xviii Acknowledgements
such as Pål Børjesson from LTH and Ole jørgen Hanssen from østfold
Research for Chapter 14 on life cycle assessment, Bjørn Langerud from
NIBIO for Chapter 4 on new path development for forest- based value creation in Norway and Ragnar Tveterås from the University of Stavanger for
Chapter 8 on new pathways for organic waste in land- based farming of
salmon.
Especially we would like to thank the members of our reference group
who accompanied our project with good advice and encouragement
throughout its development. We would like to thank Marit Aursand from
Sintef Ocean in Trondheim, Lars Coenen, Professor at the University of
Melbourne, Australia, Gunnar Grini and Marit Holtermann Foss from the
Federation of Norwegian Industries, Kari Kolstad, now Dean at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, before working at the Norwegian Agriculture Authority, and Odd jarle Skjelhaugen, Professor at the Norwegian
University of Life Sciences.
Our project was based on collaboration with many companies and public
actors engaged in different parts of the bioeconomy. Our thanks go to all of
them, but especially we would like to thank the companies which were most
central in our case studies. The order here is based on the order of the chapters: Treklyngen, Borregaard AS, Norske Skog Skogn, Biokraft AS, Oslo
REN, Oslo Waste- to-Energy Agency, Lindum AS, Carlsberg Group, Danish
Crown A/S, Norilia AS, Nortura AS, TINE AS and Arla Foods A/S. In
addition, there should be mentioned many companies which have been interviewed, for example for the brewery chapter and the aquaculture chapter,
and which are not named here specifically. We also would like to thank all
the representatives from public agencies and public administration, such as
Trond Einar Pedersen and Gudrun Langthaler (Research Council of
Norway), Geir Oddson (Nordic Council of Ministers), Peter De Smedt
(European Commission) and Thomas Malla (Ministry of Trade, Industry and
Fisheries), and representatives of stakeholder organisations, such as Avfall
Norge (Norwegian waste management and recycling association), the Norwegian Forestry Owner Association, Tekna – The Norwegian Society of
Graduate Technical and Scientific Professionals, and the Federation of Norwegian Industries, who participated in our workshops and seminars and
enriched our research with their comments and suggestions.
Our project interacted actively with other projects on the bioeconomy,
such as the CYCLE project coordinated by SINTEF, the BioSmart project
coordinated by Ruralis and the Bioeconomy- Region Interreg project coordinated by the Akerhus County Council, and the somehow broader Nordic
project GONST – The Geography of Nordic Sustainability Transitions
coordinated by Lund University. Our discussions with the participants in
those projects were very inspiring. Special thanks go to Marit Aursand, Hilde
Bjørkhaug and Monika Svanberg. We also want to thank our many international guests at our seminars, workshops and conferences, such as Rick
Bosman from TU Delft in the Netherlands, Lea Fünfschilling from Lund
such as Pål Børjesson from LTH and Ole jørgen Hanssen from østfold
Research for Chapter 14 on life cycle assessment, Bjørn Langerud from
NIBIO for Chapter 4 on new path development for forest- based value creation in Norway and Ragnar Tveterås from the University of Stavanger for
Chapter 8 on new pathways for organic waste in land- based farming of
salmon.
Especially we would like to thank the members of our reference group
who accompanied our project with good advice and encouragement
throughout its development. We would like to thank Marit Aursand from
Sintef Ocean in Trondheim, Lars Coenen, Professor at the University of
Melbourne, Australia, Gunnar Grini and Marit Holtermann Foss from the
Federation of Norwegian Industries, Kari Kolstad, now Dean at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, before working at the Norwegian Agriculture Authority, and Odd jarle Skjelhaugen, Professor at the Norwegian
University of Life Sciences.
Our project was based on collaboration with many companies and public
actors engaged in different parts of the bioeconomy. Our thanks go to all of
them, but especially we would like to thank the companies which were most
central in our case studies. The order here is based on the order of the chapters: Treklyngen, Borregaard AS, Norske Skog Skogn, Biokraft AS, Oslo
REN, Oslo Waste- to-Energy Agency, Lindum AS, Carlsberg Group, Danish
Crown A/S, Norilia AS, Nortura AS, TINE AS and Arla Foods A/S. In
addition, there should be mentioned many companies which have been interviewed, for example for the brewery chapter and the aquaculture chapter,
and which are not named here specifically. We also would like to thank all
the representatives from public agencies and public administration, such as
Trond Einar Pedersen and Gudrun Langthaler (Research Council of
Norway), Geir Oddson (Nordic Council of Ministers), Peter De Smedt
(European Commission) and Thomas Malla (Ministry of Trade, Industry and
Fisheries), and representatives of stakeholder organisations, such as Avfall
Norge (Norwegian waste management and recycling association), the Norwegian Forestry Owner Association, Tekna – The Norwegian Society of
Graduate Technical and Scientific Professionals, and the Federation of Norwegian Industries, who participated in our workshops and seminars and
enriched our research with their comments and suggestions.
Our project interacted actively with other projects on the bioeconomy,
such as the CYCLE project coordinated by SINTEF, the BioSmart project
coordinated by Ruralis and the Bioeconomy- Region Interreg project coordinated by the Akerhus County Council, and the somehow broader Nordic
project GONST – The Geography of Nordic Sustainability Transitions
coordinated by Lund University. Our discussions with the participants in
those projects were very inspiring. Special thanks go to Marit Aursand, Hilde
Bjørkhaug and Monika Svanberg. We also want to thank our many international guests at our seminars, workshops and conferences, such as Rick
Bosman from TU Delft in the Netherlands, Lea Fünfschilling from Lund