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Julia Nussholz defends her doctoral dissertation on "Circular Business Model Design: Business Opportunities from Retaining Value of Products and Materials" On 6 March 2020, PhD candidate Julia Nussholz will defend her doctoral dissertation with the title: Circular Business Model Design: Business Opportunities from Retaining Value of Products and MaterialsThe opponent will be Prof. Conny Bakker, Pr
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/phd-dissertation-defence - 2025-12-20
Nature-based solutions for innovation and sustainability As we come to the end of our inaugural session (5 weeks in duration) for the Urban Nature MOOC, we just wanted to give a quick update. So far we have had 64,000 page views, 9,000 unique visitors and 2,000 enrolments. The compendium has been downloaded some 3,800 times. We get continuous feedback from participants. For example: ”I really like
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/urban-nature-mooc-flying-start - 2025-12-20
Our Professor Nancy Bocken recently finished a collaborative report on the principles and strategies of 'resource-light' business models. Based on a significant body of research and real-life examples the report provides a useful resource for practitioners, academics, and entrepreneurs seeking to integrate proven resource-light strategies into their circular business innovations.Read the report he
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-report-resourse-light-business-models-circular-economy - 2025-12-20
The coronavirus has been spreading fast internationally, in Sweden as well as in Skåne. At the IIIEE, we follow the development closely and take action based on the decisions by the Swedish authorities and Lund University. Update 17 MarchAt a press conference today, 17 March, the Swedish prime minister Stefan Löfven announced that the Government recommends that universities and other higher educat
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-and-coronavirus - 2025-12-20
The potential of ecodesign:Increasing efficiency by requirement From a sustainability point of view, the EU Ecodesign Directive has been very successful in improving the environmental performance of products – but there is more work to do. IIIEE researcher Carl Dalhammar is currently searching for concrete suggestions as to how the Swedish Energy Agency can advance their governance for resource ef
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-carl-dalhammar - 2025-12-20
Research and Action on Sustainable Urban Development from around the World On 18 May 2017, the IIIEE will bring together researchers at Lund University to present and discuss ongoing projects on urban living labs, urban sharing, urban lighting and more, and presentations by alumni from around the world working with sustainable urban development. It will create a space for critical discussions and
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/urban-planet - 2025-12-20
On 18 May, Sydsvenskan published an opinion piece by IIIEE PhD students Katherine Whalen and Jessika Luth Richter with the title: "Fördomar måste försvinna – uppfattningen att återanvända elektronikprodukter är sämre än nya och att det finns en risk för att personuppgifter sprids." (only in Swedish)
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/opinion-piece-sydsvenskan-phd-students-iiiee - 2025-12-20
On 16 May the conference "Fossilfritt Skåne" took place in Lund, co-organised by the IIIEE. The student journalist, Josefine Henman, wrote an article summarising the event. Click here to read the article (in Swedish only).
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/highlights-conference-fossilfritt-skane-16-may - 2025-12-20
This year 19 students from the University of Virginia are visiting the IIIEE and will work with four clients (see below). The programme at the IIIEE is run for the 4th time, and the students started at the IIIEE on 15 May. The students have a blog, where they write about their impressions from Lund and Sweden (click here to access the blog).Here are the clients for this year:Fabriken, which “gives
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/university-virginia-visit-4th-time - 2025-12-20
PhD candidates Leonidas Milios and Julia Nussholz discuss key elements of student group work for advanced learning in higher education. In a recent research article, published in the magazine of Lund University ‘Lärande i LTH’, Leonidas and Julia contribute in the analysis of what constitutes a well-designed and effective group work for students in higher education.The article presents the finding
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/insights-highest-level-student-group-work-iiiee - 2025-12-20
Close to 200 IIIEE alumni and students gathered in Lund for the traditional biennial alumni event. The Alumni Conference was organised jointly by the IIIEE and the IIIEE Alumni Network. Networking, up-dating, sharing of professional insights, the joy of re-uniting with dear colleagues and friends, re-visiting Lund and the Institute – in all a fantastically rich, happy and inspiring event! Three d
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-alumni-conference-2017 - 2025-12-20
Magic flag parade! On a beautiful Spring day flags from 125 countries, carried by IIIEE alumni & students from all parts of the world, were flown to congratulate the 350 year-old. May the sun continue to shine on LU as it further deepens its leadership in international sustainability!Footnote:The IIIEE has since inauguration in 1995 acquired flags representing the nationality of the graduating st
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-congratulates-lund-university-350-years - 2025-12-20
A unique mingle! Alumni from the original LU international sustainability master programmes joined up for a networking session during LU Sustainability week. Despite more than two decades and together more than 1500 alumni we have never previously managed to gather this group. Very inspiring to see all the energy and enthusiasm! These global sustainability professionals make up an essential part o
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/lu-global-sustainability-professionals - 2025-12-20
On 7 June it was the World Environment Day. And as part of the educational platform Coursera's commitment to promote sustainability and social impact, they especially highlighted the IIIEE's Massive Open Online Courses, the Greening the Economy courses, as top courses taking action on environmental issues!Watch their Facebook post hereWant to know more about our Greening the Economy courses and re
Attracting interest around current developments within the Mistra REES project. The first ever worldwide open-access conference dedicated to the Circular Economy was held on 5-7 June in Helsinki, Finland. This ground-breaking event presented the world’s best circular economy solutions and gathered together the most recognised experts and decision makers in the field, with over 1500 participants. P
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-world-circular-economy-forum-2017 - 2025-12-20
On 12 June, Svenska Dagbladet published an opinion piece in which Mistra REES researchers, including Oksana Mont and Andrius Plepys at the IIIEE, were highlighting the problems with the new taxation rules for chemical products, in particular for companies in the reuse-sector. Link to the opinion piece here (only in Swedish): "Ny skatt slår mot återanvänding av it"Link to the Mistra REES programme
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/mistra-rees-researchers-opinion-piece-svenska-dagbladet-naringsliv - 2025-12-20
On 12-14 June, the IIIEE held an international mobile research lab on Sharing and Collaborative Economy. 15 researchers in their early career including PhD students and postdocs took part in the research lab which aimed at expanding researchers’ existing understanding of the sharing and collaborative economies, sustainability evaluations of these complex phenomena in cities, and institutionalisati
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/international-mobile-research-lab-sharing-and-collaborative-economy-cities - 2025-12-20
On 15-16 June 2017, the 4th International Workshop on the Sharing Economy took place in Lund. The workshop was arranged by the IIIEE together with the department of urban planning and environment at KTH (Royal Institute of Technology), and attracted nearly a hundred participants from around the world. The workshop consisted of three keynotes, a stakeholder debate, an academic panel discussion, and
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/4th-international-workshop-sharing-economy - 2025-12-20
On "Demand-side policies, governance and socio-technical mitigation pathways of limiting global warming to 1.5°C”. This Special Issue aims to provide a series of multi-disciplinary and comprehensive deep decarbonisation studies addressing various demand-side aspects of energy-economy systems in line with a 1.5°C target.Abstract submission by 15 August 2017.Full paper submission by 1 November 2017
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/call-papers-special-issue-journal-energy-efficiency - 2025-12-20
There is a growing trend to involve citizens in city development to make urban areas more sustainable and livable. The urban living labs approach offers a way to foster new collaborative, trans-disciplinary ways of thinking in urban planning and development, and provides a real-world testing ground for urban innovation and transformation.This handbook aims to bring open innovation and co-creation
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/urban-living-labs-handbook - 2025-12-20
