• Green growth – a synthesis of scientific findings 

      Capasso, Marco; Hansen, Teis; Heiberg, Jonas; Klitkou, Antje; Steen, Markus (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-02)
      Governments in countries across the world increasingly adopt the “green growth” discourse to underline their ambition for the greening of their economies. The central tenet of this narrative is the economic opportunities ...
    • Innovation in the bioeconomy – dynamics of biorefinery innovation networks 

      Bauer, Fredric; Hansen, Teis; Hellsmark, Hans (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      The bioeconomy has become a central concept in many strategies for future economic development, emphasising an increasing need for collaboration across industries and sectors for innovation. This paper unpacks aspects of ...
    • New path development for forest-based value creation in Norway 

      Klitkou, Antje; Capasso, Marco; Hansen, Teis; Szulecka, Julia (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      This chapter focuses on path development in the forest-based industries of Norway, based on the valorisation of side-streams and residues. Forest-based value creation is one of the main avenues for the emerging bioeconomy ...
    • Path creation in Nordic energy and road transport systems – The role of technological characteristics 

      Hansen, Teis; Scordato, Lisa; Wessberg, Nina; Klitkou, Antje; Borup, Mads (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      This paper reviews path-creation processes in road transport systems in the Nordic countries: e-mobility in Denmark, hydrogen and fuel-cell electrical vehicles in Norway, and advanced biofuels in Finland and Sweden. The ...
    • Proximity and power in collaborative innovation projects 

      Hansen, Teis; Mattes, Jannika (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Proximity and power in collaborative innovation projects. Regional Studies. The proximity literature has so far paid little attention to power relations in collaborative innovation projects. This paper draws on contributions ...
    • Technological innovation systems for biorefineries: a review of the literature 

      Bauer, Fredric; Coenen, Lars; Hansen, Teis; McCormick, Kes; Palgan, Yuliya Voytenko (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The concept of a bioeconomy can be understood as an economy where the basic building blocks for materials, chemicals, and energy are derived from renewable biological resources. Biorefineries are considered an integral ...
    • The role of lock-in mechanisms in transition processes: the case of energy for road transport 

      Klitkou, Antje; Bolwig, Simon; Hansen, Teis; Wessberg, Nina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      This paper revisits the theoretical concepts of lock-in mechanisms to analyse transitionprocesses in energy production and road transportation in the Nordic countries, focussingon three technology platforms: advanced ...
    • The role of trials and demonstration projects in the development of a sustainable bioeconomy 

      Fevolden, Arne Martin; Coenen, Lars; Hansen, Teis; Klitkou, Antje (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      This article provides an overview of the literature on demonstration projects and trials, and accounts for how insights drawn from this literature can contribute to the development of a sustainable bioeconomy. The article ...
    • Theoretical perspectives on innovation for waste valorisation in the bioeconomy 

      Bugge, Markus; Bolwig, Simon; Hansen, Teis; Tanner, Anne Nygaard (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      This book is anchored in a systemic and evolutionary understanding of how society evolves through technological development and innovation that are socially embedded and conditioned by actors, networks and institutions. ...
    • Understanding conditions for path development after path exhaustion 

      Klitkou, Antje; Capasso, Marco; Hansen, Teis (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      This paper focuses on path development processes after a sudden path exhaustion. We analyse the decline, the closure and the attempts at the re-orientation of a forestry-based industry agglomeration in Southern Norway, ...
    • Value Chain Structures that Define European Cellulosic Ethanol Production 

      Gregg, Jay Sterling; Bolwig, Simon; Hansen, Teis; Solér, Ola; Amer-Allam, Sara Ben; Viladecans, Julia Pladevall; Klitkou, Antje; Fevolden, Arne Martin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Production of cellulosic ethanol (CE) has not yet reached the scale envisaged by the literature and industry. This study explores CE production in Europe to improve understanding of the motivations and barriers associated ...
    • What is the bioeconomy? 

      Bugge, Markus; Hansen, Teis; Klitkou, Antje (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      The notion of grand challenges has over the last decade emerged as a central issue in policymaking and – increasingly – academia. In a European context, the Lund Declaration [1] stressed the urgency of pursuing solutions ...
    • What is the bioeconomy? A review of the literature 

      Bugge, Markus; Hansen, Teis; Klitkou, Antje (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      The notion of the bioeconomy has gained importance in both research and policy debates over the last decade, and is frequently argued to be a key part of the solution to multiple grand challenges. Despite this, there seems ...