In this edited volume, scientists from different disciplines discuss modern biotechnological processes and a knowledge-based bioeconomy. The authors base their arguments on ecological, economic, legal, social and ethical aspects. Moreover, they explore the opportunities, risks, and challenges of bioeconomic concepts and biotechnologies in many subject areas. The chapters consider land use, nature and environment, nutrition, technology and governance, energy, economy, law and regulation, as well as ethics. A special focus should be on new technologies and how they can be used, without compromising the ambitious goal of creating a more sustainable, but also fair world.

To do justice to this broad array of topics, the editors frame all topics in overarching introductions and close the volume with final conclusions. Thereby this volume offers data and critical thoughts for any member of a Bioeconomy – be it from academia, the industry or public regulation.

1. Scientific Introduction [working title] (Ulrich Schurr)

2. Ethical Introduction [working title] (Dirk Lanzerath)

Part II: Energy and Land Use

3. “Global Shifting Agriculture” and Bioeconomy: Challenges for the Sustainable Use of Global Land Resources (Jan Börner)

4. Sustainable Resources – From Plants to Products (Ralf Pude, C. Wever, T. Kraska)

Part III: Nutrition and Food Ethics

6. Bioeconomy and Food Security: Moral Conflicts due to Climate Change and Population Growth (Patrick Hohlwegler)

7. Acceptance of Insects and In-Vitro-Meat as Sustainable Meat Substitute in Germany – In Search of Decisive Food-Psychological Influences (Florian Fiebelkorn, Jacqueline Dupont, Patrik Lammers)

Part IV: Technology and Governance

8. Characteristics of Innovation in Bioeconomy (Max Mittenzwei)

9. Spatial Implications of the Leitmotif Shift from Biotechnology to Bioeconomy (Leonard Prochaska, Daniel Schiller)

10. Problem Structures of the Bioenergy Policy in the Power and Heating Sectors (Katrin Beer)

11. The Bioeconomy Transformation in the German Rheinische Revier – Stakeholders and Discourses in Media Coverage (Sandra Venghaus, Sophia Dieken, Maria Belka)

Part V: Regulation and Economics

12. Bioeconomy and Genome Editing – Germany and the Netherlands in Comparison (Robin Siebert, Christian Herzig, Marc Birringer)

13. Monitoring and Measuring Bioeconomy (Maximilian Kardung)

14. Resource Sufficiency in a Sustainable Bioeconomy: A Predator-Prey Perspective (Lioudmila Chatalova)

15. Biotechnology and Law [working title] (Julian Kinderlerer)

16. Economics of Bioeconomy [working title] (Justus Wesseler)

Part VI: Normativity and Ethics

17. Bioeconomy and Ethics (Bart Gremmen)

18. Bioeconomy: An Environmental-Ethical Perspective (Marion Stahl)

19. Conditions of an Ethically Responsible and Sustainable Bioeconomy Based on the Responsibility Ethics of Hans Jonas (Jana Schoop)

20. Bioeconomy as a Normative Concept of Resilience – Challenges and Chances (Sebastian Lenze)

Part VII: Conclusions and Outlook

21. Bioeconomy: Challenges and Conflicts from an Interdisciplinary Perspective [working title] (Mandy Stake)

22. Bioeconomy: Challenges and Conflicts from a Philosophical, Socio-Political and Ethical Perspective [working title] (Christina Pinsdorf)