The transition to a sustainable bio-economy: innovation and expectations
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Essex
Department Name: Sociology
Abstract
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Organisations
Publications
Gee S
(2011)
Eco-Innovation Systems and Problem Sequences: The Contrasting Cases of US and Brazilian Biofuels
in Industry & Innovation
Harvey M
(2011)
The new competition for land: Food, energy, and climate change
in Food Policy
Mark Harvey (author)
(2010)
Biofuels innovation in the face of global climate change and peak oil
Mark Harvey (author)
(2008)
The socio-economic consequences of biorefining : is sustainable economic growth possible
Pilgrim S
(2010)
Battles over Biofuels in Europe: NGOs and the Politics of Markets
in Sociological Research Online
Description | Biofuels : a global perspective |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | |
Results and Impact | Presentation to the UK Government Biofuels Strategy Group (BIS) on the research findings, concentrating on the significance of the policy environment for sustaining long term strategically-oriented innovation. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
Description | Brazilian prospects : food, fuel and sustainable economic growth |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | |
Results and Impact | Paper given to the International Symposium, 'The World Food Crisis and the Global South' on Brazilian biofuels and land use |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
URL | http://www.soas.ac.uk/events/event49519.html |
Description | Capitalism between peak oil and global climate change : a neo-Polanyian perspective |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | |
Results and Impact | The paper discussed the pivotal role of biofuels for transport energy in addressing the twin challenges of global climate change and the depletion of petro-chemical resources |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity |
Description | Carbon, crude and crops : the transition to a sustainable bioeconomy |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | |
Results and Impact | The lecture addressed the issue of sustainable economic growth in the context of global climate change and depletion of petro-chemical resources. It argued that biofuels will play a critical if variable role in different geographic regions. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
Description | European biofuels to 2020 and beyond |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | |
Results and Impact | By invitation, and in collaboration with the BioScience for Business Knowledge Transfer Network, the paper presented to the Technology Strategy Board focused on developments in European biofuels industry and policy, based on research and a scenario workshop. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |