Published 6 October 2017 The programme aims to put Sweden on the map as a country that actively and critically works with the sharing economy in cities. The objectives of the programme are to: develop world-leading test-beds for the sharing economy in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and Umeå, and develop a national node, Sharing Cities Sweden, in order to strengthen national (and international) coope

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Published 20 October 2017 Building new networks between schools, industry and academia. On 13 October the Raw Materials University Day was held in Vattenhallen Science Center in Lund. The event targeted upper secondary school students in Lund and was organised by the IIIEE, EIT Raw Materials at LTH, Lund University and Vattenhallen Science Center. The aim of the day was to increase the interest in

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Published 23 October 2017 A half-day seminar about the green city (in Swedish only). Kan mer natur bidra till en ekologiskt, socialt och ekonomiskt hållbar stad? Vilka är vinnarna och vilka är de eventuella förlorarna? Välkommen till ett halvdagsseminarium om den gröna staden.Seminariet innehåller kortare presentationer om: gröna visioner, gestaltning, drivkrafter och barriärer för att bevara och

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/vision-green-city-how-green-can-it-become - 2025-02-06

Published 23 October 2017 Photo: Allgmstips.com Study published in the peer-reviewed open access journal Sustainability. Researcher Julia Nussholz at the IIIEE has published the study Circular Business Models: Defining a Concept and Framing an Emerging Research Field in the peer-reviewed open access journal Sustainability.The study focuses on conceptualizing circular business models and clarifying

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Published 23 October 2017 Seminar at Malmö Live 23 October! On Monday, 23 October at 11:00-12:00, at Malmö Live, researchers from Lund University and Malmö University will discuss with Isabella Lövin, Sweden's Minister for International Development Cooperation and Climate, what we need to do to achieve the 1.5-degree goal.This seminar is in Swedish only:Forskare från Lunds universitet och Malmö hö

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Published 25 October 2017 Luis Mundaca, from the IIIEE, joins the 3rd Lead Author Meeting of the ‘IPCC Special Report on the Impacts of Global Warming of 1.5⁰C above Pre-industrial Levels’. Luis Mundaca, from the IIIEE, joins the 3rd Lead Author Meeting of the ‘IPCC Special Report on the Impacts of Global Warming of 1.5⁰C above Pre-industrial Levels’. This special report, requested by the UN, is l

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Published 26 October 2017 Photo: Joanna Nicklasson Mikael Backman, Director of the Swedish Polish Sustainable Energy Platform at the IIIEE, attended and presented at the 6th Biogas Forum in Warsaw. The forum is organised in the framework of the RENEXPO international trade fair and conferences for renewable energy and energy efficiency.

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-attending-6th-biogas-forum-warsaw - 2025-02-06

Published 27 October 2017 On 26 October 2017, Kes McCormick at the IIIEE, presented online the early findings on nature-based solutions from the Urban Regional Innovation Partnerships in Naturvation to the National Cities Forum organized in Melbourne, Australia.This national forum examined approaches to catalysing urban transformation for low carbon resilient cities that are based on calls for fun

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/re-inventing-city-nature-based-solutions - 2025-02-06

Published 31 October 2017 Last application date 21 November 2017 The IIIEE is now announcing a new PhD student position for our MISTRA project on sustainable consumption where the candidate will work with alternative business models for sustainable consumption such as sharing, reducing consumption, shifting to producing and using more efficient products and services and the main focus will be on f

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Published 6 November 2017 Lars Strupeit defends his doctoral dissertation at 13:00. On 6 November, Lars Strupeit at the IIIEE defends his doctoral dissertation in Industrial Environmental Economics, with the title “Scaling up solar photovoltaic use: A system-oriented assessment of experiences gained in deployment”.Appointed faculty opponent is Professor Tomas Kåberger, Chalmers University of Techn

