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

Claudia Lavinia Buruleanu (), Laoise Ní Chléirigh (), Máire Nic an Bhaird, Thomas P. Curran, Evelyn Reinmuth and Mihai Bîzoi
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Claudia Lavinia Buruleanu: Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Food Science, Valahia University of Targoviste, 13 Sinaia Alley, 130004 Targoviste, Romania
Laoise Ní Chléirigh: Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education, Maynooth University, W23 F2H6 Maynooth, Ireland
Máire Nic an Bhaird: Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education, Maynooth University, W23 F2H6 Maynooth, Ireland
Thomas P. Curran: School of Biosystems and Food Engineering, University College Dublin, D04 V1W8 Dublin, Ireland
Evelyn Reinmuth: Department Biobased Resources in the Bioeconomy, University of Hohenheim, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
Mihai Bîzoi: Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Information Technology, Valahia University of Targoviste, 13 Sinaia Alley, 130004 Targoviste, Romania

Sustainability, 2025, vol. 17, issue 14, 1-31

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.

Keywords: circular bioeconomy; sustainable resource production; biobased alternatives; biological knowledge; sustainability transformation; education for the bioeconomy; education; research and innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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