Published 18 March 2025 In April 2025, we are hosting 500+ researchers and practitioners working with sustainable consumption for SCORAI Europe 2025 in Lund (and online). The program promises 50 scientific sessions and 20 workshops with the latest knowledge in 'Mainstreaming Sustainable Consumption' as well as lively discussions about what comes next. The SCORAI Europe Conference 2025 will be orga

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/upcoming-conference-mainstreaming-sustainable-consumption - 2025-07-05

Published 25 March 2025 IIIEE researchers Andrius Plepys, Marianne Ekdahl, Jessika Richter and Oksana Mont. Photo: Philipp Montenegro What is a more sustainable lifestyle, and what are strategies and motivations for living within the 1.5-degree target? This question is addressed and discussed among experts in a new episode of the current season in the IIIEE Podcast series "Advancing Sustainable So

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Published 27 March 2025 Photo: Philipp Montenegro Today, PhD-student Anna-Riikka Kojonsaari nailed her freshly produced doctoral thesis publication. “Spikning” (Swedish for nailing) is ritual by which the thesis is nailed on the wall - the purpose being to allow the public and the audience to read the thesis before the public defence. The notification "spikning" in Swedish) stems from the traditio

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Published 7 April 2025 A recent debate article published in the newspaper Aftonbladet calls for urgent political action to reduce consumption-related emissions. The article published in Aftonbladet is written by fourteen Swedish researchers* in sustainable consumption. It calls for urgent political action to reduce consumption-related emissions. The main argument is that technological solutions an

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Published 8 April 2025 Today on 8th April, 500 leading researchers gather in Lund for the world’s largest conference on sustainable consumption research, SCORAI 2025. The conference is an excellent opportunity to remind of these scientists’ single most important recommendation: within the research community, there is currently a growing consensus that our consumption must not only be greener, our

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/scorai-conference-gives-full-attention-consumption-issues - 2025-07-05

Published 14 April 2025 IIIEE student Meijing He of EMP Batch 30 has unexpectedly passed away. She will be remembered as an engaged, lively, self-confident and creative member of our IIIEE community. It is with great sadness that we share the news that Meijing He, a beloved student at the IIIEE, has passed away. Meijing will be remembered as kind and dedicated and as someone who brought warmth and

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Published 23 April 2025 The EU has set ambitious goals for reducing emissions and cutting energy use in buildings, but when it comes to everyday renovation projects, energy efficiency still struggles to gain ground.  A recent article by Katharina Reindl, Georgios Pardalis, and Jenny Palm explored why, by taking a closer look at how energy-related decisions are actually made during the early planni

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/why-energy-efficiency-still-struggles-take-center-stage-building-renovations - 2025-07-05

Published 21 March 2016 Read the article in Lund University Magazine (LUM), "Researchers in exile meet in visionary workshops", about  IIIEE researcher Tareq Emtairah who organises visionary workshops to sketch out an outline for a sustainable future.

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/tareq-emtairah-organising-visionary-workshops-outline-future-syria - 2025-07-05

Published 8 May 2025 Photo: Håkan Rodhe This week at the IIIEE is quite ordinary! It marks the 30th anniversary of the IIIEE foundation and its legacy Masters program. We are proud to mark the 30th anniversary of the IIIEE along with our flagship Master's programme in Environmental Management and Policy. Since its official inauguration by His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf in 1995, the IIIEE has bee

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-celebrates-30-years-research-and-education-advance-sustainability - 2025-07-05

Published 12 May 2025 A new study published in Nature Communications shows that global carbon dioxide emissions from industry could be reduced by up to five percent if energy efficiency is approached as a systemic, social, and organisational challenge rather than merely a technical one. The article brings together researchers from several Swedish academic institutions, including Professor Jenny Pa

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/rethinking-energy-efficiency-new-research-highlights-untapped-social-potential-industrial-emissions - 2025-07-05

