About REGEN
A systemic learning network with 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.