Biodigital technologies and the bioeconomy: the global new green deal?

Peters, M.A, Jandrić, P and Hayes, S ORCID: 0000-0001-8633-0155 (2022) 'Biodigital technologies and the bioeconomy: the global new green deal?' In: Peters, M.A, Jandrić, P and Hayes, S, eds. Bioinformational philosophy and postdigital knowledge ecologies. Springer, Cham, pp. 99-111. ISBN 9783030950057

Abstract

This chapter explores the co-incidence of Europe, US and China new green deal policies, together with the international cooperation of many nations, and argus that it seems like a promising intersection of national and global intentions. It introduces the scientific backdrop of these policies, and various biodigital convergences. Based on a range of policy documents, the chapter looks into the emergence of bioeconomy and describes its main features. The conclusion indicates that biodigital convergence and its various implications from biotechnology to bioeconomy seem to promise a Copernican shift in our current way of life. Historicizing this historical shift and comparing it to predictions of a similar magnitude were expected from other technologies, however, it advocates caution. The world is still not in the age of bioeconomy, yet the first signs of the new age of bioeconomy are all around us. Bioeconomy is of great importance for new green deal initiatives, and it is crucial to develop bioeconomy towards a new green age that at last takes sustainability seriously.

Item Type:	Book Chapter or Section
Keywords:	biodigitalism, bioinformationalism, biopolitics, bioeconomy, postdigital, convergence, knowledge ecology, technoscience, new green deal
Divisions:	School of Education
Date Deposited:	23 Jul 2023 16:25
Last Modified:	23 Jul 2023 16:25
URI / Page ID:	https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/15513

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