About REGEN
A systemic learning networkwith a transformative agenda.
REGEN is a Danish cross-sector industrial research programme turning urgency and ambitions into practice. Funded by Innovation Fund Denmark and Realdania. Facilitated by BLOXHUB, the Nordic Hub for Sustainable Urbanisation in Copenhagen.
Why
We have inherited a built environment fueled by finite, rapidly declining energy and scarce material sources, while driving us further towards climate breakdown and ecological collapse. The built environment urgently needs a distributive and regenerative systemic retrofit that promotes human flourishing through sufficiency strategies on a thriving planet.
How
- Embed research in real-world constraints — technical, organisational, regulatory, economic.
- Connect disciplines and projects through shared learning, synthesis and feedback.
- Reduce friction to adoption: make new choices clearer, safer, easier to repeat.
- Produce practice-relevant outputs: methods, evidence, tools, publications, events.
Make impact visible
Biodiversity and ecosystem impact measurement beyond carbon. Life-cycle and supply-chain tracing.
Translate concepts into practice
Regenerative landscape frameworks, typologies and place-based strategies.
De-risk and scale biogenic
Standardise, industrialise, prove performance and replicate.
Change the rules of the game
Procurement, governance and business-model innovation.
REGEN structure
Layer 1
Core research group — Industrial PhDs and postdocs.
Depth of knowledge, cross-disciplinary dialogues, analysis, concepts, cases.
Layer 2
Bridge to practice — companies, researchers and supervisors.
Applied science, organisational learning, sector events.
Layer 3
Long-term community — alumni and early-career researchers.
Science talks and meetups beyond single projects.
Who is behind
Jacob Rask
Programme Director, BLOXHUB
Jacob Rask is Programme Director at BLOXHUB, where he works to bridge research and practice of planetary boundaries boundaries, regenerative and distributive economic models. At BLOXHUB he leads and supports researchers, companies and communities developing the cities, landscapes, and built environment to match the 21st century challenges. Through the industrial research network Towards a Regenerative Built Environment (REGEN), he is connecting industrial PhDs, postdocs, university supervisors, and partner companies across disciplines. Through this work he helps translate cross-sector research into transformative learning and practice. Alongside his work at BLOXHUB, Jacob is an author of several books, public keynote speaker, podcast contributor and international thought leader on ecological economics, planetary boundaries and regenerative design.