Published 24 October 2024 More than two thousand patent applications have been filed by researchers at Lund University between 2000 and 2020. Photo: Kennet Ruona Swedish higher education institutions excel in patents from academia, with Sweden ranking fifth in Europe. Lund University claims the top spot on the Swedish list. A new report from the European Patent Office (EPO) released today provides

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Published 25 October 2024 Photo: iStock/gilaxia Elite ice hockey players with a history of concussion report heightened mental health symptoms, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. In addition, one in five female hockey players suffered symptoms of burnout, and both sexes reported an alcohol consumption at a risk-level. The researchers based their study on Sweden’s two highest

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Published 29 April 2016 Presentations by master students in the IIIEE Aula Photo: Håkan Rodhe New business model for electric trucks at Volvo, renewable electricity for refugee camps in Jordan or mobile apps for coffee farmers in Tanzania to adapt to climate change? Today on 29 April, the final year master students at the IIIEE present their findings from client projects across the globe. Many int

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Published 2 May 2016 Mikael Backman right in the photo. On 26 April Mikael Backman participated in a TV-broadcast presenting the planned combined heat and power (CHP) and Biogas plants in Zabrze. The latter is entirely a project based on research and development performed by EMP students (Environmental Management and Policy programme) and staff, in the framework of the Swedish-Polish Sustainable E

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Published 12 May 2016 A new project integrating cities and universities to advance sustainable building and planning Swedish municipalities play a key role in sustainable building and planning. However, research has proven to be difficult to transfer from universities to practice. From 2016, three universities located in Skåne, SLU Alnarp (project leader), Lund University (IIIEE and LTH) and Malmö

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Published 13 May 2016 Associate Professor Luis Mundaca shaking hands with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon during the Climate Action Week 2016 in Washington DC. Photo: Luis Cifuentes Associate Professor and IPCC Lead Author Luis Mundaca participated in high-level meetings during Climate Action Week 2016 in the United States, May 2-6. He first participated in the Universitas 21 Workshop ‘Informing

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Published 16 May 2016 Håkan Rodhe right in the photo. On 12 May, the IIIEE was represented by Håkan Rodhe, at the Branding Africa Conference. He met with several African ambassadors and discussed the African need for education, MOOCs, and Ethiopia's fast growth and ambition to be climate neutral by 2030.

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Published 17 May 2016 Professor Oksana Mont Photo: Kennet Ruona In the article "Uber lägger ner Pop i Sverige" published by NyTeknik, Oksana Mont, Professor in Sustainable Consumption and Production at the IIIEE, is commenting on the problems that may arise when the sharing economy is unregulated.

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Published 18 May 2016 Prof. Oksana Mont at the IIIEE is co-editor of a new edited book on welfare and its relationship to sustainability. Welfare is commonly conceptualized in socio-economic terms of equity, highlighting distributive issues within growing economies. While GDP, income growth and rising material standards of living are normally not questioned as priorities in welfare theories and po

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Published 19 May 2016 Seven shades of green: Exploring options for sustainable transitions A new Strategic Environmental Development (SED) report has been published by Master's students of the Environmental Management and Policy (EMP) programme at the IIIEE.Follow the link to access the full report: Seven shades of green: Exploring options for sustainable transitions

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Published 20 May 2016 IIIEE researcher Åke Thidell Photo: Sara Bernstrup Nilsson Swedish wood: Innovative products for a circular economy Can Swedish wood be the answer to our future needs, from T-shirts to 10-storey apartment buildings? The challenge is not the technology, but how society can support the development of this market. It has the potential for creating both a sustainable and circular

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Published 24 May 2016 Visiting systems engineering students from University of Virginia engaged in problem-solving for organisations around Lund. University of Virginia visits IIIEE with a Study Abroad programme for the third time. Sixteen University of Virginia students came to Lund to engage in a three week sustainability consulting projects. IIIEE is hosting the group for the third time while t

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Published 26 May 2016 From the left: Tiberiu Kadar, Sustainability Strategist, Mikael Backman, Director of the Swedish-Polish Sustainable Energy Platform, H.E. Mr Iulian Buga, the Romanian Ambassador to Sweden, Lena Neij, Director of the IIIEE, Vasile Gămălan, Honorary consul On 26 May, the Romanian Ambassador to Sweden, H.E. Mr Iulian Buga and his delegation, are visiting the IIIEE to learn more

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Published 27 May 2016 Assoc. Prof. Kes McCormick is a co-author on two chapters in a new book on urban experimentation. This new book explores how the concept or urban experimentation is being used to reshape practices of knowledge production in urban debates about resilience, climate change governance, and socio-technical transitions. With contributions from leading scholars, and case studies fro

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Published 7 June 2016 While climate policies would have a beneficial effect for energy security in most countries, energy independence policies would not bring significant climate benefits.Ambitious policies to reduce energy imports would have little impact on climate change, and could be achieved much more cheaply than the climate mitigation measures needed to limit climate change to no more than

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Published 14 June 2016 Oksana Mont is presenting the research project REES Photo: Marianne Sandberg On 14 June, the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research (Mistra) is visiting the IIIEE. Mistra's executive Director Åke Iverfeldt is introducing Mistra and Lena Neij, Director of the IIIEE is presenting the IIIEE and ongoing activities.During the morning, IIIEE researchers are presen

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Published 14 June 2016 Team Global Lund Photo: Marianne Sandberg The winners of the Universitas 21 Global Ingenuity Challenge 2016 have been elected. Lund university was represented by Team Global Lund and won the category "Peer's Choice Award" together with Korea University, and received a special award for their contribution "Host-a-Home". The theme of this year's challenge was "Sustainable Hous

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Published 21 June 2016 The June issue of the IIIEE Newsletter is out now. Follow the link Vol.1. No. 3, June, 2016IIIEE newsletter archive

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Published 28 June 2016 MESPOM graduation 2016 on the Danube in Budapest On the Danube in Budapest. On 23 June master's students of the MESPOM programme graduated in Budapest. Celebrations took place on the Danube, the traditional way to close the MESPOM programme. Graduates, families and staff enjoyed the sunset while looking back at two intense and highly rewarding years, and looking ahead to the

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Published 28 June 2016 On 3-10 July the Almedalen Week in Gotland takes place. The IIIEE takes part in two activities on 6 July:1. "Från förvaltare till klimathjälte" - a seminar arranged by Dagens Industri and Caverion. Prof. Lena Neij, Director of the IIIEE is participating in this seminar.2. "Still a future: Syria moving forward despite uncertainty" - a seminar arranged by the Center for Middle

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