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Research at the Division of Chemical Physics covers a wide range of research topics – from novel synthesis of molecules and nanomaterials to advanced femtosecond spectroscopy and microscopy of light-driven processes. Complex Molecular Spectroscopy -Pullerits GroupThe group interests are focused on theoretical and experimental study of complex molecular and semiconductor systems by methods of laser
https://www.chemphys.lu.se/research - 2026-07-15
Find publications in the research portalIn the Lund University Research Portal you can search for:Active researchers and doctoral students within our research areasResearch outputs, for example publicationsResearch projectsResearch infrastructuresResearch unitsThe Division’s profile in Lund University’s Research Portal
https://www.chemphys.lu.se/publications - 2026-07-15
Job positionsThe Division's vacant job positions are announced in Lund University's recruiment system.Current job vacancies (Lund University's website).To apply for a vacant position, you need an account in Lund University’s recruitment system, Varbi.How to apply for a position (Lund University’s website)Master's/Bachelor's ProjectsWe are always seeking motivated students to undertake Master's/Bac
https://www.chemphys.lu.se/open-positions - 2026-07-15
Management Head of the divisionDonatas Zigmantas+46-46-222 47 39donatas [dot] zigmantas [at] chemphys [dot] lu [dot] se (donatas[dot]zigmantas[at]chem[dot]lu[dot]se)Deputy heads of the divisionTönu Pullerits+46 46 222 81 31tonu [dot] pullerits [at] chemphys [dot] lu [dot] se (tonu[dot]pullerits[at]chem[dot]lu[dot]se)Ivan Scheblykin+46 46 222 48 48ivan [dot] scheblykin [at] chemphys [dot] lu [dot]
https://www.chemphys.lu.se/contact - 2026-07-15
Public procurement can be a great driver of innovation and thereby an important instrument of innovation policy. By using functional specifications, the buyer describes the problem to be solved and what needs to be achieved, instead of describing a product as the solution, which is often the case today. Functional public procurement is potentially a powerful innovation policy instrument for two re
https://www.circle.lu.se/functional-public-procurement-innovation-welfare-and-environment - 2026-07-15
PhD students, academic lecturers and postdocs, join the online seminar series aimed to seek alternatives for the democratisation of knowledge in the Global South. This seminar series explores pathways that have already been pursued, as well as those that may be opened in the future – to enable advanced knowledge to contribute more effectively to improving living conditions where, and for whom, thi
https://www.circle.lu.se/knowledge-democratization-inclusive-innovation-systems-seminar-series-5-ects - 2026-07-15
CIRCLE is a research-intensive centre that generates numerous publications in innovation research through peer-reviewed journals. Other formats and channels are also used for research dissemination, such books, working papers and policy briefs. Journals and working papersPeer-reviewed journal articles are published in top journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Energy for Sustainable Devel
https://www.circle.lu.se/publications - 2026-07-15
CIRCLE is an interdisciplinary Centre for Innovation Research spanning several faculties at Lund University. CIRCLE's aim is to understand and explain how innovation can contribute to a good society and tackle societal challenges like economic crises, climate change or increased globalization of economic activities. This aim requires advanced insights into:how knowledge is created and diffused in
https://www.circle.lu.se/research - 2026-07-15
Innovation policy makers of today are facing a range of challenges to solve, extending far beyond the usual paradigm of economic growth. This places a renewed pressure for more innovation within innovation policy itself. Our research theme aims to study the changing landscape for policy making and develop new approaches to guide the 21st century innovation policy.We have identified three trends in
https://www.circle.lu.se/new-perspectives-innovation-policy - 2026-07-15
CIRCLE is the Centre for Innovation Research at Lund University. It functions as incubator, coordinator, and implementer of innovation research across faculties. CIRCLE strives to provide an attractive research environment with strong national and international networks. Our aim is to understand and explain how innovation can contribute to a good society and tackle societal challenges such as econ
https://www.circle.lu.se/about - 2026-07-15
Over the past decade, interest in public sector innovation has increased. With new major societal challenges and limited resources, innovation becomes an important key moving forward. The public sector includes health care, care of elderly and children, education, judicial system, national defense, public transport and infrastructure – areas that face complex challenges. As demands from citizens i
https://www.circle.lu.se/public-sector-innovation - 2026-07-15
Innovation is not only a fundamental component of corporate strategy to revitalize business but also a prominent force that drives industrial renewal and sustainable development at aggregate level. Over recent years, fast technological change promotes the emergence a group of frontier technologies, such as artificial intelligence, big data, internet of things, robotics, advanced materials and quan
https://www.circle.lu.se/corporate-venturing-and-innovation - 2026-07-15
CIRCLE is headed by a board, which makes formal decisions on strategy, plans and budget. The centre is advised by an international advisory board which serves as a speaking partner to the management team which manages the operational activities. Management teamDirectorMarkus Grillitsch, Professor in Economic Geography, Social SciencesDeputy DirectorMagnus Nilsson, Associate Professor in Business A
https://www.circle.lu.se/about/organisation - 2026-07-15
"Entrepreneurial experimentation" increases technological and market experimentation, as well as policy experimentation within the economic system. Without experimentation any system – technological and/or regional – will stagnate. This research theme focuses on entrepreneurial experimentation as a key function in the experimentally organized economy.Entrepreneurial experimentation is a system fun
https://www.circle.lu.se/entrepreneurial-experimentation - 2026-07-15
In recent years, international operations have come under threat on the one hand by increasing protectionisms and one the other hand by the SARS-Cov2 pandemic. As a small open economy, building its strengths on international trade and the free flow of knowledge, much is at stake for Sweden. Research in the theme 'International Business, Technology and Innovation' focuses on the global dimension of
https://www.circle.lu.se/international-businesses-technology-and-innovation - 2026-07-15
In recent decades, Information and Communications Technology has diffused in all industries and sectors disrupting the ways we produce and consume. This has created winners as well as losers both in terms of regions, industries and jobs. New technologies such as artificial intelligence, nanotechnologies or biotechnologies are taking center stage. Lund University is home to excellent research envir
https://www.circle.lu.se/geography-innovation-and-societal-transformation - 2026-07-15
CIRCLE strives to be a diverse and inclusive community which means membership is open to a broad variety of academics with an interest in innovation research. Diversity is reflected in the current members' different research area interests, faculty affiliations and degree of academic experience, as well as nationality. ActivitiesThe broad network in innovation research that CIRCLE provides through
https://www.circle.lu.se/about/community - 2026-07-15
Innovation is a key enabler for climate change mitigation and adaptation, while also supporting broader economic and societal development goals. This research theme investigates the complex social, institutional, and political dynamics that shape and impact innovation processes in Global South contexts. These diverse settings – for instance large informal sector, resource constraints and complex i
https://www.circle.lu.se/innovation-global-south - 2026-07-15
The 2009 "Lund Declaration" concluded that European research and innovation must focus on the grand challenges of our time, finding solutions to problems associated with ageing societies, pandemics, public health, security, global warming and the increasingly difficult access to sources of energy, water and food. This typically involves a variety of technological and social innovations, behavioral
https://www.circle.lu.se/sustainability-transition - 2026-07-15
CIRCLE provides PhD students and senior scholars with the opportunity to apply for a research visit. The aim is to promote joint research collaborations and foster an exchange within the innovation studies community. In order to facilitate the academic exchange, each visiting scholar will be assigned a mentor. Research visits typically last between two weeks and six months, although exceptions are
https://www.circle.lu.se/about/visiting-scholars - 2026-07-15
