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What does it take to implement a complementary currency in a community, and how does it reshape social, technical, and economic dynamics? Juan Ocampo, a PhD graduate from Lund University’s School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) and the Agenda 2030 Graduate School, has spent five years investigating these questions. In his dissertation, Organizing Money: The process of implementing a complement
At the start of the new year, the Agenda 2030 Graduate School at Lund University welcomed thirteen new PhD candidates from seven faculties. This exciting addition to the Graduate School expands the school's interdisciplinary research efforts. The candidates' research cover a wide range of topics, from waste management and energy transition to biodiversity and the effects of a warming climate on ch
https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/thirteen-new-phd-students-join-agenda-2030-graduate-school - 2026-07-11
In March, Lund University’s Centre for Retail and Logistics – REAL – is organising a student competition in collaboration with the Swedish Trade Council and Stadium. The competition is called the Retail and Wholesale Challenge and gives students the opportunity to put their theoretical knowledge to the test in a creative and practical way. Retail is a constantly evolving sector where physical shop
https://www.real.lu.se/en/article/students-get-put-their-knowledge-test-retail-competition - 2026-07-11
The Helsingborg Chamber of Commerce wishes to recognise the researchers at the Centre for Trade and Logistics (REAL), Lund University, who have produced outstanding academic publications over the past year. This is being done through a new excellence grant. By supporting academic progress, the aim is to strengthen research excellence in this field. For many years, the Helsingborg Chamber of Commer
This year, the Helsingborg Chamber of Commerce has established new excellence grants for researchers working at REAL – the Centre for Trade and Logistics at Lund University. On 5 May, the awards ceremony took place, at which 11 researchers from Lund University received their grants. The researchers receive grants for their publications in leading scientific journals. By supporting academic progres
https://www.real.lu.se/en/article/excellence-grants-were-awarded-researchers-fields-trade-and-logistics - 2026-07-11
A newly established foundation aims to promote higher education and research at Lund University’s campus in Helsingborg. The initiative comes from the Helsingborg Chamber of Commerce and aims to meet future skills needs and strengthen the city’s role as a knowledge hub. “With this initiative, we are harnessing the power of the business community, academia and the public sector to jointly develop t
https://www.real.lu.se/en/article/trade-association-launching-foundation-support-research-and-education - 2026-07-11
What can 100,000 Swedish kronor in research funding lead to? For Yulia Vakulenko and her research team at Campus Helsingborg, Lund University, the answer was new knowledge, new methods and international recognition from OpenAI. The research team, led by Yulia Vakulenko and based at REAL – the Centre for Retail and Logistics at Lund University, has received a Token of Appreciation from OpenAI. This
https://www.real.lu.se/en/article/researcher-gets-acknowledgement-openai - 2026-07-11
The Centre for Trade and Logistics (REAL) at Lund University brought together a selection of participants from the business community, the public sector and academia for a morning of learning focused on how Digital Product Passports (DPP) are now moving from policy to practical application. Under the Learn at LUnCH format, participants gained insights from multiple perspectives: from EU work withi
https://www.real.lu.se/en/article/digital-product-passport-dpp-fom-idea-practical-tests - 2026-07-11
On 23-24 April, this year's edition of the Retail and Wholesale Challenge took place, a competition where university students get to take on a sharp case from the business world. The winners were Devina Chudasama and Alexis Matta, students at the master's program in Service Management with a specialisation in supply chain management. The competition is organised by the Swedish Retail and Wholesale
https://www.real.lu.se/en/article/students-developed-solutions-retail-challenges-helsingborg - 2026-07-11
The Helsingborg Chamber of Commerce has long been a partner and supporter of education and research at Lund University’s Campus Helsingborg. Last year, excellence grants were established for researchers working at REAL – the Centre for Trade and Logistics at Lund University. On 6 May, this year’s award ceremony took place, at which 15 researchers from Lund University received their grants. The res
https://www.real.lu.se/en/article/helsingborg-chamber-commerce-awarded-years-excellence-scholarships-researchers - 2026-07-11
