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

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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

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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 23 January 2018 Photo: Pixabay 24 - 25 January Together with the Swedish Energy Agency and ECEEE, IIIEE arranges a 2-day workshop in Brussels 24-25 January. The title of the workshop is ‘What is the role of the Ecodesign Directive in reaching climate and resource efficiency objectives in Europe?’.The workshop will present new research and trends related to eco-design standards for energy

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Published 1 February 2018 Sharing Cities Sweden will organize a launch event on 23 April 2018 as part of Sustainability Week at Lund University. The event will bring together the test-beds, national node and partners to present the early stages and ambitions for Sharing Cities Sweden. Click here to register for the launch eventSharing Cities Sweden website  

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Published 1 February 2018 Last application date 12 March 2018 The IIIEE is now offering a post-doctoral position in Circular Business Model Innovation and Experimentation. Last application date is 12 March 2018.For questions regarding the position, please contact Nancy Bocken, professor in sustainable business management and practice, Phone: 046-222 02 49.Link to the position 

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Published 16 February 2018 In this policy brief, Luis Mundaca discusses recent research on and policy lessons from behavioural economics as applied to energy use and decarbonisation in the region.Scandinavia will be in the spotlight as the world’s largest energy and innovation ministerial meetings take place in Malmö (Sweden) and Copenhagen (Denmark) in May 2018. Participants will no doubt be eage

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Published 9 March 2018 Join our International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), with the aim to find pathways towards low-carbon and resource efficient sustainable futures. Director of the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE)Join our International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), with the aim to find pathways toward

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