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On 8 April 2016, Nora Smedby at the IIIEE will defend her Doctoral thesis with the title: Local Environmental Governance: Assessing proactive initiatives in building energy efficiency.Oponent is Professor Matthew J. Hoffmann and supervisor is Professor Lena NeijView press release here (Swedish only)
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/thesis-defence-8-april - 2025-11-30
The IIIEE Energy Blog sheds some new light on heating as lived practice. When we think of heating transitions, we often imagine new technologies replacing old ones, wood stoves giving way to oil boilers, district heating networks, and more recently heat pumps. However, heating transitions are not just about adopting new technologies but also about how households adapt, persist, and improvise. Thes
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-blog-heating-practices-across-time-what-we-remember-keep-and-revive - 2025-11-30
On September 11, IIIEE researcher Sofie Sandin Lompar featured as a one of the leading voices in the event "A Sustainable Tomorrow", the largest annual and digital sustainability event in the Nordic region. The event “A Sustainable Tomorrow” was recently held for the 13th time and this year's focus was 'Mobilizing with Courage and Diversity'. The 2025 event featured a robust lineup of high profile
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-discussing-mobilization-largest-digital-sustainability-event-nordic-region - 2025-11-30
The 2015 Annual Report of the IIIEE has been completed! Please view the full report here: Annual Report 2015
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/2015-annual-report - 2025-11-30
Climate change education in schools and universities tends to focus on environmental facts, whilst little room is given to inner dimensions of change and to collective action. The CLARITY project co-led by IIIEE launches a coached self-paced course to address these challenges by enhancing educators’ skills. Teachers & educators! Our new training on teaching climate change with both care and impact
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/clarity-project-launches-new-training-teaching-climate-change - 2025-11-30
IIIEE researcher Carl Dalhammar has been promoted to professor in environmental law. We proudly note that our Carl Dalhammar has been promoted full professor – as high as you can go in the Swedish system. His research focus lies in product regulation to achieve sustainability goals, with specialities in topical issues such as product repair, eco-design, planned obsolescence, etc. He has a long hi
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-professor-iiiee - 2025-11-30
The IIIEE is proud to announce that several of its researchers have been once again recognised in the latest edition of the Stanford–Elsevier World’s Top Scientist Ranking. This recognition reflects the global impact and high-quality research output of our faculty members. The honoured researchers include Nancy Bocken, Aleh Cherp, Oksana Mont, Luis Mundaca, Kes McCormick, Lena Neij, and Jenny Palm
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-researchers-global-top-2-scientists - 2025-11-30
Visiting PhD Researcher Lotte Levelt is joining the IIIEE crew to exchange knowledge in the field of post-growth economics and to shed some extra light on “experimental organizations”. Lotte Levelt is a visiting PhD Researcher based at Nyenrode Business University in the Netherlands. She does her research on post-growth businesses focusing on experimental organizations such as not-for-profit busin
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-visiting-phd-researcher-lotte-levelt - 2025-11-30
For the second year, Lund University stays in the top 100 universities in the world. According to the latest Times Higher Education ranking it reaches 95 worldwide and 2nd in Sweden after Karolinska Institute. Times Higher Education ranks 2,200 universities from 108 different countries and also this year Lund University reaches a record high ranking as it comes on spot 95 worldwide and 2 in Sweden
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/lund-university-retains-high-position-times-higher-education-ranking - 2025-11-30
On 8 April, IIIEE researcher Nora Smedby defended her Ph.D. thesis Local environmental governance: Assessing proactive initiatives in building energy efficiency. An interview in Swedish was made with Nora in connection to her thesis defence, see below:Published: 08/04/2016Så kan kommuner driva på omställningen till energieffektiva byggnader– Det är en enorm utmaning att ställa om samhället till lå
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/interview-iiiee-researcher-nora-smedby - 2025-11-30
The European Union has recently adopted laws related to “Right-to-Repair”. In a new book chapter, IIIEE Professor Carl Dalhammar examines possible ethical implications, and what kinds of rights that are granted to consumers. Are market mainly about delivering goods and services in an efficient way, or should issues related to ethics play a larger role? The EU has recently adopted rules related to
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/ethics-marketplace-implications-eu-consumer-rights-laws - 2025-11-30
Lund has been selected as one of five Swedish cities to receive Formas funding for a new Urban Transition Lab focused on sustainable city development. IIIEE Professor Lena Neij is one of the driving researchers. Lund has been selected as one of five Swedish cities to receive Formas funding for a new Urban Transition Lab focused on sustainable city development.The lab will be a hub for interdiscipl
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-lund-urban-transition-lab-test-sustainable-city-development - 2025-11-30
The IIIEE is launching a new project investigating how and why high-income earners decide whether to invest in climate solutions. High-income earners play a major role in shaping global carbon emissions and are responsible for nearly half of all emissions worldwide. Their investment choices alone account for a large share of their overall carbon footprint, showing how influential their financial d
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-project-behavioural-finance-and-climate-investments - 2025-11-30
Researchers at IIIEE have been running the capacity development program Innovation in Governance for Urban Nature-Based Solutions for five consecutive years. The SI-funded program has come to an end, but its legacy thrives in various ways. The program has engaged public administration professionals in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, focusing on nature-based solutions (NBS) to me
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/successful-capacity-building-nature-based-transformation-cities - 2025-11-30
Thirty young professionals recently certified by the Swedish Institute Academy for Young Professionals (SAYP) programme “Green Transition for Low-Carbon and Resilient Societies” are ready to put the lessons learnt into action. This was the first time IIIEE ran a programme to professionals on the topic of Green Transition for Low-Carbon and Resilient Societies. The programme brought together 30 rep
The IIIEE is offering a Postdoctoral position in the area of economics focusing on environmental management and policy.Last application date: 29 April 2016More information here
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/postdoctoral-position-iiiee - 2025-11-30
New Special Volume on Advancing Sustainable SolutionsGuest editors: Kes McCormick, Lena Neij, Oksana Mont, Chris Ryan, Håkan Rodhe & Renato OrsatoSustainable solutions are needed to drive a profound industrial and societal transformation towards a sustainable, low-carbon, resilient, equitable and prosperous future. This Special Volume of the Journal of Cleaner Production addresses possibilities an
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-special-volume-advancing-sustainable-solutions - 2025-11-30
Lund University has climbed the list to become the top global leader in sustainability, based on research, education and operations. Today, Lund University was ranked #1 in the world in sustainability according to QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2026. The ranking includes around 2,000 higher education institutions from about 100 countries and take into consideration how universities,
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/lund-university-now-ranked-1-sustainability-worldwide - 2025-11-30
IIIEE Director Jenny Palm reflects on Lund University reaching first place in the world in the QS World University Rankings and what elements have contributed to that we have reached this far. Prof. Jenny Palm, Director of the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics and Chair of the Sustainability Forum at Lund University, views the university’s top position in the QS Sustai
The IIIEE has launched a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) titled “Dispelling Myths about Sustainable Consumption" as part of the Mistra Sustainable Consumption programme. The course is free, open to everyone, and designed to help learners question familiar but misleading ideas about what makes consumption sustainable. Rethinking what we take for grantedFor decades, public policies, business s