In the future, our clothes will contain a tag that we can scan to access information. This will allow us to see how the garments were produced, where we can have them repaired, and how they can be recycled. Perhaps we will even be able to see who has previously worn the garment or be given the opportunity to rent it out. This spring, an innovation project was launched in which students at Campus H
https://www.real.lu.se/en/article/clothes-will-have-their-own-identity - 2026-07-11
The textile industry has a significant impact on the climate, and the reuse of clothing is seen as part of the sector’s sustainable transformation. Daniel Hellström and John Olsson from Lund University are now presenting their award-winning article on a circular business model that creates a more sustainable fashion retail sector. Beyond the business model itself, the work is also interesting beca
https://www.real.lu.se/en/article/researchers-recognised-circular-business-model-textile-sector - 2026-07-11
The areas of research remain the same, but our perspective on them has changed. This is how consumer researchers Carys Egan-Wyer and Emma Samsioe describe developments in retail research over the past ten years. "In one of our latest reports, we call it “Retail as unusual”. There is no longer a ‘normal’ state in retail, no ‘business as usual’. Everything has become more uncertain,” says Carys Egan
https://www.real.lu.se/en/article/uncertainty-new-normal-shops-and-retailers - 2026-07-11
Lund University is strengthening its work in retail and logistics at Campus Helsingborg, under the name REAL – Centre for Retail and Logistics. The centre focuses on sustainability, digitalisation and changes in the workplace – the major challenges facing the retail and logistics sectors. Lund University and the City of Helsingborg are each contributing 4 million kronor towards the centre’s launch
https://www.real.lu.se/en/article/real-initiative-meet-challenges-future-retail-and-logistics - 2026-07-11
The clothing industry poses a sustainability challenge, and whilst the circular economy may be the solution, it is difficult to bring about a transition that suits consumers. A recently completed research project investigated consumers’ attitudes towards circular fashion consumption and the barriers to making the transition. Today’s fashion industry faces several sustainability challenges. Fast fa
https://www.real.lu.se/en/article/obstacles-and-opportunities-circular-fashion-consumption - 2026-07-11
Nearly four in ten female upper secondary school students suffer from iron deficiency. Among vegetarians and vegans, seven in ten have low iron levels, according to a new study led by Agenda 2030 PhD student Anna Stubbendorff. The research has received considerable attention in the press, radio and television. "We were surprised by the results," says Anna Stubbendorff. The past two weeks have been
https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/nearly-four-ten-female-students-suffer-iron-deficiency - 2026-07-11
She grew up in oil-rich Norway, with a father who travelled the world working in the oil sector. Little did Lina Lefstad know that just two decades later she would be a researcher at the forefront of efforts to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and tackle the climate crisis. What if we could easily capture carbon dioxide from combined heat and power plants and industrial sites, cool it to liqu
https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/can-oil-industrys-know-how-help-solve-climate-crisis - 2026-07-11
What are your thoughts on death? How would you like to spend your last days? These kinds of existential questions are explored at so-called death cafés - gatherings that Jamie Woodworth began organising before she was 25, as a way of dealing with her anxiety about climate change. Now she has been awarded an honourable mention for her doctoral thesis on end-of-life care in the Swedish welfare state
Wildfires and deforestation are spreading in the wake of an expanding cattle industry in the Amazon rainforest. Now, Jesica López is being recognised for her research, which has brought together politicians, landowners, farmers and Indigenous communities in an effort to halt this development. "We must understand that the Amazon is an ecosystem every human being on the planet depends on," she says.
https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/jesica-lopez-honoured-her-fight-future-amazon - 2026-07-11
We are proud to have two newly awarded PhDs within the Agenda 2030 Graduate School! Congratulations to Linn Ternsjö at Lund University School of Economics and Management and Billy Jones at the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology, who both successfully defended their theses with distinction. Linn Ternsjö’s research explores how the textile industry in Mauritius has affected working condition
https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/congratulations-our-new-phds - 2026-07-11
