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Participación en la Conferencia Anual FEWSUS 2022 «Circular Bioeconomy Systems for Urban-Rural Co-Prosperity» (Sistemas de bioeconomía circular para la coprosperidad urbano-rural)

Melisa Deciancio y Pablo Mc Clay participaron en la Conferencia Anual FEWSUS 2022, «Circular Bioeconomy Systems For Urban-Rural Co-Prosperity», organizada en Buenos Aires, del 30 de noviembre al 2 de diciembre de 2022. Melisa participó como keynote speaker con la presentación «El rol del Estado y las Políticas Públicas en el Desarrollo de la Bioeconomía en Argentina», y Pablo presentó su investigación sobre «Transformaciones de las Cadenas de Valor en la Transición hacia una Bioeconomía Sustentable» en el Taller «Gobernanza Sociedad-inteligente de la Bioeconomía Circular».

Seminario virtual «Redes de innovatión y agregación de valor local en las bioeconomías sudamericanas: alianzas público-privadas para una inserción sostenible en la economía global»

On November 23, 2022, SABio hosted a panel webinar, “Innovation networks and local value addition in South American bioeconomies: public-private alliances for a sustainable insertion into the global economy”, moderated and organized by SABio researcher, Dr. Melisa Deciancio (Uni Münster) with co-moderation from SABio researcher Pablo Mac Clay (Uni Bonn) and co-organized with support from SABio Research Group Leaders, Drs. Karen Siegel (Uni Münster) and Jorge Sellare (Uni Bonn).

Three panel experts from Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay shared examples, perspectives and highlighted the current realities of the Bioeconomy innovation ecosystems in their respective countries. Forty-five attendees from Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, the US, Germany, Ireland and Denmark tuned in to the event with simultaneous interpretation provided in English, Portuguese and Spanish.

Victoria Santos, head of Decarbonization at the Insituto Clima e Sociedade (iCS), highlighted that while Brazil is home to established industries with specialization in use of biomass and waste streams in biorefinery applications (Sugar, Pulp and Paper, and Oranges), the country’s immense biodiversity and other biobased production chains have been overlooked and under researched for value-added opportunities. Existing waste streams may provide opportunities for fiber, plant-based protein or biochemical applications. A critical hurdle to Brazil’s bioeconomic innovation ecosystem is a lack of funding for entrepreneurs and start-ups trying to prototype and pilot products. Victoria coined these product development stages as the Brazilian bioeconomy’s “Valley of Death” which must be addressed.

Isabel Bortagaray from Uruguay’s Universidad de la República, shared the experiences, successes and challenges resulting from two bioeconomic initiatives. Although these initiatives attained high levels of private sector involvement and public institutional research support, a lack of communication space and time for stakeholders to engage, communicate problems and share knowledge emerged as barriers to innovation. Moreover, narrow and sectoral focused understandings of the bioeconomy emerged as a common obstacle to Uruguay’s bioeconomic development. Changing perspectives to that of Bioeconomies (plural), which embrace multi-dimensional and complex connections of bioeconomic activities and aspects of sustainability, is a necessary paradigm shift for achieving innovation.

Rafael Anta, from the division of Competitivity, Technology and Innovation at the Interamerican Development Bank shared perspectives on bioeconomic innovation and development opportunities throughout Latin America (LATAM) and insertion in the global context. Foremost, bioeconomic policy must contend with factors at multiple levels. Biomass and infrastructure are local, regulation is national, R&D tends to be international and biomass trade is global. In terms of education throughout LATAM, an increased emphasis on bioprospecting in the life sciences as well as increased funding for bioprospecting activities are desperately needed. Furthermore, public policies with strategies are ineffective without funding that supports entrepreneurship and providing the tools that entrepreneurs need, such as biorefinery infrastructure, biological materials and reagents. Following the panel presentations, a robust Q&A session ensued where the panelists and audience members highlighted cross-cutting issues facing bioeconomic development in the three focus countries and more broadly throughout LATAM. Firstly, public policies must reflect the complexity and broad scope of all that is entailed in the bioeconomy and the multi-dimensionality of sustainability. Bioeconomy policies do not belong to one ministry, but rather in an inter-ministerial policy framework that incorporates specificities from the local, national to regional levels.  Secondly, funding is crucial, especially in the prototype and piloting stages of bio-based products. Without adequate funding and support for entrepreneurs at these stages, LATAM countries – including Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay – will miss out on their bioeconomic development potential.

