Published 21 November 2022 What are the opportunities for active transport policy pathways? Research shows that a policy mix that maximises economic benefits entails bike-sharing, cycle parking, training and education, low traffic neighbourhoods, e-bike grants, a workplace parking levy and increased use of a ‘cycle-to-work’ Scheme. Combined with concerns about climate change, air pollution and hum

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/assessing-economic-benefits-active-transport-policy-pathways-opportunities-local-perspective - 2025-04-03

Published 25 November 2022 New research uncovers the dark side of customers returns, offering policies to address the growing problem of product destruction. It will come as no surprise that the number of consumer products being returned has exploded in recent years. This can be attributed to a range of factors, including the growing popularity of home delivery, liberal returns policies, and the p

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/e-commerce-products-consumers-return-risk-ending-landfills - 2025-04-03

Published 25 November 2022 IIIEE guest professor Nancy Bocken has conducted several studies business models and consumption and explains about sufficiency and other tricks in a new magazine article. Professor Nancy Bocken's advice for Black Friday is crystal clear: turn off the computer! Nancy has spent year studying business models and consumption problems and in recent study she addresses the to

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/expert-message-black-friday-day-turn-computer-and-take-walk - 2025-04-03

Published 30 November 2022 How can business drive sufficiency? A study using the ‘Business for Sufficiency’ (BfS) framework examining businesses already employing sufficiency sheds light on the viability, desirability, feasibility and sustainability for them to do so. It also shows that most prevalent strategies require the least radical changes. The breaching of planetary boundaries and excessive

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/business-sufficiency-framework - 2025-04-03

Published 2 December 2022 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been declared a co-laureate of the prominent 2022 ‘Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity’. For its contributions to the IPCC Assessment Reports, the IIIEE feels honoured to be part of this initiative. The 2022 Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity was awarded to IPCC together with the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Bi

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/ipcc-receives-2022-gulbenkian-prize-humanity - 2025-04-03

Published 6 December 2022 Today we commemorated the establishment of the Republic of Finland. In 1917 Finland achieved its independence from Russia. The day is celebrated in Sweden not least to acknowledge the groups Finnish speakers who have moved to Sweden over a long period of time. At the IIIEE as well as at Lund University the Finnish flag was hoisted.

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/congratulations-finnish-day-independence - 2025-04-03

Published 7 December 2022 A recent study uncovers why companies engage in this highly unsustainable and resource-inefficient behaviour and explores the potential policy interventions that could effectively address the issue. The practice of product destruction, whereby retailers or manufacturers dispose of viable consumer products such as unsold goods or customer returns, is an extreme expression

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/what-practice-product-destruction - 2025-04-03

Published 14 October 2015 LUM, No. 7, 2015 On 8 October 2015, Lund University Magazine published a series of articles under the Theme: "Stopp för MOOC-loket?"In the article Pedagogisk utveckling med förhinder, Kes McCormick and Peter Arnfalk comment on the discouragement of MOOCs.The six articles are in Swedish and can be accessed via these links:Pedagogisk utveckling med förhinderLU tonar ner sin

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/kes-mccormick-and-peter-arnfalk-iiiee-comment-discouragement-moocs - 2025-04-03

Published 9 December 2022 A new article on sustainable energy systems and energy justice outlines the factors that dictates user flexibility, and the ways in which current business models “reward” some users while “punishing” others. How is flexibility and energy related to justice, equity and sustainable development? As the share of renewable energy production is increasing, such as wind and sola

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/how-flexibility-and-energy-related-justice-equity-and-sustainable-development - 2025-04-03

Published 22 December 2022 What about the potentially unwanted Christmas gifts? The products that are returned to the seller in e-commerce are likely to be thrown away instead of being resold. This is a research finding that has been picked up and shared in Swedish radio, just in time for Christmas. For some type of consumer products such as clothing and small electronics reselling returned articl

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/media-attention-unused-products-going-straight-waste - 2025-04-03

Published 3 March 2015 Photomicrograph of a shocked quartz grain from the Hummeln impact structure. In a study, published in the journal Geology, C. Alwmark and co-authors provides definite evidence for a meteorite impact origin of the Hummeln structure (located in the Småland province, Sweden), closing an about 200 years old debate. Further reading..

