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IIIEE researcher Matthias Lehner recently featured in an article for Mistra, discussing the intricate relationship between digitization and sustainable consumption. Children who prioritize Minecoins over real currency, and young men engrossed in driving virtual cars in computer games could be early signs of a larger shift in values and preferences triggered by increasing digitalization of everyday

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/digitization-friend-or-foe-sustainable-consumption-interview-iiiee-researcher - 2025-10-03

In the recent assessment from QS World University Rankings, Lund University was ranked as number 8 in the world, number three in Europe and number one in Sweden! The ranking is an assessment on how universities are tackling the global challenges within sustainability. This is the second year the rankings have been produced, and LU has climbed four places compared with last year’s position. The ran

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/lund-university-climbs-global-sustainability-global-ranking - 2025-10-03

How can we advance and deliver solutions to our pressing sustainability challenges? This question motivates our master students and in the final year they get to practice their skills in real-life consulting projects. Nine student teams got the opportunity to explore, analyse and propose solutions to a client partnering with the IIIEE. The projects completed include:Circularity of rare earth metal

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/capstone-project-successfully-concluded-creating-impact-while-studying - 2025-10-03

In order to achieve the 1.5-degree target set by the Paris Agreement, massive cuts in carbon emissions are needed. For the EU, this requires a reduction of household carbon footprints from 2015 of almost 70% by 2030 and over 90% by 2050. Too often, climate policies are not placed within a broader social context and policy makers neglect to see that welfare policies are vital to climate mitigation.

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/eu-project-shows-welfare-policies-are-vital-climate-mitigation - 2025-10-03

How easy is it to determine which travel route is more sustainable or to adopt a sufficiency approach? IIIEE researcher gives her reflections on her mitigated travel patterns in a new LU blog post series highlighting sustainable travelling. In summer 2023, Lund University launched a new blog series with to shed some light on sustainable travelling. The blog features LU researchers who try to reduc

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/can-sufficiency-help-define-travel-quality-time-climate-crisis - 2025-10-03

2023 turned out to be a year with many milestones such as an ever-growing alumni group (Batch 30 has joined!), a record diversity of student nationalities, new and highly relevant research projects, renovation work up to the roof (including solar panels!) and great achievements in our educational program and courses. The past year had not been possible without the devotion and involvement of all o

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/looking-forward-new-year-2024 - 2025-10-03

New research article has found that the renewables and fossil fuels markets have both been influenced by major political effects - but in different ways. In a new article by Samson Mukanjari, IIIEE, and Thomas Sterner, University of Gothenburg, have examined the effects of three events with major importance for climate policy on energy sector stocks were studied: the Paris Agreement, the Trump ele

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/how-do-climate-policy-shocks-affect-value-energy-sector-firms-0 - 2025-10-03

Unlocking the Power of Collective Action – A new research article examines the role of latent networks in mainstreaming solar PV practices in Germany. Katharina Reindl, IIIEE, together with Eva Heiskanen from University of Helsinki and Salvatore Ruggiero from LUT University have published a new article focusing focusing on mainstreaming residential photovoltaics in Germany. The research shows that

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/shadows-light-role-latent-networks-mainstreaming-solar-pv-practices - 2025-10-03

24 January marks International Circular Electronics Day, #CircularElectronicsDay. This day is dedicated to raising awareness about sustainability issues associated with e-waste. It emphasizes the need for both consumers and businesses to use electronics more sustainably. The IIIEE is a participating organisation in the Circular Electronics Initiative. Millions of electronic devices face disposal e

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/top-five-tips-it-device-use - 2025-10-03

IIIEE researchers Thomas Lindhqvist and Naoko Tojo together with Reid Lifset from Yale University School of the Environment have presented their insights in relation to the development of EPR over the past decades. Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) has been increasingly discussed as a concept to solve the current waste problems for specific products. Thomas Lindhqvist first described it in 19

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-researchers-virtual-public-event-history-epr - 2025-10-03

