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A game developed to increase awareness On 18 April 2017, the Lund University Research Magazine highlighted IIIEE researcher Katherine Whalen's game "In the Loop", a game developed to increase awareness about the materials we use to produce electrical goods.Learn more about the game in Lund University Research MagazineFurther reading:In the Loop GamesWatch the game on YouTube
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/loop - 2025-10-01
New SED report 2017 The strategic environmental development course (SED) is part of the Master's programme in Environmental Management and Policy (EMP) at the IIIEE. This year a group of twenty-five graduate students travelled to six global destinations to work with regions and communities in order to develop solutions to the problems that they are facing. The teams spent time researching their re
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/rays-sunshine-tales-sustainable-transition - 2025-10-01
The April issue of the IIIEE newsletter is out now.Click here to access the April issueClick here for the IIIEE newsletter archiveClick here to subscribe to our newsletter
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/april-issue-iiiee-newsletter-out-now - 2025-10-01
IIIEE researchers Charlotte Leire and Carl Dalhammar has written a report where they document the long term effects of GPP. The report was commissioned by the Swedish Competition Authority (Konkurrensverket). Taken together, both the literature and the product case studies conducted in the project indicate that green procurement often has long-term effects that are different from short term effect
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-report-long-term-effects-green-public-procurement-gpp - 2025-10-01
Opinion by Matthias Lehner, postdoc at the IIIEE. Airbnb is a hugely successful American company that has managed to make us invite strangers into our own private homes. I visited New Zealand last winter and stayed with an old lady in her private home outside Nelson, and it was an exciting experience where I got to know someone I otherwise would never have met. For a small fee, I got to stay in a
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/challenge-sharing-sustainably - 2025-10-01
The Governance of Urban Sustainability Transitions (GUST) research project is soon coming to an end. It has explored the concept of Urban Living Labs, and has involved four research organisations and cities in Sweden, the UK, Austria and the Netherlands. One outcome from the project will be a handbook full of ideas for the transition to more sustainable cities to be used as an inspiration for urba
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/collaborative-research-speed-sustainable-transition-cities - 2025-10-01
Seminar 15 May at the IIIEE Today, 15 May, the IIIEE is organising a seminar on Sustainable Fashion, offering a glimpse of what IIIEE researchers have been working on in the past 10+ years in this area.Clothes, textiles and fashion are indispensable elements of human being. They serve various functions – all the way from meeting the basic needs to protect ourselves from outside environment and mai
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/sustainable-fashion-finding-cuts-future - 2025-10-01
Conference 16 May The transition to a fossil fuel-free society is in full swing and proceeding more easily than many people think. In Skåne there are many good initiatives that show how profitability and prosperity can grow as emissions are reduced.This conference will take place on 16 May at the Academic Society (AF building) in Lund. The focus is on learning for sustainable development and the b
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/fossil-free-skane-opportunities-more-modern-future - 2025-10-01
CONFERENCE, 350TH ANNIVERSARY This event is part of the Lund university 350 jubilee and will be held in Swedish only. Therefore the information that follows is in Swedish.Den smarta staden väcker löften om effektivare och mer hållbara lösningar och kommersiella förhoppningar om nya produkter, tjänster och marknader. Men smarta städer är inte nödvändigtvis städer som är levande och välkomnande att
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/humans-city-day-focusing-sustainable-urban-planning - 2025-10-01
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 - 2025-10-01
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 - 2025-10-01
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 - 2025-10-01
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 - 2025-10-01
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 - 2025-10-01
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 - 2025-10-01
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 - 2025-10-01
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 - 2025-10-01
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 - 2025-10-01
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 - 2025-10-01
