in international business strategy. The awarded paper examined multinational enterprises’ strategies for sustainable supplier upgrading and was developed as…
Read MoreDr. Mohammad B. Rana attended a workshop at the University of Southern Denmark
Mohammad B. Rana attended a workshop at the University of Southern Denmark, where he shared key research findings from the CREATE project with academics and stakeholders and learned about how to integrate international entrepreneurship with circular economy transition. The workshop provided an opportunity to exchange knowledge and discuss sustainability, circularity, and inclusive transformation within global…
Read MorePolicy Workshop- Towards a Circular Economy in Bangladesh’s Apparel Value Chains: The Context, Dynamics, Challenges, and Policy Gaps
On 13th February 2025, the CREATE project organized a workshop in Bangladesh, funded by DANIDA, on the transition to a circular economy in Bangladesh’s apparel industry and its links to Europe. A policy report on the Circular Economy transition in Bangladesh’s Apparel Value Chains was presented by Dr. Mohammad Bakhtiar Rana, Project Leader of the…
Read MoreAcademic Workshop on ‘Circular Economy in Bangladesh’s Apparel Industry’, Organized at Aalborg University Business school.
On May 24, 2024, CREATE Project, in collaboration with the Sustainability Lab at Aalborg University Business School (AAUBS), has organized a paper-development workshop titled “CIRCULAR ECONOMY TRANSITION IN BANGLADESH’S APPAREL INDUSTRY: MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES.” The event was funded by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) under the Grant CREATE_21-10-AAU. The workshop was inaugurated by…
Read MorePaper Development Workshop at AUST under CREATE Research Project
CREATE management committee has organized a paper development workshop on 18th February 2024 at Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology. The day-long workshop was conducted by Dr. Abu Sadat Muhammad Sayem, Fellow at Manchester Fashion Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, at the Vice Chancellor’s Conference room at AUST. The workshop aimed to develop further ideas…
Read MoreSeminar on the Challenges in the Circular Economy Transition in Bangladesh’s Apparel Industry
After the completion of the PhD program and two rounds of factory visits and stakeholders’ interviews CREATE-project seminar was held on the Challenges in Circular Economy Transition in Bangladesh’s Apparel Industry on 9th August, 2023 at Six Seasons Hotel, Dhaka. In the seminar, certificates of the PhD Course were distributed among the students. The course…
Read MoreWorkshops and Field Visits Organized by CREATE in January 2023
Series of Workshops were organized at Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Dhaka, in connection with the CREATE Research project’s work-packages and research design, field visits and data collection plan. Workshops discussed the concepts of circular Economy and their applications in apparel industry and the research designs. The aim of the workshops was to do…
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