Educational Projects

educational publications​

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• Our founder, Christine Nikander regularly writes The E-Waste Column to help the broader public obtain an understanding of e-waste, critical raw materials, circularity, and what a just transition could look like.

• Palsa & Pulk  publishes The Just Transition Newsletter to help companies and organizations explore how we can achieve a just transition and how they can become champions for positive change.

Webinars​

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• Palsa & Pulk regularly speaks at webinars on environmental and social sustainability topics.​

  • We gave an online webinar hosted by Chemical Watch on "Navigating the regulatory landscape around greenwashing and chemicals" on 21 May 2024.

  • We gave a presentation on "Navigating the complexities around conflict minerals" at Chemical Watch’s virtual Global Chemicals Management for Electronics Conference 2023.​​

E-Learning​

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• Palsa & Pulk developed The E-Waste Learning Hub and the TransitionEd app providing online education on the just energy transition, critical raw materials, e-waste, circularity, and systemic change.​​

educational Databases​

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• The team at Palsa & Pulk has worked to build two educational databases.

• We have contributed to the building of The E-Waste Database and the database of Sustainability Education for Europe.

Public education​

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• The team at Palsa & Pulk  participates in research for publicly accessible educational projects.

• As a team, we are currently working on three pro bono projects around sustainability education with non-profit organizations (such as BonoLab and Sustainability Education for Europe).

• We have also contributed to The E-Waste Column, The E-Waste Newsletter, The E-Waste Database, 
  Sustainability Education for Europe, and Humus Ambassadors.

Industry education​

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• Palsa & Pulk regularly presents insights on environmental and social sustainability topics at public conferences and industry expos.

  • Christine Nikander moderated a panel titled "From Waste to Gold: Can recycled metals compete with virgin metals?" at the E-Waste World Conference & Expo 2025 in Frankfurt.

  • We gave a presentation on "Regulating Circularity in Electronics" at the ITAD & Circular Electronics Expo and Conference 2025 in Frankfurt.

  • Christine Nikander moderated a panel on the "Impact Of The Energy Transition: Assessing Demands & E-Waste Generation" at the E-Waste World Conference & Expo 2024 in Frankfurt.

  • We gave a presentation on "Social Sustainability Legislation In Metal Sourcing" at the Metal & Critical Raw Material Recycling World Conference & Expo 2024 in Frankfurt.

  • We also gave a presentation on "The Regulation of Raw Material Supply Chains Within the EU" at the E-Waste World Conference & Expo 2023 in Frankfurt.

Higher education​​​

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• We gave a talk on "Exploring two-in-one solutions to tackling the critical raw material and e-waste challenges" at the Global Challenges 2025 at Leiden University College.​

• From the spring to summer 2025, Palsa & Pulk participated in the student consultancy project for the master program in sustainable development at Utrecht University. The students created an interactive visual of the life cycle of a reusable vape.

• From autumn 2024 to summer 2025, a group of students from The Hague University of Applied Sciences were given the opportunity to complete their applied research projects with Palsa & Pulk.

• In the spring to summer 2024, Palsa & Pulk participated in the student consultancy project for the master program in sustainable development at Utrecht University. The students created an interactive visual of the life cycle of an EV battery.