Innovation

Boosting the bioeconomy in the Baltic Sea region

Feature / SEI Tallinn and partners kick off a project to build bioeconomy clusters in rural areas of the region.

Cost share-induced technological change and Kaldor’s stylized facts

Journal article / This paper presents a theory of induced technological change in which firms pursue a random, local, and bounded search for productivity-enhancing innovations.

A bridging framework for studying transition pathways: from systems models to local action in the Swedish heating domain

Journal article / Swedish case study: how do we model energy transitions to capture the technical, social, political and quantitative dimensions?

COASTAL

Project / COASTAL (Collaborative lAnd Sea inTegration pLatform) improves coastal-rural synergy to foster rural and coastal development while preserving the environment.

Governing climate change: polycentricity in action?

Other publication / This book offers the first systematic test of the ability of polycentric thinking to explain and enhance societal attempts to govern climate change.

Low-emission steel production: decarbonizing heavy industry

Perspective / Can we avoid creating carbon dioxide as a by-product of steel? This is the aim of HYBRIT – the ambitious project to transform the steel production process.

Winners in the EU innovation challenge selected

Press release / The winners of the BONUS RETURN innovation challenge are Aquacare in the Netherlands, TerraNova in Germany, and Ravita in Finland.

Moving towards a circular economy in Asia: Connecting the city with the farm

Perspective / Asia Pacific urbanisation has led to increasing waste and emissions and natural capital degradation. A circular economy can address these growing hazards.

What have we learned applying the SDG interactions framework?

Perspective / SEI and UNDP have started testing the SDG interactions framework in Sri Lanka and Mongolia. What have we learned so far?