Thomas Nyström

Researcher

Tel

+46 73 079 58 21

Email

thomas.nystrom@ri.se

Location

Göteborg

ORCID

0000-0002-9610-9056

Design researcher with an intrapreneurial, opportunity-oriented mindset with more than 20 years of experience in business and design, project management, teaching, and facilitating organizational change in cross-functional and international teams. My research at RISE, Sustainable Business is focusing on building applicable knowledge about circular business innovation that can move industry and society towards more resource productive circular business models that can lead to transformative climate and environmental impact reductions. My specific research focus is on how physical products can be designed for lowering business risk in circular business models. This could be achieved by designing physical products to become “Future Adaptable” for various future changes. Read more at:https://www.ri.se/en/what-we-do/expertises/future-adaptive-design-for-a…

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Re:Value – Making the future freight transport circular

The extraction of natural resources has tripled in just fifty years and we are facing a crossroads: continue as usual – or rethink from the ground up. By radically extending the lifespan of vehicles and by creating attractive circ…

Circular Handheld Machines from an Environmental and Human Perspective

By applying future-adaptive design to handheld machines, project NollVib Cirkularitet aims to minimize vibration-related injuries, increase automation in the manufacturing industry, and extend machine lifespan.

CircHelmet – Circular business opportunities for ski helmets

What are the opportunities to extend the life of ski helmets and contribute to increased circular flows? This project explored circular opportunities and their economic and environmental benefits for helmets used for rental.

The Circular Car

Transport accounts for almost a third of Sweden's greenhouse gas emissions and the car industry has ambitious targets to reduce the emissions. The project Circular Car project aims to support new and established actors in the…

Circular material palette, assessment model & example vehicle interior

The Circular Material Palette: simplifying choices of more circular materials

Circular business ecosystem: Sensors and recycling for heavy vehicle tyres

This project builds knowledge about how the heavy vehicle tyre system in Sweden could become more circular and resource efficient. New service-based business models based on integrated sensor data and increased retreading activity…

Furniture company EFG succeeded in instituting a circular business model

How can we combine circularity with a sustainable business model? This was a question that Andreas Mattisson of furniture company EFG had given a great deal of thought to. It was only after chancing on a lecture on future adaptive…

Change and service life in focus when designing circular products

Circular products are designed with change and longevity as watchwords. Regardless of if the colour of a car or refrigerator is no longer in fashion or if it requires an upgrade with a new sensor, today's manufacturers must integr…

Tools for the circular transition

There are many tools and methods for circular business development and design that can help companies make the transition from a linear to a circular business. However, it is not always easy to find the right tool for a specific n…

Circular Business Models

By basing business models and value propositions on a circular logic, companies can reduce their environmental impact while strengthening their business. Instead of producing material products with primary resources and offering t…

Future adaptive design for a circular ec

Future adaptive design can reduce business risks in circular business models through a product design for extended product life, through robustness, flexibility, and upgradeability

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