![](https://neoma-bs.com/sites/default/files/uploaded_images/profs-neoma_0.png)# BEFORT Nicolas { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://neoma-bs.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "BEFORT\u0020Nicolas", "item": "https://neoma-bs.com/node/8533.md" } ] } - [Home](https://neoma-bs.com/) - BEFORT Nicolas ![](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/uploaded_images/photos_academ/3328-befort-nicolas.jpg?itok=uY-6zWAE)BEFORT Nicolas Full Professor - About - Academic publications [Finance](https://neoma-bs.com/departements/finance) PhD, Management, Economics Nicolas holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Reims Champagne Ardenne. His teaching at NEOMA BS focuses on the economics of ecological transition and the development of new sustainable practices. His research work, at the crossroads of ecological economics, institutional economics, innovation economics and transition studies, aims at characterizing the formation of new economic spaces or the transformation of existing spaces in the face of ecological transition. To this end, he studies the bioeconomy, the circular economy and the development of sustainable forms of agriculture. His research has been published in journals such as Ecological Economics and Technological Forecasting and Social Change. At NEOMA Business School, Nicolas is the head of the Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development Chair. ### Areas of research - Innovation - Bioeconomy - Ecological transition - Institutional change ## Recent academic contributions AYRAPETYAN, D., N. BEFORT, F. HERMANS, "From local markets to global legitimacy: A materialization perspective on technological innovation system's dynamics", *Research Policy*, January 2025, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 105130 DOI : [ 10.1016/j.respol.2024.105130 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2024.105130) LHUILLERY, S., N. BEFORT, S. ATMANE, "Biotechnology or bioeconomy: Six of one and half a dozen of the other?", *Ecological Economics*, March 2025, vol. 229, pp. 108470 DOI : [ 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108470 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108470) AYOUB, M., N. BEFORT, M. MATT, "From Niches to Global Value Chains: The Role of Firms' Collaborative Strategies in the Bioeconomy", *Business Strategy and the Environment*, February 2025, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 2571-2588 DOI : [ 10.1002/bse.4107 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bse.4107) ## Publications AYRAPETYAN, D., N. BEFORT, F. HERMANS, "From local markets to global legitimacy: A materialization perspective on technological innovation system's dynamics", *Research Policy*, January 2025, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 105130 DOI : [ 10.1016/j.respol.2024.105130 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2024.105130) LHUILLERY, S., N. BEFORT, S. ATMANE, "Biotechnology or bioeconomy: Six of one and half a dozen of the other?", *Ecological Economics*, March 2025, vol. 229, pp. 108470 DOI : [ 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108470 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108470) AYOUB, M., N. BEFORT, M. MATT, "From Niches to Global Value Chains: The Role of Firms' Collaborative Strategies in the Bioeconomy", *Business Strategy and the Environment*, February 2025, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 2571-2588 DOI : [ 10.1002/bse.4107 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bse.4107) BEFORT, N., M. AYOUB, M. MATT, "The role of dynamic capabilities in the development of eco-innovations", *Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry*, June 2025, vol. 53, pp. 101031 DOI : [ 10.1016/j.cogsc.2025.101031 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2025.101031) BEFORT, N., "Coming