Conny Bakker

Conny Bakker serves as Professor of Design Methodology for Sustainability and Circular Economy at TU Delft's Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, where she combines research, teaching, and practical application to advance circular economy principles in product design. Her research portfolio focuses on developing innovative design methods for circular and sustainable product-service systems, particularly emphasizing products with multiple lifecycles through strategies including life-extension, reuse, remanufacturing, and recycling. As coordinator of several courses in Sustainable Design and Circular Product Design, she explores the crucial relationships between consumer behavior, sustainability, and design while leading the Design for the Circular Economy master class that helps professionals implement circular principles in their work. Her influence extends beyond academia through practical frameworks and methodologies that help businesses transition from linear to circular economy models, with particular attention to user-centered sustainable design that fosters lasting relationships between users and products. Through her work, she continues to shape the field of sustainable design by developing practical tools and approaches that bridge the gap between theoretical circular economy principles and their real-world implementation, while maintaining focus on both environmental impact and economic viability.