Policy briefs
CIRCLE's policy brief series presents current scientific knowledge and include recommendations for future policies. These policy briefs aim at facilitating the engagement of policymakers in various issues where innovation can contribute to better solutions for the future.
CIRCLE's policy brief series
- 2025-02: Opportunity for wellbeing in troublesome times – Change agency and the capability approach (Pdf 1.3 MB, opens in a new tab)
- 2025-01: Unexpected Innovation – Tracing change in Old Industrial Regions (Pdf 1 MB, opens in a new tab)
- 2024:02: The end of globalisation? – Rescaling as a tool to understand the changing economic landscape (Pdf 3.7 MB, opens in a new tab)
- 2024-01: How new universities can spur innovation and development in non-core regions (Pdf 2.1 MB, opens in a new tab)
- 2023-02: Time to move from global to responsible value chains (Pdf 0.5 MB, opens in a new tab)
- 2023-01: Open Source Software-policy can influence the global economy (Pdf 0.6 MB, opens in a new tab)
- 2022-03: How to enable a circular economy transition – insights from the German packaging sector (Pdf 1 MB, opens in a new tab)
- 2022-02: Empowering agents to drive change in policy-making – the case of Smart Specialisation implementation in Stockholm (Pdf 2.8 MB, opens in a new tab)
- 2022-01: Regional development policy should focus more on the long term (Pdf 1.7 MB, opens in a new tab)
Contact
Each policy brief has direct contact details to the author of the brief. For overall contacts about CIRCLE's policy briefs:
Mart Laatsit
Policy brief series coordinator
mart [dot] laatsit [at] circle [dot] lu [dot] se (mart[dot]laatsit[at]circle[dot]lu[dot]se)
Rhiannon Pugh
Policy brief series coordinator
rhiannon [dot] pugh [at] circle [dot] lu [dot] se (rhiannon[dot]pugh[at]circle[dot]lu[dot]se)
Markus Grillitsch
CIRCLE director
markus [dot] grillitsch [at] keg [dot] lu [dot] se (markus[dot]grillitsch[at]keg[dot]lu[dot]se)