Published 15 June 2020 Doctoral student in Sustainable urban governance on mission-oriented innovation The doctoral student will work in the area of sustainable urban governance with a focus on mission-oriented innovation.The transformation to a sustainable society involves a multitude of actors including municipalities, business, public organizations and citizens, together advancing new knowledge

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Published 18 June 2020 There is growing attention on green stimulus recovery packages around the world, and policy-oriented research and expertise at the IIIEE is being increasingly considered to support policy initiatives in this important area. Recently, the International Energy Agency (IEA) launched the development of the ‘World Energy Outlook Special Report on Sustainable Recovery’. The IIIEE

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Published 29 June 2020 Redesigning our economies and communities in the face of pandemics and crises. In this article, Kes McCormick, Yuliya Voytenko Palgan and Charlotte Leire at IIIEE, present the ambitions and design of a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on five ways to shape the sharing economy in cities.The article is published on the Viable Cities website, an innovation programme for sm

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/five-ways-shape-sharing-economy-cities - 2025-03-16

Published 30 June 2020 "Circular Economy in Home Textiles: Motivations of IKEA Consumers in Sweden" Ever wondered what motivates consumers to engage in circular home textile disposal practices? IIIEE researchers Matthias Lehner, Oksana Mont, Giulia Mariani, and Luis Mundaca have just published a study in Sustainability, answering this question based on a sample of IKEA Consumers in Sweden. Abstrac

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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. 

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/sharing-cities-business-models-and-behavioural-economics - 2025-03-16

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

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/opinion-article-sydsvenskan - 2025-03-16

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 - 2025-03-16

Published 6 May 2019 Researchers Steven Curtis and Sofie Sandin at the IIIEE have launched a new episode of the podcast ‘Advancing Sustainable Solutions’. In the monthly podcast, Steven and co-host Sofie Sandin discuss sustainability research conducted at the IIIEE. In this month’s episode, Steven and Sofie share insights into the sharing economy, including business models as well as the sustainab

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-podcast-episode-scooters-sharing-sustainability - 2025-03-16

Published 6 May 2019 Photo: Lucie Zvolska Blog post by Lucie Zvolska On 16th April 2019, Lucie Zvolska from the Urban Sharing team attended a Living Mobility Congress in Amsterdam, which brought together over 300 representatives from mobility businesses, urban planners, the city governments and the academia. The aim of to Congress was to (re)imagine the future of mobility in cities and in new area

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Published 9 May 2019 Yuliya Voytenko Palgan IIIEE researcher Yuliya Voytenko Palgan presented at the International Spring School and International Scientific-Practitioner Conference “European Dimensions of Sustainable Development”, which was held at the National University of Food Technologies in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 23-24 April 2019. Yuliya welcomed the participants with a keynote speech and gave tw

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/yuliya-voytenko-palgan-presents-her-research-governance-sharing-economy-ukraine - 2025-03-16

Published 16 May 2019 The annual three week long study programme with visiting students from University of Virginia has now kicked off at the IIIEE.Sixteen students have been assigned four business cases with the clients: Godsinlösen, Malmö Stad, Gram and Movebybike.The initial meetings with the clients were well organized and well received.Blog by the visiting students from  University of Virgini

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Published 16 May 2019 Photo: Shutterstock Switching to more energy efficient LEDs has potential to save money in the long term and GHG emissions, but should we also be thinking about the lifetimes of these products? In their scenario-based life cycle assessment of LEDs, IIIEE researchers Jessika Luth Richter and Carl Dalhammar found that when energy efficiency is still improving rapidly for LED li

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/longer-life-led-lamps-are-good-energy-efficiency-how-long-should-they-last - 2025-03-16

Published 16 May 2019 We welcome your application! Are you interested in Behavioural Insights for Low-carbon and Resource Efficient Economies? Then this post-doctoral position at the IIIEE at Lund University might be for you!Subject description:The post-doctoral candidate will work in the area of behavioural economics as applied to low-carbon and resource efficient economies. The post-doctoral can

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/post-doctoral-position-behavioural-insights-low-carbon-and-resource-efficient-economies - 2025-03-16

Published 17 May 2019 Focusing on how to eat, holiday and decorate your home more sustainably. The MISTRA Sustainable Consumption programme has published three reports on how to eat, holiday and decorate your home more sustainably. The reports are the result of a broad mapping process of potentially sustainable consumption practices with many hands-on sustainable examples.View the reports (only av

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Published 20 May 2019 Katherine Whalen identifies three ways companies contribute to extending product lifetimes and what to consider when aiming to reduce resource consumption. IIIEE researcher Katherine Whalen has published a research article in the Journal of Cleaner Production. The paper explores three types of circular business models that help extend the lifetimes of products and reflects cr

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-publication-about-circular-economy-business-models-and-resource-efficiency - 2025-03-16

Published 23 May 2019 Alumni at the IIIEE conference in 2015 Photo: Håkan Röjder 23-24 May 2019 Today on 23 May, the IIIEE kicks off the 11th Alumni Network Conference, a conference that takes place every second year at the IIIEE.We are happy to see so many familiar faces in the house from our EMP and MESPOM Master’s Programmes!We are proud to have so many cool people in the house bringing back in

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Published 24 May 2019 The Swedish Government has appointed Johanna Lissinger Peitz, an IIIEE alumna, attaché of environmental issues at Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations in New York. Johanna's mission is to prepare for the UN meeting, the Climate Summit, taking place on 23 September 2019.Link to the news on the Swedish Government's website (in Swedish only)

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-alumna-johanna-lissinger-peitz-appointed-special-attache-un-new-york - 2025-03-16