The Bioenergy Dialogue aimed to explore public views in regard to bioenergy, so that BBSRC strategy development in bioenergy can be responsive to public opinion. The dialogue also aimed to pilot a novel, distributed approach to public dialogue which develops an ongoing, embedded discussion around bioenergy research, that would engage a larger number of researchers and members of the public than previous dialogues.

Running from September 2012 to April 2014, the dialogue explored public hopes, expectations and concerns about bioenergy.