A circularity movement, starting inside Creaternity, built around aerospace. A transatlantic university consortium — anchored in Luleå, Sweden, and Ohio, USA — defining the emerging field of reuse and circularity in aviation and space.
Reuse and circularity are about to become defining constraints across aviation and space — in spacecraft and aircraft design, in-space and in-orbit manufacturing, life-cycle assessment, business models, and policy.
There is currently no comparable research consortium for circularity in aerospace anywhere in the world. First mover advantage is real — and time-limited.
Creaternity Aerospace Lab is a lightweight consortium that lets leading research groups define this field together. Members gain a research network, co-developed teaching material, visibility at an annual summit, and a genuine voice in shaping a new sub-field.
The Lab operates from two hubs: the academic home at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden, and an industry presence in Northeast Ohio, USA, organized by Astromerge as founding Industry Partner — bridging European research excellence with the emerging U.S. space manufacturing ecosystem.
Aerospace is not an arbitrary focus — it is a deliberate design choice that puts us at the frontier of what circular economy principles must be able to do.
The two industries solve circularity problems differently and have a great deal to teach each other. Our joint scope creates unique cross-sector insights that neither industry can generate alone.
Total defense has moved sustainable, resilient production from a nice-to-have to a national priority. Reuse and supply-chain circularity in aerospace carry weight far beyond research — they are a security concern.
If circular design principles can work in space — where constraints are extreme and margins are zero — they can work anywhere. Aerospace is the flagship story for the entire CE movement.
The consortium model we are building — a low-cost network, shared directory, co-developed courses, rotating summit — is replicable. Creaternity Aerospace Lab is the playbook for any sector that follows.
In Year One we focus on the first and third. The course follows once the founding base is in place.
A shared, public directory of researchers, groups, and companies working on reuse and circularity in aerospace — plus a platform for joint publications and projects. Always on, immediately useful, and the front door to the network. Your group is visible from day one.
Strengthen the research footprint by combining expertise for joint proposals at national and international level. Members bring complementary strengths — together, we access funding that individual groups cannot.
Co-developed courses that any member can run at their own institution — starting with a foundational Circular Space Economy course and an advanced Design for Spacecraft Reuse course. Shared curriculum, local delivery, global standards.
Founding members know exactly what they are joining and when. These are not aspirations — they are deliverables.
A searchable, public directory of researchers, groups, and companies in circular aerospace. Seeded by founding members and opened for submissions. Visible on day one.
An online summit open to a public audience, where each founding member showcases a signature lab and helps set the agenda for the field. The founding cohort is recognised here, on the record — permanently.
A dedicated track for the Creaternity Aerospace Lab at the Creaternity Impact Days 2027 — further amplifying the field's visibility and convening the growing community.
Designed to maximize research value and minimize administrative burden. A modest annual contribution and a named commitment of people's time.
Founding members shape the consortium's structure, governance, and first outputs — and are recognised as such permanently. We are assembling a small founding circle ahead of the Virtual Founding Summit in December 2026.
If your group works on any facet of reuse and circularity in aerospace, we want to talk before the summit.