Faculty Profile

Roland Geyer

Assistant Professor, Bren School


Roland Geyer

Contacts

Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5131

tel: (805) 893-7234
fax: (805) 893-7612
geyer@bren.ucsb.edu

Research Description

His research areas are Industrial Ecology and Production and Operations Management. He is especially interested in the environmental and economic potential of reuse and recycling activities. Another focus of his work is the relationship between environmental and economic performance of clean technologies and green business models.

Biography

Roland Geyer joined the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management in October 2003. His research areas are Industrial Ecology and Production and Operations Management. He is especially interested in the environmental and economic potential of reuse and recycling activities. Another focus of his work is the relationship between environmental and economic performance of clean technologies and green business models. In his previous position at the Centre for Environmental Strategy in the UK, Dr. Geyer worked with the UK steel and aluminum industries to benchmark their environmental performance and identify strategies for further improvements. Prior to this he was at INSEAD, a leading business school based in France, where he studied the opportunities for and challenges of product remanufacturing as part of an EU-funded project which involved companies such as NEC, Bosch and HP. Since 2005, Dr. Geyer works with the global steel association, IISI, on climate change issues. Ongoing cooperation and information exchange with companies, such as Honda, Nokia, Volvo, Toyota and various third-party recyclers and remanufacturers, are an important aspect of his research and assure that his work is grounded in the real world.


Awards/Honors

  • AT&T Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowship, 2006
  • Best Paper, 10th Life Cycle Assessment Case Studies Symposium, SETAC Europe, 2002
  • Doctoral Scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), 2001
  • Doctoral Scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), 2000

Selected Publications

  • The Economics of Remanufacturing under Limited Component Durability and Finite Product Life Cycles, Management Science, 53(1), 2007, 88-100, Geyer R, Van Wassenhove L N, Atasu A
  • Time-dependent material ?ow analysis of iron & steel in the UK. Part 1: Production & consumption trends 1970–2000, Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 51(1), 2007, 118-140, Geyer R, Davis J, Ley J, He J, Jackson T, Clift R, Kwan A, Sansom M
  • Time-dependent material ?ow analysis of iron & steel in the UK. Part 2: Scrap generation & recycling, Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 51(1), 2007, 101-117, Davis J, Geyer R, Ley J, He J, Jackson T, Clift R, Kwan A, Sansom M
  • he Impact of Constraints in Closed-loop Supply Chains: The Case of Reusing Components in Product Manufacturing, in: Distribution Logistics: Advanced Solutions to Practical Problems, Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, Vol.544, 2005, Geyer R, Van Wassenhove L N
  • Reverse logistics in an electronics company: the NEC-CI case, Managing Closed-Loop Supply Chains, 2005, Geyer R, Neeraj K, Van Wassenhove L N
  • Supply Loops and Their Constraints: The Industrial Ecology of Recycling and Reuse, alifornia Management Review, 46(2), 2004, 55-73, Geyer R, Jackson T