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Join a game-changing conference and exhibition in Sweden on the emerging sharing economy in cities! Sharing Cities Sweden is organising a conference and exhibition on exploring the role of sharing cities in advancing the sustainable development goals, the Sharing Cities Summit.See more information on the emerging program (updated over time) of the event as well as the practical information on the
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/sharing-cities-summit-2019 - 2025-10-07
The institute will be part of a new International Energy Agency (IEA) Task on energy efficiency. The IEA-DSM ‘Hard-to-Reach’ (HTR) project will generate knowledge, approaches and policy recommendations aiming to identify HTR energy users and effectively engage them in energy efficiency programmes.The research will support the development of robust social science-based guidance for designing and im
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-project-iiiee-hard-reach-energy-users - 2025-10-07
Circular Economy Mini-Series: part 1 of 3 Hear the latest about the Circular Economy in our new podcast episode, now available on all major podcats platforms!
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-podcast-episode-out-now - 2025-10-07
Our Director Per Mickwitz among the new professors honoured On 18 October, Lund University held their inauguration ceremony for 2019 and among the 28 new professors honoured were our Director, Professor Per Mickwitz.Link to the publication of the inauguration of new professors at Lund University 2019
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/inauguration-professors-lund-university - 2025-10-07
IIIEE's research on virtual meetings has helped public agencies in Sweden reduce up to 50 % of CO2 from business travel. A project involving 80 Swedish public agencies, the REMM project, based on IIIEE research on virtual meetings, has helped the agencies to significantly reduce their CO2 emission from travel with up to 53 %.Swedish data from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, shows that
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-research-reducing-co2-travel - 2025-10-07
'Urban Sharing in Amsterdam: City report No. 1' The Urban Sharing Team has published their first City Report from their research project. Urban Sharing in Amsterdam City Report is the result of a Mobile Research Lab conducted in Amsterdam in Spring 2019.The research is part of the five-year research programme Urban Sharing, funded by the European Research Council (2018-2023). The project aims to i
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/urban-sharing-team-publishes-their-first-city-report - 2025-10-07
Kes McCormick represented the IIIEE for the TRANSFORM project in Toronto, Canada on 23-25 October. The TRANSFORM project integrates innovative academic research with entrepreneurial experimentation and extensive collaboration among the academic, private and public sectors with the development of hubs in Canada, USA, Sweden, Germany and Australia. Associate Professor Kes McCormick represented the I
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/accelerating-sustainability-entrepreneurship-local-spaces - 2025-10-07
IIIEE researchers Jessika Luth Richter and Carl Dalhammar have authored a new book on planned obsolescence (PO), together with staff at the Fores think tank.The book, Planned Obsolescence – Built not to last, is published by the European Liberal Forum and explains what PO is and provides examples of PO. It furthemore outlines the links between Circular Economy and Climate challenge, and discusses
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-researchers-contribute-new-book-planned-obsolescence - 2025-10-07
A checklist for creating environmental benefits Julia Nussholz, PhD Candidate at the IIIEE, has created a checklist for environmentally sound circular business model design.It presents 10 key considerations for sustainable circular business model innovation - summarising the most recent contributions in the field and her own work on Circular Business Model (CBM) evaluation.You can access the check
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/circular-business-model-design - 2025-10-07
New book edited by Professor Oksana Mont A new book that sets a Research Agenda for Sustainable Consumption Governance has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing.The book is now available in Open Access, thanks to the Swedish research council for sustainable development, FORMAS.The book contains a wealth of topics from strong sustainable consumption and weak sustainable consumption, sharingecon
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/research-agenda-sustainable-consumption-governance - 2025-10-07
