Jesper Lindgaard Christensen

Jesper Lindgaard Christensen is an Associate Professor at Aalborg University Business School within the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. He is part of the internationally recognized IKE Research Group and contributes to the Cluster Dynamics and REDY research initiatives. His work focuses on innovation systems, regional dynamics, climate-related financial risk disclosures, and low-tech industry studies. He advises Danish and Nordic governments on innovation and entrepreneurship policies, with over 25 years of experience in policy analysis.

Research Interests:

• Innovation policy and systems
• Regional development and resilience
• Climate risk reporting by pension funds
• Entrepreneurial finance (business angels, venture capital)
• Low-tech industries (e.g., craft brewing, agriculture)

Recent Work Trends: His publications (2020–2024) emphasize climate finance transparency, organizational resilience in low-tech industries, and regulatory frameworks for fintech innovation. Over 170 research outputs include peer-reviewed articles in journals like Regional Studies and European Journal of Innovation Management.

• Awards: Best Paper in Track Finance (2014)
• Grants: Led the Climate Risk Reporting by Pension Funds project (2021–2023) funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark
• Advising: Supervised PhD student Chang Gao (2021–2024) and contributed to policy work for the EU Commission and Nordic Council

Lab/Team Affiliations: Active in the Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics (DRUID), a leading innovation studies group.