A partnership to engineer biology for healthcare, a circular economy collaboration and a digital health initiative from the University of Edinburgh have been named finalists in the Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2023.
The circular economy is a positive framework for addressing economic, environmental, and social challenges - particularly in the context of so much turmoil and uncertainty around the world at the current time. Among other things, the Covid-19 pandemic and on-going conflict in Ukraine serve to highlight the interconnectedness of global events with the health and resilience of our economy, of nature and of humankind.
Informatics PhD student Jonathan Feldstein, founder of Bennu.ai, was one of three winners at the new Net Zero EDGE award presented at COP26 by Scottish EDGE, the UK’s biggest funding competition for high growth potential businesses.
Food and drink manufacturing waste and by-products have the potential to power a circularised bioeconomy, whilst also relieving tensions in the food-versus-fuel debate and supporting efforts to achieve targets in climate change, sustainability and food security, argues Professor Louise Horsfall.
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