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Fredrik Östlin

Senior Innovation advisor and circular economy expert

Karlstad university

Karlstad, Sweden

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Experience from a journey (since 2010) from idea to a born circular company with a service innovation with public sector as main target.

My organisation

Karlstad university

Karlstad university

University

Karlstad, Sweden

Karlstad University (KAU) is one of Sweden’s youngest and most modern universities, known for combining high academic quality with close collaboration with industry, the public sector, and society. Through its Grants and Innovation Office (GIO), KAU supports research, innovation, and knowledge utilization with a strong regional focus on smart specialisation, digital health, sustainability, and circular economy. KAU fosters interdisciplinary collaboration and entrepreneurial culture among researchers and students, and is part of the Innovation Office Fyrklövern network together with Linnaeus, Mid Sweden, and Örebro Universities.
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About me

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Skills

  • Value Creation
  • Social innovation
  • Circular Business Modelling
  • Public procurement
  • Trademark
  • Utilisation of research from social sciences
  • Circularity

Interests

  • societal impact

Additional questions

Areas of activity

TextilesCircular business modelsIndustrial symbiosisEnergyOthers

Region

SW-NORTH MIDDLE SWEEDEN

THEMATIC GROUPS INTEREST

TG-Boosting Circular Business ModelsTG-Circular textile productionTG- Product as a Service (PaaS)TG-Industrial symbiosis

Marketplace (1)

  • Project cooperation

    Circular Packaging Transition

    The project builds practical circular value chains for food packaging through service design, value constellations, and digitalization.

    • Process innovation
    • Looking for partners
    • Proposal in preparation
    • Business model innovation
    • Circular packaging solutions
    • Regional systemic innovation
    • 2nd Call 2026 (max 1.5 years)
    • Social and behaviour innovation
    • Digitalisation and ITC of industrrial processes
    Author

    Fredrik Östlin

    Senior Innovation advisor and circular economy expert at Karlstad university

    Karlstad, Sweden