Deputy Director General, Head of International Division, Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (Vinnova)

Joakim Appelquist is a social scientist by training, He did his PhD in Economic History at Lund University in 2005. During his PhD studies Joakim Appelquist worked as a project assistant at IKED (International Organisation for Enterprise Development and Knowledge Economy), a Swedish-based think tank focused on entrepreneurship and innovation system development. At IKED he led a project that developed new ways to evaluate publicly funded RDTI program.

In 2005 Dr. Appelquist joined Vinnova, the Sweden´s Innovation Agency. Initially he worked as an expert developing evaluation and monitoring methods for RDTI projects. He was then appointed programme manager for the National Innovation Systems Research programme.

In 2010, Joakim Appelquist was appointed director for the International Division. The portfolio includes the National Contact Office for the EU framework program for Research and Innovation, Horizon 2020, and Vinnova´s bilateral R&D cooperation.

In 2018 Joakim Appelquist was appointed Deputy Director General responsible for International Affairs.