Published 12 March 2019 Showing the linkages between social, economic and environmental issues in business models and spotlighting solutions. New report out on "Business Models and Labour Standards: Making the Connection", co-written by Professor Nancy Bocken at the IIIEE.Abstract:Despite retailers spending significant sums on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and other related initiatives lit

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-report-out-business-models-and-labour-standards-making-connection - 2025-01-08

Published 12 March 2019 IPACST research team together in Lund On 11 March, researchers from the IPACST team gathered in Lund to discuss research on the role of IP strategies and sustainable business models in sustainability transitions.The research team consists of researchers from: HTW Berlin, FU Berlin, University of Cambridge, Indian Institute of Science, and Lund University. Lund University II

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/ipacst-research-team-gathered-lund - 2025-01-08

Published 14 March 2019 On 15 March, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and Aktuell Hållbarhet are organizers of Klimatforum 2019 – från strategi till verklighet. Professor Lena Neij at the IIIEE, Chair of the Climate political council in Lund, is participating and discussing climate challenges and ways forward.Link to the event (live stream)

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/klimatforum-2019-strategy-reality - 2025-01-08

Published 14 March 2019 Focusing on identifying recurrent patterns, similarities and differences between different types of sharing services. A new paper has been published with initial findings from the research project Sharing Cities Sweden: Analysis of Sharing Economy Services : Initial Findings from Sharing Cities SwedenAbstract:In this paper, we analyze different types of sharing economy serv

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-publication-analysis-sharing-economy-services-initial-findings-sharing-cities-sweden - 2025-01-08

Published 25 March 2019 New podcast episode by Advancing Sustainable Solutions! Kiruna, a small and industrious mining town in the arctic north of Sweden, is facing a unique challenge - the mine has expanded so far under ground that it is weakening the town’s foundations and will eventually pose a threat to inhabitants.City leadership and the mining company decided that much of the town would have

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/town-ice-and-fire - 2025-01-08

Published 25 March 2019 Photo: Shutterstock Discussing how to reduce climate impact from business travel in Sweden. Peter Arnfalk at the IIIEE participated in two stories by Swedish Radio on climate impact, business travels and virtual meetings as a tool for reducing carbon emissions.In Ekot: https://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/1253738?programid=4540In P1-morgon: https://sverigesradio.se/sida/ar

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/peter-arnfalk-interviewed-swedish-radio - 2025-01-08

Published 26 March 2019 A summary of sixty innovative examples with the aim of spreading knowledge about sustainable production and consumption in accordance with the UN Global Goal 12 of Agenda 2030. The Nordic Report 01 was recently published, displaying sixty innovative examples with the aim of spreading knowledge about sustainable production and consumption in accordance with the UN Global Goa

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/nordic-report-01-2018 - 2025-01-08

Published 2 April 2019 Peter Arnfalk at the IIIEE Guiding authorities how to speed up the transition to digital meetings. Sydsvenskan published an article on Swedish universities' transition from unnecessary flying to digital meetings.Peter Arnfalk at the IIIEE was interviewed for this article: Universiteten släpar efter när flyg ska ersättas av digitala möten

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/peter-arnfalk-sydsvenskan - 2025-01-08

Published 4 April 2019 On 3 April a new climate report was submitted to the municipal executive board of Lund. The report was conducted by the Climate Policy Council of Lund Municipality, a newly established council, with the aim to inspect the climate work of Lund Municipality and guide them towards reaching the goals set.Lena Neij at the IIIEE is the Chair of the council and handed over the repo

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-climate-report-conducted-climate-policy-council-lund-municipality - 2025-01-08

Published 8 April 2019 In April 2019, Sharing Cities Sweden (coordinated by IIIEE) published a synthesis report entitled Sharing Cities: Exploring the Emerging Landscape of the Sharing Economy in Cities. It captures the lessons learned and ambitious goals of the test-beds in Stockholm, Malmö, Umeå and Göteborg. The document contains articles on the journeys of the test-beds, a discussion of design

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/sharing-cities-journeys-and-insights-sharing-economy-cities - 2025-01-08

Published 8 April 2019 Photo: Kes McCormick Event on 8 April as part of Sustainability Week 2019. On 8 April, Sharing Cities Sweden held an event on the sharing economy in cities focusing on learning about business models and behavioural economics.Sharing Cities Sweden and the Urban Arena at Lund university were co-organisers of the event as part of the Sustainability Week 2019. 

