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"Experimentation and Slow Consumption: Two Key Strategies in the Transition to a Circular Economy" On 22 May, Nancy Bocken Professor at the IIIEE, gave a keynote speech at the Gordon Research Conference in Industrial Ecology held in Switzerland. The title of the speech was "Experimentation and Slow Consumption: Two Key Strategies in the Transition to a Circular Economy”.Abstract:The Circular Econo

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/nancy-bocken-keynote-speaker-gordon-research-conference-industrial-ecology - 2025-12-10

"Small-scale solar electricity in buildings - power for change in energy systems and everyday life" Prof. Jenny Palm at the IIIEE has reported the results from the project “Small-scale solar electricity in buildings – power for change in energy systems and everyday life” The research was done in collaboration with Uppsala University and Linköping University and it was funded by the Swedish Energy

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/results-finalized-research-project-solar-electricity-buildings - 2025-12-10

Philip Peck presents during the Sustainability Week 2018. On 24 April, IIIEE researcher Philip Peck gave a presentation during the Sustainability Week 2018 at Lund University. His presentation had the title Root causes or 'headlines'? The devil lies in the supply chains. The presentation was given during the workshop "Blood batteries: The dark side of renewable energy" held at the IIIEE.The worksh

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/root-causes-or-headlines-devil-lies-supply-chains - 2025-12-10

New study on how local government (cities), addresses GHG-A in their Sustainable Energy Action Plans (SEAP). IIIEE researcher Nora Smedby has co-published a new study on Local governance of greenhouse gas emissions from air travel.ABSTRACTGlobal greenhouse gas emissions from air travel (GHG-A) are on the rise, and projections point towards a rapid growth in the coming decades. This study aims to e

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/local-governance-greenhouse-gas-emissions-air-travel - 2025-12-10

What makes for a successful transition to a low-carbon energy system? Perceived fairness of various processes identified as pre-condition for the legitimacy of outcomes, according to new research from the IIIEE and LUCSUS. Luis Mundaca together with alumna Sophie Schwer at the IIIEE and Henner Busch from LUCSUS recently published a research article titled ‘Successful’ low-carbon energy transitions

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-research-article-low-carbon-energy-transitions-attracts-media-attention - 2025-12-10

Over 50% of the global population lives in cities, and those cities all share the same pressing challenge: how can they provide economic prosperity and social cohesion in a sustainable way? One way of finding answers to that question is urban living labs, a type of testbed where social and technical innovations are tested in real time in an urban setting.“Urban living labs are a new form of govern

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/book-release-urban-living-labs-experimenting-city-futures - 2025-12-10

SAVE THE DATE - 11 OCTOBER 2018! On 11 October 2018, the IIIEE is organizing a City Futures conference in Lund, Sweden. The aim is to bring together academia, municipalities and regional actors within business and industry to discuss how to strengthen the collaboration between science and policy for sustainable solutions. Keynote speakers are Dr. Cathy Oke, Knowledge Broker at Melbourne University

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/city-futures-samverkan-akademi-och-praktik-hallbara-losningar - 2025-12-10

Lunds kommun stärker det klimatpolitiska arbetet genom att som första kommun i landet inrätta ett eget klimatpolitiskt råd. Till rådet föreslås experter med tvärvetenskaplig kompetens från Lunds universitet och SLU. Lunds kommun följer den nationella strategin med ett klimatpolitiskt råd och inrättar en motsvarighet på lokal nivå– Rådets uppdrag är att utvärdera kommunens arbete för minskad klimat

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/forskare-granskar-klimatpolitiken - 2025-12-10

AI offers powerful tools to support this transformation across sectors such as energy, industry, consumption, and urban development. The IIIEE is now looking for an Assistant Professor (Associate Senior Lecturer) in AI for Sustainable Transformation. Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Transformation is a rapidly growing interdisciplinary research field that plays a critical role in addressing

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/soon-closing-call-assistant-professor-ai-sustainable-transformation - 2025-12-10

The 32nd batch of our EMP programme (Master in Environmental Management and Policy) has arrived! They now begin their journey at the IIIEE. The group consists of  33 students from various parts of the world including Indonesia, China, Germany, Finland, Thailand, India, US, Italy, Lithuania, Denmark, France, Korea, Brazil, Austria, Belgium, Hungary, UK, Sweden, South Africa and Ireland. Together th

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/welcome-batch-32-our-emp-programme - 2025-12-10

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has finalised the selection of authors for its Seventh Assessment Report (AR7) and two of the appointed authors are from IIIEE. Among the 664 international experts chosen, ten are based in Sweden, including two researchers from the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) at Lund University.Professor Aleh Cherp has

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/two-iiiee-researchers-appointed-ipccs-seventh-assessment-report - 2025-12-10

We are celebrating a milestone with MESPOM B20 arriving to Lund! This week we welcome the anniversary group of MESPOM-students – Batch 20! The group has spent their first year at CEU in Vienna and Uof Aegean on Lesvos and are now here for business & policy courses and to prepare for their thesis projects that they will do in Spring. We are delighted to have this skilled group from all around the w

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/anniversary-mespom-batch-has-arrived - 2025-12-10

IIIEE researcher held a presentation at Roads to the Future focusing on the findings from a recent publication "Circular Economy Integration in Smart Grids: A Nexus for Sustainability | Circular Economy and Sustainability". On 27th of August, Professor Carl Dalhammar gave a presentation titled 'Towards circular vehicles and circular grids: Recent developments in Europe' at Roads to the Future, arr

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/how-can-smart-grids-can-integrate-ce-considerations - 2025-12-10

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 - 2025-12-10

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 - 2025-12-10

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 - 2025-12-10

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 - 2025-12-10

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 - 2025-12-10

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 - 2025-12-10

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 - 2025-12-10