Contributors xiii
Linn Meidell Dybdahl works at the Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education (NIFU). Her research interest is innovation
towards a more sustainable society, both on an organisational and systemic
level. She is particularly interested in sustainable business model innovation
and sustainability transitions. In addition, Dybdahl is engaged in the field
of responsible research and innovation, promoting inclusive, reflexive and
responsive research designs, to co- produce knowledge that can solve the
grand challenges of our times. Her educational background is interdisciplinary, including training in innovation, entrepreneurship, communication,
project management and psychology.
Arne Martin Fevolden is a Senior Researcher at the Nordic Institute for
Studies in Innovation, Research and Education (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.
Jay Sterling Gregg is a Senior Researcher at the Technical University of
Denmark within the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Programme. He has researched and published on a wide range of topics within
global climate change and sustainable development, including land use,
bioenergy, biogeochemical cycles, forest management and waste- toenergy. He was responsible for developing a model for the regional and
global potential for agricultural residues, including the ecological effects of
different residue harvest rates, which was implemented into the Global
Change (integrated) Assessment Model (GCAM).
Teis Hansen is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Human Geography,
Lund University, and Senior Researcher at the Nordic Institute for Studies
in Innovation, Research and Education (NIFU) in Oslo. He has core
research expertise in innovation in the bioeconomy and the role of
geography in sustainability transition processes. He currently leads a
C2.2 million project on regional green growth in the Nordic countries.
Maaike Karlijn Happel is a PhD Researcher at Wageningen University in
the Netherlands. She has a background in Anthropology and Agricultural
Sciences. She has been a Research Assistant at the Climate Change and
Sustainable Development Group of the Danish Technical University,
where she researched sustainable value chains within the Nordic brewery
industry as part of the SusValueWaste project. She is currently working on
the socio- ecological modelling of circular agriculture and sustainable soil
practices in the Netherlands via the SINCERE project in collaboration
with Leiden University. Through agent- based modelling and social
network analysis, she aims to map farmers’ drivers, risk attitudes and social
Linn Meidell Dybdahl works at the Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education (NIFU). Her research interest is innovation
towards a more sustainable society, both on an organisational and systemic
level. She is particularly interested in sustainable business model innovation
and sustainability transitions. In addition, Dybdahl is engaged in the field
of responsible research and innovation, promoting inclusive, reflexive and
responsive research designs, to co- produce knowledge that can solve the
grand challenges of our times. Her educational background is interdisciplinary, including training in innovation, entrepreneurship, communication,
project management and psychology.
Arne Martin Fevolden is a Senior Researcher at the Nordic Institute for
Studies in Innovation, Research and Education (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.
Jay Sterling Gregg is a Senior Researcher at the Technical University of
Denmark within the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Programme. He has researched and published on a wide range of topics within
global climate change and sustainable development, including land use,
bioenergy, biogeochemical cycles, forest management and waste- toenergy. He was responsible for developing a model for the regional and
global potential for agricultural residues, including the ecological effects of
different residue harvest rates, which was implemented into the Global
Change (integrated) Assessment Model (GCAM).
Teis Hansen is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Human Geography,
Lund University, and Senior Researcher at the Nordic Institute for Studies
in Innovation, Research and Education (NIFU) in Oslo. He has core
research expertise in innovation in the bioeconomy and the role of
geography in sustainability transition processes. He currently leads a
C2.2 million project on regional green growth in the Nordic countries.
Maaike Karlijn Happel is a PhD Researcher at Wageningen University in
the Netherlands. She has a background in Anthropology and Agricultural
Sciences. She has been a Research Assistant at the Climate Change and
Sustainable Development Group of the Danish Technical University,
where she researched sustainable value chains within the Nordic brewery
industry as part of the SusValueWaste project. She is currently working on
the socio- ecological modelling of circular agriculture and sustainable soil
practices in the Netherlands via the SINCERE project in collaboration
with Leiden University. Through agent- based modelling and social
network analysis, she aims to map farmers’ drivers, risk attitudes and social