Project assistant position in an EU research project on "1.5°-Degree Lifestyles". The IIIEE is currently looking for a project assistant for the EU research project "1.5°-Degree Lifestyles" with partners i Germany, Spain, Hungary, Latvia, Finland and the Netherlands. The research project focuses on individual lifestyle perspectives in relation to the target to limit the global temperature increase

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/we-are-hiring - 2025-10-03

IIIEE is representing some of the unique features of Lund University in the information provided to President Macron. Today, Lund University has received a special guest, President Emmanuel Macron, who joins the event "Studentafton" to discuss with students on the process to create a resilient European Union. The IIIEE was featured in the information material from our Vice-Chancellor, Erik Renströ

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/french-president-macron-visits-lund-and-learns-about-iiiee - 2025-10-03

IIIEE research Jenny Palm together with Patrik Thollander from the Division of Energy Systems at Linköping University have published a new article discussing the "unhinged paradox" in relation to changes to the energy system. An unhinged paradox implies that introducing a new concept, such as a new governance or management model, might lead to unintended consequences where some parts or the whole

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/how-mitigate-unintended-negative-effects-changes-energy-system - 2025-10-03

IIIEE researcher Jenny Palm together with Tor Håkon Jackson Inderberg and Eivind Hjort Matthiasen (both at Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway) have published a new article “Flexible electricity consumption policies in Norway and Sweden: Implications for energy justice”. In the article the consultation processes around electricity grid tariff models in Norway and Sweden are compared. Policies for sh

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/fresh-new-article-flexible-electricity-consumption-policies-norway-and-sweden-implications-energy - 2025-10-03

The spring semester course on environmental management in industry was kicked-started with a study visit to the company Södra Cell and their plant in Mörrum. Södra Cell posses valuable experience from a range of sustainability oriented business practices - and blended textile fiber is one of them. Students from Batch 30 from the master's program Environmental Management and Policy have completed a

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/study-visit-pulp-mill-discuss-recycled-blended-textile-fiber - 2025-10-03

Together with the Lund Society for Nature Conservation, the EU the 1.5° Lifestyles project with IIIEE researchers invited the public to a workshop on climate footprint. The workshop was hosted by Lund's city library. About 20 Lund residents participated in the workshop, which revolved around what different lifestyle choices mean for the climate. IIIEE researchers Matthias Lehner, Jessika Luth Rich

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/how-can-we-re-puzzle-our-lifestyles-meet-15deg-target - 2025-10-03

How does Swedish energy utilities perceive themselves and their role in a just energy transition? And how do they understand energy justice and the justice implications of user flexibility? These questions are asked by Frans Libertson, doctoral student at IIIEE, in a newly published research article in Energy Research and Social Science. There is a general understanding in research that the energy

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-publication-exploring-swedish-energy-utilities-understandings-energy-justice-and-user - 2025-10-03

On 21st February, largest study association for adult education in Sweden, Studiefrämjandet Skåne, together with the Nature Conservation Association in Malmö offered a public panel discussion on how to influence the work with climate issues. The event was arranged at the City Library in Malmö and among the speakers were a researcher from IIIEE. The panel discussion was named "Strengthen your power

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/are-you-longing-feel-climate-hope-recent-public-panel-discussion-iiiee-researcher-matthias-lehner - 2025-10-03

UNESCO has decided to renew the Lund university UNESCO chair under the leadership of professor Lena Neij, IIIEE. In the renewal of the chair (2024-2028), Lena Neij and the IIIEE will advance knowledge on local aspects of sustainability transitions –applying an integrated approach to research, education, training and outreach. A special focus will be on strengthening the transdisciplinarity collabo

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/renewal-unesco-chair-professor-lena-neij - 2025-10-03

On 8th March, the Alumni Relations office at Lund University offers a webinar as a digital celebration of International Women's Day 2024. The guests are three inspiring alumnae: Camilla Mellander, Consul General of Sweden in New York, MSc Economics, Charlotte Beskow, now retired from a long career within the European Space Agency, MSc Electrical Engineering, and the IIIEE alumna Iryna Stavchuck, U

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-alumna-invited-lu-webinar-international-womens-day - 2025-10-03