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    Weaving Knowledge, Innovation, and Learning: A Transdisciplinary Pathway to Circular Bioeconomy Through BioBeo


    Buruleanu, Claudia Lavinia, Ní Chléirigh, Laoise, Bhaird, Máire Nic an, Curran, Thomas P., Reinmuth, Evelyn and Bîzoi, Mihai (2025) Weaving Knowledge, Innovation, and Learning: A Transdisciplinary Pathway to Circular Bioeconomy Through BioBeo. Sustainability, 17 (14). p. 6541. ISSN 2071-1050

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    Abstract

    The bioeconomy represents a new way of life for people, but also a responsibility towards the future of the planet. Generating a significant socio-economic impact, it could be viewed as a key element of sustainable development, as the current and future solution for economic processes, based on new development models compelled by climate changes and the economy’s resilience to potential crises. In this context, the paper presents in its first part the Circular Economy description and the Circular Bioeconomy discussion from an interdisciplinary perspective. The second part of the paper aims to explore education as a tool for facilitating systemic changes supporting a real transition to a sustainable bioeconomy. The key aspects discussed refer to the following: (1) European policies, strategies, and action plans for bioeconomy; (2) Circular Economy as a solution for sustainable food systems; (3) main requirements and challenges for developing a (Circular) Bioeconomy, including indicators of sustainability; (4) the links between Circular Bioeconomy and the Sustainable Development Goals; (5) possibilities for integrating the agri-food industry’s needs into bioeconomy education; and (6) pathways for teach bioeconomy concepts effectively.
    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: circular bioeconomy; sustainable resource production; biobased alternatives; biological knowledge; sustainability transformation; education for the bioeconomy; education; research and innovation;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Social Sciences > Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education
    Item ID: 20540
    Identification Number: 10.3390/su17146541
    Depositing User: Laoise Ní Chléirigh
    Date Deposited: 08 Sep 2025 11:34
    Journal or Publication Title: Sustainability
    Publisher: MDPI
    Refereed: Yes
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    URI: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/20540
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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