The bloom bioeconomy podcast

For this episode #8 of the Bloom Bioeconomy Podcast, Vanessa James talked with Semih-Essendemir, Science teacher, and Honorata Pereira, Physics and Chemistry teacher. They are the two winners of the BLOOM Stories Competition for primary and secondary school teachers with their entries ‘Unplasticize' and ‘bioeconomy for a sustainable future'.

In the episode #7 of the Bloom Bioeconomy Podcast Lotta Waesterberg Tomasson spoke with Josefin Illergård about the research on new material. Josefin Illergård works with the collaboration platform Treesearch, the national platform (Sweden) for the research on new materials from the forest.

In episode #6 of our BLOOM BIOECONOMY Podcast we speak with Martin Greimel about the challenges and potentials of bioeconomy in Europe and Austria. Martin Greimel is head of the Centre for Bioeconomy at the University of Natural Resources and Life Science Vienna (BOKU).

In this episode #5 of our BLOOM BIOECONOMY Podcast we spoke with Dr. Maciej Guzik, a microbiologist at the Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry at the Polish Academy of Sciences. His current main area of research lies in the realm of enzymatic catalysis - predominantly in area of sugar esters synthesis and material modifications.

Episode #4: You have the pleasure to listen to Johan Sanders, professor at Wageningen University and CEO at Sanovations B in the Netherlands. He made his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and is an expert for plant production chains.

This is the 3rd episode of our BLOOM BIOECONOMY Podcast. This time we talk to Anna Maria Fleetwood. She has almost two decades' experience of science communication, public engagement and public affairs. Furthermore Anna Maria is appointed Expert for Science with and for Society #SwafS, Horizon 2020.

In our second episode of our BLOOM BIOECONOMY Podcast we spoke with Kazimierz Murzyn, managing director of LifeScience Krakow cluster initiative and president of LifeScience Krakow Klaster Fundation. His main working expertise lies in the field of innovation, cluster management, organizational learning and systems thinking . The conversation is about fostering collaboration, impact to society and government strategies on bioeconomy.

In this episode of our BLOOM BIOECONOMY Podcast we spoke with Dr. Hannu Koponen, development manager at Regional Council of Central Finland. Hannu Koponen is working in the field of bioeconomy for decades. The conversation entails Dr. Koponen's experience with bioeconomy, its general potential, its challenges, and its interaction with sustainability and circularity.