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On 2 November, Prof. Oksana Mont states the importance of differentiating between the concepts of reusing and recycling in the article "Varje dag skrotas tusentals datorer i onödan" written by Inrego for Dagens Nyheter."Reusing is better for the environment than recycling", says Prof. Oksana Mont in Dagens Nyheter.Read the full article here (in Swedish only)

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/reusing-better-environment-recycling-says-prof-oksana-mont-dagens-nyheter - 2025-10-30

On 9 November, two trial lectures will take place for the position as “Professor in sustainable urban governance - for the transition to low-carbon and resource efficient economies." The trial lectures will be held in Palaestra at Lund University at 08:30 - 10:00.As part of the recruitment process for the position as Professor in sustainable urban governance - for the transition to low-carbon and

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/trial-lectures-position-professor-sustainable-urban-governance-transition-low-carbon-and-resource - 2025-10-30

On 15 November, the yearly award "Årets framtidsbyggare" will be announced and a prize ceremony will take place during the evening. Former IIIEE Director Thomas B. Johansson and the Vice Chancellor of Lund University, Torbjörn von Schantz, will open the ceremony.During the evening the current IIIEE Director, Professor Lena Neij, will give a talk and share her view on the meaning of energy efficien

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/yearly-award-arets-framtidsbyggare-announced-15-november - 2025-10-30

Former IIIEE PhD student Niina Kautto has been selected as one of 78 women travelling to Antarctica soon as part of a new leadership programme called Homeward Bound. It is a state-of-the-art leadership and strategic initiative that aims to amplify the influence and impact of women with science backgrounds to lead the world towards a more sustainable future. This year-long programme culminates in a

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-alumna-niina-kautto-soon-her-way-antarctica-part-homeward-bound - 2025-10-30

1 December 2016 On 1 December at 10:00 - 12:00 the seminar Advancing Sustainable Cities - Implementing Agenda 2030, will take place at Malmö Live, Dag Hammarskjölds torg 4 in Malmö. This seminar is part of the Sustainable City Development Conference, 30 November - 2 December 2016.The seminar is arranged by the Lund University Urban Arena and will explore interlinkages between Agenda 2030 and the r

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/advancing-sustainable-cities-implementing-agenda-2030 - 2025-10-30

Article in Lund University Magazine In the latest issue of Lund University Magazine (LUM), a series of articles were published connected to the upcoming environmental action plan for Lund University. One of the articles was about Virtual Meetings and how they need to be backed up by the organisation in order to enhance organisation's productivity and at the same time reach a desired climate effect

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/virtual-meetings-need-support - 2025-10-30

Doctoral dissertation defence on 2 December. Can unsustainable patterns of food production and consumption become more sustainable through corporate practices of sustainable supply chain management? Yes they can, argues Olga Chkanikova in her doctoral dissertation, focusing on how retailers purchasing strategies can contribute to promoting availability of sustainably produced food. In her disserta

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/sustainable-supply-chain-management-answer-more-sustainable-food-production-and-consumption - 2025-10-30

The third and final scenario building workshop under the post conflict futures initiative of the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), took place at the IIIEE on 1-3 December 2016.In the workshop, researchers from the IIIEE and the CMES worked with 30 refugee scholars on scenarios for post conflict rebuilding. Publi

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/third-and-final-scenario-building-workshop-post-conflict-futures-initiative - 2025-10-30

Kes McCormick presented findings from the Governance of Urban Sustainability Transitions (GUST)  project at the Sustainable City Development conference in Malmö, Sweden.Urban Living Labs (ULLs) have emerged as an approach to experimentation in real-life city settings. They can be defined as sites (buildings, streets, and districts) devised to design, test and learn from social and technical innova

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/catalyzing-sustainable-cities-through-urban-living-labs - 2025-10-30

Focusing on low-carbon economy. Jonas Sonnenschein is a PhD candidate at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) at Lund University. He has a background in Philosophy & Economics (BA) from Germany – where he originally comes from – and he holds a Master in Environmental Management and Policy (MSc). Before moving to Lund for PhD studies with his wife and two daugh

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-phd-candidate-jonas-sonnenschein - 2025-10-30

