New dissertation: how the power of change can lift areas in decline
Curiosity and the wish for change at a professional level led Linda Stihl to PhD-studies and a possibility to delve deeper into one of her fields of interest – inequality in societal development.
Networking at PhD-schools led to research visits
Last week CIRCLE welcomed two PhD-students visiting from Germany. Andrea Käsbohrer from the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt and Max Roessler from the University of Greifswald. Max Roessler is an economic geographer who met with Johan Miörner, Markus Grillitsch and Lea Fünfschilling who gave talks at a PhD-course in Bern, Switzerland, [...]
Broadened horizons and networks through fellowship
Lea Fünfschilling has received a fellowship from the French Institutes of Advanced Studies which provides an opportunity for creative exchanges between scholars.
Time to move from global to responsible value chains
New CIRCLE policy brief on how policy can make a change for people, regions and the environment.
Open Source Software-policy can influence the global economy.
New policy brief on the importance of Open Source Software.
Summer reading suggestion: Empty Innovation
New book by Olof Hallonsten: Empty Innovation – Causes and Consequences of Society's Obsession with Entrepreneurship and Growth What is the book about? Innovation as a popular buzzword has become detrimental to innovation itself. The book describes this situation, how it came to be and gives way to a more realistic view of what innovation really [...]
Petrochemicals and climate change – article on lu.se
The oil industry is moving towards the chemical and plastics industry. Fredric Bauer explains in an article on lu.se what this means for the climate.
Networking and inspiration for early career researchers at CIRCLE
It is easy to feel a bit lost in the beginning of the career – your path is uncertain and your network might not be as extensive as you would like it to be. The goal of CIRCLE’s Early Career Innovation Research Day is therefore to create an informal space for networking and inspiration.
Innovation conference sets sights on transition to a circular economy – article on lth.se
At the initiative of Tetra Pak and Lund University, around one hundred companies have come together to set out a path towards a sustainable society. CIRCLE was well represented at the conference and held many interesting talks. The stakeholders met to discuss solutions that can make it possible for industry to transition to sustainable practices. [...]
Cities will need more resilient electricity networks to cope with extreme weather – article on lu.se
The ongoing densification of cities makes them more vulnerable to extreme weather. That means large investments in the electricity network will be necessary to handle the effects of extremely high or low temperatures. Vahid Nik, CIRCLE member and professor of Building Physics, is one of the authors of the recently published paper in the journal [...]