Special Issue “Accelerating Bioeconomy Growth through Applied Research and Policy Change”
Global economic growth is slowing, and several economies are suffering from recession, unemployment, and/or environmental destruction challenging sustainable development. These developments are reinforced by the current COVID-19 pandemic. Developments in biology are expected to allow for technical change addressing many of these challenges. Reaching these expectations will require an institutional and policy environment supporting investments and technical change. This Special Issue examines the possible contributions of the bioeconomy to economic growth, employment, and the environment and addresses how institutions and policies can support these contributions.
More details at:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/bioeconomy_growth
Blog; ICABR at 25 – Celebrating 25 years of Research on the Bioeconomy
On the Berkeley Blog David Zilberman posted an entry titled ”ICABR at 25 – Celebrating 25 years of Research on the Bioeconomy”
You can read it here
Post COVID-19 Implications for Genetic Diversity and Genomics Research & Innovation: A Call for Governance and Research Capacity
At a time of significant technological change and digitization in the biological sciences, the COVID19 pandemic has highlighted again the inequities in the research and innovation ecosystem. Based on a consultation with an internationally diverse group of stakeholders from multiple fields and professions, and on a broadly representative set of case studies, this report offers a new approach to the global governance of genetic diversity and genomic research and innovation.