together over climate change", *Climate Change Review*, January 2023, pp. 16-18 GIURCA, A., N. BEFORT, "Deconstructing substitution narratives: The case of bioeconomy innovations from the forest-based sector", *Ecological Economics*, May 2023, vol. 207 DOI : [ 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2023.107753 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2023.107753) GROUIEZ, P., R. DEBREF, F. VIVIEN, N. BEFORT, "The complex relationships between non-food agriculture and the sustainable bioeconomy: The French case", *Ecological Economics*, December 2023, vol. 214, pp. 107974 DOI : [ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800923002379?via%3Dihub ](https://dx.doi.org/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800923002379?via%3Dihub) BEFORT, N., P. GROUIEZ, R. DEBREF, F. VIVIEN, "Les récits de la bioéconomie comme grille de lecture des tensions sur les transformations écologiques du capitalisme", *Revue de la régulation*, December 2023, vol. 2nd semester, no. 35 DOI : [ 10.4000/regulation.23106 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.4000/regulation.23106) BEFORT, N., "Les écoles de commerce doivent former de futurs dirigeants à l’économie soutenable de demain", *L'union*, July 2023 BEFORT, N., A. GIURCA, A. TAYLOR, "Exploring transformative policy imaginaries for a sustainable Post-COVID society", *Journal of Cleaner Production*, April 2022, no. 344 DOI : [ 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131053 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131053) AYRAPETYAN, D., N. BEFORT, F. HERMANS, "The role of sustainability in the emergence and evolution of bioeconomy clusters: An application of a multiscalar framework", *Journal of Cleaner Production*, November 2022, vol. 376 DOI : [ 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.134306 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.134306) BEFORT, N., "Opinion | Vers une Union européenne écologique ?", *Les Echos*, September 2022 BEFORT, N., "The sustainability agenda could be a rallying point for the EU", *Finance Derivative*, October 2022 BEFORT, N., "When green innovations become self-defeating", *The European Climate Change Review* , October 2022 BEFORT, N., "The EU is divided, climate action could provide unity", *Global Banking & Finance review*, November 2022 BEFORT, N., "The promises of drop-in vs. functional innovations: The case of bioplastics", *Ecological Economics*, March 2021, vol. 181 DOI : [ 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106886 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106886) BEFORT, N., "Going beyond definitions to understand tensions within the bioeconomy: The contribution of sociotechnical regimes to contested fields", *Technological Forecasting and Social Change*, April 2020, vol. 153, pp. 119923 DOI : [ 10.1016/j.techfore.2020.119923 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2020.119923) BEFORT, N., M. NIEDDU, "Bioéconomie?: un retour historique sur deux problématisations de l’usage des ressources renouvelables", *Nature Sciences Sociétés*, July 2020, vol. 28, no. 3-4, pp. 216-225 DOI : [ 10.1051/nss/2021011 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1051/nss/2021011) VIVIEN, F., M.NIEDDU, N.BEFORT, R.DEBREF, M.GIAMPIETRO, "The Hijacking of the Bioeconomy", *Ecological Economics*, May 2019, vol. 159, pp. 189-197 DOI : [ 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.01.027 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.01.027) BEFORT, N., F. DE FOUCHÉCOUR, A. DE ROUFFIGNAC, C. A. HOLT, M. LECLÈRE, T. LOTH, R. MOSCOVIZ, F. PION, J. -F. RUAULT, M. THIERRY, "Toward a European bioeconomic transition: is a soft shift enough to challenge hard socio-ecological issues?", *Nature Sciences Sociétés*, October 