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Today, Jessika Richter from IIIEE participates in a live and open chat for the newspaper Sydsvenskan. The chat allows readers to discuss and reflect on different options to adopt a more climate-smart lifestyle. Do I have to stop eating meat? Does it matter how I live? How do I travel in an environmentally friendly way? Does my waste sorting make a difference? Is there money to be made? Living more

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-researcher-sustainability-expert-sydsvenskan-newspaper - 2026-05-27

On Friday 8 May at 13:00 Karolina Södergren from the IIIEE defended her thesis "From the Inside Out. Municipal Strategies for Governing Industrial and Urban Symbiosis”. The defence was chaired IIIEE Senior Lecturer Yuliya Voytenko Palgan. Discussant was Lone Kørnøv – Professor at Aalborg University. Karolina’s work focuses on how municipalities engage with industrial and urban symbiosis - not only

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/karolina-sodergren-has-successfully-defended-her-doctoral-degree - 2026-05-27

The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) at Lund University is once again hosting a cohort of students from the University of Virginia as part of the UVA in Sweden: Global Sustainability Consulting program, now in its 11th edition. The Institute is the students' base for the duration of the program, welcoming the group to Lund. Modeled after the long-running UVA i

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/uva-global-sustainability-consulting-students-return-iiiee-programs-11th-edition - 2026-05-27

19 April 2027 08:00 to 24 April 2027 17:00 | Save the date! Hållbarhetsveckan är tillbaka 19-24 april, 2027 Missa inte den årliga Hållbarhetsveckan där vi i olika panelsamtal, föredrag, workshops, utställningar och kulturevenemang belyser hållbarhetsfrågor utifrån ekologiska, ekonomiska och sociala aspekter.Veckan görs i samarbete mellan Lunds universitet och Lunds kommun, och alla event arrangera

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/calendar/hallbarhetsveckan-2027 - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Associate Professor and IPCC Lead Author Luis Mundaca participated in high-level meetings during Climate Action Week 2016 in the United States, May 2-6. He first participated in the Universitas 21 Workshop ‘Informing Climate Action 2016’ at University of Maryland. This meeting brought together top scientists from Univ

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/associate-professor-luis-mundaca-high-level-meetings-during-climate-action-week-2016 - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On 12 May, the IIIEE was represented by Håkan Rodhe, at the Branding Africa Conference. He met with several African ambassadors and discussed the African need for education, MOOCs, and Ethiopia's fast growth and ambition to be climate neutral by 2030.

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/branding-africa-conference - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In the article "Uber lägger ner Pop i Sverige" published by NyTeknik, Oksana Mont, Professor in Sustainable Consumption and Production at the IIIEE, is commenting on the problems that may arise when the sharing economy is unregulated.

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/oksana-mont-nyteknik - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Prof. Oksana Mont at the IIIEE is co-editor of a new edited book on welfare and its relationship to sustainability. Welfare is commonly conceptualized in socio-economic terms of equity, highlighting distributive issues within growing economies. While GDP, income growth and rising material standards of living are norma

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-book-sustainability-and-political-economy-welfare - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Seven shades of green: Exploring options for sustainable transitions A new Strategic Environmental Development (SED) report has been published by Master's students of the Environmental Management and Policy (EMP) programme at the IIIEE.Follow the link to access the full report: Seven shades of green: Exploring options

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-sed-report-masters-students - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Swedish wood: Innovative products for a circular economy Can Swedish wood be the answer to our future needs, from T-shirts to 10-storey apartment buildings? The challenge is not the technology, but how society can support the development of this market. It has the potential for creating both a sustainable and circular

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-ake-thidell - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. University of Virginia visits IIIEE with a Study Abroad programme for the third time. Sixteen University of Virginia students came to Lund to engage in a three week sustainability consulting projects. IIIEE is hosting the group for the third time while the students under the supervision of their mentors are working on

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/university-virginia-visit - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On 26 May, the Romanian Ambassador to Sweden, H.E. Mr Iulian Buga and his delegation, are visiting the IIIEE to learn more about the activities of the IIIEE and to discuss the conditions and potentials of an expansion of the IIIEE outreach programme Swedish-Polish Sustainable Energy Platform, towards Romania.At the II

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/romanian-ambassador-sweden-visits-iiiee - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Assoc. Prof. Kes McCormick is a co-author on two chapters in a new book on urban experimentation. This new book explores how the concept or urban experimentation is being used to reshape practices of knowledge production in urban debates about resilience, climate change governance, and socio-technical transitions. Wit

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/experimental-city-new-book - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. While climate policies would have a beneficial effect for energy security in most countries, energy independence policies would not bring significant climate benefits.Ambitious policies to reduce energy imports would have little impact on climate change, and could be achieved much more cheaply than the climate mitigat

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/reducing-energy-imports-not-sufficient-tackle-climate-change-according-new-study-published-nature - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On 14 June, the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research (Mistra) is visiting the IIIEE. Mistra's executive Director Åke Iverfeldt is introducing Mistra and Lena Neij, Director of the IIIEE is presenting the IIIEE and ongoing activities.During the morning, IIIEE researchers are presenting various resear

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/mistra-visiting-iiiee - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The winners of the Universitas 21 Global Ingenuity Challenge 2016 have been elected. Lund university was represented by Team Global Lund and won the category "Peer's Choice Award" together with Korea University, and received a special award for their contribution "Host-a-Home". The theme of this year's challenge was "

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/winners-universitas-21-global-ingenuity-challenge-2016 - 2026-05-27

 IIIEE BoardThe IIIEE is governed by a Board appointed jointly by Lund University and the Government of Sweden. The board consists of 7 members and representatives from staff and students at the IIIEE:Charlotta Johnsson, LU, Dean, Campus Helsingborg, Chairperson IIIEE Board;Jennifer Lenhart, WWF;Michelle Betsill, University of Copenhagen;Tony Clark, Swedish Waste Management;Joakim Tuvesson, Tetra

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/about-iiiee/organisation - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The June issue of the IIIEE Newsletter is out now. Follow the link Vol.1. No. 3, June, 2016IIIEE newsletter archive

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/june-issue-iiiee-newsletter-out-now - 2026-05-27

Global e-waste levels continue to rise, posing serious challenges to human health and the environment. Observed annually on January 24, Circular Electronics Day raises awareness about this escalating crisis and promotes sustainable practices such as more sustainable production, extending product lifespans, repairing, buying second-hand, and recycling responsibly. This initiative empowers both cons

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/five-ways-join-movement-circular-electronics-day-sparks-action-more-sustainable-tech-future - 2026-05-27

Welcome to the IIIEE Alumni Network Conference 2025, May 8-10, 2025 in Lund, Sweden     In 2025, the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) celebrates 30 years of pioneering research, education, and policy impact. To mark this milestone, we invite our global alumni community to reconnect in Lund for a special IIIEE Alumni Conference. This event is a unique opportuni

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/about-education-iiiee/alumni-network/iiiee-alumni-network-conference-2025 - 2026-05-27