On February 22 and 23, the international conference "Bioeconomy Policies, Actors, and Transformations: Achievements, Challenges, and Recommendations" took place in Berlin. ZIN junior scholars Victoria Hasenkamp and Wiebke Walleck presented results from the research project BIOCIVIS to an international audience in their lecture "Participation in the bioeconomy: How to involve citizens in the discussion on complex technological issues?", which was followed by a lively discussion. The discussion revolved around the actual influence of participation formats on political processes as well as around the possibilities and limits of including "everyday knowledge" of citizens in the technically complex bioeconomy, among other things.

The interdisciplinary project BIOCIVIS is led by ZIN members Professor Doris Fuchs and Professor Bodo Philipp. You can learn more about the project here.