Center for Interdisciplinary Plastic Research (CIPR)

Affiliated Research areas

  • Environmental health, occupational medicine
  • Biological aspects of environmental change, including climate change
  • Political systems, governance

Scientific Areas

  • Ecology, social sciences
  • policy and governance

Keywords

  • Plastic
  • plastic pollution
  • envrionmental fate
  • health
  • regulation
  • UN Platstics Treaty

Summary

CIPR is a pioneering hub for interdisciplinary research, focusing on five core areas: Environmental monitoring and fate, circular economy, citizen science, effects on human health and the environment, and science-to-policy and regulation, all in the realm of plastics. Under these, CIPR aims to foster national and international collaboration and synergy among experts from diverse disciplines to conduct cutting-edge research.