1st Edition

The Circular Bioeconomy Institutional and Production Perspectives

Edited By Małgorzata Pink, Agnieszka Józefowska Copyright 2025
372 Pages 79 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

372 Pages 79 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Founded on distinct principles to the fossil fuel-based, linear economy, the sustainable, circular bioeconomy requires different social values and institutions and a better understanding of the complexity of the production process. A circular bioeconomy provides a framework for using renewable natural capital to manage land, biodiversity, food, and other industries, with the aim of improving... Read more

Part I : Socio-economic contexts of the circular bioeconomy. Idea, institutions and stakeholders

1. Evolution of the economic system: From a fossil-based economy to the circular bioeconomy

Beata Pater, Jakub Piecuch, Małgorzata Pink, Radka Redlichová, Vojtěch Tamáš

2. Institutional environment of the bioeconomy from a theoretical perspective

Renata Śliwa, Małgorzata Pink

3. Bioeconomy policies: From global to local perspectives

 Ondřej Konečný, Alice Kozumplíková, Radka Redlichová

4. Selected management problems in the world of the circular bioeconomy

Veronika Svatošová, Gabriela Chmelíková, Barbara Kiełbasa, Dżamila Bieńkowska, Jiří Nesiba, Sylvie Formánková

Part  II: Interdisciplinary links in the bioeconomy: Innovation, environment and product

5. The circular bioeconomy and innovation 

Michał Niewiadomski, Piotr Waląg, Małgorzata Pink

6. Chosen problems of the commodity science in bioeconomy

Robert Witkowicz, Sławomir Pietrzyk, Dorota Gala-Czekaj, Francois Lategan

7. Ecosystem services in the bioeconomy

Jiří Schneider, Agnieszka Józefowska

8. Environmental problems of the bioeconomy

Tomáš Kopta, Angelika Kliszcz, Agnieszka Józefowska

Part III : Closed circuit: Production, processing and fertiliser

9. Production for the bioeconomy: Sustainable primary and secondary production of bio-based resources  

Agnieszka Klimek-Kopyra, Wojciech Szewczyk, Francois Lategan, Stanislav Hejduk, Marcin Kopyra

10. Biotechnological processes in the bioeconomy

Anna Gorczyca, Maria J. Chmiel, Maciej Guzik

11. From biowaste to fertiliser

Jacek Antonkiewicz, Agnieszka Baran, Tomáš Kopta, Tomáš Lošák, Pavel Ryant

Biography

Małgorzata Pink, PhD, Department of Economics and Food Economy, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland. She completed her studies in economics and comparative civilisation studies, and earned a PhD in economics. She has 20 years of experience in university teaching. In her teaching, she emphasises the impact of the economy on social welfare and the natural environment. Her research interests include sustainable development, particularly in the context of the circular bioeconomy, and the transformations in socio-economic values that underpin it. Additionally, she is interested in the developing wine industry in Poland and, on a macro level, the market for natural wines. In the administrative field, she has led international projects in the bioeconomy area, including Horizon 2000, and international strategic partnerships.

Agnieszka Józefowska, Assoc. Prof., Department of Soil Science and Agrophysics, University of Agriculture in Krakow. She is a soil scientist at the Department of Soil Science and Agrophysics, University of Agriculture in Krakow. Her scientific work primarily focuses on soil ecology and its reclamation. In her university classes, she educates students on the impact of human activities on the environment, methods for assessing soil quality, and the multifaceted approaches to environmental protection and sustainable use of natural resources.