2nd Annual Conference of the EPIP Association

CIRCLE/Lund University – Sweden
September 20-21, 2007

The host institutes

CIRCLE

CIRCLE (Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy) is a multidiscplinary research centre spawning several faculties at Lund University and Blekinge Institute of Technology. The founding fathers of CIRCLE include Lund Institute of Technology, Administrative, Economic and Social Sciences, Department of Business Administration, and Research Center for Urban Management and Regional Development. The research at CIRCLE will be focused under four main research areas.

1. Learning in systems of innovation and the effects of R&D and innovation on growth
2. Studies of regional innovation systems
3. The entrepreneurial university and research-based ventures
4. Public policies in the field of innovation

www.circle.lu.se

Lund University

With eight faculties and several research centers and specialized schools, Lund University is the largest institution of research and higher education in Sweden. The majority of the University is located in Lund, but there are also several academic and research institutes in Malmö. The University also has a campus in Helsingborg and learning centers in several towns in Skania.

Lund University cooperates extensively with other universities, colleges and research institutes around the world. One such example is Oresund University, which is run by Lund University, and 13 other Swedish and Danish universities and colleges. The University also participates in the European Union’s education and research programme and is the only Nordic member of Universitas 21, an organization made up of 20 universities from 11 countries, most of them outside Europe. All together, Universitas 21 has about 500,000 students and 40,000 researchers. Since 2006, Lund University is a member of The League of European Research Universities (LERU), an association of twelve research-intensive universities sharing the values of high-quality teaching within an environment of internationally competitive research. In Sweden, the University also cooperates extensively with the cultural and business communities, government agencies and organizations, locally, regionally and nationally

www.lu.se