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Seven shades of green: Exploring options for sustainable transitions A new Strategic Environmental Development (SED) report has been published by Master's students of the Environmental Management and Policy (EMP) programme at the IIIEE.Follow the link to access the full report: Seven shades of green: Exploring options for sustainable transitions
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-sed-report-masters-students - 2025-10-25
Swedish wood: Innovative products for a circular economy Can Swedish wood be the answer to our future needs, from T-shirts to 10-storey apartment buildings? The challenge is not the technology, but how society can support the development of this market. It has the potential for creating both a sustainable and circular economy. Saying that Sweden and Finland are territories covered by forests, is n
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-ake-thidell - 2025-10-25
University of Virginia visits IIIEE with a Study Abroad programme for the third time. Sixteen University of Virginia students came to Lund to engage in a three week sustainability consulting projects. IIIEE is hosting the group for the third time while the students under the supervision of their mentors are working on their projects with the company Godsinlösen, two departments at the City of Lund
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/university-virginia-visit - 2025-10-25
On 26 May, the Romanian Ambassador to Sweden, H.E. Mr Iulian Buga and his delegation, are visiting the IIIEE to learn more about the activities of the IIIEE and to discuss the conditions and potentials of an expansion of the IIIEE outreach programme Swedish-Polish Sustainable Energy Platform, towards Romania.At the IIIEE, the delegation was welcomed by Lena Neij, Director of the IIIEE, Mikael Back
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/romanian-ambassador-sweden-visits-iiiee - 2025-10-25
Assoc. Prof. Kes McCormick is a co-author on two chapters in a new book on urban experimentation. This new book explores how the concept or urban experimentation is being used to reshape practices of knowledge production in urban debates about resilience, climate change governance, and socio-technical transitions. With contributions from leading scholars, and case studies from the Global North and
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/experimental-city-new-book - 2025-10-25
While climate policies would have a beneficial effect for energy security in most countries, energy independence policies would not bring significant climate benefits.Ambitious policies to reduce energy imports would have little impact on climate change, and could be achieved much more cheaply than the climate mitigation measures needed to limit climate change to no more than 2°C above pre-industr
On 14 June, the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research (Mistra) is visiting the IIIEE. Mistra's executive Director Åke Iverfeldt is introducing Mistra and Lena Neij, Director of the IIIEE is presenting the IIIEE and ongoing activities.During the morning, IIIEE researchers are presenting various research projects that they are currently involved in.Projects:REES - Resource Efficien
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/mistra-visiting-iiiee - 2025-10-25
The winners of the Universitas 21 Global Ingenuity Challenge 2016 have been elected. Lund university was represented by Team Global Lund and won the category "Peer's Choice Award" together with Korea University, and received a special award for their contribution "Host-a-Home". The theme of this year's challenge was "Sustainable Housing" and the contribution Host-a-Home suggests a cost-effective,
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/winners-universitas-21-global-ingenuity-challenge-2016 - 2025-10-25
The June issue of the IIIEE Newsletter is out now. Follow the link Vol.1. No. 3, June, 2016IIIEE newsletter archive
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/june-issue-iiiee-newsletter-out-now - 2025-10-25
On the Danube in Budapest. On 23 June master's students of the MESPOM programme graduated in Budapest. Celebrations took place on the Danube, the traditional way to close the MESPOM programme. Graduates, families and staff enjoyed the sunset while looking back at two intense and highly rewarding years, and looking ahead to the new adventures to come. Congratulations MESPOM batch 10. Senior lecture
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/mespom-graduation-2016 - 2025-10-25
On 3-10 July the Almedalen Week in Gotland takes place. The IIIEE takes part in two activities on 6 July:1. "Från förvaltare till klimathjälte" - a seminar arranged by Dagens Industri and Caverion. Prof. Lena Neij, Director of the IIIEE is participating in this seminar.2. "Still a future: Syria moving forward despite uncertainty" - a seminar arranged by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Lun
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-participates-almedalen-week-2016 - 2025-10-25
Urban Arena is a network for sustainable urban development research at Lund University and is gathering almost 200 researchers. On June 15th, an Urban Arena wake-up seminar focusing on the theme “Smart Sustainable Cities” was held.Last year the Strategic Innovation Agenda “Smart Sustainable Cities” was accepted, with Lund University and Urban Arena as one of the co-partners for the agenda. The nex
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/first-wake-seminar-about-smart-sustainable-cities - 2025-10-25
Aiming for blue Beijing skies An increasingly ambitious environmental legislation has not reduced economic growth in the EU – indicating it will not do so in China either. This is good news for Chinese environmentalists, who have asked IIIEE researchers for evidence that supports their work for a greener China under bluer skies.Over the past few decades China has experienced a remarkable period of
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-philip-peck - 2025-10-25
Today on 15 August 2016, batch 22 of the Master’s programme in Environmental Management and Policy (the EMP programme), begin their on-site part of the programme. They are about 27 students from various parts of the world including Canada, USA, Turkey, Romania, Denmark, Ireland, Colombia, the Russian Federation, Sweden, Italy, the UK, Ukraine, Spain, Hungary, Chile, Germany, Indonesia, Lithuania a
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/welcome-batch-22-emp-programme - 2025-10-25
A new article on the Biomethane use in Sweden has been published in the magazine The Archives of Autmotive Engineering co-authored by Mikael Backman at the IIIEE.Direct link to the article here
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-article-biomethane-use-sweden - 2025-10-25
The IIIEE is now a new research partner on policy and guidelines for a sustainable fashion industry through the Mistra Future Fashion programme."For many years, we have been looking into various product-oriented environmental law and policies, and their influence on business practices. Textile is definitely among the "hottest" product groups for which varieties of interventions by various levels o
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-joins-partner-mistra-future-fashion-programme-policies-and-guidelines - 2025-10-25
Assoc. Prof. and IPCC Lead Author Luis Mundaca has been invited to join the ‘Green Growth Knowledge Platform’ (GGKP) Research Committee on Behavioural Economics. The Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP) is a global network of international organizations and experts that identifies and addresses major knowledge gaps in green growth theory and practice. The GGKP was established by the Global Green
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/associate-professor-luis-mundaca-joins-behavioural-economics-research-committee - 2025-10-25
Focusing on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) policies for low carbon technologies A broad research interest in the field of environmental policy and a master’s degree in Environmental Management and Policy motivated Jessika Luth Richter to apply for PhD studies at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, where she is now doing her second year as a PhD candidate wit
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-phd-candidate-jessika-luth-richter - 2025-10-25
The August issue of the IIIEE Newsletter is out now. Follow the link Vol.1. No. 4, August, 2016IIIEE newsletter archive
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/august-issue-iiiee-newsletter-out-now - 2025-10-25
On Monday, 29 September, 14 students from 10 countries started their third semester of the Master Course in Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management (MESPOM) at the IIIEE. The IIIEE runs the MESPOM programmes together with three other universities in Europe and two universities in North America. The group enrolled in Lund now is the 11th group since the MESPOM programme started in 2005.
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/arrival-day-our-mespom-students - 2025-10-25
