{"id":3910,"date":"2026-06-04T22:55:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T20:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/sustain\/?p=3910"},"modified":"2026-06-04T22:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T20:56:12","slug":"call-for-papers-seeds-annual-conference-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/sustain\/call-for-papers-seeds-annual-conference-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Papers \u2013 SEEDS Annual Conference 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-3911 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/wordpress\/sustain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/header.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/wordpress\/sustain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/header-980x513.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/wordpress\/sustain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/header-480x251.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The SEEDS Annual Conference 2026, hosted by the University of Ferrara in collaboration with the European Horizon project BioFairNet, will take place from\u00a0<strong>2 to 4 December 2026<\/strong>\u00a0in Ferrara, Italy.<\/p>\n<p>The conference will explore the role of the\u00a0<strong>Circular Economy<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0<strong>Bioeconomy<\/strong>\u00a0in addressing climate change and supporting Europe\u2019s transition towards sustainability. Bringing together academics, researchers, PhD candidates, practitioners, and stakeholders from a wide range of disciplines, the event aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and advance research on sustainability-related challenges and opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcda<strong>\u00a0Conference Themes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Contributions are invited on topics including, but not limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Circular Economy and climate change mitigation;<\/li>\n<li>Bioeconomy and the substitution of non-renewable resources with renewable alternatives;<\/li>\n<li>Renewable energy generation and its environmental impacts;<\/li>\n<li>Waste management, prevention, reuse, recycling, and resource recovery;<\/li>\n<li>Efficiency and cooperation across production and value chains;<\/li>\n<li>Innovation and sustainability transitions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The conference welcomes submissions employing qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods approaches.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcc5<strong>\u00a0Important Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Abstract submission deadline:<\/strong>\u00a025 June 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>Notification of acceptance:<\/strong>\u00a021 July 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2728<strong>\u00a0Additional Events<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alongside the main conference, participants will have the opportunity to attend:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An\u00a0<strong>Early &amp; Emerging Researchers Workshop<\/strong>, designed to support PhD candidates and early-career researchers through feedback and networking opportunities;<\/li>\n<li>A workshop on\u00a0<strong>Engineering Design, Artificial Intelligence, and Circular Economy<\/strong>, focusing on innovative technological solutions for sustainability and resource efficiency;<\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0<strong>Networking Aperitif<\/strong>, bringing together researchers, industry representatives, policymakers, and other stakeholders to encourage collaboration and knowledge exchange.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/wordpress\/sustain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BIOFAIRNET-Call-for-Paper-Annual-SEEDS-Conference-2026_compressed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View full event details (PDF)<\/a>\u2197\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>We welcome contributions from scholars and practitioners interested in advancing research and practice in sustainability, circular economy, and bioeconomy transitions.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to welcoming participants to Ferrara for an engaging and interdisciplinary exchange of ideas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SEEDS Annual Conference 2026, hosted by the University of Ferrara in collaboration with the European Horizon project BioFairNet, will take place from\u00a02 to 4 December 2026\u00a0in Ferrara, Italy. The conference will explore the role of the\u00a0Circular Economy\u00a0and the\u00a0Bioeconomy\u00a0in addressing climate change and supporting Europe\u2019s transition towards sustainability. Bringing together academics, researchers, PhD candidates, practitioners, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/sustain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3910"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/sustain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/sustain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/sustain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/sustain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3910"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/sustain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3913,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/sustain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3910\/revisions\/3913"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/sustain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/sustain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/sustain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/sustain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}