From Waste to Value: Valorisation Pathways for Organic Waste Streams in Circular Bioeconomies

Antje Klitkou has a PhD from Humboldt University, Berlin (1993). She has worked at the Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education (NIFU), Oslo, Norway, since 2002, as Senior Researcher until 2014 and as Research Professor since 2014. She has research interests in research and innovation policy and the transition to a sustainable bioeconomy, energy and transport. She has been Project Coordinator for several international research projects, such as ＂SusValueWaste: Sustainable path creation for innovative value chains for organic waste products＂ (2015-19) on the transition to the bioeconomy, funded by the Research Council of Norway; ＂Technology opportunities in Nordic energy system transitions - TOP-NEST＂ (2011-15), funded by Nordic Energy Research; and ＂InnoDemo: Role of demonstration projects in innovation: Transition to sustainable energy and transport＂ (2013-15), funded by the Research Council of Norway. She has published several journal articles on bioeconomy topics.

Arne Martin Fevolden is a Senior Researcher at NIFU. He holds a Master’s degree (cand. polit) in Economic Sociology and a PhD (Dr. polit.) in Innovation Studies from the University of Oslo. Much of his earlier research was concerned with the development of the ICT (information and communications industry) and defence industries. His more recent research has looked at the controversies surrounding biofuels and at potential valorisation pathways for urban waste streams.

Marco Capasso is a Senior Researcher at NIFU. He has worked in the scientific fields of econometrics, economic geography and economics of innovation, and his research has been published in a wide variety of scientific journals, including Industrial and Corporate Change, International Statistical Review, Regional Studies and Small Business Economics. He is currently participating in the projects ＂Sustainable path creation for innovative value chains for organic waste products＂, funded by the Research Council of Norway, and ＂Where does the green economy grow? The geography of Nordic sustainability transitions＂, funded by the Nordic Green Growth Research and Innovation Programme.