Charles will participate in the 2023 Eu-SPRI Conference on “Research with Impact” hosted by the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex Business School on June 14 – 16, 2023. He will there make a full paper presentation of the following paper: “Product procurement and functional procurement for innovation – clarifications needed … Continue reading
Category Archives: Talks & Presentations
Consulting for the City of Gothenburg
During the winter 2022-23 and spring 2023, Charles has contributed as a consultant in the field of “Public Functional Procurement and Innovation” to the City of Gothenberg (Stadsmiljöförvaltningen). On March 9, 2023, he also gave a three-hour lecture on this topic Continue reading
Charles at the Spanish Parliament
Charles gave a presentation entitled “La Innovación, Motor de un Pais” to the Spanish Parliament on January 27, 2023. Continue reading
Speech in Korea on Functional Public Procurement and Innovation
Charles was a speaker at the 2021 KOPPEX International Public Procurement Workshop: “Innovation and inclusion in Public Procurement” on September 29, 2021. The title of his speech was “Functional Public Procurement and Innovation”. The workshop was organized by the Public Procurement Service (PPS), Korean Government, and Korea Institute of Procurement. The presentation was recorded in … Continue reading
Activities at Eu-SPRI 2019
Charles participated in the 2019 Conference of Eu-SPRI (European Forum for Studies of Policies for Research and Innovation), held in Rome on June, 5 – 7. Together with Jon Mikel Zabala Iturriagagoitia he presented a paper on “Functional Procurement for Innovation, Welfare and Sustainability” in a session on “Transformative Innovation Policy”. At another session he … Continue reading
Charles presenting at the Norwegian Business School
At the Oslo Campus of the Norwegian Business School – BI, Charles made a presentation entitled “Functional Procurement for Innovation, Welfare and the Environment” on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. The presentation was based on the following report: http://www.konkurrensverket.se/contentassets/916ecd96293549589d7ae5ee2e2c0eae/forsk-rapport_2019_2-.pdf Continue reading
Charles at Fossil Free Sweden Initiative
On May 20, 2019, Charles made a presentation entitled “Fossil free innovations by means of functional procurement – daring to think in new ways” at the “Fossil Free Sweden Initiative” in Stockholm. The title of the conference was “Fossil Free Public Procurement – obstacles and possibilities”. The video of the conference is available at http://fossilfritt-sverige.se/pa-gang/sandning-fossilfri-offentlig-upphandling-hinder-och-mojligheter/ … Continue reading
Holistic Innovation Policy Book Presented in Stockholm
The book by Susana Borrás and Charles Edquist entitled “Holistic Innovation Policy: Theoretical Foundations, Policy Problems and Instrument Choices” was presented by Charles on May 13, 2019 at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (Institutet för Näringspolitiska Studier – IFN), Stockholm. More information about the book is available at Oxford University Press. The Table of … Continue reading