Publications

Bioeconomy & Inequalities

Bioeconomy as Technological Innovation. About the Necessity of Alternative Research and Debate in Society

Backhouse, M. Lehmann, R., Lühmann, M. und A. Tittor. 2018. Bioökonomie als technologische Innovation. Zur Notwendigkeit alternativer Forschung und einer gesellschaftlichen Debatte. In: Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung (Hrsg.): Mit Bioökonomie die Welt retten? Neue Geschäftsmodelle und alte Strukturen. Berlin: Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung (Rundbrief 1/2018), 14-15.

Bioeconomy & Inequalities

Environment – The New Enclosure of Nature

Backhouse, M. 2018. Umwelt – Die neue Einhegung der Natur. In: Vogelpohl, Anne; Michel, Boris; Lebuhn, Henrik; Hoerning, Johanna; Belina, Bernd (Hg.): Raumproduktionen II. Theoretische Kontroversen und politische Auseinandersetzungen. Münster: Westfälisches Dampfboot. S. 60-80.

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More inter- and transdisciplinary research needed in Agroecology

Biber-Freudenberger, L., Whitney, C., Beuchelt, T., Jaenicke, H., Kelboro, G., Schmitt, C. B., Sommer, J.-H., Denich, M. 2018. More inter- and transdisciplinary research needed in Agroecology. Rural 21, 52(2):31-33.

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The global cropland footprint of the non-food bioeconomy

Bruckner, M., Giljum, S., Fischer, G., Tramberend, S. and J. Börner. 2018. The global cropland footprint of the non-food bioeconomy. ZEF Discussion Paper 253. Center for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn.

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Governance of the bioeconomy: A global comparative study of national bioeconomy strategies

Dietz, T., Börner, J., Förster, J.J. and J. von Braun. 2018. Governance of the bioeconomy: A global comparative study of national bioeconomy strategies. ZEF Discussion Paper 264. Center for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn.

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Land use mediated GHG emissions and spillovers from increased consumption of bioplastics

Escobar, N., Haddad, S., Börner, J., and W. Britz. 2018. Land use mediated GHG emissions and spillovers from increased consumption of bioplastics. Environmental Research Letters.

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Carbon footprint from Brazilian soybeans based on spatially-explicit life cycle inventories, including land use change

Escobar N., Tizado E.J., and J. Godar. 2018. Carbon footprint from Brazilian soybeans based on spatially-explicit life cycle inventories, including land use change. SETAC Europe 28th Annual Meeting. Responsible and innovative Research for Environmental Quality. 13-17 May 2018, Rome, Italy.

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Transparency and sustainability in global commodity supply chains

Gardner, T. A., M. Benzie, J. Börner, E. Dawkins, S. Fick, R. Garrett, J. Godar, A. Grimard, S. Lake, R.K. Larsen, N. Mardas, C.L. McDermott, P. Meyfroidt, M. Osbeck, M. Persson, T. Sembres, C. Suavet, B. Strassburg, A. Trevisan, C. West, P. Wolvekamp. 2018. Transparency and sustainability in global commodity supply chains. World Development, DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.05.025.

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Book Review: Innovation regional development and the life sciences; beyond clusters by Kean Birch

Hermans, F. 2018. Book Review: Innovation regional development and the life sciences; beyond clusters by Kean Birch. Research Policy 47(1): 305.

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Biocluster: Analyse und politische Implikationen – erste theoretische Überlegungen

Hermans, F., Ayrapetyan, D., Kamath R. & K. Wilde. 2018. Biocluster: Analyse und politische Implikationen – erste theoretische Überlegungen, in: IAMO Jahresbericht 2018, M. Kopsidis & K. Bose (eds.), IAMO, Halle 2018

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The potential contribution of transition theory to the analysis of bioclusters and their role in the transition to a bioeconomy

Hermans, F. 2018. The potential contribution of transition theory to the analysis of bioclusters and their role in the transition to a bioeconomy. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining (online first): http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bbb.1861/full

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Organic and conventional agriculture in Kenya: A typology of smallholder farms in Kajiado and Murang’a counties.

Kamau, J.W., Stellmacher, T., Biber-Freudenberger, L. and C. Borgemeister. 2018. Organic and conventional agriculture in Kenya: A typology of smallholder farms in Kajiado and Murang’a counties. Journal of Rural Studies (57): 171–185.

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Life cycle and hydrologic modeling of rainwater harvesting in urban neighborhoods

Petit-Boix A, Devkota J, Phillips R, Vargas-Parra MV, Josa A, Gabarrell X, Rieradevall J, Apul D. 2018. Life cycle and hydrologic modeling of rainwater harvesting in urban neighborhoods: Implications of urban form and water demand patterns in the US and Spain. Journal of Cleaner Production 621, 434-443. » Read more

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Recent transformations of land-use and land-cover dynamics across different deforestation frontiers in the Brazilian Amazon

Schielein, J.; Börner, J.. 2018. Recent transformations of land-use and land-cover dynamics across different deforestation frontiers in the Brazilian Amazon. Land Use Policy, 76: 81-94. (Open Access)

Bioeconomy & Inequalities

Report on the Global Bioeconomy Summit: An Elitist Project under Exclusion of the General Public

Tittor, A. 2018. Bericht vom Global Bioeconomy Summit: Ein Elitenprojekt unter Ausschluss der Öffentlichkeit. Gastbeitrag beim Forschungs- und Dokumentationszentrum Chile-Lateinamerikazentrum e.V. (FDCL).

Over 800 Participats from all over the world attended the Global Bioeconomy Summit on the 19th and 20th of april 2018 in Berlin. The process of the event showed that the Bioeconomy Summit was intended to be a forum for experts supporting the bioeconomy.