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/sharing-cities-business-models-and-behavioural-economics - 2025-01-08

Published 10 April 2019 Urban Sharing team has started their first Mobile Research Lab (MRL) in Amsterdam. The trip includes among others visits to ShareNL, Rijkswaterstaat, University of Utrecht, University of Twente, city of Amsterdam as well as meetings with representatives of different urban sharing organisations active in the city of Amsterdam.On the photo (left to right): Urban Sharing team:

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/mobile-research-lab-amsterdam-has-started - 2025-01-08

Published 24 April 2019 Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT Discussing the role of the universities in connection to travels, food and facilities in the light of the climate issue. On 18 April, Sydsvenskan published an opinion article "Universiteten bör visa vägen i klimatfrågan, halvera sina utsläpp på fem år". The article is co-written by Peter Arnfalk et al. and discusses the role of the universities in co

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/opinion-article-sydsvenskan - 2025-01-08

Published 3 May 2019 Jessika Luth Richter gives an overview of circular economy policies and challenges. Katherine Whalen and Jessika Luth Richter are presenting their Circular Economy research and running In the Loop workshops at the Baltic University Programme’s Annual Student Conference in Estonia 25-28th April. Katherine Whalen and Jessika Luth Richter will be presenting their research about t

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-taking-part-baltic-university-programmes-annual-student-conference - 2025-01-08

Published 3 May 2019 We welcome Prof. Florian Lüdeke-Freund! We are happy to announce that Prof. Florian Lüdeke-Freund from ESCP Europe Business School in Germany has joined the URBAN SHARING advisory group, consisting of Professors: Julian Agyeman, Harriet Bulkeley, Koen Frenken, Renate E. Meyer, Renato Orsato, and Chris Ryan. Prof. Lüdeke-Freund will help the URBAN SHARING project to develop a c

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-advisory-group-member-urban-sharing-research-project - 2025-01-08

Published 6 May 2019 Researchers Steven Curtis and Sofie Sandin at the IIIEE have launched a new episode of the podcast ‘Advancing Sustainable Solutions’. In the monthly podcast, Steven and co-host Sofie Sandin discuss sustainability research conducted at the IIIEE. In this month’s episode, Steven and Sofie share insights into the sharing economy, including business models as well as the sustainab

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-podcast-episode-scooters-sharing-sustainability - 2025-01-08

Published 6 May 2019 Photo: Lucie Zvolska Blog post by Lucie Zvolska On 16th April 2019, Lucie Zvolska from the Urban Sharing team attended a Living Mobility Congress in Amsterdam, which brought together over 300 representatives from mobility businesses, urban planners, the city governments and the academia. The aim of to Congress was to (re)imagine the future of mobility in cities and in new area

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/update-living-mobility-congress - 2025-01-08

Published 9 May 2019 Yuliya Voytenko Palgan IIIEE researcher Yuliya Voytenko Palgan presented at the International Spring School and International Scientific-Practitioner Conference “European Dimensions of Sustainable Development”, which was held at the National University of Food Technologies in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 23-24 April 2019. Yuliya welcomed the participants with a keynote speech and gave tw

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/yuliya-voytenko-palgan-presents-her-research-governance-sharing-economy-ukraine - 2025-01-08

Published 29 August 2022 Cover: Lund University On Friday September 2, Laleh Foroughanfar is defending her PhD thesis in Architecture and Built Environment, "The Street of Associations - Migration and Infrastructural (Re)Production of Norra Grängesbergsgatan, Malmö". Welcome to attend! Laleh Foroughanfar will be defending her PhD thesis The Street of Associations - Migration and Infrastructural (R

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/phd-thesis-defence-street-associations-migration-and-infrastructural-reproduction-norra - 2025-01-08

Published 23 August 2022 CMES researcher Dalia Abdelhady has co-authored the article "How capital shapes refugees’ access to the labour market: the case of Syrians in Sweden" together with Akram Al Ariss (TBS Education), published in the International Journal of Human Resource Management. This paper highlights the ways Syrian refugees in Sweden utilise the different forms of capital available to t

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/syrian-refugees-swedish-labour-market - 2025-01-08