TY  - JOUR
AU  - Dieken, Sophia
AU  - Venghaus, Sandra
TI  - Potential pathways to the German Bioeconomy: A media discourse analysis of public perceptions
JO  - Sustainability
VL  - 12
IS  - 19
SN  - 2071-1050
CY  - Basel
PB  - MDPI
M1  - FZJ-2020-03194
SP  - 7987 -
PY  - 2020
AB  - The bioeconomy has emerged as a popular, but ambiguous vision for a sustainable future. Its implementation depends not only on novel products and production processes, but also on balancing diverse interests, values, and interpretations of the concept. The German government’s plan to develop a sustainable bioeconomy in response to structural change in the lignite mining regions provides a unique opportunity to investigate what pathways towards the bioeconomy are supported by society. In order to characterize bioeconomy visions prevalent in public perception, we conducted a computer-assisted, mixed-methods discourse analysis of German-language newspaper articles published between 2010 and 2019. Results show that a techno-economic vision is dominant over ecological and social aspects, suggesting only one clear pathway to the German bioeconomy, which is increasingly criticized in the public debate.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000586546500001
DO  - DOI:10.3390/su12197987
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/884693
ER  -