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IIIEE is representing some of the unique features of Lund University in the information provided to President Macron. Today, Lund University has received a special guest, President Emmanuel Macron, who joins the event "Studentafton" to discuss with students on the process to create a resilient European Union. The IIIEE was featured in the information material from our Vice-Chancellor, Erik Renströ

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/french-president-macron-visits-lund-and-learns-about-iiiee - 2025-10-23

IIIEE research Jenny Palm together with Patrik Thollander from the Division of Energy Systems at Linköping University have published a new article discussing the "unhinged paradox" in relation to changes to the energy system. An unhinged paradox implies that introducing a new concept, such as a new governance or management model, might lead to unintended consequences where some parts or the whole

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/how-mitigate-unintended-negative-effects-changes-energy-system - 2025-10-23

IIIEE researcher Jenny Palm together with Tor Håkon Jackson Inderberg and Eivind Hjort Matthiasen (both at Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway) have published a new article “Flexible electricity consumption policies in Norway and Sweden: Implications for energy justice”. In the article the consultation processes around electricity grid tariff models in Norway and Sweden are compared. Policies for sh

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/fresh-new-article-flexible-electricity-consumption-policies-norway-and-sweden-implications-energy - 2025-10-23

The spring semester course on environmental management in industry was kicked-started with a study visit to the company Södra Cell and their plant in Mörrum. Södra Cell posses valuable experience from a range of sustainability oriented business practices - and blended textile fiber is one of them. Students from Batch 30 from the master's program Environmental Management and Policy have completed a

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/study-visit-pulp-mill-discuss-recycled-blended-textile-fiber - 2025-10-23

Together with the Lund Society for Nature Conservation, the EU the 1.5° Lifestyles project with IIIEE researchers invited the public to a workshop on climate footprint. The workshop was hosted by Lund's city library. About 20 Lund residents participated in the workshop, which revolved around what different lifestyle choices mean for the climate. IIIEE researchers Matthias Lehner, Jessika Luth Rich

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/how-can-we-re-puzzle-our-lifestyles-meet-15deg-target - 2025-10-23

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 in research that the energy

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-publication-exploring-swedish-energy-utilities-understandings-energy-justice-and-user - 2025-10-23

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 named "Strengthen your power

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/are-you-longing-feel-climate-hope-recent-public-panel-discussion-iiiee-researcher-matthias-lehner - 2025-10-23

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 transdisciplinarity collabo

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/renewal-unesco-chair-professor-lena-neij - 2025-10-23

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 Engineering, and the IIIEE alumna Iryna Stavchuck, U

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-alumna-invited-lu-webinar-international-womens-day - 2025-10-23

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-Conflict Sustainability LabsThe purpose of the workshop is to

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/design-workshop-post-conflict-sustainability-labs - 2025-10-23

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 citizens as active agents of c

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/empowering-citizens-agents-climate-action-insights-new-research - 2025-10-23

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 Vlaanderen Circulair. H

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/visiting-fellow-bert-keirsbilck-ku-leuven - 2025-10-23

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 courses. At IIIEE we have b

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/playing-games-and-exploring-complex-topics - 2025-10-23

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 – a growing sustainability challenge – from waste prevention

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-naoko-tojo - 2025-10-23

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 recruit personnel living in l

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/public-co-working-changing-travel-patterns - 2025-10-23

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 Lund. How long will it take us?’”Mikael Backman, lecturer at the

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-mikael-backman - 2025-10-23

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 mobile research lab on food s

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/mobile-research-lab-food-sharing-barcelona - 2025-10-23

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. It went exceptionally wel

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-got-its-first-wallenberg-scholar - 2025-10-23

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, he discovered that local electric utilities supporti

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-alvar-palm - 2025-10-23

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 up a major global benchmark study in search of the answers.With the start of the globa

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-researcher-luis-mundaca - 2025-10-23