Special Session of the BIO2REG project to the 64th ERSA Congress, in Athens!

The transition to a sustainable and circular bioeconomy is widely recognized as a key pathway to achieving the ambitious goals of the European Green Deal. This shift promotes sustainable development, reduces dependence on fossil resources, and creates economic opportunities in investment, employment, and value generation across multiple sectors. A regionalized approach to the circular bioeconomy is seen as a promising bottom-up strategy, with several European regions already implementing relevant strategies.

The special session, “Promoting Circular Bioeconomy at the Regional Level: Potentials and Challenges”, highlights the outcomes of the Horizon BIO2REG project: “Enabling Regions to Transition Towards Bioeconomy” (https://bio2reg.eu/). BIO2REG aims to facilitate the systemic transition of greenhouse gas-intensive regions into bioeconomy model regions through concrete and actionable measures.

Aligned with the objectives of BIO2REG and the 64th ERSA Congress, this session aspires to provide a networking platform for experts and regional stakeholders. It invites contributions addressing the theoretical frameworks of bioeconomy, empirical models, online tools, and indicator systems for assessing bioeconomy potential at sectoral and regional levels. Submissions focusing on regional bioeconomy strategies, best practices, policy instruments, guidelines for stakeholders, and findings from related projects are especially welcome.