What does it take for a country to build a sustainable bioeconomy? Natural resources, innovative entrepreneurs, strong institutions — or a new vision of growth itself?
This talk explores Türkiye’s emerging bioeconomy landscape at the intersection of sustainability, innovation, entrepreneurship, and policy. Positioned between Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, Türkiye represents both significant potential and major coordination challenges in the transition toward a greener future.
Rather than treating the bioeconomy as only an environmental or technical issue, the session approaches it as a broader transformation challenge shaped by governance, industry, agriculture, and international cooperation. It also discusses how stronger collaboration with the EU could accelerate this transition and help build a more resilient and innovation-driven ecosystem.
Elif Nuroğlu is a Professor at Turkish-German University whose research bridges international trade, innovation, sustainability, and regional development. Her earlier academic work focused extensively on the gravity model of international trade, bilateral trade flows, econometric modeling, and forecasting methods, particularly in the context of EU–Türkiye economic relations. Her doctoral research at the University of Vienna examined dynamic gravity models and trade flow analysis using advanced panel data techniques and neural networks. In recent years, her work has increasingly focused on innovation ecosystems, sustainability transitions, and the development of the bioeconomy in Türkiye. Combining perspectives from economics, policy, and social transformation, her research explores how countries can build resilient and innovation-driven development models in times of global uncertainty.
