Published 21 February 2024 How does Swedish energy utilities perceive themselves and their role in a just energy transition? And how do they understand energy justice and the justice implications of user flexibility? These questions are asked by Frans Libertson, doctoral student at IIIEE, in a newly published research article in Energy Research and Social Science. There is a general understanding

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-publication-exploring-swedish-energy-utilities-understandings-energy-justice-and-user - 2025-07-05

Published 23 February 2024 On 21st February, largest study association for adult education in Sweden, Studiefrämjandet Skåne, together with the Nature Conservation Association in Malmö offered a public panel discussion on how to influence the work with climate issues. The event was arranged at the City Library in Malmö and among the speakers were a researcher from IIIEE. The panel discussion was n

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/are-you-longing-feel-climate-hope-recent-public-panel-discussion-iiiee-researcher-matthias-lehner - 2025-07-05

Published 28 February 2024 UNESCO has decided to renew the Lund university UNESCO chair under the leadership of professor Lena Neij, IIIEE. In the renewal of the chair (2024-2028), Lena Neij and the IIIEE will advance knowledge on local aspects of sustainability transitions –applying an integrated approach to research, education, training and outreach. A special focus will be on strengthening the

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/renewal-unesco-chair-professor-lena-neij - 2025-07-05

Published 4 March 2024 Photo: Håkan Rodhe On 8th March, the Alumni Relations office at Lund University offers a webinar as a digital celebration of International Women's Day 2024. The guests are three inspiring alumnae: Camilla Mellander, Consul General of Sweden in New York, MSc Economics, Charlotte Beskow, now retired from a long career within the European Space Agency, MSc Electrical Engineerin

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-alumna-invited-lu-webinar-international-womens-day - 2025-07-05

Published 18 January 2016 Photo: Demolished houses in Syria On 11 February 2016, the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) and the Center for Middle East Studies (CMES) at Lund University are organising a joint initiative on the theme: “Conflict and Violence in the Middle East: Far away but close to home” Creating spaces for hope and a better future through Post-Co

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/design-workshop-post-conflict-sustainability-labs - 2025-07-05

Published 6 March 2024 In the efforts to combat climate change, much attention has been focused on external solutions such as technological innovations, policy changes, and industry shifts. However, a new study conducted by researchers Gustav Osberg from IIIEE together with Mine Islar and Christine Wamsler from LUCSUS sheds light on an often-overlooked aspect of the transition: the role of citizen

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/empowering-citizens-agents-climate-action-insights-new-research - 2025-07-05

Published 12 March 2024 The IIIEE has the pleasure to welcome Bert Keirsbilck as a visiting fellow in the spring 2024.  Bert is a Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law and Criminology of KU Leuven. He lectures Commercial law, EU Law and European Economic Law in Brussels, Leuven and Kortrijk. He is a co-director of Consumer Competition Market (CCM) and is a co-promotor of the CE Center – Steunpunt

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/visiting-fellow-bert-keirsbilck-ku-leuven - 2025-07-05

Published 14 March 2024 IIIEE students have run a workshop with their teachers (!) in a so called Climate Fresk. The purpose was to encourage teachers to employ pedagogical tools such as interactive Fresks/Collages. Many thanks to the students in B29 and B30! IIIEE teachers joined the student-led workshop and were all up for the challenge to learn about it and to facilitate fresks in their own cou

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/playing-games-and-exploring-complex-topics - 2025-07-05

Published 19 January 2016 Photo: IIIEE researcher Naoko Tojo Textile – a growing sustainability challengeWe are buying more clothes than ever before, but there is still no efficient system to close the material loop. What if we handed over responsibility of our discarded clothes to the producers – would it lead to a quality rise in our wardrobes? IIIEE researcher Naoko Tojo has looked into textile

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-naoko-tojo - 2025-07-05

Published 21 March 2024 Offices in Swedish public agencies have much lower occupancy rates than before the pandemic, primarily due to two post-pandemic trends: increased teleworking and nation-wide recruitments. An estimated 100 000 office spaces are vacant, and many agencies are looking for alternative ways to use these spaces. At the same time, it’s increasingly common that public agencies recru

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/public-co-working-changing-travel-patterns - 2025-07-05

