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In the September issue of Tomorrow, Atea's stakeholder magazine, Dr. Peter Arnfalk's chronicle discusses the pros with virtual meetings, education and MOOCs.View the chronicle here (in Swedish only)More about virtual meetings here
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/associate-professor-peter-arnfalk-ateas-chronicle - 2025-08-25
What are the opportunities for active transport policy pathways? Research shows that a policy mix that maximises economic benefits entails bike-sharing, cycle parking, training and education, low traffic neighbourhoods, e-bike grants, a workplace parking levy and increased use of a ‘cycle-to-work’ Scheme. Combined with concerns about climate change, air pollution and human health, the COVID-19 pan
New research uncovers the dark side of customers returns, offering policies to address the growing problem of product destruction. It will come as no surprise that the number of consumer products being returned has exploded in recent years. This can be attributed to a range of factors, including the growing popularity of home delivery, liberal returns policies, and the prevalence of low-quality pr
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/e-commerce-products-consumers-return-risk-ending-landfills - 2025-08-25
IIIEE guest professor Nancy Bocken has conducted several studies business models and consumption and explains about sufficiency and other tricks in a new magazine article. Professor Nancy Bocken's advice for Black Friday is crystal clear: turn off the computer! Nancy has spent year studying business models and consumption problems and in recent study she addresses the topic of “sufficiency” and he
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/expert-message-black-friday-day-turn-computer-and-take-walk - 2025-08-25
How can business drive sufficiency? A study using the ‘Business for Sufficiency’ (BfS) framework examining businesses already employing sufficiency sheds light on the viability, desirability, feasibility and sustainability for them to do so. It also shows that most prevalent strategies require the least radical changes. The breaching of planetary boundaries and excessive extraction of natural reso
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/business-sufficiency-framework - 2025-08-25
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been declared a co-laureate of the prominent 2022 ‘Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity’. For its contributions to the IPCC Assessment Reports, the IIIEE feels honoured to be part of this initiative. The 2022 Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity was awarded to IPCC together with the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem S
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/ipcc-receives-2022-gulbenkian-prize-humanity - 2025-08-25
Today we commemorated the establishment of the Republic of Finland. In 1917 Finland achieved its independence from Russia. The day is celebrated in Sweden not least to acknowledge the groups Finnish speakers who have moved to Sweden over a long period of time. At the IIIEE as well as at Lund University the Finnish flag was hoisted.
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/congratulations-finnish-day-independence - 2025-08-25
A recent study uncovers why companies engage in this highly unsustainable and resource-inefficient behaviour and explores the potential policy interventions that could effectively address the issue. The practice of product destruction, whereby retailers or manufacturers dispose of viable consumer products such as unsold goods or customer returns, is an extreme expression of the linearity of our cu
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/what-practice-product-destruction - 2025-08-25
LUM, No. 7, 2015 On 8 October 2015, Lund University Magazine published a series of articles under the Theme: "Stopp för MOOC-loket?"In the article Pedagogisk utveckling med förhinder, Kes McCormick and Peter Arnfalk comment on the discouragement of MOOCs.The six articles are in Swedish and can be accessed via these links:Pedagogisk utveckling med förhinderLU tonar ner sin roll i mooc-samarbete med
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/kes-mccormick-and-peter-arnfalk-iiiee-comment-discouragement-moocs - 2025-08-25
A new article on sustainable energy systems and energy justice outlines the factors that dictates user flexibility, and the ways in which current business models “reward” some users while “punishing” others. How is flexibility and energy related to justice, equity and sustainable development? As the share of renewable energy production is increasing, such as wind and solar power, the extent to whi
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/how-flexibility-and-energy-related-justice-equity-and-sustainable-development - 2025-08-25
What about the potentially unwanted Christmas gifts? The products that are returned to the seller in e-commerce are likely to be thrown away instead of being resold. This is a research finding that has been picked up and shared in Swedish radio, just in time for Christmas. For some type of consumer products such as clothing and small electronics reselling returned articles is more expensive than p
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/media-attention-unused-products-going-straight-waste - 2025-08-25
The Bioeconomy: An Introduction to the World of Bioenergy The Bioeconomy: An Introduction to the World of BioenergyBioenergy is booming around the world and with the expansion comes exciting opportunities and some disturbing risks. Learning about bioenergy – from technologies, to resources, to policies – is important to the success and sustainability of the bioeconomy. This interactive guide opens
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-guide-bioeconomy-available - 2025-08-25
A new study shows points to the importance of political support of municipalities however also points to the common barriers among municipalities which are lack of expertise, capacity and financial resources. Half of the EU’s final energy consumption is made up by the heating and cooling sector, making this an important sector for reducing fossil fuel consumption. What role energy communities can
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/what-role-can-energy-communities-play-decarbonising-heating-sector - 2025-08-25
What kind of knowledge is produced in social science studies on smart grids? Smart technologies, such as smart grids, are emerging as indispensable aspects of an energy transformation and come with hopes of more sustainable resource use. A substantial amount of research has examined the technical, economic, and environmental implications of these technologies, but less attention has been pa
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/development-social-science-research-smart-grids - 2025-08-25
Duncan McLaren in the IIIEE Aula On 20 October, guest lecturer Duncan McLaren will visit the IIIEE and give a lecture on the theme: Sharing Cities for Sustainability.The lecture will cover the principles and dilemmas of sharing economy in cities and focus on what city authorities can do to promote the sharing paradigm, and manage the sharing economy to maximise its environmental and social benefit
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/guest-lecture-duncan-mclaren-sharing-cities-sustainability - 2025-08-25
IIIEE students EMP 2016-2018! The application for the Master's Programme in Environmental Management and Policy (EMP) at the IIIEE is now open.The application period is 16 October 2015 - 15 January 2016.For more information, please view the university admissions' website
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/application-now-open-next-round-master-students-iiiee - 2025-08-25
Greening the Economy: Sustainable Cities Greening the Economy: Sustainable Cities – A Massive Open Online CourseHow can we shape urban development towards sustainable and prosperous futures?This course explores sustainable cities as engines for greening the economy. We place cities in the context of sustainable urban transformation and climate change. Sustainable urban transformation refers to str
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/greening-economy-sustainable-cities-massive-open-online-course - 2025-08-25
Mark this day by learning how you can make electronics more circular! Today is the official Circular Electronics Day and the IIIEE is participating. For the sixth year in a row, the 24th of January means the Circular Electronics Day. The IIIEE is a participating organisation in the Circular Electronics Initiative. The goal is to create awareness about the need for a longer life for electronic prod
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/january-24-official-circular-electronics-day - 2025-08-25
A new paper by Aleh Cherp and several co-authors published in Environmental Research Letters asks what is the fastest realistic rate of global coal phase-out and what it means for the climate. The paper signals both good and bad news. The good news are that more and more countries promise to phase out coal, including poorer economies that rely more on coal, have younger power plants and weaker de
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/how-fast-can-we-stop-using-coal-power-and-what-does-it-mean-climate - 2025-08-25
Public seminar with discussions and questions around lifestyle options and structural changes. On Thursday, January 26th, Fridays for Future held their second “Ask A Researcher” event in Lund. IIIEE researcher Jessika Luth Richter introduced the EU 1.5 lifestyle project and answered questions about different lifestyle options and the structural changes needed to transition to a low-carbon society
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/15deg-degree-lifestyle-highlighted-fridays-future - 2025-08-25
