Jenny Palm and Anna-Riikka Kojonsaari presented their insights on energy democracy, energy justice and energy citizenship at the 16th NESS – Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference in Turku, Finland. This year's NESS – Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference focused on sustainability transformations and challenges related to knowledge (co)production. The conference programme centered

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-presented-nordic-environmental-social-science-conference - 2025-08-23

Photo: Philipp Montenegro Today the students from Batch 29 celebrated their completion of the Master’s programme in Environmental Management and Policy. The ceremony started with a procession with flags and graduates and teachers walking from the IIIEE building to the main university building. The key note speech was delivered by Karin Jönsson from Statkraft Sweden who praised the students for the

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/graduated-students-celebrating-iiiee - 2025-08-23

INVITATION TO SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT Researchers and practitioners working with sustainable consumption are invited to submit an abstract to the SCORAI Europe conference 2025, April 8-10, in Lund, Sweden: https://www.scorai2025.event.lu.se/call-abstracts (deadline September 16, 2024)The conference will bring together 400-500 researchers and practitioners concerned with the challenges, strategies, and

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/call-abstracts-scorai-europe-2025-conference-now-open - 2025-08-23

Naoko Tojo from IIIEE is invited to provide a keynote speech at “Forum on Extended Producer Responsibility – the New European generation of Collective Systems” in Florence, Italy on 20 June. The forum is organised by Erion, the biggest PRO (producer responsibility organization) implementing extended producer responsibility systems for a number of product groups ranging from electronics and packagi

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-researcher-naoko-tojo-invited-keynote-speaker-erion-forum-epr - 2025-08-23

The IPCC defines “sufficiency” as practices or measures that limit the demand for energy and resources. For companies this means focusing on consumers’ actual needs instead of creating trends. But how do they do this in practice? In the new book “Sufficiency in Business - The Transformative Potential of Business for Sustainability”, IIIEE Professor Oksana Mont contributes with real-life examples o

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/can-businesses-adopt-sufficiency-approach-prevent-fast-fashion-new-book-chapter - 2025-08-23

Photo: Jenny Leyman for Sydsvenskan The Swedish newspaper Sydsvenskan picks up the topic of sufficiency and slow fashion and interviews Oksana Mont from the IIIEE, Professor in sustainable consumption governance. The newspaper Sydsvenskan has published an article highlighting the emerging trend of slow fashion and sufficiency in a segment of the fashion industry. New companies in sustainable fashi

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/newspaper-article-interviews-oksana-mont-sufficiency-fashion-business - 2025-08-23

Realising the climate transition will have to address its distributive effects, and therefore requires to integrate welfare policies with climate policies. The research of the EU 1,5° Lifestyles project can support the newly elected European Parliament in achieving this, the IIIEE researchers in the EU 1,5° Lifestyles project write in a new blog post on the EU 1,5° Lifestyles website. While the EU

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The call for abstracts to the SCORAI Europe 2025 Conference in Lund closes in less than a month! This is a reminder that the Call for Abstracts to the SCORAI Europe 2025 Conference is open for one more month (deadline September 16, 2024). Researchers and practitioners working with sustainable consumption are invited to submit an abstract: https://www.scorai2025.event.lu.se/call-abstractsThe confer

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/reminder-call-abstracts-scorai-europe-2025-conference - 2025-08-23

The IIIEE is calling for applicants for a PhD position within the project “Evaluating transformative energy governance in an urban context”. The project, which has an interdisciplinary approach, includes three doctoral students - one at Lund University (IIIEE), one at Linköping University and one at Stockholm Environmental Institute. The project is funded by the Swedish Energy Agency and the docto

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/opportunity-apply-phd-position-iiiee - 2025-08-23

A recent report evaluates a pilot project involving four Swedish public agencies: MUCF, Naturvårdsverket, HaV, and Skogsstyrelsen, that implemented a workplace exchange program in 2023-2024. The project aimed to explore the feasibility of sharing office spaces to address low office occupancy due to increased remote work. The evaluation, conducted by Peter Arnfalk from IIIEE and Anna Kramers from K

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/what-benefits-can-shared-office-spaces-bring-new-study-based-pilot-project-public-agencies-0 - 2025-08-23

