The Innovation Research Day is jointly organised by CIRCLE (Centre for Innovation Research), the Sten K. Johnson Centre for Entrepreneurship, and the Urban Arena at Lund University. It provides a platform to share and discuss new projects and initiatives in innovation research, identify potential interfaces and complementarities, and jointly carve out ideas about the future of innovation research at Lund University.

Agenda:

9.00–9.30
Introduction to the topic – jointly by CIRCLE, Sten K. Johnson Centre for Entrepreneurship and Urban Arena.

9.30–10.30
Presentations of new research initiatives:

• Entrepreneurial ownership(Jonas Gabrielsson)
• Navigating risk-taking in urban innovation(Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren)
• Remaking money for a sustainable future: Complementary currencies(Ester Barinaga)
• Circular Economy: Multi-level value chain and policy dynamics for accelerating sustainability transformations (Jonathan Friedrich, Vitor Miranda de Souza, Linda Stihl)

10.30–11.00
Coffee Break

11.00–12.00
Presentations of new research initiatives:

• Ecosystems of learning for urban sustainability transformations(Andrew Karvonen)
• University-based entrepreneurial ecosystems (Ziad El-Awad)
• Interaction platform for research on system innovation(Mart Laatsit, Magnus Nilsson, Rhiannon Pugh, Emily Wise)
• Lund University Living Lab (Ivette Arroyo, Johan Rahm)

12.00–13.30
Lunch 

13.30–15.00
Moderated networking round tables around future avenues for innovation research at Lund University.

15.00–15.30
Coffee and closure

Target groups:
The Innovation Research Day is open to all researchers at Lund University with an interest in innovation research and invites external stakeholders with connection to the research environments.

Registration by March 6, 2024: Innovation Research Day - 17/4/2024 (office.com)
Limited number of seats, first come first served