Edited by Davide Viaggi, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy

• ContentsForeword by Christian PatermannPreface 1 Introduction to the Handbook on the Bioeconomy 1Davide Viaggi2 Defining and monitoring the bioeconomy – a socioeconomic perspective 15Tévécia Ronzon, Andrea El Meligi, Patricia Gurría, Alfredo Mainar Causapé, George Philippidis and Robert M’Barek3 The political economy of the bioeconomy 38David Zilberman, Gal Hochman, Madhu Khanna and Justus Wesseler4 Bioeconomy visions, strategies, policies, and governance across different world regions 51Francis X. Johnson, Stefan Bößner, Rocio Diaz-Chavez and Mairon G. Bastos Lima5 Consumer adoption of bioeconomy products 82Joana Wensing, Angela Bearth and Vincenzina Caputo6 Supply of bioeconomy products 103Giacomo Maria Rinaldi, Matteo Zavalloni and Davide Viaggi7 Accelerating the bioeconomy and the innovation process with the emergent concept of biofoundries 120Débora Moretti, Natalie Laibach and Stefanie Bröring8 Innovation mechanisms in the bioeconomy 139Kutay Cingiz, Justus Wesseler and Max Kardung9 International innovation systems for the bioeconomy 152Carl Pray and Regina Birner10 What can the bioeconomy contribute to the achievement of higher degrees of sustainability? From substitution to structural change to transformation 197Andreas Pyka, Stephanie Lang and Ezgi Ari 11 Circularity and bioeconomy: towards a circular bioeconomy 216Nunzia G. Fasolino, Matteo Zavalloni and Davide Viaggi12 Bioeconomy and ecosystem services 233Fabio Bartolini and Davide Viaggi13 Modelling the bioeconomy 251Pieter Johannes Verkerk, Alessandro Varacca, Giuseppe Cardellini, Ana Rosa Gonzalez-Martinez, Mariana Hassegawa, Myrna van Leeuwen, Marko Lovrić, Robert M’Barek, Alexander Moiseyev, Hans van Meijl, George Philippidis, Andreas Pyka, Paolo Sckokai, Viktoriya Sturm, Maria Vrachioli, Willem-Jan, van and Zeist14 Modelling the bioeconomy using system dynamics approaches 283Nunzia Gabriella Fasolino, Giacomo Maria Rinaldi and Davide Viaggi15 Education and awareness in the bioeconomy 301Sophie Urmetzer, Lina Mayorga, Jan Lask, Bastian Winkler, Evelyn Reinmuth and Iris Lewandowski16 Economics of the bioeconomy: reflections on conceptual challenges and pathways 332Davide Viaggi

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