2019, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 438-444 DOI : [ 10.1051/nss/2020004 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1051/nss/2020004) BEFORT, N., M.NIEDDU, "De la variété des stratégies d’ancrage territorial des firmes en Chimie Doublement Verte", *Géographie Économie Société*, January 2017, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 133 - 152 DOI : [ 10.3166/ges.19.2017.0006 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.3166/ges.19.2017.0006) BEFORT, N., "Régulation, verrous technologiques et transition écologique : le cas des formaldéhydes", *Revue de la régulation*, November 2017, no. 22, pp. 1-29 BEFORT, N., "Lectures : BIRCH K (2017) Innovation, regional development and the life sciences – beyond clusters, Londres et New York, 147 p.", *Revue d’Économie Régionale & Urbaine*, October 2017, vol. Octobre, no. 4, pp. 733 DOI : [ 10.3917/reru.174.0733 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.3917/reru.174.0733) ## Others BEFORT, N. - "L’énergie, c’est un enjeu sociétal, Juliette Roger- citation-Ouest France" - 2021, Reims ## Chapters ANDRE, C., L. WIART, N. BEFORT, M. THENOT, "Institutionnalisation de l'économie sociale et solidaire et transition écologique : quel(s) jeu(x) d'influence? Chapitre 3" in *Fabriquer l'économie circulaire, Monographie d'un projet transmanche*., Blot, Domingo, Dormoy, Le Meec et Wiart Eds, Presse Universitaire du Septentrion, 2024 BEFORT, N., "Technological Lock-in" in *Dictionary of Ecological Economics - Terms for the New Millennium*., Brent M. Haddad, Professor of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz and Barry D. Solomon, Professor Emeritus of Geography and Environmental Policy, Michigan Technological University, US Eds, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023 MAGRINI, M., B., N. BEFORT, M. NIEDDU, "Chapter 24 - Technological Lock-In and Pathways for Crop Diversification in the Bio-Economy" in *Agro-Ecosystem Diversity: Reconciling Contemporary Agriculture and Environment Quality*., Lemaire, G., Carvalho, P., Kronberg, S., Recous, S. Eds, Editions Elsevier, 2018 LEVIDOW, L., M. NIEDDU, F. VIVIEN, N. BEFORT, "Transitions towards a European bioeconomy" in *Ecology, Capitalism and the New Agricultural Economy The Second Great Transformation*., Gilles Allaire, Benoit Daviron Eds, Routledge Academic, 2018 LEVIDOW, L., N.BEFORT, F., D.VIVIEN, "Transition du régime agroindustriel européen vers la bioéconomie : Life Sciences versus Agroécologie" in *Transformations agricoles et agroalimentaires Entre écologie et capitalisme*., Allaire, G., Daviron, B. Eds, Editions QUAE, pp. 167-180, 2017 BEFORT, N., "La présence d’une problématique d’ancrage territorial dans les publications scientifiques en chimie doublement verte" in *Ecologie Industrielle et Territoriale - COLEIT 2012*., Junqua, G., Brullot, S. Eds, Presse des Mines, pp. 269-306, 2015 ## Conferences BEFORT, N., "Towards a political economy of the ecological transition. The case of the bioeconomy" in *32nd EAEPE conference*, 2020 BEFORT, N., "The economics of promises in transition to sustainability: the case of bioplastics" in *The 10th International Sustainability Transitions conference - IST*, 2019, Ottawa, Canada BEFORT, N., M.MORALES, "A review of waste conceptualization – revealing the controversy regarding its commodification" in *13th International Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics*, 2019, Turku, Finland MORALES, M. E., N.BEFORT, "Symbiose industrielle et urbaine, une stratégie innovant pour la Bioéconomie. Le cas de la Bioraffinerie de Pomacle-Bezancourt" in *Journee d'Etude Immobilier durable: de la ville d'aujourd'hui a la cité de demain*, 2019 BEFORT, N., F.DE SALIVET DE FOUCHÉCOUR, A.DE ROUFFIGNAC, C. A.HOLT, M.LECLERE, T.LOTH, R.MOSCOVIZ, F.PION, J.