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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 materials; their value chains

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/circular-economy-managing-materials-sustainably - 2025-11-14

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 urban transport and energy

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/fossil-fuel-free-municipalities-sweden-analysing-modes-governing - 2025-11-14

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 ceremony at Skissernas museum. The yearly award "Årets framtidsbyggare" is a prize (1.2 million SEK) with three categories: 1) "Årets innovatör" (The innovator of the year, 750 000 SEK), 2) "Årets opinionsbildare" (The opinion-former of the year)

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/winners-yearly-award-arets-framtidsbyggare-announced - 2025-11-14

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 seminar you will receive the late

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/leds-go-green - 2025-11-14

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 renovations, improved district heat

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/smart-cities-accelerator-research-programme-meeting-iiiee - 2025-11-14

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 Prosperity. This relates spec

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/launch-publication-world-energy-outlook-2017 - 2025-11-14

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 Grants each amount to EUR 2 million over five years to the

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/prestigious-erc-grant-awarded-oksana-mont - 2025-11-14

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 risker med miljömärkning

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/future-environmental-labelling - 2025-11-14

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 venture ideas. The environmental management students give feedback on the environmental opportunities and risks of the entrepreneurship students’ business ideas Håkan Ro

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/ten-years-collaboration-sustainable-business-development - 2025-11-14

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 event attracted over 100 participants, from industry, policy and academia. The event was organised in Tampere

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/sustainable-business-models-experimentation-and-collaboration-keynote-tampere-finland - 2025-11-14

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 

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/postdoctoral-position-iiiee-sustainable-urban-governance - 2025-11-14

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 environmental policy, and also the general public. In close collaborati

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/lena-neij-now-member-management-board-eea-european-parliament - 2025-11-14

We advance knowledge on how to catalyse the transition to low-carbon and resource efficient economies across four different themes of governance and management: 1. International and national policy intervention 2. Urban transformation 3. Business management and practice 4. Consumption governance

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/research-themes-old - 2025-11-14

International and national policy intervention – for a transition to low-carbon and resource-efficient economies. Research in the ‘International and National Policy Intervention’ theme analyses the drivers and implications of policy interventions aiming to foster the transition towards low-carbon and resource efficient economies. Policy interventions involve any course of action, programme or acti

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/research/international-and-national-policy-intervention - 2025-11-14

Urban Transformation – for a transition to climate-neutral and resource efficient economies The transformation to a sustainable society involves a multitude of actors such as municipalities, businesses, public organisations and citizens, together advancing new knowledge and going beyond traditional ways to act. The research theme Urban Transformation focuses on how to develop policy, tools and app

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/research/research-themes/urban-transformation - 2025-11-14

Business management and practice – for a transition to low-carbon and resource-efficient economies. The research on ‘sustainable business’ is conducted in collaboration with companies, governmental authorities and other societal actors such as NGOs in an international as well as Swedish context. Based on the conviction that the transition towards sustainable development requires both changes in bu

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/research/research-themes/business-management-and-practice - 2025-11-14

Sustainable consumption governance – for a transition to low-carbon and resource efficient-economies. Transition to a sustainable society entails changes in both sustainable production and consumption patterns and levels. This can only be achieved when a broad spectrum of actors, such as businesses, consumers, policy makers, NGOs and CSOs, and public sector, take on responsibility for the transiti

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/research/research-themes/sustainable-consumption-governance - 2025-11-14

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 efficiency and resource efficiency. Thre

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-arranges-workshop-brussels - 2025-11-14

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  

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/launch-event-sharing-cities-sweden - 2025-11-14

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 

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/postdoctoral-position-circular-business-model-innovation-and-experimentation - 2025-11-14