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Charles Edquist @CharlesEdquist

Holder of the Ruben Rausing Chair in Innovation Research at CIRCLE, Lund University and has authored 15 books as well as highly citated articles in innovation.

Joined December 2012
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Do you want to contribute a chapter to a book on innovation policy or on innovation-enhancing public procurement? charlesedquist.com/2023/04/2…

Do you want to contribute a chapter to a book on innovation policy or on innovation-enhancing...

CIRCLE members at the retreat in 2022, photo credit: Kennet Ruona With co-editors, Charles will be responsible for editing two volumes with innovation-related content. The preliminary volume titles…

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Consulting for the City of Gothenburg charlesedquist.com/2023/04/2…
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Charles at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm charlesedquist.com/2023/04/2…

Charles at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm

Maputo, Mozambique, photo credit: neiljs | cc Charles was the discussant at a mid-term PhD seminar at the Division of History, Technology and Environment, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) on Apr…

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Charles at the Spanish Parliament charlesedquist.com/2023/04/2…

Charles at the Spanish Parliament

Palacio del Senado, photo credit: Ricardo Ricote Rodríguez | cc Charles gave a presentation entitled “La Innovación, Motor de un Pais” to the Spanish Parliament on January 27, 2023.

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From the Systems of Innovation Approach to a General Theory of Innovation: Do Activities and Functions Reflect what Happens in Innovation Systems? charlesedquist.com/2023/04/2…

From the Systems of Innovation Approach to a General Theory of Innovation: Do Activities and...

Abstract: ‘The system of innovation approach’ has been around in innovation research for more than three decades. In this paper, we ask whether the time has come to try to develop a general theory …

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Functional Public Procurement and Innovation – the Concept charlesedquist.com/2023/04/2…

Functional Public Procurement and Innovation – the Concepts

Update: This is now published as a working paper at CIRCLE. Click here to go directly to the paper. The literature on the relations between public procurement and innovation has been growing rapidl…

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Charles in Policy Dialogue on functional public procurement charlesedquist.com/2022/05/2…

Charles in Policy Dialogue on functional public procurement

On May 25, 2022 Charles participated in a panel discussion organized by the Committee on Innovation, Competition and Public-Private Partnerships, hosted by the United National Economic Committee fo…

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Charles as Keynote speaker on innovation policy in Mauritius charlesedquist.com/2022/04/1…

Charles as Keynote speaker on innovation policy in Mauritius

Mauritius, photo credit: Vuaghan McShane | cc A National Innovation Campaign to rekindle the innovation spirit in Mauritius was launched in 2021. As part of this campaign “The National Innovation C…

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Charles and co-authors present two papers at EU-SPRI Conference in Utrecht, June 1 – 3, 2022 charlesedquist.com/2022/04/1…

Charles and co-authors presented two papers at EU-SPRI Conference in Utrecht, June 1 – 3, 2022

Utrecht, photo credit: Markus Tacker | cc This year’s Eu-SPRI conference ( explored future directions for studies of research and innovation with a specific emphasis on future challenges for STI po…

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Project on Coordination Mechanisms for Innovation Policy Instruments charlesedquist.com/2022/04/1…

Project on Coordination Mechanisms for Innovation Policy Instruments

UN Geneva Flags, photo credit: lilivanili | cc A consultancy contract has been signed (March 29, 2022) between the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and Charles Edquist. Under t…

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Speech in Korea on Functional Public Procurement and Innovation charlesedquist.com/2021/09/2…

Speech in Korea on Functional Public Procurement and Innovation

A screenshot of the presentation, available on YouTube. Charles was a speaker at the 2021 KOPPEX International Public Procurement Workshop: “Innovation and inclusion in Public ProcurementR…

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Charles in the Globelics-Indialics Webinar charlesedquist.com/2021/10/1…

Charles in the Globelics-Indialics Webinar

Charles took part in the Globelics-Indialics Webinar that happened between the 12th and the 14th of October, 2021. The webinar took place via Zoom, and the theme was “Reimagining Innovation S…

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Charles in ALTEC, Peru charlesedquist.com/2021/10/2…

Charles in ALTEC, Peru

Peru, photo credit: common use | cc Charles was a keynote speaker at the 19th Latin/Ibero/American for Technological and Innovation Management Congress (ALTEC) held in Lima, Peru from the 27th to t…

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New article: Towards a Holistic User Innovation Policy charlesedquist.com/2022/02/0…

New article: Towards a Holistic User Innovation Policy

Lars Bengtsson’s and Charles’ article “Towards a Holistic User Innovation Policy” has now been published in the International Journal of Innovation Studies last February 7th…

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Article in “Dagens Arena”: Make innovation into a separate policy area! charlesedquist.com/2022/02/1…

Article in “Dagens Arena”: Make innovation into a separate policy area!

An op-ed article written by Charles with the title “Gör innovation till ett eget politikområde!” (Make innovation into a separate policy area!” was published in the Swedish websit…

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Speech on coordination of innovation policy at UNECE, Geneva, September 30, 2021 charlesedquist.com/2021/10/0…

Speech on coordination of innovation policy at UNECE, Geneva, September 30, 2021

Greater Caucasus in the background, Ushguli, Georgia, Photo credit: Jeyho Moon | cc Charles was a speaker at the UNECE “Innovation Policy Outlook” on “Policy Dialogue on Innovation Policy Coordinat…

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New empirical research project on functional public procurement for low carbon innovations charlesedquist.com/2021/09/2…
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Paper on holistic user innovation policy charlesedquist.com/2021/06/2…
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Paper on the General Theory of Innovation charlesedquist.com/2021/06/1…

Paper on the General Theory of Innovation

Rainy reflections. Oslo Opera House. November., Photo credit: Trine Syvertsen | cc Mart Laatsit and Charles presented a draft paper at the EU-SPRI Conference in Oslo on June 9 – 11, 2021. The title…

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