On Wednesday 10 December Ana Carolina Mendes dos Santos will defend her PhD thesis titled BEYOND COMMODITIES: THE ROLE OF SOCIOBIODIVERSITY CHAINS IN BRAZIL’S BIOECONOMY at the UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE MINAS GERAIS (UFMG). The thesis of Ana is about the needs, challenges and opportunities of building a sociobiodiversity-based bioeconomy in (specific regions in) Brazil.
As part of her PhD, Ana came for 4 months to Avans UAS in The Netherlands to compare bioeconomy transition processes in The Netherlands with the processes in Brazil to discover opportunities for mutual learning. During her stay she interviewed several governmental organisations and companies about their experiences with transition towards a bioeconomy. The PhD exchange was part of the Living Lab Biobased Brazil. Initiated by Professor Sónia Maria Carvalho Ribeiro (UFMG) and Professor Jappe de Best (Avans UAS) and financed by a scholarship from CAPES.
We wish Ana good luck with her PhD defence on 10 December and are convinced that she will have a good outcome.
Are you a PhD student at one of the partner universities of the Living Lab Biobased Brazil and interested in an exchange? Feel free to contact us so we can look into the possibilities.
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