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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…

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

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

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

11 May 2026 09:00 to 12 May 2026 14:00 | Conference CIRCLE is hosting a mini conference in Lund on the 11th and 12th of May about “peripheries in polycrisis”. The Peripheries Workshop offers a welcoming and supportive space for researchers…

https://www.circle.lu.se/calendar/peripheries-workshop-2026- 2026-05-06

13 May 2026 12:15 to 13:00 | Seminar Welcome to the CIRCLE Research Seminar with Joanie Willett and Ria Maria Adams. At this seminar with invite two speakers:Joanie Willett of University of Exeter, UK, who will talk about 'Discourse, Power…

https://www.circle.lu.se/calendar/circle-research-seminar- 2026-05-06

20 May 2026 12:15 to 13:00 | Seminar Welcome to CIRCLE Research Talks – where researchers present their work, exchange ideas, and explore potential collaborations. At this seminar Qian Chen will give a talk with the title 'System-of…

https://www.circle.lu.se/calendar/circle-research-talk-qian-chen- 2026-05-06

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- 2026-05-19

27 May 2026 09:00 to 15:00 | Seminar Join this seminar bringing together scholars in entrepreneurship and innovation studies. The session opens a dialogue on shared questions, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the challenges and…

https://www.circle.lu.se/calendar/entrepreneurship-meets-innovation-opportunities-cross-fertilization- 2026-05-21

25 June 2026 14:00 to 14:45 | Seminar Klimatförändringar, geopolitisk oro och snabb teknologisk utveckling utmanar våra samhällsstrukturer – men öppnar också dörrar för nytänkande. Men hur får vi handlingskraft i en orolig tid? Och hur…

https://www.circle.lu.se/calendar/almedalen-fran-kris-till-mojlighet-hur-bygger-vi-ett-starkare-samhalle- 2026-06-03

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