-F.RUAULT, M.THIERRY, "Toward a European Bioeconomic Transition: Is a Soft Shift Enough to Challenge Hard Socio-ecological Issues?. Youth scientist panel Position Paper - YSPPP - bioeconomy" in *European Workshop on Bioeconomy*, 2017, Paris DOI : [ 10.15454/1.5087523122132947E12 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.15454/1.5087523122132947E12) BEFORT, N., M.NIEDDU, "The diversity of business models in doubly green chemistry" in *10th International Conference Renewable Resources and Biorefineries*, 2014, Valladolid, Spain RASCHKA, A., N.BEFORT, B.DOMMERMUTH, "Techno-economic evaluation of BIOFOAMBARK" in *4th Biofoambark Meeting*, 2014, Freiburg, Germany BEFORT, N., "La construction des identités en Chimie Doublement Verte" in *L’école d’été du Réseau de Recherche sur l’Innovation*, 2013, Belfort, France BEFORT, N., M.NIEDDU, "Comment se construisent les filières territorialisées de la Chimie Doublement Verte ? De l’hétérogénéité des stratégies d’ancrage territorial des firmes" in *50ème colloque de l’ASRDLF*, 2013, Mons, Belgium BEFORT, N., M.NIEDDU, "How to build the filières of Doubly Green Chemistry? The diversity of strategies of involved firms" in *Colloque ESEE*, 2013, Lille, France NIEDDU, M., C.CAZALS , A.SERGENT , A.YOUSSEF , F., D.VIVIEN, N.BEFORT, "La présence d'une problématique d'ancrage territorial dans les publications scientifiques en chimie doublement verte, une approche exploratoire" in *Colloque Coleit 2012*, 2012, Troyes, France BEFORT, N., M.NIEDDU, F., D.VIVIEN, E.GARNIER, C.BLIARD , B.KUREK , A.YOUSSEF, "De l’usage des systèmes sectoriels d’innovation dédiés à la transition vers l’usage des ressources renouvelables : le cas de la chimie doublement verte" in *L’école d’été du Réseau de Recherche sur l’Innovation*, 2012, Montpellier, France NIEDDU, M., F., D.VIVIEN, E.GARNIER, C.BLIARD, B.KUREK, N.BEFORT, "Diversity in biorefinery : an interdisciplinary approach on Science, Business and « doubly green » Chemistry" in *2nd International Conference on Sustainability Transitions Diversity, plurality and change : breaking new grounds in sustainability transition research*, 2011, Lund, Sweden ## Conference invitations BEFORT, N. - "Vers une bioéconomie ! Les enjeux scientifiques, économiques et de soutenabilité d’une nouvelle économie soutenable" - 2019, Paris, France BEFORT, N. - "Verrous, promesses et apprentissages dans la bioéconomie : le cas emblématique du PLA" - 2018, Toulouse, France BEFORT, N. - "Une ou plusieurs bioéconomies ?" - 2018, Toulouse, France BEFORT, N. - "If bioeconomy should be developed as an open-system on ecosystems…" - 2017, Paris, France DE ROUFFIGNAC, A., N.BEFORT - "Conclusions pour le Youth Scientists Panel du European Workshop on Bioeconomy de l’INRA" - 2017, Paris, France BEFORT, N., G.BURGÉ - "Bioéconomie, biotechnologies, agro-ressources…Quelles réalités derrière ces termes ? Quels impacts sur notre territoire ?" - 2017, Reims, France BEFORT, N. - "Les promesses d’une bioéconomie" - 2017, Paris, France BEFORT, N. - "Verrous, promesses et apprentissages dans la bioéconomie : le cas emblématique du PLA" - 2017, Grenoble, France BEFORT, N. - "Toward a European Bioeconomic Transition ? Is a soft-Shift enough to Challenge Hard Socio-Ecological Issues ?" - 2017, Paris, France ## Books BEFORT, N., *The Bioeconomy Institutions, Innovation and Sustainability*, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, New York, 2023 MORONE, P., D. DALIA , N. BEFORT, Y. GÜLŞAH, *The Circular Bioeconomy: Theories and Tools for Economists and Sustainability Scientists*, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2023 DOI : [ 10.1017/9781009232586 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781009232586) ## Conference contributions LETHIELLEUX, L., C. ANDRE, M. THENOT, N. BEFORT, "Responsibility or (ir)responsibility of companies in waste management : a multidisciplinary approach" in *The World Recycling Convention*, 2023, Madrid, Spain BEFORT, N., M.MORALES, "A review of waste conceptualization – revealing the controversy regarding its commodification" in *International Workshop Economics and the Environment - Economics and the environment since the 1950s – History, Methodology and Philosophy*, 2019, Reims, France LHUILLERY, S., N. BEFORT, S. ATMANE, "Biotech and bioeconomy: six of one and half a dozen of the other?" in *Colloque SFER 2019*, 2019, Reims, France BEFORT, N., F.VIVIEN, R.DEBREF, "What is the bioeconomy the name of ? An alternative analysis" in *Colloque SFER 2019*, 2019, Reims, France BEFORT, N., "Is bioeconomy a sub-sector of biotechnology?" in *Colloque SFER*, 2019, Reims, France BEFORT, N., M.NIEDDU, "The Bioeconomy, Biotechnology, and the Transition to Sustainability" in *ISS (International Schumpeter Society)*, 2018, Seoul, Korea, Republic Of BEFORT, N., M. NIEDDU, "The Bioeconomy, Biotechnology, and the Transition to Sustainability" in *9th International Sustainability Transition Conference*, 2018, Manchester, United Kingdom BEFORT, N., "The bioeconomy, biotechnology, and the transition to sustainability" in *Exploring lignocellulosic Biomass*, 2018, Reims, France BEFORT, N., "The bioeconomy, biotechnology, and the transition to sustainability" in *NEST Conference*, 2018, Utrecht, Netherlands BEFORT, N., M.NIEDDU, "La compétitivité de la valorisation non-alimentaire des ressources agricoles dans la bioéconomie : normes et modèles économiques" in *Colloque de la Société Française d’Economie Rurale*, 2017, Reims, France BEFORT, N., "Verrous, promesses et apprentissages dans la bioéconomie : le cas emblématique du PLA" in *Journée Glyco@lps*, 2017, Grenoble, France BEFORT, N., A.ET AL., "Toward a European Bioeconomic Transition ? Is a soft-Shift enough to Challenge Hard Socio-Ecological Issues ?" in *Youth Panel Scientist, European Workshop on Bioeconomy*, 2017, Paris, France BEFORT, N., M.NIEDDU, "Une analyse des stratégies et fonctionnalités attendues dans la transition vers une bioéconomie à partir des cas emblématiques de l’acide polylactique, succinique et lévulinique" in *Filière biomasse : une approche de mésoéconomistes*, 2016, Paris, France BEFORT, N., M.NIEDDU, "La transition vers une « chimie doublement verte » : le cas de l’acide polylactique" in *Stratégies Industrielles d’Innovation et Dynamiques Entrepreneuriales Durables, ULCO*, 2016, Dunkerque, France BEFORT, N., C.LECAT, "Industrie et transition écologique : perspectives pour une réindustrialisation écologique" in *De la COP 21 à la transition écologique : enjeux et perspectives*, 2015, Reims, France BEFORT, N., M.NIEDDU, "Des logiques produits dans les régulations émergentes du secteur de la chimie doublement verte" in *L’atelier « Régulations sectorielles et territoriales : nouveaux espaces de conflit et de compromis » du colloque Recherche et Régulation*, 2015, Paris, France NIEDDU, M., N.BEFORT, J.VAN NIEL, "Les représentations de l’économie circulaire en chimie doublement verte : une variété de modèles" in *51ème colloque de l’ASRDLF*, 2014, Marne-la-Vallée, France NIEDDU, M., N.BEFORT, F., D.VIVIEN, "Agriculture productiviste et identités dans la chimie doublement verte de la knowedlge based bioeconomy" in *Séminaire « Renouveler les approches institutionnalistes sur l'agriculture et l'alimentation: la "grande transformation" 20 ans après » (Communication en session plénière « la bioéconomie en question »)*, 2014, Montpellier, France ## Research seminars BEFORT, N., "Les coproduits dans une bioéconomie : usages, promesses, conflits" *Séminaire de restitution de l’étude sur les coproduits menées par l’ADEME et RESEDA*. 2017, Paris, France BEFORT, N., "Verrous, promesses et apprentissages dans la bioéconomie : le cas emblématique du PLA" *Journée Glyco@lps*. 2017, Grenoble, France