Biography
Lucy joined the then School of Management in 2011 as a PhD student and was a member of staff from 2016 to 2024. From 2020 -2024 she was a member of the University Sustainability in the Curriculum Group. She has been a member of the interdisciplinary Centre for Energy Ethics.
Lucy is currently a lecturer in the Circular Economy and Sustainable Transformations in the School of Geosciences at the University of Edinburgh. She is (acting) programme director of the MSc in Circular Economy at Edinburgh Futures Institute. Since 2021 Lucy has been a visiting researcher at the Pentland Centre for Sustainable Business at Lancaster University.
Her PhD in Management is entitled A Resourceful Application: Understanding the Scottish Zero Waste Project in 2015. She has an MSc in Sustainablity Science and Environmental Studies from the University of Lund in Sweden and an LLB in Law and Politics from the University of Edinburgh.
Lucy has advisory experience working with private enterprise, NGOs and government on sustainability and the circular economy. As well as publishing in interdisciplinary journals and The Conversation, her work has also featured in industry publications including The Circular.
Research areas
My research explores how relationships between knowledge and practice determine the management of waste in sustainable futures.
Currently I am focused on understanding reuse as part of a systemic transformation towards more circular economies; exploring how organisational practices support and/or undermine reuse within societies, both materially (e.g. infrastructure) and symbolically (e.g. stigma).
PhD supervision
- Heather Cameron
Selected publications
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Open access
How to get on board with secondhand shopping this Christmas
Wishart, L., Auxtova, K. & Schreven, S., 9 Dec 2024, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Open access
Refashioning second-hand clothes consumption through pleasure, pain, seduction and conversion: a virtue ethics perspective
Auxtova, K., Schreven, S. & Wishart, L. J., 23 Nov 2024, In: Journal of Business Ethics. 196, p. 863-881 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Accounting for circularity
Wishart, L. J. & Antheaume, N., 31 Mar 2021, Routledge handbook of environmental accounting. Bebbington, J., Larrinaga, C., O'Dwyer, B. & Thomson, I. (eds.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 251-262 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Open access
Amazon found destroying unsold stock – would better accounting practices help?
Wishart, L. J., 28 Jun 2021, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Open access
Circular Economy Infrastructure: why we need track and trace for reusable packaging
Ellsworth-Krebs, K., Rampen, C., Rogers, E., Dudley, L. & Wishart, L., 13 Oct 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Sustainable Production and Consumption.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Zero waste governance: a Scottish case study
Wishart, L. J. & Bebbington, J., 18 Dec 2020, In: International Journal of Sustainable Development. 23, 1-2, p. 128 147 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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More Than Just Recycling. How Does the Goal of Zero Waste Impact Upon Ways of Thinking About Governance in Scotland?
Wishart, L. J., 28 Mar 2016.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Negotiating Knowledge through Boundary Organisations in Environmental Policy
Moran, C., Russell, S. L. & Wishart, L. J., 2016, Knowledge and Practice in Business and Organisations. New York, London: Routledge Taylor & Francis GroupResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Open access
Recycling and Extended Producer Responsibility: The European Experience
Wishart, L. J., 1 Dec 2016, In: Europe Now.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
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Zero Waste in Scotland: A Sustainable Goal or A Rubbish Idea
Wishart, L. J., 25 Jun 2015.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster