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In a new publication Professor Aleh Cherp leads an international team of co-authors to compare the development of nuclear and renewable energy in Germany and Japan. The article solves a puzzle of why since the 1990s Germany has become a leader in renewables while phasing out nuclear energy, whereas Japan has used less renewables while becoming a leader in nuclear power.  The interdisciplinary anal

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-publication-comparing-development-nuclear-and-renewable-energy-germany-and-japan - 2025-10-01

Circle of Light: The impact of the LED Lifecycle. Recent research by the IIIEE at Lund University points to the possibility to improve the environmental and sustainability impacts by better recycling. This will decrease dependency on Chinese supply of rare earth metals and simultaneously to avoid creation of environmental and social impacts during the extraction of these raw materials.While impact

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-strategic-environmental-development-report - 2025-10-01

On the 1st of December Urban Arena hosted a seminar at the Sustainable City Development Conference in Malmö on the topic of implementing Agenda 2030.Professor Lena Neij, Director of the IIIEE, coordinated the seminar and welcomed six speakers: Michael Woodbrige from ICLEI, James Evans from the University of Manchester and Oksana Mont, Eric Clark, Marie-Claude Dubois and Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren from

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/advancing-sustainable-cities-implementing-agenda-2030-0 - 2025-10-01

Licentiate thesis defence On 21 December 2016, Jessika Luth Richter at the IIIEE will present her thesis for the licentiate degree in Industrial Environmental Economics (120 credits) at a public seminar, with the title: Extended Producer Responsibility for Closing Material Loops – Lessons from energy efficient lighting products. Appointed opponent is Professor Harri Kalimo, Institute for European

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/extended-producer-responsibility-closing-material-loops-lessons-energy-efficient-lighting-products - 2025-10-01

"Green Wave for Zabrze - A sustainable Mobility Strategy" is now published in Polish! The report was originally published in English, as a result of the research conducted in the city of Zabrze last spring, by the IIIEE MSc students. Historically known as one of the most polluted cities in Europe, Zabrze is presently undergoing a rapid transition "from black to green". During the past six years th

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/green-wave-zabrze-sustainable-mobility-strategy - 2025-10-01

Expert insight by Luis Mundaca and Lena Neij On 14 December 2016, Associate Professor Luis Mundaca and Professor Lena Neij, at the IIIEE, published an ‘expert insight’ in the ‘Insights Blog’ of GGKP - Green Growth Knowledge Platform. Read the full blog post here: Towards a Green Energy Economy? Steering an Effective Transition 

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/towards-green-energy-economy-steering-effective-transition - 2025-10-01

THESIS DEFENCE On 13 January at 13.00 - 15:00, Thomas Parker at the IIIEE will defend his doctoral dissertation in Industrial Environmental Economics, with the title: The Meaning of Environmental Management: An Interpretive Study of Managing Emergent or Evolutionary Environmental and Energy Strategy.Appointed opponent is Associate Professor Thomas Zobel at Luleå University of Technology in Sweden.

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meaning-environmental-management - 2025-10-01

Climate change, a growing population and increased urbanisation place great demands on our cities. Meeting these challenges requires collaboration to develop smart cities. But what does a smart city really mean and how do we create one?A smart city is a sustainable city. A city in which people want to live, where companies want to operate and which exploits resources in an optimal way. This includ

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/collaboration-key-smart-sustainable-cities-future - 2025-10-01

Last application date: 16 february 2017 The IIIEE is now offering a position as Doctoral student in sustainable governance with a focus on nature-based solutions and innovation.Last application date is on 16 February 2017.More about the position on Lund University website: Doctoral student in sustainable urban governance with a focus on nature-based solutions and innovationWe are looking forward t

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/doctoral-student-sustainable-urban-governance-focus-nature-based-solutions-and-innovation - 2025-10-01

New article published within the project Reconomy A new article, Sustainability framings of accommodation sharing, has been published by IIIEE researchers Yuliya Voytenko Palgan, Lucie Zvolska and Oksana Mont, in the journal Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, published by Elsevier. The article is published within the project Reconomy: Sharing for circular resource efficiency.

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/sustainability-framings-accommodation-sharing - 2025-10-01

Seminar 27 January On 27 January, the Swedish Institute is hosting a public release of Dr. Tareq Emtairah's study on Post Conflict Futures in Syria 2040. During August to December 2016, Dr. Tareq Emtairah, at the IIIEE, has organised and led pioneering workshops involving academics who are a part of the Syrian diaspora in Sweden and Europe, to create visioning narratives of a future Syria 2040. Th

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/post-conflict-futures-syria-2040 - 2025-10-01

PhD candidate Leonidas Milios at the IIIEE is scrutinizing on concepts and policies for resource efficiency based on circular economy thinking in a new report under the research project Mistra REES. This report presents basic concepts around resources, resource efficiency and the Circular Economy. The limitations and the opportunities within the Circular Economy are identified and clearly presente

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-report-policies-resource-efficient-and-effective-solutions - 2025-10-01

Thesis defence 8 February 2017 On 8 February 2017, Alvar Palm will defend his doctoral dissertation in Industrial Environmental Economics at the IIIEE, with the title: Residential solar photovoltaics deployment: barriers and drivers in space. Appointed opponent is Professor Harald Rohracher, Linköping University. Supervisors are: Professor Lena Neij, at the IIIEE and Eva Heiskanen, currently Visit

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/residential-solar-photovoltaics-deployment-barriers-and-drivers-space - 2025-10-01

New book out now! Diversity in Education: crossing cultural, disciplinary and professional divides, is a newly published book that explores the challenges of interdisciplinary international programmes at Lund University.In this book, teachers, administrators and students tell how they have faced and overcome these challenges. By sharing the concrete experiences of designers and implementers of int

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/diversity-education-crossing-cultural-disciplinary-and-professional-divides - 2025-10-01

The February issue of the IIIEE Newsletter is out now. Follow the link Vol.2. No. 1, February, 2017.IIIEE newsletter archive

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/february-issue-iiiee-newsletter-out-now - 2025-10-01

Article in Lund University Research Magazine In the latest issue of the Lund University Research Magazine (LUM), the article "In narratives of hope, researchers come together for the future of Syria" was published. The article sheds light on two academic Syrian refugees and participants of the project Post Conflict Futures, initiated by the IIIEE and CMES at Lund University. Researcher Tareq Emtai

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/narratives-hope-researchers-come-together-future-syria - 2025-10-01

Prof. Luis Mundaca at the IIIEE has been selected as a Lead Author for the next IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C Prof. Luis Mundaca at the IIIEE was selected to participate as a Lead Author for an upcoming Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment report. This time, he will contribute to the assessment of Global Warming of 1.5 °C: An IPCC special report on the impac

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-will-contribute-ipcc-special-report-global-warming-15degc - 2025-10-01

The IIIEE has set up a joint initiative with the University of Stellenbosch, Centre for Complex Systems in Transition (CST), on exploring greener development models in Africa. Initiated by Dr Desta Mebratu, the ambition is a multi-year initiative called Distributed Renewable Economies for Africa’s Transition. In this we hope to engage Master's students, PhD students and senior staff in the two ins

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-joint-initiative-university-stellenbosch - 2025-10-01

A new and ground-breaking European trans-disciplinary Horizon 2020 project Lund University is now a partner in NATURVATION, a project focusing on nature-based solutions in cities. From Lund University, the IIIEE is involved in the project together with LUCSUS and CEC.Read the full article in Lund University Research MagazineDescription of project:Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) have the potential to

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/nature-based-solutions-cities - 2025-10-01

Dialogue session at the International Sustainability Transitions Conference on 18-21 June 2017 The Governance of Urban Sustainability Transitions (GUST) project will organize a dialogue session at the International Sustainability Transitions Conference on 18-21 June 2017 in Gothenburg, Sweden.Urban living labs are proliferating across Europe as a means for testing innovations in buildings, transpo

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/advancing-urban-living-labs-experimentation-governance-and-transitions - 2025-10-01