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ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS Individuals have their part to play in the transition towards a circular economy. In this episode, we will introduce the circular economy and strategies to facilitate a transition from our linear to a more circular economy.Furthermore, we visit a repair cafe and illustrate how you can extend product lifetimes.The episode is produced in connection to a new Massive Op
ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS New ways of governing our cities are emerging. Urban experimentation offers opportunities to test sustainability solutions in context and learn from these successes or failures.Citizen engagement and participation is a prerequisite.In this episode, we will discuss experimentation as a form of urban governance and suggest ways you can engage and participate in the go
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/media-press/podcast-advancing-sustainable-solutions/podcast-episode-guide/experimenting-city - 2026-05-07
ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS What is science? In this episode, we explore science in order to build a foundation for exploring sustainability research in future episodes.Then, we showcase a scientific workshop to illustrate the role of science in supporting policy-makers.Podcast Episode # 1: "What is Science?"... and its role in society Listen and SubscribeYou can subscribe and listen to our p
ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS In this episode, will introduce listeners to the podcast 'Advancing Sustainable Solutions'. You will learn more about the hosts, our organisation, and our vision for the podcast.Podcast Episode # 0: Introduction to the Podcast Listen and SubscribeYou can subscribe and listen to our podcast on any of your favourite podcast platforms including:
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. CIRCUSOL consortium meeting in Antwerp, Belgium, followed by co-creation session at Cohousing Waasland to discuss circular solar business model options. On 23-26 January the CIRCUSOL project consortium is coming together to discuss progress on the circular solar business model demonstrators and next steps to explore s
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/circusol-project-discusses-circular-solar-business-model-options - 2026-05-07
The IIIEE Podcast celebrates its fourth season, and sees a new team contributing to the production of ‘Advancing Sustainable Solutions’: Steven Curtis, Sofie Sandin Lompar, and Frans Libertson.The IIIEE Podcast was initiated in 2018 by PhD students Sofie Sandin Lompar and Steven Curtis. They recognised that much of the research conducted within academia is not accessible to the public. In part, th
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/media-press/podcasts/about-team - 2026-05-07
IIIEE is a partner in the EIT Raw Materials project which is organizing community electronics repair events across Europe in 2019 to educate about critical raw materials. Raw materials are crucial for maintaining a quality of life and for the transition to a low carbon economy, but many critical materials face potential supply disruptions in the near future. Many of these critical raw materials ca
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/refer-project-educating-about-critical-raw-materials-electronics - 2026-05-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Prof. Nancy Bocken talking at the first Open Innovation Seminar of the year at UC Berkeley, Haas Business School, organised by Prof. Henry Chesbrough. Circular Economy is one of the concepts that can help us address pressing challenges such as climate change. As engaged researchers, we need to find new ways of doing
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Steven Curtis & Matthias Lehner publish open access journal article that proposes a logically-consistent definition of the sharing economy that prioritises sustainability. The sharing economy is largely promoted to facilitate access over ownership, which proponents of the sharing economy suggest leads to reduced resou
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/publication-defining-sharing-economy-sustainability - 2026-05-07
ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old young person from Sweden, has inspired a generation to take action on climate change. In this episode, we acknowledge and appreciate the actions of youth, like Greta, around the world in demanding action on climate change. Reflecting on our own experiences, fear and our own perceived lack of knowledge often hinders us. Therefore, togeth
ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS There is growing urgency within the academic, political and public spheres to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in order to lessen or mitigate the impacts of climate change. To do so, many online are voicing their commitments by making a New Year’s Resolution to reduce their flying or to not fly at all in 2019. In this episode, we explore the reasons why many are maki
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New book on Innovation for Sustainability Nancy Bocken, Professor in Sustainable Business at the IIIEE, has co-edited a new book: Innovation for Sustainability: Business Transformations Towards a Better World, available hereThe aim of the book:The aim of this edited book is to provide a comprehensive overview of the o
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/innovation-sustainability-business-transformations-towards-better-world - 2026-05-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Supporting the project Environmental and socio-economic benefits from Swedish biofuel production. Philip Peck at the IIIEE has completed a new support analysis together with scientists at IVL and Bio4Energy (LTU). The analysis is a support analysis for the project Environmental and socio-economic benefits from Swedish
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-support-analysis-completed-socio-economic-metrics-transport-biofuels-review - 2026-05-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Professor Luis Mundaca guest edited a special issue of Energy Efficiency, volume 12, issue 2. His editorial is open access and available here: Demand-side approaches for limiting global warming to 1.5 °C
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-issue-out-energy-efficiency-guest-edited-professor-luis-mundaca - 2026-05-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new article has been published by Lucie Zvolska, Yuliya Voytenko Palgan and Oksana Mont at the IIIEE with the title: 'How do sharing organisations create and disrupt institutions? Towards a framework for institutional work in the sharing economy'.AbstractThe sharing economy is a new form of resource distribution tha
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Professor Oksana Mont in an interview on sustainable consumption and flying. In an interview made by Heidi Hakala at Vasabladet, Professor Oksana Mont at the IIIEE states that "We need more political governance to solve climate issues" (”Vi behöver mer politisk styrning för att lösa klimatproblemen”).Link to the inter
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/klimatangest-och-flygskam-nu-omprovas-normerna - 2026-05-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Showing the linkages between social, economic and environmental issues in business models and spotlighting solutions. New report out on "Business Models and Labour Standards: Making the Connection", co-written by Professor Nancy Bocken at the IIIEE.Abstract:Despite retailers spending significant sums on Corporate Soci
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-report-out-business-models-and-labour-standards-making-connection - 2026-05-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On 11 March, researchers from the IPACST team gathered in Lund to discuss research on the role of IP strategies and sustainable business models in sustainability transitions.The research team consists of researchers from: HTW Berlin, FU Berlin, University of Cambridge, Indian Institute of Science, and Lund University.
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/ipacst-research-team-gathered-lund - 2026-05-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On 15 March, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and Aktuell Hållbarhet are organizers of Klimatforum 2019 – från strategi till verklighet. Professor Lena Neij at the IIIEE, Chair of the Climate political council in Lund, is participating and discussing climate challenges and ways forward.Link to the event (li
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/klimatforum-2019-strategy-reality - 2026-05-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Focusing on identifying recurrent patterns, similarities and differences between different types of sharing services. A new paper has been published with initial findings from the research project Sharing Cities Sweden: Analysis of Sharing Economy Services : Initial Findings from Sharing Cities SwedenAbstract:In this