In the beginning of December 2016, Lund University, including the IIIEE, and Uppsala University met with Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Universidad de Chile in Santiago, Chile, to sign an intent of a bilateral collaboration project between Chile and Sweden. A historic kick-off took place and marked the beginning of the academic collaboration between Chile and Sweden, the ACCESS proje

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/access-academic-collaboration-chile-sweden - 2025-10-30

On 15 December, IIIEE students are presenting key current knowledge on life cycle impacts of LED light. During the semester the students have analysed a range of studies related to various phases of the life cycle of LED light. The research results will now be compiled into a report intended for a broad audience. Their research is being conducted within the Lighting Metropolis project and on 15 De

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/life-cycle-impacts-led-light - 2025-10-30

A review by the IIIEE & the Lighting Metropolis project The IIIEE and the Lighting Metropolis project present state-of-the-art knowledge regarding sustainability aspects of LED throughout its entire life cycle in an exclusive and full review: The Life Cycle of LED.The review is the first step in making the processes and environmental impact behind production, distribution and usage of LED more ope

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/life-cycle-led - 2025-10-30

In a new publication Professor Aleh Cherp leads an international team of co-authors to compare the development of nuclear and renewable energy in Germany and Japan. The article solves a puzzle of why since the 1990s Germany has become a leader in renewables while phasing out nuclear energy, whereas Japan has used less renewables while becoming a leader in nuclear power.  The interdisciplinary anal

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-publication-comparing-development-nuclear-and-renewable-energy-germany-and-japan - 2025-10-30

Circle of Light: The impact of the LED Lifecycle. Recent research by the IIIEE at Lund University points to the possibility to improve the environmental and sustainability impacts by better recycling. This will decrease dependency on Chinese supply of rare earth metals and simultaneously to avoid creation of environmental and social impacts during the extraction of these raw materials.While impact

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-strategic-environmental-development-report - 2025-10-30

On the 1st of December Urban Arena hosted a seminar at the Sustainable City Development Conference in Malmö on the topic of implementing Agenda 2030.Professor Lena Neij, Director of the IIIEE, coordinated the seminar and welcomed six speakers: Michael Woodbrige from ICLEI, James Evans from the University of Manchester and Oksana Mont, Eric Clark, Marie-Claude Dubois and Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren from

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/advancing-sustainable-cities-implementing-agenda-2030-0 - 2025-10-30

Licentiate thesis defence On 21 December 2016, Jessika Luth Richter at the IIIEE will present her thesis for the licentiate degree in Industrial Environmental Economics (120 credits) at a public seminar, with the title: Extended Producer Responsibility for Closing Material Loops – Lessons from energy efficient lighting products. Appointed opponent is Professor Harri Kalimo, Institute for European

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/extended-producer-responsibility-closing-material-loops-lessons-energy-efficient-lighting-products - 2025-10-30

"Green Wave for Zabrze - A sustainable Mobility Strategy" is now published in Polish! The report was originally published in English, as a result of the research conducted in the city of Zabrze last spring, by the IIIEE MSc students. Historically known as one of the most polluted cities in Europe, Zabrze is presently undergoing a rapid transition "from black to green". During the past six years th

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/green-wave-zabrze-sustainable-mobility-strategy - 2025-10-30

Expert insight by Luis Mundaca and Lena Neij On 14 December 2016, Associate Professor Luis Mundaca and Professor Lena Neij, at the IIIEE, published an ‘expert insight’ in the ‘Insights Blog’ of GGKP - Green Growth Knowledge Platform. Read the full blog post here: Towards a Green Energy Economy? Steering an Effective Transition 

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/towards-green-energy-economy-steering-effective-transition - 2025-10-30

THESIS DEFENCE On 13 January at 13.00 - 15:00, Thomas Parker at the IIIEE will defend his doctoral dissertation in Industrial Environmental Economics, with the title: The Meaning of Environmental Management: An Interpretive Study of Managing Emergent or Evolutionary Environmental and Energy Strategy.Appointed opponent is Associate Professor Thomas Zobel at Luleå University of Technology in Sweden.

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meaning-environmental-management - 2025-10-30