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Assessing the economic benefits of active transport policy pathways: Opportunities from a local perspective

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 - 2025-04-27

E-commerce products that consumers return risk ending up in landfills

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 - 2025-04-27

Expert message: Black Friday is the day to turn off the computer and take a walk!

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 - 2025-04-27

The business for sufficiency framework

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 - 2025-04-27

The IPCC receives the 2022 ‘Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity’

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 - 2025-04-27

What is the practice of product destruction?

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 - 2025-04-27

Kes McCormick and Peter Arnfalk at the IIIEE comment on the discouragement of MOOCs

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 - 2025-04-27

How is flexibility and energy related to justice, equity and sustainable development?

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 - 2025-04-27

Media attention to unused products going to straight to waste

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 - 2025-04-27

Symposium “Climate development and ocean dynamics during the last glacial - interglacial cycle”. June 12 09.00-16.50

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 - 2025-04-27

Traces of enormous solar storms in the ice of Greenland and Antarctica

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 - 2025-04-27

New guide on bioeconomy available!

Published 14 October 2015 The Bioeconomy: An Introduction to the World of Bioenergy The Bioeconomy: An Introduction to the World of BioenergyBioenergy is booming around the world and with the expansion comes exciting opportunities and some disturbing risks. Learning about bioenergy – from technologies, to resources, to policies – is important to the success and sustainability of the bioeconomy. Th

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-guide-bioeconomy-available - 2025-04-27

What role can energy communities play in decarbonising the heating sector?

Published 4 January 2023 A new study shows points to the importance of political support of municipalities however also points to the common barriers among municipalities which are lack of expertise, capacity and financial resources. Half of the EU’s final energy consumption is made up by the heating and cooling sector, making this an important sector for reducing fossil fuel consumption. What rol

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/what-role-can-energy-communities-play-decarbonising-heating-sector - 2025-04-27

The development of social science research on smart grids

Published 17 January 2023 ​​​​​​​What kind of knowledge is produced in social science studies on smart grids? Smart technologies, such as smart grids, are emerging as indispensable aspects of an energy transformation and come with hopes of more sustainable resource use. A substantial amount of research has examined the technical, economic, and environmental implications of these technologies, but

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/development-social-science-research-smart-grids - 2025-04-27