- SABio at the WWU Sustainability Day “Campus Earth”On October 20th, the University of Münster hosted the Sustainability Day “Campus Earth” for the first time. From now on this action day is planned to be an annual event at the University. The programme includes lectures, citizen dialogues, workshops and mobile laboratories to gain insights into the interdisciplinary research linked to a sustainability transformation….
- Interdisciplinary special issue on SDGs, environmental governance and bioeconomy in Latin Americaby Marie Podien and Karen Siegel Justification for business as usual or potential for change? This was the question that a group of international scholars from Latin America, Europe and Asia discussed in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals at a double panel at the annual conference of the Society for Latin American Studies (SLAS)…
- Concepts, Markets, and Regulations: hurdles and opportunities for a sustainable Bioeconomy in Brazilby Guilherme de Queiroz Stein, Trevor Tisler, and Renan Magalhães On December 14th, 2021, the SABio project held a workshop on the Brazilian Bioeconomy. SABio researchers Guilherme de Queiroz Stein and Trevor Tisler organized and facilitated the event which saw the gathering of 45 participants from various governmental, academic, non-profit, and private sector organizations who…
- What do bioeconomy experts think?by Guilherme de Queiroz Stein [1] Neste artigo, discuto alguns dos principais resultados encontrados no relatório Designing Sustainability Governance for the Bioeonomy – a Global Expert Survey (Dietz, Rubio, and Börner 2020). Fruto de uma pesquisa feita com 282 especialistas em bioeconomia do mundo todo, o relatório discute políticas e arranjos de governança que favoreçam transições para…
- Towards a global agreement on sustainable bioeconomy: Is the G20 the alternative?by Melisa Deciancio [1] En medio de la crisis global desatada por la pandemia, se llevó adelante la cumbre del G20 organizada por Arabia Saudita y, por primera vez, en un formato virtual. Los líderes de los países más desarrollados del norte y del sur global se congregaron una vez más, como lo hacen desde…
- SABio Second Interdisciplinary Colloquium, November 2020By Daniel Kefeli* and Pablo Mac Clay** The 2nd colloquium was held virtually on November 12-13, 2020. In this second joint activity, junior researchers presented topics, questions, and methods for their doctoral proposals. This event offered the possibility to get feedback from senior researchers, members of the steering committee and external advisors, who engaged in…
- SABio Interdisciplinary PhD ColloquiaBy Trevor Tisler and Melisa Deciancia* The first SABio interdisciplinary PhD colloquium was held on August 17th to 19th bringing together researchers and PhD student from both the Institute of Political Science (IfPol) at the University of Münster and the Center for Development Research (ZEF) at the University of Bonn. The colloquium centered on exploratory…