Published 3 February 2017 In January 2017, Lund University signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Stockholm Environmental Institute, SEI. The relationship between Lund University and SEI has a long history, covering areas such as climate adaptation and low carbon transitions in Sweden, agriculture and food security, and, most recently, with a common 58 MSEK Mistra Geopolitics programme. Future

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/lund-university-and-sei-sign-mou - 2025-04-25

Published 6 February 2017 Johanna Alkan Olsson from CEC, Lund University was awarded 5,000 Euros for her project on algorithmic potato farming at Climate-KIC Nordic Ideation Day 27 January. The project will create a method for farmers to better handle outbreaks of late blight on crops, a disease expected to become more problematic in a changing climate. This was the second ever Climate-KIC Nordic

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/potato-project-awarded-grant - 2025-04-25

Published 10 February 2017 Four different research teams have shared the assignment of evaluating the the Swedish rural programme 2007–2013. One of the groups have been responsible for the second partial report, with the assignment of evaluating the programmes effect when it comes to measures for improving the environment. This research group has worked under the supervision of Henrik Smith who ha

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/final-evaluation-report-swedish-rural-programme-2007-2013 - 2025-04-25

Published 15 February 2017 Anna Persson, researcher at the CEC is one of the authors of a new publication from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency: "Arguments for more ecosystem services". From the report; Ecosystem services are the foundation of human welfare, yet the services are often invisible in many of society’s decision-making processes. This report contains statistics, studies and

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/arguments-more-ecosystem-services - 2025-04-25

Published 6 March 2017 The research project Valuation of ecosystem services in agriculture – a path towards effective decision making (VESA) led by Katarina Hedlund will present their results at the Environmental Protection Agency's final conference March 21 in Stockholm. One of the results of VESA is C-bank, which is a web-based tool that can be used by farmers and advisers to value ecosystem ser

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/final-conference-value-ecosystem-services - 2025-04-25

Published 26 September 2019 What are the enabling conditions and driving forces for nature-based solutions in the context of urban sustainability transitions? And how do innovation pathways play a role for nature-based solutions? Innovation pathways are a journey: from the initial idea and its demonstration, to its broader uptake within policy, industry and society.The Innovation Pathways Director

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/taking-action-urban-nature-innovation-pathways-directory - 2025-04-25

Published 26 September 2019 Capstone SED/SSC projects for clients in seven countries during October 2019 In October, it is time for our final-year master students, batch 25, to do their client projects as part of the course Sustainability Solutions in Context (SSC), formerly titled Strategic Environmental Development (SED) course. This course leads student teams to projects all over the world. The

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/msc-students-iiiee-batch-25-set-challenge - 2025-04-25

Published 26 September 2019 Pranshu Singhal founded Karo Sambhav to help enterprises close their material loops. In this video, IIIEE alumnus, Pranshu Singhal, tells his story of his takeaways from the EMP programme at the IIIEE, and how his company, Karo Sambhav, makes a difference by helping enterprises close their material loops.  

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/founder-karo-sambhav-career-iiiee-alumnus - 2025-04-25

Published 27 September 2019 Students of the the Master's programme in Environmental Management and Policy are presenting their Master's theses. From Monday 30 September to Thursday 3 October is thesis defence week at the IIIEE. Students of the the Master's programme in Environmental Management and Policy are presenting their Master's theses. The opponents are people from academia, business and ind

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/thesis-defence-week-iiiee-1 - 2025-04-25

Published 30 September 2019 Photo: Ann Åkerman Involving 14 institutions across Europe NATURVATION involves 14 institutions across Europe working in fields as diverse as urban development, innovation studies, geography, ecology, environmental assessment and economics. Our partnership includes city governments, non-governmental organisations and business.We are assessing what nature-based solutions

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/naturvation-project-meets-lund-discuss-key-findings - 2025-04-25

Published 30 September 2019 A café discussion about energy and how to heat our homes in a sustainable way in the future. This event is part of the Future Week at Lund University, 14-20 October. During Future Week at Lund University, the IIIEE is organising Walking energy, talking energy, a café discussion, that aims to encourage the participants of the event to share experiences and visions of how

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/walking-energy-talking-energy - 2025-04-25

Published 9 October 2019 Join a game-changing conference and exhibition in Sweden on the emerging sharing economy in cities! Sharing Cities Sweden is organising a conference and exhibition on exploring the role of sharing cities in advancing the sustainable development goals, the Sharing Cities Summit.See more information on the emerging program (updated over time) of the event as well as the prac

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/sharing-cities-summit-2019 - 2025-04-25

Published 14 October 2019 The institute will be part of a new International Energy Agency (IEA) Task on energy efficiency. The IEA-DSM ‘Hard-to-Reach’ (HTR) project will generate knowledge, approaches and policy recommendations aiming to identify HTR energy users and effectively engage them in energy efficiency programmes.The research will support the development of robust social science-based gui

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-project-iiiee-hard-reach-energy-users - 2025-04-25

Published 21 October 2019 Circular Economy Mini-Series: part 1 of 3 Hear the latest about the Circular Economy in our new podcast episode, now available on all major podcats platforms! 

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-podcast-episode-out-now - 2025-04-25

Published 21 October 2019 Our Director Per Mickwitz among the new professors honoured On 18 October, Lund University held their inauguration ceremony for 2019 and among the 28 new professors honoured were our Director, Professor Per Mickwitz.Link to the publication of the inauguration of new professors at Lund University 2019

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/inauguration-professors-lund-university - 2025-04-25

Published 21 October 2019 Peter Arnfalk interviewed by TV4 news IIIEE's research on virtual meetings has helped public agencies in Sweden reduce up to 50 % of CO2 from business travel. A project involving 80 Swedish public agencies, the REMM project, based on IIIEE research on virtual meetings, has helped the agencies to significantly reduce their CO2 emission from travel with up to 53 %.Swedish d

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-research-reducing-co2-travel - 2025-04-25

Published 21 October 2019 'Urban Sharing in Amsterdam: City report No. 1' The Urban Sharing Team has published their first City Report from their research project. Urban Sharing in Amsterdam City Report is the result of a Mobile Research Lab conducted in Amsterdam in Spring 2019.The research is part of the five-year research programme Urban Sharing, funded by the European Research Council (2018-20

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/urban-sharing-team-publishes-their-first-city-report - 2025-04-25

Published 25 October 2019 Kes McCormick represented the IIIEE for the TRANSFORM project in Toronto, Canada on 23-25 October. The TRANSFORM project integrates innovative academic research with entrepreneurial experimentation and extensive collaboration among the academic, private and public sectors with the development of hubs in Canada, USA, Sweden, Germany and Australia. Associate Professor Kes M

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/accelerating-sustainability-entrepreneurship-local-spaces - 2025-04-25

Published 18 November 2019 IIIEE researchers Jessika Luth Richter and Carl Dalhammar have authored a new book on planned obsolescence (PO), together with staff at the Fores think tank.The book, Planned Obsolescence – Built not to last, is published by the European Liberal Forum and explains what PO is and provides examples of PO. It furthemore outlines the links between Circular Economy and Climat

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-researchers-contribute-new-book-planned-obsolescence - 2025-04-25

Published 21 November 2019 A checklist for creating environmental benefits Julia Nussholz, PhD Candidate at the IIIEE, has created a checklist for environmentally sound circular business model design.It presents 10 key considerations for sustainable circular business model innovation - summarising the most recent contributions in the field and her own work on Circular Business Model (CBM) evaluati

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/circular-business-model-design - 2025-04-25