Ravelijn

dr. M.L. Franco Garcia (Laura)

Assistant Professor
BMS-TPS-CSTM
Ravelijn 1153
m.l.francogarcia@utwente.nl
+31534894234
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MarĂ­a-Laura Franco-GarcĂ­a holds a Ph.D. on “Environmental Chemistry” (UniversitĂ© Claude Bernard Lyon I, France). She worked for the Mexican Environmental Ministry contributing to the hazardous waste regulations. Franco’s research interests expanded to public and private management of natural resources and to product development fields since her affiliation to “TecnolĂłgico de Monterrey”. Franco is currently one of the European coordinators of the global network of “Greening of Industry Network GIN)” www.greeningofindustry.org. Her current research is related to GIN’s mission, e.g. Circular Economy, CSR, sustainable industrial parks, social and environmental Life Cycle Assessment, social entrepreneurship, among others.

Expertise

  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance

    • Enterprise

  • Social Sciences

    • Analysis
    • Sustainability
    • Mexico
    • Circular Economy
    • Research

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

    • Waste
    • Chain

Organisations

MarĂ­a-Laura Franco-GarcĂ­a holds a Ph.D. on “Environmental Chemistry” (UniversitĂ© Claude Bernard Lyon I, France). She worked for the Mexican Environmental Ministry contributing to the hazardous waste regulations. Franco’s research interests expanded to public and private management of natural resources and to product development fields since her affiliation to “TecnolĂłgico de Monterrey”. Franco is currently one of the European coordinators of the global network of “Greening of Industry Network GIN)” www.greeningofindustry.org. Her current research is related to GIN’s mission, e.g. Circular Economy, CSR, sustainable industrial parks, social and environmental Life Cycle Assessment, social entrepreneurship, among others.

Publications

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2025

Prediction and assessment methods for sustainable solar energy systems within our planetary boundaries: how reliable are they? (2025)Current opinion in chemical engineering, 48. Article 101100. Cano-Londoño, N. A., Saive, R., Bekius, T. & Franco-García, L.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coche.2025.101100A Methodological Framework to Assess the Sustainability Performance of the Textile Industry: SATIN (Sustainability Assessment of Textile Industry) supporting the transition to sustainable production patterns (2025)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Lujan Ornelas, C.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036565325

2024

Governance challenges and strategic opportunities for implementing circular economy in greenhouse horticulture: A case study from the Netherlands (2024)Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy, 19(4), 1229-1271. Batlles-Delafuente, A., Franco-García, M. L., Castillo-Díaz, F. J. & Belmonte-Ureña, L. J.https://doi.org/10.24136/eq.3261Financing and Business Models for Scaling Up Sustainable Business Networks — Building a Circular Economy (2024)Circular Economy and Sustainability, 4, 1655-1667. Muzamwese, T. C., Heldeweg, M. A. & Franco-Garcia, L.https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-024-00348-8Enterprise development through networks: a case study of PETRECOZIM and the beverages sector networks in Zimbabwe (2024)Cleaner and Circular Bioeconomy, 7. Article 100071. Muzamwese, T. C., Heldeweg, M. A. & Franco-Garcia, L.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clcb.2023.100071Industrial clusters as a vehicle for circular economy transition: A case study of networks in four industrial clusters in Zimbabwe (2024)Journal of cleaner production, 447. Article 141479. Muzamwese, T. C., Franco-Garcia, L. & Heldeweg, M.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.141479Developing SATIN, a Sustainability Assessment Tool for Textile Industry (2024)[Contribution to conference › Paper] 3rd Sustainable Textile and Fashion Congress, STFC 2024. Lujan Ornelas, C., Franco-Garcia, M.-L., Heldeweg, M. & Bressers, H.The role of sustainable business networks in promoting a Circular Economy in Africa — A systematic literature review (2024)Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment, 13(1). Article e506. Muzamwese, T. C., Franco-Garcia, L. & Heldeweg, M. A.https://doi.org/10.1002/wene.506

2023

Governance Assessment of Community-Based Waste Reduction Program in Makassar (2023)Sustainability (Switzerland), 15(19). Article 14371. Latanna, M. D., Gunawan, B., Franco-García, M. L. & Bressers, H.https://doi.org/10.3390/su151914371Technological Innovations Promoting Circular Economy: A Profitable Tool to Close Resource Loops (2023)In Life Cycle Assessment & Circular Economy (pp. 1-34) (Environmental Footprints and Eco-Design of Products and Processes; Vol. Part F1247). Springer. Batlles-delaFuente, A., Franco-García, M. L., Belmonte-Ureña, L. J. & Plaza-Úbeda, J. A.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33982-0_1Industrial Parks for People and Planet: Assessing their contribution to sustainable regional development (2023)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Kreiner, I.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036556958Challenges to implementing a sustainable strategic evaluation framework of industrial parks: Mexican case (2023)Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 13. Article 100612. Kreiner, I., Bressers, H. T. A. & Franco-García, M. L.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clet.2023.100612Improving Gender Equality with Social Entrepreneurship and Circular Economy: A Mexican Case (2023)In The Social Dimensions of the Circular Economy (pp. 241-263) (Greening of Industry Networks Studies; Vol. 10). Springer. Crespo-Rosas, N. & Franco-García, L.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25436-9_11Transforming a Problem-based learning course into a Challenge-based learning course: UT M-EEM “Challenge-based Sustainability Case projects” (2023)[Book/Report › Report]. University of Twente. Aukes, E. J., Franco-Garcia, L., Lulofs, K. R. D., McGreevy, S., Özerol, G. & Sanderink, L.

2022

Influence of Flow Experience, Perceived Value and CSR in Craft Beer Consumer Loyalty: A Comparison between Mexico and The Netherlands (2022)Sustainability (Switzerland), 14(13). Article 8202. Guerra-Tamez, C. R. & Franco-García, M. L.https://doi.org/10.3390/su14138202

Research profiles

Aside teaching in the MEEM and minor Crossing Borders programs I am open for delivering guess lectures to engaging students and colleagues on collaborative activities associated to sustainability.

Affiliated study programs

Courses academic year 2025/2026

Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.

Courses academic year 2024/2025

Courses academic year 2023/2024

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