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Published 7 November 2017 New paper published in the Elsevier journal on energy research and social science. This new paper presents a framework to help a dialogue of energy economists, sociologists of technology and political scientists to meaningfully discuss national energy transitions.Cherp, Aleh, Vadim Vinichenko, Jessica Jewell, Elina Brutschin, and Benjamin K Sovacool. 2018. "Integrating Te

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/integrating-techno-economic-socio-technical-and-political-perspectives-national-energy-transitions - 2025-02-06

Published 9 November 2017 An upcoming IIIEE ‘Massive Open Online Course’ to be launched on the Coursera platform in the 3rd quarter of 2018 The CE-MOOC – or “The Circular Economy: Managing Materials Sustainably” – will reach out with learning content, and best practice examples, to broader social and political audiences.The CE-MOOC content will be full of concrete examples of how and where raw mat

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/circular-economy-managing-materials-sustainably - 2025-02-06

Published 10 November 2017 New publication Based on national legislations, Swedish municipal authorities have the responsibility as well as the means to shape their own transport and energy systems and lead the transformation towards fossil fuel free cities. In this report we explore how sixteen Swedish municipalities work toward fossil fuel free visions and goals with a particular emphasis on the

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/fossil-fuel-free-municipalities-sweden-analysing-modes-governing - 2025-02-06

Published 21 November 2017 In the photo from left to right: Yuchen Yang, Aija Baumane, Jonas Hafström, Vitaliya Mokhava, Hans Eliasson, Christopher Nilsson, Erik Hjort, Thomas B Johansson and Shambhatra Sreepada. Photographer: Jens C Hilner IIIEE student awarded in the category "Talent of the year" On 15 November, the winners of the yearly award "Årets framtidsbyggare" was announced during a cerem

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/winners-yearly-award-arets-framtidsbyggare-announced - 2025-02-06

Published 30 November 2017 Seminar on 15 December at the IIIEE This seminar is organized in the framework of the EU Interreg Lighting Metropolis project by the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) at Lund University.IIIEE invites you to a special seminar on procuring LED responsibly, including minimising risks, on 15 December, at Lund University. At the the semina

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Published 30 November 2017 On 29 November, a project meeting in the Smart Cities Accelerator research programme (SCA) was held at IIIEE. Participants came from Swedish and Danish universities, and Swedish and Danish corporations in the energy sector. Almost 40 participants attended the meeting. The SCA project – funded by Interreg - deals with sustainable local energy solutions, including renovati

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/smart-cities-accelerator-research-programme-meeting-iiiee - 2025-02-06

Published 30 November 2017 On 29 November, the launch of the publication World Energy Outlook 2017 took place at Rosenbad in Stockholm. The annual World Energy Outlook (WEO) report is regarded as the world’s most authoritative source of energy market analysis and projections.The seminar included a presentation of the World Energy Outlook 2017 and the Energy Access Outlook 2017 – From Poverty to Pr

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Published 1 December 2017 Oksana Mont Photo: Johan Persson Oksana Mont is one of five researchers at Lund University who has been awarded ERC Consolidator Grants from the European Research Council (ERC) in the 2017 round of awards. The task of the European Research Council (ERC) is to promote research of the highest quality through extensive and long-term funding. The prestigious ERC Consolidator

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Published 1 December 2017 On 7 December, Matthias Lehner at the IIIEE has been invited by the Minister for Financial Markets and Consumer Affairs, Per Bolund, to participate at the seminar Lätt att välja rätt – ett seminarium om miljömärkningens framtid. At the seminar, Matthias Lehner will be discussing the future of environmental labelling in his presentation Hållbara varumärken: möjligheter och

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Published 8 December 2017 The collaboration between the entrepreneurship and environmental management students celebrates its 10 years-anniversary. Photo: Craig Mitchell For the tenth year students from the Master's programme in Entrepreneurship and Innovation are paired with students from the Environmental Management and Policy programme for a joint workshop on environmental considerations in new

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/ten-years-collaboration-sustainable-business-development - 2025-02-06