Charles was a speaker at the UNECE “Innovation Policy Outlook” on “Policy Dialogue on Innovation Policy Coordination and Innovation Councils” on September 30, 2021. The title of Charles’ speech was ”Coordination mechanisms for innovation policy”, and it included the role of innovation councils. It was based on the following publications: S. Borrás and C. Edquist: … Continue reading →

Lars Bengtsson and Charles have just started (September 2021) an empirical research project on functional public procurement. It is financed by the Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development (FORMAS) and will be running for two years. The background is that almost no systematic empirical data on functional procurement exist. In functional procurement, the buyer describes … Continue reading →

Lars Bengtsson and Charles Edquist participated in the Conference “Open and User Innovation Conference” in Montreal, June 21 – 22, 2021. The title of our paper was Bengtsson, L and Edquist, C (November 2020). Towards a holistic user innovation policy. Papers in Innovation Studies, Paper no 2020/11, CIRCLE , Lund University. Download at: http://wp.circle.lu.se/upload/CIRCLE/workingpapers/202011_bengtsson.pdf Continue reading →

Mart Laatsit and Charles presented a draft paper at the EU-SPRI Conference in Oslo on June 9 – 11, 2021. The title of the paper was “Do Activities and Functions Reflect what Happens in Innovation Systems: Towards a General Theory of Innovation”. The paper is still under development. The following is an excerpt from the … Continue reading →

Charles was interviewed as a guest at “Coffee Break with Researchers”. The theme for the discussion (10 minutes) was “Holistic Innovation Policy”. The interview was partly based upon the recent book by Susana Borrás and Charles Edquist entitled “Holistic Innovation Policy: theoretical Foundations, Policy Problems and Instrument Choices”, Oxford University Press, 2019 – The book … Continue reading →

Chris Freeman Centenary Lecture Series has been running all of this year. The two final panel discussions took place (on Zoom) on April 1 and April 7. Charles has the great honour to participate in the discussion on April 7. Please see the forwarded invitation below for more information. From: CRIS 1 <cris.innovationstudies@gmail.com>Sent: den 11 … Continue reading →

Oxford University Press has arranged for our (Susana’s and mine) book entitled “Holistic Innovation Policy – Theoretical Foundations, Policy Problems and Instrument Choices” to be translated into Chinese. It will be published by the Scientific and Technical Documentation Press Co., Ltd of Beijing. The book has been translated, but the specific publication date has not … Continue reading →