Lecture series with experiences from innovation platforms

Innovation work in the six cities is an exciting concept with both challenges and opportunities, and different solutions have been found in the different places. During the digital lectures, seven researchers share lessons and experiences.

The tour begins with a brief introduction and then at the following tour stops dive into innovation work in the public sector from different perspectives. The tour will be conducted as breakfast or lunch meetings of 45 minutes with 25 minutes of presentation and 15 minutes of question time. The primary target group is municipalities, but other public actors are also welcome. Magnus Johansson from Rise will give the overview introduction on 6 September.

One of the innovation platforms is Future by Lund (FBL). The FBI's companion researcher Emily Wise will present The City's System Agents on September 13. Emily Wise works as a researcher at CIRCLE and senior strategist at LU Sam. Emily holds a PhD in Innovation Policy (on the role of intermediaries in innovation processes), and continues to work on issues related to governance/governance (including evaluation) of innovation ecosystems and collaborative initiatives.

- My presentation will be about Future by Lund's journey as an innovation platform — how FBL has rigged and developed working methods to mobilize many actors in the Lund ecosystem to act together across actor sectors and industries to solve societal challenges, says Emily Wise.

Future by Lund is the only one in this context that has pursued active innovation work in the gap between municipality, academia, organisations and business.

- Future by Lund's function as a system intermediary, as an actor between different organisations, has contributed to both new solutions and a stronger innovation ecosystem. The platform has become an important connecting space where many actors (including municipalities, universities, organizations and large and small companies, including start-ups) can step in and develop things together. FBL's role as a change agent for the system has strengthened Lund's innovation ecosystem and Future by Lund now continues to receive new assignments (for example, the Lund Innovation District) to further develop Lund, says Emily Wise.

Tour schedule:

06 Sep 2023, 08:00-08:45, 10-Year Follow-up Research, Magnus Johansson

13 Sep 2023, 08:00-08:45, City System Agents, Emily Wise

19 Sep 2023, 08:00-08:45, The inner learning process — how to become innovative in a public organization?

Chelsey Jo Huisman

26 Sep 2023 12:00-12:45, The Invisible Hands of Space, Heiti Ernits

04 Oct 2023, 08:00-08:45, Experiment as a planning strategy, Erica Eneqvist

09 Oct 2023, 08:00-08:45, Innovation as translation, Magnus Johansson

18 Oct 2023, 08:00-08:45, Managing Change, Christian Jensen and Jessica Algehed

The presentations are free of charge and registration is done by joining the Teams meeting. See mes on Ri.se.