A recent grant from Formas will support a new transdisciplinary project exploring “Re-” activities of reuse, repair, refurbishing and recycling in practice. Jessika Richter, IIIEE, together with Hervé Corvellec, the Department of Service Studies at Lund University, and Anna Seravalli, School of Arts and Communication at Malmö University, will undertake a new research project exploring the organizi

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-research-project-reuse-repair-and-recycling-consumers-good-and-their-components - 2025-09-05

Malmö, Helsingborg and Lund, all aiming to be climate-neutral cities by 2030, will together with the IIIEE conduct pilot studies focusing on citizen dialogue and climate investment plans. The Mission cities Helsingborg, Lund, and Malmö have all been granted funding for pilot studies concerning accelerating climate-neutrality. The knowledge platform Climate-neutral cities 2030 – Open Academy, which

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/three-new-pilot-studies-accelerating-climate-neutrality - 2025-09-05

In mid-November, the annual national conference for student chaplains were held in Lund. The doctoral students of IIIEE, Frans Libertson and Gustav Osberg, were invited to talk about the opinion piece that they authored for Sydsvenskan earlier this year. The student chaplains have recently experienced an increase in the amount of students that seek help for climate anxiety and existential reflecti

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/hope-agency-and-future-inner-transitions-and-tools-continued-hope - 2025-09-05

Photo: Håkan Rodhe The IIIEE alumna Iryna Stavchuk, student in our Master in Environmental Management and Policy, 2004-2005, is nominated as one of the BBC 100 most inspiring and influential women 2023! There is a lot going on about our alumna Iryna Stavchuk. The war pushed her out of her deputy-minster of the environment post in Kiev and out of her country, picking new roles in relation to Ukrain

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-alumna-bbc-100-list-most-inspiring-and-influential-women-2023 - 2025-09-05

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 - 2025-09-05

Photo: Kenneth Ruona 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 yea

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/lund-university-climbs-global-sustainability-global-ranking - 2025-09-05

Photo: Håkan Rodhe 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

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/capstone-project-successfully-concluded-creating-impact-while-studying - 2025-09-05

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 - 2025-09-05

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 - 2025-09-05

Photo: Håkan Rodhe 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 i

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/looking-forward-new-year-2024 - 2025-09-05

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 - 2025-09-05

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 - 2025-09-05

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 - 2025-09-05

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 - 2025-09-05

Photo: Kenneth Ruona 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

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/we-are-hiring - 2025-09-05

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 - 2025-09-05

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 - 2025-09-05

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 - 2025-09-05

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 - 2025-09-05

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 - 2025-09-05