Visit at Sysav, Malmö. A group of Japanese researchers from the National Institute for Environmental Studies of Japan and the EX ResearchInstitute conducted an extensive study visit from August 26 to 30, mainly in the Skåne region, focusing on resource recycling and CCUS (Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage) of municipal waste towards carbon neutrality. The group included Prof./Dr. Minoru Fuj

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-and-japanese-experts-exchange-insights-waste-recycling-and-ccus - 2025-08-23

Professor Oksana Mont Photo: Kennet Ruona Oksana Mont, participates in an article on consumption: "Explosion för kollaborativ konsumtion". (In Swedish only)

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The IIIEE is expanding and looking to hire you who would like to work in a dynamic and positive setting and to take on challenging yet stimulating tasks. Two to three new positions are now open at the IIIEE. First, we are looking for a Phd-student to work within the research project “Capacity for Assessment of Socio-economic Implications”. The central focus of the project is on building knowledge

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/interested-becoming-team-member-iiiee-now-recruiting - 2025-08-23

IIIEE researcher Yuliya Voytenko, chaired a session and also presented a paper at the 2nd International Workshop on the Sharing Economy on 29 January. The topic of her presentation was “Sharing Economy and Sustainability: Zooming in on Accommodation Sector”. The paper was written together with Oksana Mont and Lucie Zvolska. Since Yuliya is also on the scientific committee for this workshop, she ha

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/researcher-yuliya-voytenko-2nd-international-workshop-sharing-economy-paris - 2025-08-23

Professor Michael Faure giving a lecture on Law and Economics Michael Faure, Professor in law at Maastricht University, is visiting the IIIEE to give lectures in 'Law and Economics' as part of the Master’s programme in Environmental Policy and Management (EMP programme). Professor Faure visits the IIIEE each year and this year he is giving lectures to Batch 21 of the EMP programme.Professor Michae

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You now have a chance to apply for three Phd-positions all related to the evaluation of transformative policy tools for climate-neutral energy systems. As a doctoral student you will work in the project “Evaluating transformative energy governance in an urban context”. The aim of this project is to increase the capacity of cities to govern transformative change towards sustainable and climate-neut

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/are-you-interested-becoming-phd-student-focusing-research-transformative-energy-governance - 2025-08-23

The JustHeat project A Social and Cultural History of Home Heating) is in Bucharest to discuss research findings with other researchers within the CHANCE programme, but also with the citizens in Bucharest. JustHeat is a European research project, including four countries: Sweden, the UK, Romania and Finland. The project conducts oral histories with citizens in all four countries to understand how

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-researchers-bucharest-discuss-social-and-cultural-aspects-home-heating - 2025-08-23

During September 2024, Thordis Bjartmarz has been a visiting PhD at IIIEE, visiting Oksana Mont. Thordis Katla Bjartmarz is a second year PhD student at the Department of Management, Society and Communication (MSC) at Copenhagen Business School. Supervisors are Esben Rahbek Pedersen from MSC, and Nancy Bocken from Maastricht University. Thordis' research is around sustainable business models and o

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/visiting-phd-copenhagen-business-school-iiiee - 2025-08-23

On 26-27th September, researchers Yuliya Voytenko Palgan, Kes McCormick and Björn Wickenberg presented at the Nordic Nature Based Solutions conference organized by Malmö Stad and the Nordic Council of Ministers. The conference aimed to be an arena to share information on nature-based solutions at a more general level, providing inspiration, knowledge, and hands-on tools for better choices for a su

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-representation-nordic-nature-based-solutions-conference-2024 - 2025-08-23

Winners of SWECO's Hugo Prize 2016 IIIEE graduate Lucie Zvolska (Batch 20 of the EMP programme) won SWECO's Hugo prize in the category "Student of the year" for her Master thesis on sharing economy. Congratulations, Lucie!Lucie Zvolska's IIIEE Master thesis from 2015: Sustainability Potentials of the Sharing Economy: The case of accommodation sharing platforms

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-graduate-lucie-zvolska-won-swecos-hugo-prize-her-master-thesis - 2025-08-23