By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 17 February 2022 On 16 & 17 February 2022, Lund University & U21 invited member universities to participate in a two-day online Education Innovation Symposium on the topic Teaching for Sustainability. The symposium included discussions, best practices and much more! Kes McCormick presented on the power and potentials o

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/kes-mccormick-presents-u21-educational-innovation-symposium-teaching-sustainability - 2025-06-29

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 22 February 2022 Charlotte Leire and Kes McCormick are responsible for the MOOCs produced at the IIIEE. Photo: Jan Olsson IIIEE is taking the lead on open, month-long online courses, known as MOOCs. The investment in MOOCs has been quite a success. In recent years, every sixth student has stated that the online courses

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/moocs-more-popular-during-pandemic - 2025-06-29

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 28 February 2022 Artificial intelligence - AI - is being applied throughout society to a wide array of sustainability-related challenges, where it can help to effectivize and optimize systems to save both energy and resources. AI can also be used to analyse enormous amounts of data, faster than any human ever could. Ho

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-podcast-episode-exploring-role-ai-sustainability - 2025-06-29

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 1 March 2022 In a newly published article in Energy Policy, researchers from the IIIEE show the potential impacts that social norms can have if they were used to promote low-carbon mobility options. The transport sector is crucially important to limit global warming to 1.5ᵒC above pre-industrial levels. Its management

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/policy-experimentation-what-extent-can-use-social-norms-promote-low-carbon-mobility-options - 2025-06-29

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 9 March 2022 On 1 March about 60 international colleagues, students, alumni and friends met in front of the IIIEE main entrance to show solidarity with Ukraine and our support for democracy and freedom. The participants took a picture with the Ukrainian flag, said some words of encouragement, shared links for donations

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-shows-solidarity-ukraine - 2025-06-29

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 10 March 2022 Kes McCormick from the IIIEE moderated a grand seminar at Lund University on the IPCC report “Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability“ and, in the light of the recent report from the Swedish National Expert Council for Climate Adaptation. Presentations and discussions focused on the implications in the cont

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/grand-seminar-ipcc-report-climate-change-focus-impacts-adaptation-and-vulnerability - 2025-06-29

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 11 March 2022 Boost your knowledge, understanding and skills for navigating urban transformations and creating sustainable cities and communities in countries across the world by taking a specialisation on the Coursera platform. This specialisation combines three Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). In this specialisat

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-launches-sustainable-cities-and-communities-specialisation-coursera-platform - 2025-06-29

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 14 March 2022 ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability and the City of Malmö are partnering with the City Futures Academy and the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) at Lund University to support the capacity building and lifelong learning of participants at the ICLEI World Congre

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/lifelong-learning-amplifying-urban-transformation-capacities-new-partnership-iclei-and-city-malmo - 2025-06-29

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 28 March 2022 Today, more than half of the world’s population live in cities, and by mid-century it is predicted that more than two-thirds of the world’s population will live in urban areas. This sees cities at the forefront of sustainability, needing to meet social needs within our ecological boundaries. An overarchin

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-podcast-episode-goals-targets-and-indicators-applying-sustainable-development-goals-cities - 2025-06-29

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 1 April 2022 IIIEE researchers have contributed to a special issue in the Journal of Cleaner Production, dealing with the role of regulations and public policies as drivers for the Circular Economy. Carl Dalhammar was one of the guest editors of the issue, which also included two article contributions from IIIEE resear

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-researchers-contribute-special-issue-regulating-circular-economy-gaps-insights-and-emerging - 2025-06-29

Published 7 October 2015 “We need to close the knowledge gap”, says Andrius Plepys, one of the IIIEE researchers in search of the reasons why energy-innovative lighting is still so rare in Swedish schools and hospitals. New business models and commercial opportunities in lighting:What stops LEDs from hitting the market? Energy efficient lighting as in LED is an essential technique in a sustainable

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-andrius-plepys - 2025-06-29

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 5 April 2022 Yuliya Voytenko Palgan and her father Volodymyr Voitenko meet with Vice-Chancellor Erik Renström and Pro Vice-Chancellor Per Mickwitz. (Photo: Kennet Ruona) Our colleague Yuliya Voytenko Palgan is one of the driving spirits at the University who are doing everything they can to help Ukraine and the people

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/yuliya-fighting-ukraine - 2025-06-29

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 7 April 2022 The IIIEE building. Photo: Charlotte Carlberg Bärg The year 2021 was characterised by COVID-19 with online meetings and hybrid education, but also by the many innovative solutions to keep a collaborate, engaging and vibrant environment for both students and staff when working from home. Looking back, we ma

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-annual-report-2021 - 2025-06-29

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 12 April 2022 The Russian invasion of Ukraine raised concerns about Europe’s dependence on Russian natural gas. In a recent interview to Extrakt magazine Professor Aleh Cherp argues that this will increase the interest of European countries to construct new or prolong the operation of existing nuclear power plants. Ale

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/will-war-ukraine-provide-boost-nuclear-power - 2025-06-29

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 21 April 2022 Photo: Marie Andersson Meet our new colleague Samson Mukanjari who recently joined the IIIEE. Originally from Zimbabwe, with a master’s degree from the University of Cape Town and a PhD from the University of Gothenburg, he has now moved to Lund with his family. Samson has a background in economics and wi

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/welcome-samson-mukanjari - 2025-06-29

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 25 April 2022 Augustenborg. Photo: VASyd In a new article published in Frontiers in Sustainable Cities (Urban Greening section), IIIEE researchers Björn Wickenberg, Bernadett Kiss, Kes McCormick and Yuliya Voytenko Palgan unpack enabling and constraining factors for transformative learning through interpretative case s

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/seeds-transformative-learning-investigating-past-experiences-implementing-nature-based-solutions - 2025-06-29

Published 7 October 2015 Oksana Mont holds the default choice as the nudge with the strongest potential to change behaviours: “Changing the default choice in a sustainable direction has proven very effective.” Nudging: A tool for sustainable behaviourSometimes, a gentle nudge is all it takes for us to do the right thing. With a report written by three IIIEE researchers, nudging as a behavioural to

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-oksana-mont - 2025-06-29

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 25 April 2022 There is a clear and urgent need to accelerate the implementation of sustainability solutions. We must move beyond simple conceptual understanding of solutions, instead experimenting with collaborators in contexts in order to improve effectiveness, share learnings with others, and avoid future mistakes th

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-podcast-episode-its-not-just-concept-holistic-approach-implement-nature-based-solutions - 2025-06-29

Published 17 June 2020 The 2021 Tage Erlander visiting professorship has been awarded Beth Parker, professor in hydrogeology at Guelph University, Canada. During her time in Sweden, professor Beth Parker will be active mainly at Lund University. https://www.vr.se/english/applying-for-funding/decisions/2020-05-28-tage-erlander-visiting-professorship.html

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/beth-parker-2021-tage-erlander-visiting-professor-will-work-department-geology - 2025-06-29

Published 30 June 2020 Photo: Lena Björk Blixt   Daniel Conley is investigating the seas of ancient times. His sights are set on finding a moment in time when the chemistry of the oceans changed completely, when the diatoms became common, which changed the Earth's ecosystem. In addition to be a major food source, the algae absorb large quantities of silicon from the oceans. They absorb carbon dio

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/daniel-conley-investigating-seas-ancient-times - 2025-06-29