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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- 2026-05-19

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- 2026-06-10

CIRCLE in Almedalen: Climate change, geopolitical tensions, and rapid technological development are challenging our social structures. At the same time, they create opportunities for innovation and new ways of thinking. The key question is…

https://www.circle.lu.se/article/crisis-opportunity-how-can-we-build-stronger-society- 2026-06-23

Did you miss Almedalen this year? You are invited to watch the recording of the panel discussion on the topic of crisis preparedness. We are facing major challenges related to climate change, geopolitical uncertainty, and technological…

https://www.circle.lu.se/article/watch-almedalen-panel-discussion-hosted-circle- 2026-07-08

CIRCLE is a research-intensive centre that generates numerous publications in innovation research through peer-reviewed journals. Other formats and channels are also used for research dissemination, such books, working papers and policy…

https://www.circle.lu.se/publications- 2026-07-08

CIRCLE is an interdisciplinary Centre for Innovation Research spanning several faculties at Lund University. CIRCLE's aim is to understand and explain how innovation can contribute to a good society and tackle societal challenges like…

https://www.circle.lu.se/research- 2026-01-15

Innovation policy makers of today are facing a range of challenges to solve, extending far beyond the usual paradigm of economic growth. This places a renewed pressure for more innovation within innovation policy itself. Our research theme…

https://www.circle.lu.se/new-perspectives-innovation-policy- 2026-04-30

CIRCLE is the Centre for Innovation Research at Lund University. It functions as incubator, coordinator, and implementer of innovation research across faculties. CIRCLE strives to provide an attractive research environment with strong…

https://www.circle.lu.se/about- 2026-03-31

Over the past decade, interest in public sector innovation has increased. With new major societal challenges and limited resources, innovation becomes an important key moving forward. The public sector includes health care, care of elderly…

https://www.circle.lu.se/public-sector-innovation- 2026-01-15

Innovation is not only a fundamental component of corporate strategy to revitalize business but also a prominent force that drives industrial renewal and sustainable development at aggregate level. Over recent years, fast technological…

https://www.circle.lu.se/corporate-venturing-and-innovation- 2026-01-15

CIRCLE is headed by a board, which makes formal decisions on strategy, plans and budget. The centre is advised by an international advisory board which serves as a speaking partner to the management team which manages the operational…

https://www.circle.lu.se/about/organisation- 2026-03-30

"Entrepreneurial experimentation" increases technological and market experimentation, as well as policy experimentation within the economic system. Without experimentation any system – technological and/or regional – will stagnate. This…

https://www.circle.lu.se/entrepreneurial-experimentation- 2026-01-16

In recent years, international operations have come under threat on the one hand by increasing protectionisms and one the other hand by the SARS-Cov2 pandemic. As a small open economy, building its strengths on international trade and the…

https://www.circle.lu.se/international-businesses-technology-and-innovation- 2026-01-16

In recent decades, Information and Communications Technology has diffused in all industries and sectors disrupting the ways we produce and consume. This has created winners as well as losers both in terms of regions, industries and jobs…

https://www.circle.lu.se/geography-innovation-and-societal-transformation- 2026-01-16

CIRCLE strives to be a diverse and inclusive community which means membership is open to a broad variety of academics with an interest in innovation research. Diversity is reflected in the current members' different research area interests…

https://www.circle.lu.se/about/community- 2026-03-30

Innovation is a key enabler for climate change mitigation and adaptation, while also supporting broader economic and societal development goals. This research theme investigates the complex social, institutional, and political dynamics…

https://www.circle.lu.se/innovation-global-south- 2026-07-03