Published 27 January 2020 Listen to our newest podcast episode! A tree is so much more than just a tree! Trees provide habitat to support biodiversity, remove carbon dioxide and particulate matter from our air, cool our cities during summers, and inspire enjoyment by all.A tree planted deliberately to provide any of these services is considered a nature-based solution. In this episode, we present

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Published 30 January 2020 Leonidas Milios Awarded the 'Excellence in Review Award 2019' PhD candidate Leonidas Milios received the Excellence in Review Award 2019 from the interdisciplinary journal Resources, Conservation and Recycling (IF 7.044).The journal presented the annual Excellence in Review Awards to recognize exceptional reviewers who provided timely and constructive review services to t

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Published 25 February 2020 Julia Nussholz defends her doctoral dissertation on "Circular Business Model Design: Business Opportunities from Retaining Value of Products and Materials" On 6 March 2020, PhD candidate Julia Nussholz will defend her doctoral dissertation with the title: Circular Business Model Design: Business Opportunities from Retaining Value of Products and MaterialsThe opponent wil

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Published 26 February 2020 Nature-based solutions for innovation and sustainability As we come to the end of our inaugural session (5 weeks in duration) for the Urban Nature MOOC, we just wanted to give a quick update. So far we have had 64,000 page views, 9,000 unique visitors and 2,000 enrolments. The compendium has been downloaded some 3,800 times. We get continuous feedback from participants.

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Published 9 March 2020 Our Professor Nancy Bocken recently finished a collaborative report on the principles and strategies of 'resource-light' business models. Based on a significant body of research and real-life examples the report provides a useful resource for practitioners, academics, and entrepreneurs seeking to integrate proven resource-light strategies into their circular business innovat

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Published 16 March 2020 Photo by Shutterstock The coronavirus has been spreading fast internationally, in Sweden as well as in Skåne. At the IIIEE, we follow the development closely and take action based on the decisions by the Swedish authorities and Lund University. Update 17 MarchAt a press conference today, 17 March, the Swedish prime minister Stefan Löfven announced that the Government recomm

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Published 2 September 2015 The potential of ecodesign:Increasing efficiency by requirement From a sustainability point of view, the EU Ecodesign Directive has been very successful in improving the environmental performance of products – but there is more work to do. IIIEE researcher Carl Dalhammar is currently searching for concrete suggestions as to how the Swedish Energy Agency can advance their

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Published 20 March 2020 Our EMP student Maria Jäppinen was awarded first prize in SYSAV’s thesis award 2020 (Sysavstipendiet). Maria was awarded 20 000 SEK for her master’s thesis entitled “Exploring waste prevention possibilities through public procurement in public institutions – A case study from Bornholm, Denmark”.The motivation for the award was: "Using Bornholm as an example the thesis shows

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Published 30 March 2020 Leonidas Milios Phd cover Leonidas Milios defends his doctoral dissertation the 23rd of April, 13.15-16.15 On April 23rd Leonidas Milios will defend his doctoral dissertation entitled "Policy Framework for Material Resource Efficiency - Pathway towards a circular economy paradigm".The opponent will be Prof. Raimund Bleischwitz from University College London, United Kingdom.

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Published 1 April 2020 "Lund will be a lovely place to live in 2050!" In an interview in Sydsvenskan in March 2020, professor Lena Neij talked about the Climate Council of Lund Municipality, of which she is the Chair. The council is to annually evaluate the municipality’s work towards minimized climate impact and climate adaptation, and suggest improvements that can add to achieve the municipality

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Published 3 April 2020 IIIEE Researcher Leonidas Milios contributed to the MISTRA summary report. The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research (MISTRA) published a popular science report (only available in Swedish at the moment), summarising the research findings of several MISTRA funded projects related to plastics.Leonidas Milios contributed with research findings on plastic recyc

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Published 8 September 2015 A new publication by IIIEE researchers Kes McCormick and Bernadett Kiss, published in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability on “Learning through Renovations for Urban Sustainability: The Case of the Malmö Innovation Platform”.This article investigates the relevant hands-on challenges creating a supportive learning environment when projects in the area of sustai

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Published 6 April 2020 The “Sharing and the City” project aims to examine, test and advance knowledge on the role of city governments in the initiation, implementation and institutionalisation of the sharing organisations across cities in Europe. A report from a mobile research lab on sharing in Gothenburg is now available. It is based on the findings from the mobile research lab, which Sharing an

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Published 15 April 2020 Register now! Welcome to the 2020 City Futures Online Summit! Thursday 8 October 2020, 10.00-12.00 CET Join the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics for an online summit connecting people around the world to advance sustainable solutions!We will explore missions for low-carbon and resource efficient development from the perspectives of government,

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Published 23 April 2020 Our first virtual phd-defence took place today  Today, Leonidas Milios successfully defended his doctoral dissertation "Policy Framework for Material Resource Efficiency - Pathway towards a circular Economy Paradigm". The opponent was Prof. Raimund Bleischwtz from University College London, UK.    Leonidas' dissertation can be downloaded here

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Published 28 April 2020 "Greening the economy in times of Covid-19: Lessons from the 2008 Financial Crisis" In an article published on the Green Growth Knowledge Platform Professors Luis Mundaca and Lena Neij, together with post-doctoral fellows Jessika Luth Richter and Lars Strupeit, and phd Jonas Sonnenschein discuss what lessons could be learnt from the 2008 financial crisis, in times of the Co

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Published 30 April 2020 "The professionals in the middle as drivers for sustainable transformation in the building sector" Postdoctoral fellow Katharina Reindl and Professor Jenny Palm have published their article entitled "The professionals in the middle as drivers for sustainable transformation in the building sector" in Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management. Abstract:The buildin

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Published 7 May 2020 The sharing economy is booming! But what are the impacts on cities and sustainability? This course connects the sharing economy, cities, governance and urban sustainability to provide unique knowledge and insights into sharing cities. We utilize a diversity of leading examples of the emerging sharing economy in cities to bring this course to life. Join the online courseDownloa

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Published 8 September 2015 Photo: Speakers and participants of session 2.2: Urban Experimentation - Unleashing the Creative Capacity of Cities                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

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Published 8 May 2020 Accelerating sustainable transitions Our Annual Report for 2019 is done. Download it here to learn more about the 2019 highlights.

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