By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 17 February 2021 Professor Jenny Palm and PhD student Frans Libertson state that the debate about Sweden's energy systems means a risk to overlook better and cheaper solutions to handle the lack of electricity. Sweden’s electricity production and consumption have become a hot topic this cold winter of 2021. Increasing

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/decentralized-energy-systems-give-advantages - 2025-04-25

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 19 February 2021 The report Circular Economy Outlook 2021, published by Cradlenet, aims to provide insights on the state of the circular economy in Sweden today, and what we should expect going forward. While examining some of the main issues of the circular economy, this report focuses on the industry and business sec

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-report-insights-circular-economy-cradlenet - 2025-04-25

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 19 February 2021 Lena Neij, professor vid IIIEE, är en av fyra forskare som blivit tillfrågade om president Bidens klimatagenda. Läs mer i artikeln i Miljö & Utveckling (extern länk, nytt fönster)  

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/fyra-klimatforskare-om-president-biden-och-klimatet - 2025-04-25

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 19 February 2021 The Swedish Delegation for Circular Economy has published an interview with IIIEE researcher Carl Dalhammar on its homepage. In the interview, Carl discusses the importance of product regulation as a key strategy to reach a Circular economy. Read the interview with Carl (in Swedish, new window)  

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/product-regulation-and-circular-economy - 2025-04-25

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 19 February 2021 Governance of nature-based solutions in the city at the intersection of justice and equity. A NATURVATION inspired special issue been has published in “Cities”. On the one hand the volume provides a diagnosis of the justice implications embedded in recent efforts to renature cities.  Placed in the brea

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/special-issue-nature-based-solutions-journal-cities - 2025-04-25

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 24 February 2021 This is in focus in a recently published open access article, “The role of local governments in overcoming barriers to industrial symbiosis” in Cleaner Environmental Systems, by Karolina Södergren and Jenny Palm. There is a growing interest in knowledge sharing and partnering, as is evident from the es

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/how-can-local-governments-support-industrial-symbiosis-emerge - 2025-04-25

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 24 February 2021 Frans Libertson, doctoral student at the IIIEE, has published a new article in Energy, Sustainability and Society. The focus of the article is to decipher the ongoing media discourse in Sweden concerning the electricity shortage and its proposed solutions, and thereby also discerning the related pathwa

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-publication-competing-socio-technical-narratives-swedens-energy-future - 2025-04-25

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 25 February 2021 New article published by Postdoc Katharina Reindl and Professor Jenny Palm. There is huge potential to increase installation of photovoltaics (PV) using the roofs of non-residential buildings. While barriers to and enablers of the adoption of PV in residential buildings are well studied, this is not th

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/installing-photovoltaics-pv-barriers-and-enablers-experienced-non-residential-property-owners - 2025-04-25

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 3 March 2021 Photo: BBC Listen to our colleague Jessika Luth Richter in this program about how to make your stuff last longer. What if we got better at fixing things that broke, instead of getting new ones? How can we get more people to repair things? “We need sustainable consumption in order to address the environment

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/people-fixing-world-radio-documentary-produced-bbc - 2025-04-25

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 5 March 2021 New episode of our podcast Advancing Sustainable Solutions Sustainable finance, non-financial disclosures, ESG, oh my! The world of sustainable finance may seem dark and scary. But, in this episode, we introduce many key concepts through dialogue as well as discuss how sustainable finance contributes to wi

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/sustainable-finance-investing-our-future - 2025-04-25

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 8 March 2021 Offering consumers the option to rent rather than buy furniture and home accessories holds promise for reducing the large volumes of waste associated with home furnishings consumption. However, home furnishings companies face many barriers to implementing rental business models. A new article by IIIEE rese

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-article-understanding-and-overcoming-barriers-home-furnishings-rental - 2025-04-25

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 9 March 2021 Sharing Cities Sweden has produced two new reports – the first on cities, consumption and the sustainable developments goals and the second on the future of sharing in cities and communities. Cities and Consumption: Sharing Cities and Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Download the report Read the

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/two-new-reports-future-sharing-cities-and-consumption - 2025-04-25

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 18 March 2021 Together with Sparbanken Skåne, LU Innovation awards an annual prize to ideas that are good enough to become the innovations of the future. This year, Elaine M'Nkubitu, student at the EMP programme at the IIIEE, is one of the winners. Her idea is to turn organic waste into affordable and sustainable ferti

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/student-elaine-mnkubitu-one-winners-future-innovation-prize - 2025-04-25

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 21 March 2021 This city report is the result of a Mobile Research Lab conducted online in Shanghai during spring 2020. The Mobile Research Lab involves a combination of methods, including case studies, interviews, observations, expert panels, and in-situ field work. The report presents insights gained by the Urban Shar

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/urban-sharing-shanghai-new-report-published - 2025-04-25

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 26 March 2021 Two master theses related to IIIEE won awards in Sysav’s annual thesis competition Emma Johnson was awarded a scholarship for a thesis in the EMP programme: ‘Dressing up the environmental potential for product-service systems: A comparative lifecycle assessment on consumption in rental clothing vs. linear

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/scholarships-iiiee-students - 2025-04-25

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 30 March 2021 The "Brainy" Bunch: The journey of a PhD student What happens when you take a bunch of people from different cultural and geographical backgrounds, ask them to integrate under one discipline or department, and share a profound and life-changing experience? In this episode, we unpack some of these stories

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-episode-our-podcast-out-now - 2025-04-25

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 30 March 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic is still ongoing, but has already greatly affected countries, economies and actors around the globe. While studies are emerging about impacts of the pandemics on organisations, there is a lack of understanding as to how organisations in general and sharing platforms in particular res

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-article-organisational-response-strategies-covid-19-sharing-economy - 2025-04-25

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 7 April 2021 In April 2021, the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) launched an online learning community on cities, sustainability, governance and innovation that brings together teachers and organisations from around the world to share knowledge and understanding on urban transforma

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/welcome-city-futures-academy - 2025-04-25

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 12 April 2021 Vilka funktioner i samhället ska prioriteras när elnätet når sin maxkapacitet? Vad händer dagen då elförsörjningen inte räcker till alla? Dessa frågor har blivit alltmer aktuella i takt med att elbristen i Sydsverige har blivit mer och mer påtaglig. Frans Libertson, doktorand vid Internationella Miljöinst

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/debattartikel-i-sydsvenskan-vad-hander-den-dag-da-elen-inte-racker-till-alla - 2025-04-25

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 12 April 2021 Den 7 april lämnade Lunds kommuns klimatpolitiska råd och ordförande Lena Neij över sin tredje rapport till kommunstyrelsen. I år har rådets granskning fokuserat på nya mål för klimatarbetet. Rapporten visar att utsläppen i Lund halverats genom åtgärder som kommunen själv råder över, men att arbetet nu må

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/nya-mal-i-fokus-lunds-klimatpolitiska-rad - 2025-04-25