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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. What makes for a successful transition to a low-carbon energy system? Perceived fairness of various processes identified as pre-condition for the legitimacy of outcomes, according to new research from the IIIEE and LUCSUS. Luis Mundaca together with alumna Sophie Schwer at the IIIEE and Henner Busch from LUCSUS recent

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-research-article-low-carbon-energy-transitions-attracts-media-attention - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Over 50% of the global population lives in cities, and those cities all share the same pressing challenge: how can they provide economic prosperity and social cohesion in a sustainable way? One way of finding answers to that question is urban living labs, a type of testbed where social and technical innovations are te

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/book-release-urban-living-labs-experimenting-city-futures - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SAVE THE DATE - 11 OCTOBER 2018! On 11 October 2018, the IIIEE is organizing a City Futures conference in Lund, Sweden. The aim is to bring together academia, municipalities and regional actors within business and industry to discuss how to strengthen the collaboration between science and policy for sustainable soluti

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/city-futures-samverkan-akademi-och-praktik-hallbara-losningar - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lunds kommun stärker det klimatpolitiska arbetet genom att som första kommun i landet inrätta ett eget klimatpolitiskt råd. Till rådet föreslås experter med tvärvetenskaplig kompetens från Lunds universitet och SLU. Lunds kommun följer den nationella strategin med ett klimatpolitiskt råd och inrättar en motsvarighet p

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/forskare-granskar-klimatpolitiken - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new report on the possibilities and limitations of socio-economic analyses has been published by the Swedish Scientific Council for Sustainable Development. The report has been handed over to the Minister for the Environment, Karolina Skog.Lena Neij at the IIIEE is a member of the Swedish Scientific Council for Sust

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-report-socio-economic-analyses-published-swedish-scientific-council-sustainable-development - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A timely special issue that explores policies and sectoral measures to keep the 1.5 °C target within reach Luis Mundaca at the IIIEE together with colleagues from Central European University and University of East Anglia have just concluded the special issue on Demand-side approaches for limiting global warming to 1.5

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/demand-side-approaches-limiting-global-warming-15-degc - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New article by IIIEE researchers Yuliya Voytenko and Kes McCormick, that develops a typology of urban living labs through a comparative analysis of 40 examples in Europe. The recent upsurge of interest in the experimental city as an arena within and through which urban sustainability is governed marks not only the eme

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/urban-living-labs-conducting-experimental-city - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Article in Dagens Nyheter On 11 September, Dagens Nyheter published an article on the recent EU environmental committee proposal to have 40 % of all cars be run on electricity or to be hybrids by 2030. Professor Luis Mundaca at the IIIEE gave his opinion on the matter.Link to article here (In Swedish only)

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/eu-proposes-invest-more-electric-cars - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. PhD candidate Jessika Luth Richter helps explore the critical materials in our electronics with the Restart Project as part of their podcast series. IIIEE PhD candidate Jessika Luth Richter is interviewed for a podcast on the topic of ‘critical’ materials that are found in our electronics. She talks about what makes m

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-researcher-interviewed-podcast-critical-materials-electronics - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Students of the the Master's programme in Environmental Management and Policy are presenting their Master's theses. From Monday 1 October to 4 October (including one thesis on 28 September) is thesis defence week at the IIIEE. Students of the the Master's programme in Environmental Management and Policy are presenting

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/thesis-defence-week-iiiee-0 - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. It has now been decided that Per Mickwitz will be the new Director of the IIIEE, during the period of 2019-2021. He will be employed as professor of environmental policy and he will start his position at the IIIEE on 1 January 2019.Per Mickwitz is currently a research professor at the Finnish Environment Institute (SY

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/mickwitz-will-be-new-director-iiiee - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Students of the the Master's programme in Environmental Management and Policy are graduating. On 5 October 2018, the annual Graduation Day at the IIIEE takes place. This year it is batch 23 who graduates from the Master's programme in environmental management and policy (EMP programme) at the IIIEE.If you have any que

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/graduation-day-iiiee - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Luis Mundaca, Lead author of the IPCC Special Report and Summary for Policymakers, and Professor of Policy Analysis at the IIIEE at Lund University, comments on the report. The Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5ºC was approved by the IPCC (the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) on Saturday in Incheon, Rep

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/ipcc-special-report-global-warming-15oc-has-been-approved-governments - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Sustainable city futures need experimentation and innovation developed through collaboration between academia and social actors.On Thursday 11 October 2018, the IIIEE organized a City Futures Conference series in Lund, Sweden. The aim was to bring together academia, municipalities and regional actors within business a

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/city-futures-collaboration-between-science-and-society-sustainable-solutions - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Efforts to combat climate change tend to focus on supply-side changes, such as shifting to renewable or cleaner energy. In a Special Issue in the Energy Efficiency Journal that follows the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 ˚C, researchers argue that demand-side approaches can play a crucial role given the a

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/can-we-limit-global-warming-15-degc - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Focusing on Circular Economy 12 November 2018 MOOCWe are proud to present a new MOOC in the Greening the Economy series:Circular Economy - Sustainable Materials Management!This free, on-line course looks at where important materials in products we use every day come from and how these materials can be used more effici

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/launch-new-mooc-and-podcast - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On 14 November, the winners of the yearly award "Årets framtidsbyggare" was announced during a ceremony at Skissernas museum. The yearly award "Årets framtidsbyggare" is a prize (1.2 million SEK) with three categories: 1) "Årets innovatör" (The innovator of the year, 750 000 SEK), 2) "Årets opinionsbildare" (The opini

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/winners-yearly-award-arets-framtidsbyggare-announced-0 - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Yuliya Voytenko, Lucie Zvolska and Kes McCormick are in Barcelona attending the Smart City Expo World Congress, SCEWC, (where some 20,000 people are gathering to talk about smart cities of the future) and the Sharing Cities Summit, which is the leading event for the sharing economy in cities. Sharing Cities Sweden, wh

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-researchers-smart-city-expo-world-congress-and-sharing-cities-summit - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. "Sweden needs to deal with the effects of consumption" Professor Oksana Mont at the IIIEE, along with several other experts, recently co-authored an opinion piece on the effects of consumption in Svenska Dagbladet.The article especially highlights the need for powerful politics to limit consumption and its effects on

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/opinion-piece-svenska-dagbladet - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During the period of 2019-2021. Per Mickwitz will be the new Director of the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), during the period of 2019-2021. Per Mickwitz is currently the Research Director of the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), where he is also a research professor.  As of

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/mickwitz-his-new-position-director-iiiee - 2026-04-19