The event was recorded and is available for viewing in English, Portuguese and Spanish.

SABIO apoya el programa «Amazônia Bioeconomy Connections»

SABIO apoya el programa «Amazônia Bioeconomy Connections»

SABIO supports the program “Amazônia Bioeconomy Connections” a partnership for technology, innovations, and sustainability in the Amazon Rain Forest led by Brazilian Embassy in Berlin, Germany. Between August and October 2022, SABIO senior researcher Jan Börner was part of the committee that selected four Amazonian startups from an initial pool of 87 applicants. The selected initiatives will be offered support to identify and establish contact with potential German partners and the possibility to visit Germany. 

For more information see: https://www.bioeconomy-connections.com/en

«Redes de innovación y agregación de valor local en las bioeconomías sudamericanas: alianzas público-privadas para una inserción sostenible en la economía global»

«Redes de innovación y agregación de valor local en las bioeconomías sudamericanas: alianzas público-privadas para una inserción sostenible en la economía global»

23 de noviembre, 10:00-12:00 (Buenos Aires/Montevideo/Brasilia) / 14:00-16:00 (Berlín)

Formato: Zoom

Inscripción previa: https://wwu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8hZcYLVQTq-gFCidDXiFeg

Ponentes

  • Anabel Marín, Institute of Development studies, UK, CONICET Argentina
  • Victoria Santos, Instituto Clima y Sociedad (ex-Instituto SENAI de Innovación en Biosintéticos y Fibras), Brasil
  • Isabel Bortagaray, Instituto de Desarrollo Sostenible, Innovación e Inclusión Social, Universidad de la República, Uruguay.
  • Rafael Anta, Competitividad Tecnológica e Innovación, BID

Moderadora: Melisa Deciancio, Proyecto SABio, Universidad de Münster, CONICET

Organización: Dra. Melisa Deciancio, Dra. Karen Siegel (ambas de la Universidad de Münster) y Dr. Jorge Sellare (Universidad de Bonn) Contacto: Dra. Melisa Deciancio, mdeciancio@uni-muenster.de

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SABio en GreenRio 2022

SABio en GreenRio 2022

Entre os dias 01 e 03 de setembro de 2022, os pesquisadores do SABio, Prof. Dr. Jan Börner, Dr. Jorge Sellare e Me. Guilherme de Queiroz Stein, participaram da GreenRio, na cidade do Rio de Janeiro. A GreenRio é uma plataforma de negócios sustentáveis, que reúne diversos stakeholders para debater temas estratégicos para o desenvolvimento e a sustentabilidade da bioeconomia brasileira. Entre os temas de destaque, estavam a busca de soluções para insegurança alimentar, novas políticas públicas para inovação em bioeconomia, os potenciais da socio-biodiversidade brasileira, os regimes de propriedade intelectual e as contribuições da bioeconomia para a segurança energética e para ações em prol da saúde humana. Além disso, foi possível conferir de perto novos negócios e políticas públicas, visitando os estandes de startups e órgãos governamentais. Assim, o evento foi um importante espaço para apresentar as pesquisas realizadas por nosso grupo de pesquisa, conhecer mais da diversa realidade que configura a bioeconomia brasileira e estabelecer novas redes com atores governamentais e acadêmicos e com representantes de organizações internacionais e do setor privado.

 Um dos pontos altos do evento foi o German-Brazilian Bioeconomy Workshop, que discutiu a cooperação entre Brasil e Alemanha e seus potenciais para promover uma bioeconomia sustentável nos dois países. Esse workshop contou com a presença do Dr. Tilman Schachtsiek, representando a Agência de Recursos Renováveis (Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe – FNR) do Ministério da Agricultura da Alemanha (Bundesministeriums für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft – BMEL), entidades responsáveis pelo financiamento do SABio. Também, contou com a participação do Dr. Jorge Sellare e do Prof. Dr. Jan Börner, que apresentaram alguns dos principais resultados das pesquisas realizadas pelo SABio entre 2020 e 2022. Tanto o workshop, quanto os demais debates ocorridos na conferência foram registrados e podem ser acessados no canal do YouTube. Confira no link abaixo:

 

Seminario virtual con David Jofré (University of Santiago) el 8 de septiembre

Virtual Seminar “Mediatizing Agribusiness-related Conflicts in Chile: How Activists Still Resort to Legacy News Media to Raise Awareness on Water and Pesticides Risk”

David Jofré is a journalist (Universidad de Playa Ancha, Chile) with a PhD in Politics and a MSc in Political Communication (University of Glasgow, UK). He is currently Assistant Lecturer at the University of Santiago (USACH), where he teaches contemporary politics and organizational communications at the School of Journalism. Previously, David Jofré was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Research Center for Integrated Disaster Risk Management (CIGIDEN) led by Pontifical Catholic University. of Chile His research focuses on activist media practices, social movement organizations and socio-technological change, with an emphasis on Chilean environmental governance processes, conflicts and risks.

