The junior research group participated in the 17th Symposium on Economic Geography at Schloss Rauischholzhausen, gaining insights into current research developments in economic geography through numerous presentations.

The Office for Sustainability at Justus Liebig University Giessen presents the work of the TRABBI research group in a new research reel. In the video, project leader Dr. Sebastian Losacker and his team explain the main objectives of the project and emphasize the importance of sustainability as a guiding principle of their research.

On April 1, 2025, Linda Lütkes joined the TRABBI team as a research associate. As part of the research project, she will focus on the transition to a sustainable bioeconomy in India. This work is also part of her PhD project in this field.

As part of the Research Talk at CIRCLE – Center for Innovation Research – Dr. Sebastian Losacker presented initial findings from the joint working paper "A geolocated dataset of German news articles." In his talk, he demonstrated how newspaper articles can provide real-time insights into public debates and societal trends, and how large language models are opening new avenues in social science research.

Dr. Sebastian Losacker visited the NEOMA Business School in Reims, France, as part of his collaboration with Nicolas Befort (Bioeconomy Chair).

Charlotte Lobensteiner participated in the PhD School "Systems, Theories, Policies, and Practices: An Introductory PhD Course in Sustainability Transitions Research", organized by Chalmers University of Technology with support from the Sustainability Transitions Research Network (STRN).

On December 5, 2024, Dr. Sebastian Losacker presented current research at Stravanger University entitled "A geolocated dataset of German news articles."

The junior research group participated in an event organised by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to mark the tenth anniversary of the funding programme "Bioeconomy as Societal Change". Dr Sebastian Losacker presented an overview of the current progress and first publications of the TRABBI project, which is funded by this programme. In addition, the group showcased their research in four poster presentations.

At the 39th annual meeting of the Industrial Geography Working Group (AK Industriegeographie) in Wiesbaden-Naurod, the junior research group presented recent research results.

On November 7, Dr. Sebastian Losacker followed the invitation of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to take part in a panel discussion on "Careers in Science" at the event "Future Perspectives in the Bioeconomy".