Co-written by IIIEE researcher Björn Wickenberg Björn Wickenberg at the IIIEE has co-written two new articles on Nature-based Solutions (NBS):1. Working on the boundaries—How do science use and interpret the nature-based solution concept?2. Environmental and climate policy integration: Targeted strategies for overcoming barriers to nature-based solutions and climate change adaptation Björn Wickenb
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/two-new-articles-nature-based-solutions-nbs - 2025-10-07
Showcasing research results of the MISTRA REES project. Associate professor Carl Dalhammar together with colleagues from Linköping University organised the special session ‘Advancing Circular Economy in the Manufacturing Industry: The Importance of Design, Business Models, and Policies’ showcasing research results of the MISTRA REES project.The special session ‘Advancing Circular Economy in the Ma
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/mistra-rees-special-session-ecodesign-2019-conference-yokohama-japan - 2025-10-07
New article released in connection to the opening of COP25 in Madrid On 2 December the article 'Recalibrating climate prospects' is released in connection to the opening of the UN Climate Change Conference COP 25, 2 – 13 December 2019, in Madrid.Professor Luis Mundaca at the IIIEE has co-written the article together with IPCC (The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) colleagues as a call for
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/recalibrating-climate-prospects - 2025-10-07
South Swedish collaborations towards a Horizon Europe mission on climateneutral and smart cities event in Brussels. On 4 December, Lärosäten Syd – the network of Universities in South Sweden – have teamed up with the other south Swedish Brussels offices – Skåne European Office, Småland Blekinge Halland South Sweden, Skåne Association of Local Authorities and City of Malmö EU Office – to create an
An international research team has called for a more sober discourse around climate change prospects, following an extensive reassessment of climate change’s progress and its mitigation. They argue that climate change models have understated potential warming’s speed and runaway potential, while the models that relate climate science to consequences, choices and policies have understated the scope
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/energy-advances-open-door-more-aggressive-climate-policies - 2025-10-07
Researchers Jenny Palm and Karolina Södergren from the IIIEE talk about their research project Smart Symbiosis. On 4 December, the Swedish Radio P4 Kristianstad published a radio feature on the environment in the Hanö bay area. From the IIIEE, Professor Jenny Palm and PhD student Karolina Södergren were present.In the radio feature, Karolina Södergren talks about her role in the research project S
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/hano-bay-focus-researchers-lund-university - 2025-10-07
Associate Professor Yuliya Voytenko Palgan has produced six videos to showcase the role of cities in regulating the Sharing Economy. Associate Professor Yuliya Voytenko Palgan at the IIIEE has worked to understand the role of cities in regulating the Sharing Economy. She has produced six videos to describe several roles and she shares this process in her new blogpost: Making of the Video Series -
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/role-cities-regulating-sharing-economy - 2025-10-07
Client exercise report 2019 by batch 25 of the IIIEE Master's Programme in Environmental Management and Policy The capstone course of the EMP programme at the IIIEE is the SSC course that leads student teams to client exercise projects all over the world. The students work for professional clients, assisting organisations and governmental institutions in finding solutions to their individual susta
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/time-now-accelerating-local-solutions-global-change - 2025-10-07
Jessika Luth Richter at the IIIEE defends her doctoral dissertation on 13 December 2019. On 13 December at 1.15 pm in the IIIEE Aula, Jessika Luth Richter defends her doctoral dissertation with the title: Towards a Circular Economy with Environmental Product Policy: Considering dynamics in closing and slowing material loops for lighting products.What really happens when we dispose of our lighting
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/towards-circular-economy-environmental-product-policy - 2025-10-07
For her MSc thesis 'Open house for overheating. A case of overheating policy synergies in London' The yearly award "Årets framtidsbyggare" is a prize (1.2 million SEK) with three categories: 1) "Årets innovatör"/The innovator of the year, 2) "Årets opinionsbildare"/The opinion-former of the year, 3) "Årets talang"/The talent of the year.This year, Alexandra Jonca from the IIIEE, was awarded in the
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/arets-framtidsbyggare-talent-year-award-goes-msc-graduate-alexandra-jonca - 2025-10-07
