About
Create Project
CREATE receives 12 million Danish Kroner grant (equivalent to 17 Crore BDT) from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark (DANIDA) which Associate Professor Mohammad B. Rana from Aalborg University Business School, Denmark, leads that collaborates with Copenhagen Business School, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (as local coordinator), Dhaka University, Institute of Business Administration (DU), Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), Danish Fashion and Textile (DM&T), Global Fashion Agenda Copenhagen, Access2Innovation Denmark, SOAS University of London, Manchester Fashion Institute and Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, and Ethical Trading Initiative, UK.
Recent
Activities
Seminar 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…
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CREATE Visits Karupannya: an example of socio-economic and environmental sustainability through circular economy
The CREATE Team has visited Karupannya. Ltd, in Rangpur district on 7th August, 2023. Karupannya primarily uses fibers from traditional…
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Publications
Rana, M. B., Allen, M., & Tajuddin, S. A. (2025). “Global Value Chains and Transnational Social Spaces and Communities: The Emergence of a Circular Economy in the Apparel Industry”, In Reinterpreting Multinational Enterprises through a Revitalized Transnational Social Space Perspective, by Mike Geppert, Ödül Bozkurt, Christoph Dörrenbächer. Vol. 101, Research in the Sociology of Organizations. Emerald Publishing, UK.
It is published in the journal : Emerald Publishing, UK. LINK of Publisher: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20260000101006 For Free Download: https://vbn.aau.dk/ws/portalfiles/portal/780046692/Rana_et_al_Final_Submission_2025.pdf
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Rana, M. B., & Whitfield, L. (2024). “Challenges in apparel’s circular economy transition in Bangladesh”, Working paper, Aalborg University, Denmark.
LINK for citation at source: Aalborg University, Denmark: https://vbn.aau.dk/ws/portalfiles/portal/768139769/Rana_and_Whitfield_2024_CE_Challenges_in_Bangaldesh.pdf
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