Mission

In recent years, there has been a significant shift in innovation policy from a focus on economic competitiveness and growth to addressing broader societal challenges. This shift necessitates a transformative approach to innovation, one that contributes to system-wide changes.

SIRI aims to develop, mobilise, and pool capabilities and resources on a national level to advance understanding and governance of system transformation processes in Sweden.

SIRI stands for System Innovation Research in Interaction, encapsulating our commitment to supporting systemic change and innovation by connecting researchers, practitioners, and policymakers across disciplines and sectors.

Activities

Our platform engages in several activities:

Community building: Strengthening networks and building trust within the system transformation community through regular meetings and interactions.

Research agenda development: Creating and updating a research agenda focused on relevant and pressing societal challenges and themes.

Knowledge exchange: Synthesising research and organising seminars and training sessions to share insights and promote learning.

Policy seminars and dialogues: Facilitating discussions between researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to develop joint initiatives.

Specific initiatives: such as macro trend analyses, transformative innovation policy (TIP) courses, and the Swedish Schumpeter Lectures.

SIRI’s organisation is a reflection of its collaborative and multi-stakeholder approach.

Our members bring a wealth of experience and expertise in innovation, sustainability transitions, system transformation, policy evaluation, and interactive research efforts.

The management team consists of the platform coordinators and community anchors, the partner organisations’ representatives.

The links below will take you to the individuals’ institutional profile or LinkedIn pages.

Team

Platform coordinators

Mart Laatsit, CIRCLE - Lund University

Magnus Nilsson, CIRCLE - Lund University

Community Anchors

Josefin Gannedahl, Vinnova

Hans Hellsmark, Chalmers University of Technology

Magnus Johansson, RISE

Wisdom Kanda, Linköping University

Michele-Lee Moore, Stockholm Resilience Centre

Emily Wise, CIRCLE - Lund University

Board

Chair:

Anna Bergek, Chalmers University of Technology

Members:

Mats Benner, Lund University

Joanna Franzén, Vinnova

Harald Rohracher, Linköping University

Inger-Lise Svensson, RISE

We aim to serve as a hub for those working toward system-wide change through a transformative approach to innovation.

While many of our activities are open to all, if you have a particular interest in research in interaction, transformative innovation, and systems change, we encourage you to send us an email to receive invitations to activities and connect with others in our community.

In your email, please include:

Full name

Affiliation/Type of work
Interest in SIRI/Specific areas of interest