“Teaching the bioeconomy – shaping the future”: The winning team of the TransBIB Challenge has been announced

How can the bioeconomy be communicated in a way that makes it understandable, practical and accessible to different target groups? This was the question addressed by the ‘Teaching the Bioeconomy – Shaping the Future’ challenge. The winning team has now been announced: the German Biomass Research Centre (DBFZ) in Leipzig impressed the expert jury with its concept for an innovative course on the bioeconomy.

The challenge was developed as part of the TransBIB project by the University of Greifswald in collaboration with the Vorpommern-Greifswald Adult Education Centre. The aim was to identify new approaches to adult education and to raise awareness of bioeconomic issues more widely across society.

The call sought creative yet practical themes and formats that would convey the bioeconomic transformation of the economy and society in a way that is understandable, motivating and relevant to everyday life. The call was aimed at students and experts specialising in fields such as the bioeconomy, sustainability, pedagogy, didactics and adult education.

DBFZ impresses with its practice-oriented approach to the curriculum

From the entries submitted, a jury selected the concept put forward by the team from the German Biomass Research Centre (DBFZ) in Leipzig .

The submitted curriculum approach was particularly impressive due to its clarity, practical relevance and focus on the target audience. The concept thus meets key requirements of the Challenge: knowledge should not only be conveyed in a academically sound manner, but should also be accessible to different target groups within adult education. With the selection of the winning team, the next phase now begins. Over the coming months, the DBFZ and the Vorpommern-Greifswald Adult Education Centre will jointly further develop the curriculum for the bioeconomy course series.

Spreading knowledge of the bioeconomy

The planned series of courses will turn the award-winning concept into a concrete educational programme. In this way, the Challenge is providing impetus for teaching the bioeconomy in adult education – and helping to make the subject accessible beyond the worlds of academia and specialist circles.

We congratulate the team at the German Biomass Research Centre and look forward to seeing the teaching concept developed further.