Published 21 May 2025 Linda Johansson from Systembolaget AB, was invited to meet IIIEE students from the EMP program to share some insights from her work as sustainability manager. As an outcome of our regular collaborations on sustainability certification with João Barroso at Wines of Alentejo, we had the pleasure of hosting Linda Johansson from Systembolaget. She met students of B30 and B31 in a

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/guest-systembolaget-met-emp-students - 2025-07-05

Published 23 May 2025 Photo: Philipp Montenegro Last Tuesday, our PhD Candidate Lisa Heldt “nailed” her freshly printed PhD thesis. This traditional “spikning” takes place three weeks and three days before the official defense and it involves the PhD Candidate nailing (att spika in Swedish) their physical thesis to a public board where it can be read and scrutinized by the public before the offici

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/spikning-doctoral-thesis-lisa-heldt - 2025-07-05

Published 22 March 2016 A number of countries in the Middle East will be under water stress by 2040. Photo: Oliver Laumann Today is world water day, 22 March, and in connection to this day IIIEE researcher Tareq Emtairah answers five questions about water use efficiency and practices in the Middle East. IIIEE researcher Tareq Emtairah Tareq Emtairah is a researcher in renewable energy and energy e

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Published 4 June 2025 The IIIEE Podcast: "Advancing Sustainable Solutions" is in its 5th season and has just released a new episode featuring the behind the scenes from the SCORAI conference in April. First out: Conference Chair Matthias Lehner! The new Podcast episode is entitled “Voices from SCORAI - part 1: Behind the scenes with Matthias Lehner”In this episode the hosts Ella Alfredsson Jofs an

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-episode-podcast-advancing-sustainable-solutions - 2025-07-05

Published 15 November 2016 IIIEE alumna Niina Kautto soon on her way to Antarctica. Former IIIEE PhD student Niina Kautto has been selected as one of 78 women travelling to Antarctica soon as part of a new leadership programme called Homeward Bound. It is a state-of-the-art leadership and strategic initiative that aims to amplify the influence and impact of women with science backgrounds to lead t

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-alumna-niina-kautto-soon-her-way-antarctica-part-homeward-bound - 2025-07-05

Published 25 November 2016 1 December 2016 On 1 December at 10:00 - 12:00 the seminar Advancing Sustainable Cities - Implementing Agenda 2030, will take place at Malmö Live, Dag Hammarskjölds torg 4 in Malmö. This seminar is part of the Sustainable City Development Conference, 30 November - 2 December 2016.The seminar is arranged by the Lund University Urban Arena and will explore interlinkages be

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Published 25 November 2016 IIIEE researcher Peter Arnfalk to the left. Article in Lund University Magazine In the latest issue of Lund University Magazine (LUM), a series of articles were published connected to the upcoming environmental action plan for Lund University. One of the articles was about Virtual Meetings and how they need to be backed up by the organisation in order to enhance organisa

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/virtual-meetings-need-support - 2025-07-05

Published 30 November 2016 Olga Chkanikova defends her doctoral dissertation on 2 December 2016. Doctoral dissertation defence on 2 December. Can unsustainable patterns of food production and consumption become more sustainable through corporate practices of sustainable supply chain management? Yes they can, argues Olga Chkanikova in her doctoral dissertation, focusing on how retailers purchasing

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/sustainable-supply-chain-management-answer-more-sustainable-food-production-and-consumption - 2025-07-05

Published 5 December 2016 The third and successful workshop was held at the IIIEE on 1-3 December 2016. Photo: Håkan Rodhe The third and final scenario building workshop under the post conflict futures initiative of the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), took place at the IIIEE on 1-3 December 2016.In the worksho

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Published 5 December 2016 IIIEE researcher Kes McCormick at the Sustainable City Development conference in Malmö, Sweden. Kes McCormick presented findings from the Governance of Urban Sustainability Transitions (GUST)  project at the Sustainable City Development conference in Malmö, Sweden.Urban Living Labs (ULLs) have emerged as an approach to experimentation in real-life city settings. They can

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/catalyzing-sustainable-cities-through-urban-living-labs - 2025-07-05