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/meteorite-impact-created-hummeln-structure - 2025-04-03

Published 22 May 2015 Helena Alexanderson has been admitted to the Pedagogic Academy at the Faculty of Science. With this follows the title "Excellent Teaching Practioner".

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/helena-alexanderson-awarded-title-excellent-teaching-practioner - 2025-04-03

Published 5 June 2015 Department of Geology organizes a full day symposium on the theme “Climate development and ocean dynamics during the last glacial - interglacial cycle” as a tribute to Professor Svante Björck and his research in Quaternary Science for more than 40 years because of his retirement from the Chair in Quaternary Geology on February 2015 02 28Program

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/symposium-climate-development-and-ocean-dynamics-during-last-glacial-interglacial-cycle-june-12-0900 - 2025-04-03

Published 11 September 2015  More info on our vacanies page.

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/several-vacant-positions-senior-university-lecturers-and-postdoctoral-fellow - 2025-04-03

Published 29 October 2015 Sun over the NEEM research station in Northern Greenland. Photo by: Raimund Muscheler Solar storms and the particles they release result in spectacular phenomena such as auroras, but they can also pose a serious risk to our society. In extreme cases they have caused major power outages, and they could also lead to breakdowns of satellites and communication systems.Accordi

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/traces-enormous-solar-storms-ice-greenland-and-antarctica - 2025-04-03

Published 8 July 2016 Bonaglia and coworkers publish a paper on Baltic Sea denitrification and DNRA in "Limnology and Oceanography". Read more..

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/bonaglia-and-coworkers-publish-paper-baltic-sea-denitrification-and-dnra - 2025-04-03

Publicerad 12 oktober 2022 Rapport från projektet Öppen vetenskap vid LU Projektet Öppen vetenskap vid LU, som initierades av forskningsnämnden 2019, avrapporterades under september. Syftet med projektet var att ta fram förslag på en struktur i form av vision, verksamhetsplan och organisering för LUs arbete kring öppen vetenskap. Länk till rapporten: Rapport från projektet Öppen vetenskap vid LU P

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-oktober-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation-2 - 2025-04-03

Publicerad 17 november 2022 Refe­rens­grupp inrät­tas för uppdra­get kring natio­nel­la rikt­lin­jer för öppen veten­skap Kungliga biblioteket (KB) har i uppdrag av regeringen att ta fram nationella riktlinjer för öppen vetenskap. KB inrättar nu en referensgrupp för att inhämta kunskap och erfarenheter från berörda organisationer och intressenter. Mer information: Refe­rens­grupp inrät­tas för upp

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-november-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation-2 - 2025-04-03

Publicerad 21 december 2022 Plattform för strategiarbete 2023–2024 Rektor har under januari beslutat om ett par olika strategidokument som rör bl.a öppen vetenskap. I Plattform för strategiarbete 2023-2024 betonas vikten av en fungerande infrastruktur för bl.a. tillgängliggörande av forskningsdata. Vidare ska universitetet: Arbeta proaktivt för att säkerställa att öppen vetenskap stödjer forskares

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-februari-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation-2 - 2025-04-03

Publicerad 10 mars 2023 Ny resurs: Digital Theatre+ Konstnärliga fakultetens bibliotek har startat en prenumeration på Digital Theatre+. Digital Theatre+ innehåller strömmande video, digitala lärresurser och texter inom scenkonstområdet. Plattformen samarbetar med giganter som the Royal Shakespeare Company, Broadway HD och BBC men också med mindre teatrar och scenkonstutbildningar runt om i världe

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-mars-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation-2 - 2025-04-03