One of five areas of research and development (R&D) at Novia UAS is Bioeconomy, which is based at Campus Raseborg. The Bioeconomy focus area is divided in two major parts; the Bioeconomy Research Team and a conglomerate of applied research projects.

Goodbye Aronia, hello Bioeconomy Research Team

When the tenure of the research institute Aronia terminated at the end of 2015, the Aronia Coastal Research Team with most of its members resurrected as the Novia bioeconomy Research Team (NBRT) in 2016. The team and its associated members address many topics at the interface between fundamental ecological research and ecosystem management. Having a solid foundation in basic research, the senior researchers and their group members aim at producing high-quality results relevant for policy-and decision-making. Moreover, the team members are now more than ever involved in Novia teaching as well as outreach to the general public. In the first section of this report, we present the team members and their activities.

A multitude of applied R&D projects

While the NBRT mainly deals with basic science, the second part of the research and development activities in Bioeconomy is the many shorter and longer applied research projects. Some of the ongoing projects are presented in the second part this report.