The RIP conference will be held Sept. 25-27 in the beautiful city of Lillehammer, Norway. The call for papers, registration and participation fees are available at: redinn.no/home/18th-regi…. We look forward to receiving your abstracts and ideas for special sessions! #RegInnPol

Today, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research inaugurated the long-term collaboration agreement with Region Skåne aiming at sharing and co-creating knowledge for better policy making. Inspiring to see the interest on both sides to engage and work together.

Shaping narratives is what place-based leaders do to promote #green #development in the #sustainability #transition. The success of such efforts depends on whether #narratives are constructed outside-in (coming mainly from outside the region). See the working paper. CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research

call for abstracts #NGM2024 session on Rethinking Path Dependence and Lock-Ins in Regions, Economy and Society (Track 59), Copenhagen, 24-27 June. deadline for abstract submissions: 15th April 2024. ngm2024.com with @CChlebna, Han Chu 楚晗, Markus Grillitsch

Today, @CIRCLE met with Region Skåne in Malmö as part of a collaborative agreement between the two organizations. The aim of this agreement is to jointly contribute to the advancement of knowledge and expertise in #innovation, #regional and #sustainable #development.

Interesting paper on the possibilities of local political leaders, mayors, to affect regional development.

How and why do actors engage in institutional change processes across scales? Our latest CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research working paper with Andrea Käsbohrer and Hans-Martin Zademach explores how agents shape #opportunity #spaces by #rescaling institutional rationalities. swopec.hhs.se/lucirc/abs/luc…

What is a good day in academia? Yesterday was one for me, thanks to the many inspirational talks about new research initiatives, open and colleagial discussions, and a fruitful dialogue bringing together multiple disciplinary perspectives and positions in a safe environment.

New article: Bouncing forward better – micro-foundations of combinatorial innovation! 🚀 What makes #combinatorial #innovation possible, in order to bounce forward better after crises. With Marte C W Solheim B.T. Asheim, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research, #RegReSir Stig-Erik Jakobsen tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

How can we ensure more equitable outcomes in #RenewableEnergy transitions? CIRCLE's new working paper, "A Human-Centric Approach to #EnergyJustice," by Stuti Haldar, Markus Grillitsch, and Amir Bazaz, explores this question. Read the full paper here swopec.hhs.se/lucirc/abs/luc… Indian Institute for Human Settlements

I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Professor in Economic Geography at the Department of Human Geography, Lund University. On that note, I would like to thank colleagues at the Department of Human Geography and CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research, for being supportive companions

Stuti Haldar, Markus Grillitsch from CIRCLE, Lund University and Amir Bazaz, have co-authored a working paper advancing the discourse on energy justice. They offer actionable insights as part of the ReSET project. Access the paper: bit.ly/3wQBWt5

Rescaling processes work together in intricate ways to shape the structuring of economic relationships. Markus Grillitsch at #RSA24

When does a phenomenon become sufficiently different to require a new theory, asks Markus Grillitsch at #RSA24

New Special Issue: Agents of Change in Old-Industrial and Non-Metropolitan Regions. A great variety of contributions unpacking the potentials, limitations, and conditions for local #agency in #regions all around #Europe. 👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research Nadir Kinossian

A NEW report comparing #mission-oriented innovation policy in the Nordics. We identify its core features, strengths and unfullfilled promises. pub.nordregio.org/r-2024-17-maki… Thanks to sigrid-jessen @AGia63for workign with us (Teis Hansen and Markku Sotarauta) Nordregio CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research

Last week, we (Linda, Markus Grillitsch and myself) published a CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research working paper entitled "Circular transitions in global production networks? A multi- scalar approach to anticipating socio-economic and socio- environmental effects of ‘x-shoring’"

New working paper: X-Shoring - we provide a comprehensive framework to assess possible positive and negative impacts of back- friend- re-shoring in home and host locations, local and global, and short- and long-term.

New Working Paper: Municipalities’ role in regional development: Navigating subsidiarity, place-based approaches, and geographical variation. With L. Stihl and B. Hermelin CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research wp.circle.lu.se/upload/CIRCLE/…

🤔🙋What role should CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research play for Lund University and the faculties in the future? One of the questions discussed during the CIRCLE retreat. #future #research