Published 23 August 2016 Focusing on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) policies for low carbon technologies A broad research interest in the field of environmental policy and a master’s degree in Environmental Management and Policy motivated Jessika Luth Richter to apply for PhD studies at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, where she is now doing her second ye

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Published 29 August 2016 The August issue of the IIIEE Newsletter is out now. Follow the link Vol.1. No. 4, August, 2016IIIEE newsletter archive

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Published 30 August 2016 On Monday, 29 September, 14 students from 10 countries started their third semester of the Master Course in Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management (MESPOM) at the IIIEE. The IIIEE runs the MESPOM programmes together with three other universities in Europe and two universities in North America. The group enrolled in Lund now is the 11th group since the MESPOM program

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Published 2 September 2016 Professor Lena Neij, Director of the IIIEE On 1 September 2016 the Swedish Government presented five national joint action groups which are connected to the government’s five strategic research programmes, with the aim of developing the government’s innovation politics. Lena Neij at the IIIEE has been designated to be part of the joint action group on smart cities.Read t

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Published 12 September 2016 Photo: Johan Persson On 23 September 2016, the annual Graduation Day at the IIIEE takes place. This year it is batch 21 who graduates from the Master's programme in environmental management and policy (EMP programme) at the IIIEE.If you would like to be part of this event and did not get an invitation, please contact Håkan Rodhe, Director of External Relations at the II

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Published 15 September 2016 In the photo, the team from left: Helen Avery (CMES), Rami Iskif, Andrea Cederquist, Taha Haj Ahmad, Tareq Emtairah (IIIEE), Ulrich Goluke. The research project Post Conflict Futures had its first workshop 1-3 September as part of the scenario building project on the future of Syria organised by the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE)

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Published 15 September 2016 Assoc. Prof. Luis Mundaca and Prof. Lena Neij at the IIIEE guest edit a special issue in Applied Energy Entitled “Towards a Green Energy Economy? Assessing policy choices, strategies and transitional pathways”, the latest special issue of Applied Energy has been published open access and seeks to bring together the fields of green growth, environmental economics, energy

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Published 20 September 2016 Irina Kalinovskaya during MSc thesis defence week at the IIIEE Photo: Marianne Sandberg From Monday 19 September until Thursday 22 September, batch 21 of the Master's programme in Environmental Management and Policy are presenting and defending their Master's theses. The opponents are people from academia, business and industry.The week ends with the annual graduation c

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Published 24 September 2016 Nashfa Hawwa Covering a story on Nashfa Hawwa from the Maldives On 23 September the IIIEE held its annual graduation ceremony for the MSc graduates who have spent 2 years at the Institute. One of the MSc graduates, Nashfa Hawwa from the Maldives, was interviewed by the newspaper Sydsvenskan.Read the whole article here (in Swedish only)

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Published 6 October 2016 Professor Oksana Mont Photo: Kennet Ruona Arranged by the Swedish Consumer Agency On 12 October at 12:00-16:15, Prof. Oksana Mont at the IIIEE will discuss sustainable consumption at a seminar in Stockholm arranged by the Swedish consumer agency.For more information, please view the invitation here

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Published 6 October 2016 Edited by Professors Max Koch and Oksana Mont On 18 October at 16:30 - 18:00 the book Sustainability and the Political Economy of Welfare will be launched at the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies, Biskopsgatan 3, Lund. The book raises the issue of what is required to make welfare societies ecologically sustainable. The book was a result of an interdisciplinary team

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Published 7 October 2016 12-13 October at the IIIEE On 12-13 October, three trial lectures will take place at the IIIEE for the position as “Professor in sustainable business management and practice - for a transition to low-carbon and resource efficient economies”.As part of the recruitment process for the position as “Professor in sustainable business management and practice - for a transition t

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Published 10 October 2016 Associate Professor Thomas Lindhqvist at the IIIEE opens the workshop On 10 - 11 October the IIIEE is hosting a conference with the title "Third decade of EPR - What lessons and experiences can be used for light sources and other products?"The IIIEE wishes to follow up the two decades of positive experiences in bringing together stakeholders and researchers around topical

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Published 13 October 2016 IIIEE researcher Yuliya Voytenko On Thursday, 13th of October, IIIEE researcher Yuliya Voytenko Palgan is giving a keynote speech at the European Week of Regions and Cities in Brussels at European Commission premises. Her presentation Urban Living Labs and Governing Sustainability Transitions in Cities will be part of the workshop on Sustained and sustainable economic gro

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Published 14 October 2016 Dr. Charlie Wilson in the IIIEE Aula On 14 October, Dr Charlie Wilson from the University of East Anglia (UK), will talk about Energy Transitions: Speeds, Characteristics, and the Benefits of Granularity. (Download pdf here)Seminar descriptionEnergy system challenges require a rapid and far-reaching transition. Historical energy transitions have been both fast and slow. I

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Published 17 October 2016 EPR discussions in the IIIEE Aula Photo: Håkan Rodhe A lunch-to-lunch workshop on EPR – extended producer responsibility – held at the IIIEE last week, on 10-11 October, with the project funding from the Swedish Energy Agency, brought forward a number of important issues and challenges related to EPR design and implementation.The workshop started with a 2-hour open sessio

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Published 18 October 2016 Professor Oksana Mont Photo: Kennet Ruona There is growing evidence that Western welfare standards are not generalizable to the rest of the planet if environmental concerns, such as resource depletion or climate change, are considered. A new interdisciplinary anthology by researchers from Lund University raises the question of what is required to make welfare societies ec

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/how-reach-ecologically-sustainable-welfare-societies - 2025-04-29

Published 19 October 2016 26 October 2016 On 26 October, three trial lectures will take place at the IIIEE for the position as “Professor in policy analysis - for the transition to low-carbon and resource efficient economies”.As part of the recruitment process for the position as “Professor in policy analysis - for the transition to low-carbon and resource efficient economies” at the IIIEE, the Ac

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Published 20 October 2016 Photo: CC BY D. Reichardt This policy brief is based on two behavioural economic field studies and informs policy makers how to make the roll-out of smart electricity meters more effective. Are electricity consumers irrational fools? They keep their devices in stand-by mode, forget to switch off the lights when they leave the room, purchase halogen light bulbs (instead of

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Published 20 October 2016 Mikael Backman at the 6th International Trade Fair and Conferences for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, RENEXPO. On 20 October, Mikael Backman, Director of the Swedish Polish Sustainable Energy Platform at the IIIEE, is speaking about Biogas production on the 6th International Trade Fair and Conferences for Renewable Energy, RENEXPO, in Warsaw, Poland, which takes

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-researcher-mikael-backman-biogas-production-renexpo-2016-poland - 2025-04-29