Researchers from the IIIEE at Lund University and Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Oksana Mont, Yuliya Voytenko Palgan, Karin Bradley and Lucie Zvolska publish an Editorial for the Special Issue of the Journal of Cleaner Production on the Sharing Economy Researchers from the IIIEE at Lund University and Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Oksana Mont, Yuliya Voytenko Palgan, Karin Bradley and L

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-publication-decade-sharing-economy-concepts-users-business-and-governance-perspectives - 2025-09-05

Starting this week, EMP MSc theses are defended all the way through June. Remote sensing to make supply chains more sustainable, Designing medical products for circularity, Managing plastics waste in California or Cost-Benefits of green roofs as carbon sinks? A sweet mix of talent and hot topics as batch 25 are presenting their master thesis research.This week we will have master's thesis defences

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/emp-msc-theses-defences-start-week - 2025-09-05

- Kes McCormick sets new record! IIIEE Associate Professor Kes McCormick has achieved over 160,000 downloads of his publications in Lund University Publications (LUP), which is the institutional repository for scholarly publications from Lund University.Recently, Kes McCormick has become the most downloaded author at Lund University. Currently, his most downloaded publication is the Greening the E

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/most-downloads-lund-university - 2025-09-05

Delegation from the West Pomeranian regional authority A delegation from the West Pomeranian regional authority are visiting the IIIEE to discuss continuing collaboration in the framework of the Swedish-Polish Sustainable Energy Platform.For more information, please contact mikael [dot] backman [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Mikael Backman)

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/delegation-west-pomeranian-regional-authority-are-visiting-iiiee - 2025-09-05

Postdoctoral fellow Katharina Reindl and colleagues from Institute for Social-Ecological Research (ISOE), Germany publish new article in Nature and Culture "Plastic Packaging, Food Supply, and Everyday Life. Adopting a Social Practice Perspective in Social-Ecological Research", Lukas Sattlegger, Immanuel Stieß, Luca Raschewski, and Katharina Reindl. Nature and Culture, vol. 15:2.Abstract: The arti

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-publication-plastic-packaging-food-supply-and-everyday-life - 2025-09-05

Welcome to the 2020 City Futures Summit on Thursday 8 October 2020 between 12.00-14.00 CET – an online event connecting people, places and projects around the world! Check out the website for the City Futures Summit to learn more about the event – www.cityfutures.seRegister here for the event 

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/launch-website-city-futures-summit - 2025-09-05

Doctoral student in Sustainable urban governance on mission-oriented innovation The doctoral student will work in the area of sustainable urban governance with a focus on mission-oriented innovation.The transformation to a sustainable society involves a multitude of actors including municipalities, business, public organizations and citizens, together advancing new knowledge and going beyond tradi

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/vacancy-iiiee - 2025-09-05

There is growing attention on green stimulus recovery packages around the world, and policy-oriented research and expertise at the IIIEE is being increasingly considered to support policy initiatives in this important area. Recently, the International Energy Agency (IEA) launched the development of the ‘World Energy Outlook Special Report on Sustainable Recovery’. The IIIEE Policy Analysis theme w

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-policy-analysis-theme-contributes-iea-special-report-sustainable-recovery - 2025-09-05

Redesigning our economies and communities in the face of pandemics and crises. In this article, Kes McCormick, Yuliya Voytenko Palgan and Charlotte Leire at IIIEE, present the ambitions and design of a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on five ways to shape the sharing economy in cities.The article is published on the Viable Cities website, an innovation programme for smart and sustainable cit

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/five-ways-shape-sharing-economy-cities - 2025-09-05

"Circular Economy in Home Textiles: Motivations of IKEA Consumers in Sweden" Ever wondered what motivates consumers to engage in circular home textile disposal practices? IIIEE researchers Matthias Lehner, Oksana Mont, Giulia Mariani, and Luis Mundaca have just published a study in Sustainability, answering this question based on a sample of IKEA Consumers in Sweden. Abstract (by the authors):If p

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-publication - 2025-09-05

Did you miss Ullrika’s Docent lecture? Don’t worry.Have a look at the slides on evidence.blogg.lu.se

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/ullrika-sahlin-docent-lecture - 2025-09-05

During last autumn and winter a team of researchers, PhD students and master students from Lund University and Leuphana University, Lüneburg, joined forces to undertake a student-driven quantitative review on temporal changes in ecosystem services. While the primary outcome of this collaboration will be a review to be published in an international scientific journal, the true added value of the st

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/student-driven-quantitative-review-temporal-changes-ecosystem-services - 2025-09-05

BECC researcher Ullrika Sahlin has together with other researchers published a debate article in Svenska Dagbladet today (17/5) arguing that the WWF's advice not to eat the endangered indigenous Swedish crayfish Astacus astacus is confusing and should be changed. Read the article on svd.se (in Swedish)

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/article-crayfish-svenska-dagbladet - 2025-09-05

Photo: Sune Broman och Inger Ekström. Martin Green and Jens Rydell at the biology department, Lund University, have been awarded Skånes vindkraftspris 2017. Read the full article in Swedish on biologi.lu.se

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/biologists-win-skane-wind-academy-prize - 2025-09-05

To what use is the Swedish rural programme and what can be done to increase its effects? The CEC researchers Juliana Dänhardt and Henrik Smith have contributed with two chapters to the newly published book “Så här ligger landet – tankar om landsbygdsprogram och landsbygdsutveckling” (in Swedish). The book has been published by the Swedish Board of Agriculture and consists of short visionary texts

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/new-book-thoughts-swedish-rural-development-programme-and-rural-development-co-authors-cec - 2025-09-05

Yann Clough and Natascha Kljun. The Centre for Environmental and Climate Research has employed two new professors with research focus on human impact on environmental changes. Natascha Kljun and Yann Clough are new professors at CEC with the assignment to establish two research programmes of a high international standard in environmental science. From a starting point in science, the research prog

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/lunds-first-professors-environmental-science - 2025-09-05

Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, the Ecology Building. Photo: Kennet Ruona. During summer the Centre for Environmental and Climate Research (CEC) are announcing six new research positions within the Strategic Research Area Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate (BECC). Associate Senior University Lecturer in Ecological-Economic ModellingThe appointee will be expect

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/six-open-research-positions-cec - 2025-09-05

Photo: Kennet Ruona. Ullrika Sahlin has been appointed Reader in Environmental Science at the Faculty of Science. Her research focus on the management of uncertainty in risk analysis and evidence-based decisionmaking. Have you ever missed a train or been stunned by a surprise you did not expect to happen? In retrospect, could you have done something to prevent bad things from happening and still g

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/ullrika-sahlin-new-reader-environmental-science - 2025-09-05

It has previously been unsure whether microplastics from playgrounds spread to fresh water and aquatic environments. Detailed studies of schoolyards in the city of Lomma now clearly show that microplastics end up in nearby Höje river. Rubber-based surfaces with the purpose to protect our children also threaten wildlife, both at sea and on land. Read more about the study on lu.se (in Swedish)The pu

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/playgrounds-lomma-are-leaking-microplastics - 2025-09-05

Ullrika Sahlin, risk specialist at CEC, was awarded 15,000 Euros for her project “Gaming for better decisions under uncertainty” at the Climate-KIC Ideation Day II this Tuesday. Ullrikas project aims at developing a fun and educational game for decision-makers where they can develop skills in making decisions on climate-related issues with consideration of risk and uncertainty. The second Ideation

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/ullrika-sahlin-awarded-project-money-climate-kic-ideation-day - 2025-09-05