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CIRCLE Policy Brief 01-2025 POLICY BRIEF 01 | 2025 Unexpected Innovation – Tracing change in Old Industrial Regions CIRCLE – CENTRE FOR INNOVATION RESEARCH | LUND UNIVERSITY CIRCLE POLICY BRIEF | 01-2025 Unexpected Innovation – Tracing…

https://www.circle.lu.se/sites/circle.lu.se/files/2026-03/CIRCLEPolicyBrief_2025-01_NEW.pdf

Empowering agents to drive change in policy-making Empowering agents to drive change in policy-making – the case of Smart Specialisation implementation in Stockholm CIRCLE – CENTRE FOR INNOVATION RESEARCH | LUND UNIVERSITY POLICY BRIEF 02 …

https://www.circle.lu.se/sites/circle.lu.se/files/2026-03/CirclePolicyBrief_2022-02_NEW.pdf

Open Source Software-policy can influence the global economy Open Source Software-policy can influence the global economy CIRCLE – CENTRE FOR INNOVATION RESEARCH | LUND UNIVERSITY POLICY BRIEF 01 | 2023 CIRCLE POLICY BRIEF | 01-2023 Open…

https://www.circle.lu.se/sites/circle.lu.se/files/2026-03/CirclePolicyBrief_2023-01_NEW.pdf

The end of globalisation? - Rescaling as a tool to understand the changing economic landscape POLICY BRIEF 02 | 2024 The end of globalisation? – Rescaling as a tool to understand the changing economic landscape CIRCLE – CENTRE FOR…

https://www.circle.lu.se/sites/circle.lu.se/files/2026-03/CirclePolicyBrief_2024-02_NEW.pdf

CIRCLE annual report 2024 Annual report CIRCLE – CENTRE FOR INNOVATION RESEARCH | LUND UNIVERSITY 2024 Letter from the director 3 This is CIRCLE 4 Organisation 5 Membership in numbers 6 Community 7 Innovation Research Day 8 Retreat and…

https://www.circle.lu.se/sites/circle.lu.se/files/2026-03/CIRCLE_Annual%20report_2024_final_webb_NEW_0.pdf

CIRCLE Policy Brief 01-2022 POLICY BRIEF 01 | 2022 Regional development policy should focus more on the long term CIRCLE – CENTRE FOR INNOVATION RESEARCH | LUND UNIVERSITY 2 CIRCLE POLICY BRIEF | 01-2022 3 CIRCLE POLICY BRIEF | 01-2022…

https://www.circle.lu.se/sites/circle.lu.se/files/2026-03/CirclePolicyBrief_2022-01_NEW.pdf

How to enable a circular economy transition How to enable a circular economy transition – insights from the German packaging sector CIRCLE – CENTRE FOR INNOVATION RESEARCH | LUND UNIVERSITY POLICY BRIEF 03 | 2022 CIRCLE POLICY BRIEF | 03…

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Time to move from global to responsible value chains Time to move from global to responsible value chains CIRCLE – CENTRE FOR INNOVATION RESEARCH | LUND UNIVERSITY POLICY BRIEF 02 | 2023 CIRCLE POLICY BRIEF | 02-2023 Time to move from…

https://www.circle.lu.se/sites/circle.lu.se/files/2026-03/CirclePolicyBrief_2023-02_NEW.pdf

How new universities can spur innovation and POLICY BRIEF 01 | 2024 How new universities can spur innovation and development in non-core regions CIRCLE – CENTRE FOR INNOVATION RESEARCH | LUND UNIVERSITY CIRCLE POLICY BRIEF | 01-2024 How…

https://www.circle.lu.se/sites/circle.lu.se/files/2026-03/CirclePolicyBrief_2024-01_NEW.pdf

CIRCLE Policy Brief 02-2025 Opportunity for wellbeing in troublesome times – Change agency and the capability approach CIRCLE – CENTRE FOR INNOVATION RESEARCH | LUND UNIVERSITY POLICY BRIEF 02 | 2025 CIRCLE POLICY BRIEF | 02-2025…

https://www.circle.lu.se/sites/circle.lu.se/files/2026-03/CirclePolicyBrief_2025-02_NEW.pdf

A Research Agenda on innovation research and sustainability A Research Agenda – on innovation research and sustainability LUND UNIVERSITY A RESEARCH AGENDA ON INNOVATION RESEARCH AND SUSTAINABILITY In April 2025, CIRCLE (Centre for…

https://www.circle.lu.se/sites/circle.lu.se/files/2026-03/InnovationResearchDay_AnAgenda.pdf

CIRCLE Policy Brief 01-2026 POLICY BRIEF 01 | 2026 A holistic approach to National Science Systems – The Mexican case CIRCLE – CENTRE FOR INNOVATION RESEARCH | LUND UNIVERSITY CIRCLE POLICY BRIEF | 01-2026 A holistic approach to National…

https://www.circle.lu.se/sites/circle.lu.se/files/2026-06/CIRCLE%20Policy%20Brief_2026-01.pdf

CIRCLE Policy Brief 02-2026 POLICY BRIEF 02 | 2026 How the EU Emissions Trading System can drive regional environmental innovation CIRCLE – CENTRE FOR INNOVATION RESEARCH | LUND UNIVERSITY CIRCLE POLICY BRIEF | 02-2026 How the EU Emissions…

https://www.circle.lu.se/sites/circle.lu.se/files/2026-07/CIRCLE%20Policy%20Brief_2026-02.pdf

Session 1 (Thursday 10th September, 10.00-12.00) Parallel session 1.A. Room: Planet 15 min presentation + 7 min discussant + 7 min Q&A PRESENTER TITLE DISCUSSANT Magnus Nilsson Anchor or sinker – the role of large firms in regional…

https://www.circle.lu.se/sites/circle.lu.se/files/2026-09/ConferenceProgram.pdf

In a time marked by rapid technological change and growing societal challenges, universities play a key role in shaping responsible and impactful innovation. Against this backdrop, CIRCLE invites researchers to come together to reflect,…

https://www.circle.lu.se/article/upcoming-innovation-research-day-2026- 2026-05-19

How is AI transforming research, innovation, and policy today – and how can you engage with it responsibly? Join the EU-SPRI Autumn School 2026 and the one-week intensive programme for PhD students and early-career researchers to learn…

https://www.circle.lu.se/article/application-open-ai-related-early-career-course- 2026-08-06

The Young Academy of Sweden has elected nine new members and CIRCLE researcher Johan Miörner is one of them. He hopes to use the platform this membership gives to influence the current decline in trust of academic knowledge as well as to…

https://www.circle.lu.se/article/johan-miorner-new-member-young-academy-sweden- 2026-05-26

Public procurement can be a great driver of innovation and thereby an important instrument of innovation policy. By using functional specifications, the buyer describes the problem to be solved and what needs to be achieved, instead of…

https://www.circle.lu.se/functional-public-procurement-innovation-welfare-and-environment- 2026-01-15

PhD students, academic lecturers and postdocs, join the online seminar series aimed to seek alternatives for the democratisation of knowledge in the Global South. This seminar series explores pathways that have already been pursued, as…

https://www.circle.lu.se/knowledge-democratization-inclusive-innovation-systems-seminar-series-5-ects- 2026-06-09

This seminar series explores ways to make knowledge more accessible and impactful, with a focus on improving living conditions where the need is greatest. It aims to promote alternative approaches to the democratization of knowledge in the…

https://www.circle.lu.se/article/new-seminar-series-knowledge-democratization-inclusive-innovation-systems-register-now- 2026-08-23