Published 12 December 2018 In a time of growing inequality, this special issue explores justice, policy and sustainability aspects related to low-carbon energy systems. Prof. Luis Mundaca together with colleagues from LUCSUS, University of St. Andrews, University of Sussex, University of Dundee, and Stellenbosch University have concluded the special issue on Low Carbon Energy Systems and Energy Ju

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Published 13 December 2018 With a growing interest in the Circular Economy, where new business models are needed, the role of the consumer needs to be explored and this study contributes to this need with an expert study. A team of researchers from Lund University (Nancy Bocken) and TU Delft (Vivian Tunn, Ellis van den Hende, Jan Schoormans), led by PhD researcher Vivian Tunn have conducted an exp

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/business-models-sustainable-consumption-circular-economy-expert-study - 2025-01-14

Published 17 December 2018 The Belgian national science funding association FWO’s 90 year anniversary spotlighted the future national research agenda, focusing on collaboration to solve complex societal questions such as climate change. The Belgian national science funding association FWO’s 90 year anniversary spotlighted the future national research agenda, focusing on collaboration to solve comp

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Published 18 December 2018 IIIEE staff, board members, former board members, students and alumni. After nine years, I have decided to leave my assignment as Director at the IIIEE. Together with you I have had the privilege to further develop the Institute in being an innovative and creative arena for interdisciplinary education and research within Lund University. It has been a time of engagement

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Published 14 January 2019 Weine Wiqvist Lund University has appointed Weine Wiqvist, CEO of Avfall Sverige ­– the Swedish Waste Management Association – as an adjunct member of the IIIEE faculty in the subject "Circular Economy Policies” at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), which is a specialised centre of the University.Weine Wiqvist will work on a part-t

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Published 24 January 2019 CIRCUSOL consortium meeting in Antwerp, Belgium, followed by co-creation session at Cohousing Waasland to discuss circular solar business model options. On 23-26 January the CIRCUSOL project consortium is coming together to discuss progress on the circular solar business model demonstrators and next steps to explore second-life use of solar PV and batteries.Demonstrator-l

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/circusol-project-discusses-circular-solar-business-model-options - 2025-01-14

Published 30 January 2019 IIIEE is a partner in the EIT Raw Materials project which is organizing community electronics repair events across Europe in 2019 to educate about critical raw materials. Raw materials are crucial for maintaining a quality of life and for the transition to a low carbon economy, but many critical materials face potential supply disruptions in the near future. Many of these

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/refer-project-educating-about-critical-raw-materials-electronics - 2025-01-14

Published 5 February 2019 Prof. Nancy Bocken talking at the first Open Innovation Seminar of the year at UC Berkeley, Haas Business School, organised by Prof. Henry Chesbrough. Circular Economy is one of the concepts that can help us address pressing challenges such as climate change.  As engaged researchers, we need to find new ways of doing research to address these pressing challenges. This tal

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Published 22 February 2019 Steven Curtis & Matthias Lehner publish open access journal article that proposes a logically-consistent definition of the sharing economy that prioritises sustainability. The sharing economy is largely promoted to facilitate access over ownership, which proponents of the sharing economy suggest leads to reduced resource consumption. However, the purported sustainability

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/publication-defining-sharing-economy-sustainability - 2025-01-14

Published 25 February 2019 New book on Innovation for Sustainability Nancy Bocken, Professor in Sustainable Business at the IIIEE, has co-edited a new book: Innovation for Sustainability: Business Transformations Towards a Better World, available hereThe aim of the book:The aim of this edited book is to provide a comprehensive overview of the opportunities and challenges related to innovation for

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Published 5 March 2019 Supporting the project Environmental and socio-economic benefits from Swedish biofuel production. Philip Peck at the IIIEE has completed a new support analysis together with scientists at IVL and Bio4Energy (LTU). The analysis is a support analysis for the project Environmental and socio-economic benefits from Swedish biofuel production within the f3 and Swedish Energy Agenc

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-support-analysis-completed-socio-economic-metrics-transport-biofuels-review - 2025-01-14

Published 6 March 2019 Professor Luis Mundaca guest edited a special issue of Energy Efficiency, volume 12, issue 2. His editorial is open access and available here: Demand-side approaches for limiting global warming to 1.5 °C 

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Published 6 March 2019 A new article has been published by Lucie Zvolska, Yuliya Voytenko Palgan and Oksana Mont at the IIIEE with the title: 'How do sharing organisations create and disrupt institutions? Towards a framework for institutional work in the sharing economy'.AbstractThe sharing economy is a new form of resource distribution that is affecting traditional markets, cities and individuals

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Published 12 March 2019 Photo: Pixabay Professor Oksana Mont in an interview on sustainable consumption and flying. In an interview made by Heidi Hakala at Vasabladet, Professor Oksana Mont at the IIIEE states that "We need more political governance to solve climate issues" (”Vi behöver mer politisk styrning för att lösa klimatproblemen”).Link to the interview here (in Swedish only) 

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/klimatangest-och-flygskam-nu-omprovas-normerna - 2025-01-14

Published 12 March 2019 Showing the linkages between social, economic and environmental issues in business models and spotlighting solutions. New report out on "Business Models and Labour Standards: Making the Connection", co-written by Professor Nancy Bocken at the IIIEE.Abstract:Despite retailers spending significant sums on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and other related initiatives lit

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Published 12 March 2019 IPACST research team together in Lund On 11 March, researchers from the IPACST team gathered in Lund to discuss research on the role of IP strategies and sustainable business models in sustainability transitions.The research team consists of researchers from: HTW Berlin, FU Berlin, University of Cambridge, Indian Institute of Science, and Lund University. Lund University II

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Published 14 March 2019 On 15 March, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and Aktuell Hållbarhet are organizers of Klimatforum 2019 – från strategi till verklighet. Professor Lena Neij at the IIIEE, Chair of the Climate political council in Lund, is participating and discussing climate challenges and ways forward.Link to the event (live stream)

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Published 14 March 2019 Focusing on identifying recurrent patterns, similarities and differences between different types of sharing services. A new paper has been published with initial findings from the research project Sharing Cities Sweden: Analysis of Sharing Economy Services : Initial Findings from Sharing Cities SwedenAbstract:In this paper, we analyze different types of sharing economy serv

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Published 25 March 2019 New podcast episode by Advancing Sustainable Solutions! Kiruna, a small and industrious mining town in the arctic north of Sweden, is facing a unique challenge - the mine has expanded so far under ground that it is weakening the town’s foundations and will eventually pose a threat to inhabitants.City leadership and the mining company decided that much of the town would have

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Published 25 March 2019 Photo: Shutterstock Discussing how to reduce climate impact from business travel in Sweden. Peter Arnfalk at the IIIEE participated in two stories by Swedish Radio on climate impact, business travels and virtual meetings as a tool for reducing carbon emissions.In Ekot: https://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/1253738?programid=4540In P1-morgon: https://sverigesradio.se/sida/ar

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/peter-arnfalk-interviewed-swedish-radio - 2025-01-14