**About the Special Issue Editors**

**Idiano D'Adamo** (Ph.D.) is an associate professor at Sapienza—University of Rome. He completed his Master of Science in Management Engineering in 2008, and his PhD in Electrical and Information Engineering in 2012, both at the University of L'Aquila. He has worked at the University of Sheffield, the National Research Council of Italy, Politecnico di Milano, University of L'Aquila and Unitelma Sapienza University of Rome. His current research interests are bioeconomy, circular economy, renewable energy, sustainability and waste management. During his academic career, Idiano D'Adamo has published 61 papers, which are all listed in the Scopus database; he has reached an h-index of 23. In August 2015, he obtained the Elsevier Atlas Price, with a work published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. He received two Excellence Review Awards: Waste Management in 2017, and Resources, Conservation and Recycling in 2018. He is a reviewer for 50 international journals. Idiano currently teaches "Business Management" and "Economics of Technology and Management" at Sapienza University of Rome.

**Pasquale Marcello Falcone** (MA, MSc, PhD) is an economist, with a strong interest in policy analysis applied to sustainable transitions. He is an assistant professor (tenured) of economic policy at the Department of Business and Economics—University of Naples "Parthenope" (Italy). He completed his MSc in Economics in 2013, at the University of Leicester (UK). He then completed his PhD in Economics (2014) and a MA in Business Economics (2010), both at the University of Foggia (Italy). His research interests span from environmental economics and sustainable development to sustainability transition theory. Recently, he has been exploring the mechanisms through which transitions towards a bio-based economy can be intertwined with socio-economic and policy aspects from the perspective of circular bio-economy. His work regularly appears in prestigious, highly impactful, innovative and environmental economics journals.

**Michael Martin** (BSc, MSc, Ph.D.) is a senior researcher at IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute and Affiliated Faculty/Research at the Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering (SEED) of KTH—Royal Institute of Technology. Dr. Martin has a PhD in Environmental Systems Analysis and Environmental Management, which focused on approaches to quantify the environmental and economic benefits of industrial symbiosis and circular based production in the bio-based sector, using LCA from Linkoping University, in 2013. ¨ His expertise and current work include quantitative and qualitative research methods applied to understanding the implications of sustainable production and consumption systems through the use of sustainability assessments. His research also specializes in how sustainability assessment information can be improved by, and perceived through, stakeholder dialogue. Furthermore, he is also a member of the Executive Board of the International Society for Industrial Ecology.

**Paolo Rosa** (Ph.D.) is a post-doctoral researcher at the Manufacturing Group of Politecnico di Milano, Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering. He got his MSc in Management Engineering from Politecnico di Milano in 2009. He spent three years working as a research assistant at Politecnico di Milano and ITIA-CNR in lifecycle simulation, manufacturing business models and end-of-life management areas. Currently, he is conducting his research at Politecnico di Milano, by focusing on product lifecycle management and circular economy. He has been (and is still) involved in industrial, regional and European research projects; he won an H2020 project in 2018 (www.fenix-project.eu). Furthermore, he has been (and is still) a teaching assistant on the Industrial Technologies course at Politecnico di Milano. He has co-authored 29 papers published in international journals and 15 papers presented at international conferences. He is the co-guest editor of a Special Issue and member of the Editorial Board of the *Sustainability* journal, published by MDPI. He was awarded the Elsevier Atlas Award for best paper in August 2015. He received one Excellence in Review Award from Resources, Conservation and Recycling in 2019.
