On 26 November 2025, the annual Status Meeting of the junior research groups funded under the programme “Bioeconomy as Societal Change” took place in Gießen. Since 2014, this funding initiative of the Federal Ministry for Research, Technology and Spatial Development (BMFTR) has supported interdisciplinary research addressing the social, economic, technological, and ecological dimensions of the transition toward a sustainable bio-based economy. Hosted by the TRABBI research group at Justus Liebig University Giessen, this year’s meeting brought together the four funded junior research groups: BIOPOLISTA, MeatTheBioeconomy, ReValueD, and TRABBI. Each group presented updates on their ongoing work and discussed progress, challenges and emerging empirical insights. As part of the programme, the BIOPOLISTA team shared preliminary findings from their recent fieldwork, offering early reflections on how political dynamics, stakeholder perspectives and regional contexts shape governance and policy processes in the bioeconomy.
BIOPOLISTA
Agricultural and Food Policy Group
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Philippstr. 13, Haus 12 A
D-10117 Berlin (Mitte) | Germany