Please e-mail Karen.Siegel@uni-muenster.de if you would like to participate in the seminar.

David Jofré
Participación en los 9º Talleres Europeos de Estudios Internacionales (EWIS) 2022: «El lado oscuro de la sostenibilidad»

Participación en los 9º Talleres Europeos de Estudios Internacionales (EWIS) 2022: «El lado oscuro de la sostenibilidad»

Melisa Deciancio participó en los 9º Talleres Europeos de Estudios Internacionales (EWIS) 2022, «Los mundos interconectados del pasado y del presente: Co-constituyendo lo internacional» en la Universidad de Macedonia, Tesalónica, del 6 al 9 de julio de 2022. Participó del taller «El lado oscuro de la sostenibilidad» y presentó su trabajo sobre el análisis de la bioeconomía a través de la lente de las Teorías de la Dependencia y sus implicaciones para el caso argentino.

El proyecto SABio presente en la Conferencia ICABR 2022

El proyecto SABio presente en la Conferencia ICABR 2022

La 26ª Conferencia del International Consortium of Applied Bioeconomy Research (ICABR) se llevó a cabo en la Universidad de Bolonia del 5 al 8 de Julio de 2022. El tópico principal de la conferencia fue “Bioeconomy Innovation Pipelines and Supply Chain Shocks”.

Dos trabajos de miembros del equipo de investigación de SABio fueron aceptados en la Conferencia.

How Can Market Structures Hinder the Effectiveness of Inclusive Bioeconomy Policies? An analysis of the Brazilian Social Fuel Stamp. Autores: Kemel Kalif, Jorge Sellare.

Can Auctions Foster Renewable Energy under Institutional and Macroeconomic Instability? Autores: Pablo Mac Clay, Jan Börner, Jorge Sellare.

El ICABR es un consorcio internacional compuesto por profesionales interesados en la biotecnología agrícola, el desarrollo rural y la investigación en bioeconomía (https://icabr.net/)

Presentación en la Conferencia Anual del World International Studies Committee (WISC)

Presentación en la Conferencia Anual del World International Studies Committee (WISC)

Melisa Deciancio participó en la mesa redonda «The Politics of Development» en la Conferencia Anual del World International Studies Committee, celebrada en Buenos Aires el 1 de julio de 2022. Presentó el capítulo «Bioeconomy governance and (sustainable) development», en coautoría con Karen Siegel, Daniel Kefeli, Guilherme de Queiroz Stein y Thomas Dietz y publicado en su Handbook on the Politics of International Development (Elgar Publishers) editado junto a Pablo Nemiña y Diana Tussie.

Presentación en la conferencia «Energy Research & Social Sciences»

Presentación en la conferencia «Energy Research & Social Sciences»

Pablo Mac Clay, investigador junior de la Universidad de Bonn, ha presentado el paper “Can Auctions Foster Renewable Energy under Institutional and Macroeconomic Instability?” en la 3ra Conferencia “Energy Research & Social Sciences”. El paper es parte del Proyecto SABio y es coautoreado por el Prof. Dr. Jan Börner y el Dr. Jorge Sellare.

Los mecanismos de subasta de energía renovable se han convertido en una política cada vez más popular en los últimos años. Muchos países que buscan descarbonizar su matriz energética han estado adoptando subastas para reemplazar otro tipo de políticas más tradicionales. Incluso muchos de los recién llegados a las subastas son países en desarrollo. Pero, ¿pueden las subastas dar resultados en contextos de inestabilidad macroeconómica e institucional?

La 3ra Conferencia Internacional “Energy Research & Social Sciences” se llevó adelante del 20 al 23 de Junio de 2022 en la Universidad de Manchester. Esta conferencia es de los principales foros que exploran el nexo entre energía y ciencias sociales.