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

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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

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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

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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

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Published 19 December 2017 Professor Nancy Bocken giving a keynote speech on sustainable business models. On 23 November, Nancy Bocken, Professor in sustainable business management and practice at the IIIEE, gave a keynote speech on sustainable business models at the matchmaking event From Waste to Valuables, for Finnish international companies and researchers related to Circular Economy. The even

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Published 10 January 2018 Last application date 31 January The IIIEE is now offering a post-doctoral position in sustainable urban governance. Last application date is 31 January.For questions regarding the position, please contact Jenny Palm, professor in sustainable urban governance, Phone: 046-222 02 42.Link to the position 

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Published 11 January 2018 Professor Lena Neij, Director of the IIIEE Professor Lena Neij, Director of the IIIEE, is now member of the Management Board of the European Environment Agency (EEA) for the European Parliament.The EEA is an agency of the European Union and provides sound, independent information on the environment for those involved in developing, adopting, implementing and evaluating en

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Published 26 March 2019 A summary of sixty innovative examples with the aim of spreading knowledge about sustainable production and consumption in accordance with the UN Global Goal 12 of Agenda 2030. The Nordic Report 01 was recently published, displaying sixty innovative examples with the aim of spreading knowledge about sustainable production and consumption in accordance with the UN Global Goa

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Published 2 April 2019 Peter Arnfalk at the IIIEE Guiding authorities how to speed up the transition to digital meetings. Sydsvenskan published an article on Swedish universities' transition from unnecessary flying to digital meetings.Peter Arnfalk at the IIIEE was interviewed for this article: Universiteten släpar efter när flyg ska ersättas av digitala möten

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Published 4 April 2019 On 3 April a new climate report was submitted to the municipal executive board of Lund. The report was conducted by the Climate Policy Council of Lund Municipality, a newly established council, with the aim to inspect the climate work of Lund Municipality and guide them towards reaching the goals set.Lena Neij at the IIIEE is the Chair of the council and handed over the repo

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Published 8 April 2019 In April 2019, Sharing Cities Sweden (coordinated by IIIEE) published a synthesis report entitled Sharing Cities: Exploring the Emerging Landscape of the Sharing Economy in Cities. It captures the lessons learned and ambitious goals of the test-beds in Stockholm, Malmö, Umeå and Göteborg. The document contains articles on the journeys of the test-beds, a discussion of design

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Published 8 April 2019 Photo: Kes McCormick Event on 8 April as part of Sustainability Week 2019. On 8 April, Sharing Cities Sweden held an event on the sharing economy in cities focusing on learning about business models and behavioural economics.Sharing Cities Sweden and the Urban Arena at Lund university were co-organisers of the event as part of the Sustainability Week 2019. 

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Published 10 April 2019 Urban Sharing team has started their first Mobile Research Lab (MRL) in Amsterdam. The trip includes among others visits to ShareNL, Rijkswaterstaat, University of Utrecht, University of Twente, city of Amsterdam as well as meetings with representatives of different urban sharing organisations active in the city of Amsterdam.On the photo (left to right): Urban Sharing team:

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Published 24 April 2019 Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT Discussing the role of the universities in connection to travels, food and facilities in the light of the climate issue. On 18 April, Sydsvenskan published an opinion article "Universiteten bör visa vägen i klimatfrågan, halvera sina utsläpp på fem år". The article is co-written by Peter Arnfalk et al. and discusses the role of the universities in co

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Published 3 May 2019 Jessika Luth Richter gives an overview of circular economy policies and challenges. Katherine Whalen and Jessika Luth Richter are presenting their Circular Economy research and running In the Loop workshops at the Baltic University Programme’s Annual Student Conference in Estonia 25-28th April. Katherine Whalen and Jessika Luth Richter will be presenting their research about t

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Published 3 May 2019 We welcome Prof. Florian Lüdeke-Freund! We are happy to announce that Prof. Florian Lüdeke-Freund from ESCP Europe Business School in Germany has joined the URBAN SHARING advisory group, consisting of Professors: Julian Agyeman, Harriet Bulkeley, Koen Frenken, Renate E. Meyer, Renato Orsato, and Chris Ryan. Prof. Lüdeke-Freund will help the URBAN SHARING project to develop a c

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-advisory-group-member-urban-sharing-research-project - 2025-04-04