Published 21 January 2016 Photo: IIIEE researcher Mikael Backman From waste to green gold: Lund's role in the transition of one of Europe's most polluted citiesMalgorzata Mańka-Szulik, mayor of Zabrze in Poland, was impressed with what she saw – a city with a waste management system resulting in as little as 3 per cent waste going to landfills.“She looked at me and said: ‘I want my city to be like

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-mikael-backman - 2025-07-05

Published 25 March 2024 The first mobile research lab on food sharing as part of the EU project CULTIVATE is now concluded. The mobile research lab provided for a fruitful space for reflection, discussion, and exchange within the transdisciplinary team. On 18-23 March 2024, the IIIEE research team Yuliya Voytenko Palgan, Vera Sadovska, Oksana Mont and Andrius Plepys participated in the first mobil

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/mobile-research-lab-food-sharing-barcelona - 2025-07-05

Published 26 March 2024 Today, 12 researchers at Lund University have been appointed Wallenberg Scholars, and one of them is Oksana Mont at the IIIEE. The program is funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation supporting high class research in medicine, technology and natural sciences. Today, the Wallenberg Scholars grants for the applications submitted in spring 2023 have been announced. I

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-got-its-first-wallenberg-scholar - 2025-07-05

Published 21 January 2016 IIIEE researcher Alvar Palm Local inspiration behind increases in solar powerInstalling a solar power plant is increasingly popular among Swedish homeowners. Despite nationally applied policies and subsidies, however, PV systems are much more common on house roofs in some municipalities than in others. When IIIEE researcher Alvar Palm tried to find an explanation for this

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-alvar-palm - 2025-07-05

Published 21 January 2016 IIIEE researcher Luis Mundaca Photo: Sara Bernstrup Nilsson Green economy depends on high national ambitionsSustainable growth, supporting a resource efficient and low-carbon economy, is a high priority for most governments today. But which way is the most effective for the transition towards a green economy? IIIEE researchers Luis Mundaca and Lena Neij are soon wrapping

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-researcher-luis-mundaca - 2025-07-05

Published 3 April 2024 The IIIEE is a partner in the newly started ERASMUS+ project CLARITY that aims to help reduce climate anxiety in youth by equipping educators with tools to address the emotional and mental stress related to climate anxiety. Climate change education in schools and universities tends to focus on environmental facts, whilst little room is given to inner dimensions of change and

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-research-project-adress-climate-anxiety-among-youth - 2025-07-05

Published 8 April 2024 Today it is exactly one year until SCORAI Europe Conference 2025 in Lund! April 8-10 next year, 400+ researchers and practitioners in sustainable consumption will gather in Lund to discuss how to mainstream sustainable consumption. The conference is hybrid, so even full conference participation online is possible.Make sure to keep up to date by signing up to the conference n

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/exactly-one-year-until-scorai-europe-conference-2025-lund - 2025-07-05

Published 8 April 2024 This week 8-13 is the Sustainability Week 2024, an annual event in Lund organized in by Lund University and Lund Municipality. In this year's program you will find lectures, workshops, guided tours, exhibitions, and more. The IIIEE is contributing with expert input in several seminars and activities.Below in the program the circled events denote those that are run with input

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-lund-sustainability-week-2024-taking-place-week - 2025-07-05

Published 9 April 2024 Photo by Riccardo Annandale on Unsplash The latest IIIEE Energy blog introduces guest researcher's Senja Laakso’s work on Sustainable Practices and Energy Transitions. In January and February 2024, Senja Laakso from the Centre for Consumer Society Research, University of Helsinki, and Tampere University visited us at the IIIEE for six weeks. The latest Energy Blog is the fir

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/bridging-communities-guest-researcher-exploring-and-redefining-energy-citizenship - 2025-07-05

Published 15 April 2024 In an event organised by the Skåne County Administrative Board as part of the Sustainability Week in Lund, IIIEE researchers Oksana Mont and Andrius Plepys presented results from the ongoing EU project 1.5°C lifestyles. About 200 decision-makers participated in the event. On Friday, 12 April nearly 200 decision-makers participated in the event organised as part of the Lund

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/almost-200-policy-makers-heard-results-and-recommendations-eu-15deg-lifestyles - 2025-07-05