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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Today on 29 May, Jonas Sonnenschein defends his doctoral dissertation with the title: 'Green growth and rapid decarbonisation? Assessing policy objectives, instrument choice and behavioural mechanisms'The defence takes place on 29th May at 9:00-12:00, in the Aula of the IIIEE. The opponent is Prof. Patrik Söderholm (D
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Julia Nussholz, Katherine Whalen and Jessika Luth Richter will be participating in the World Circular Economy Forum 3-5 June. Jessika Luth Richter, Julia Nussholz and Katherine Whalen will be representing IIIEE at the World Circular Economy Forum 2019 in Helsinki. Information about WCEF (from their website): The World
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-taking-part-world-circular-economy-forum-helsinki-3-5-june - 2026-04-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Sofie Sandin, Lena Neij and Per Mickwitz have published a new article in the international peer-reviewed open access journal Energy, Sustainability and Society. BackgroundThe transition towards a more sustainable energy system is urgent for addressing global environmental and social challenges, and will require transf
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The June issue of the IIIEE newsletter is out now.Click here to access the June issueClick here for the IIIEE newsletter archiveClick here to subscribe to our newsletter
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/june-issue-iiiee-newsletter-out-now-1 - 2026-04-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We welcome your application! Last application date 22 July! Are you interested in Sustainable Urban Governance, Smart Grids and Smart Cities? Then take a look at these two Doctoral positions:Doctoral student in Sustainable Urban Governance and Smart GridsDoctoral student in Smart grids and Smart cities
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. EEA 25 years – A much needed institution in challenging times On 19 June, the IIIEE Director Per Mickwitz gave an anniversary speech at the 25th anniversary of the European Environmental Agency in Copenhagen. Per Mickwitz was invited as the chair of the Scientific Committee of the EEA and gave a well received speech s
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-director-mickwitz-congratulates-eea-turning-25-years - 2026-04-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Associate Professor Kes McCormick at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) has achieved 100,000 downloads of his publications in Lund University Publications (LUP), which is the institutional repository for scholarly publications from Lund University.His most downloaded publication
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/100000-downloads-publications-and-counting - 2026-04-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Kes McCormick, the programme coordinator for Sharing Cities Sweden, has presented the national programme at two Australian Universities in June 2019 – the Centre for Urban Transitions at Swinburne University of Technology and the Monash Sustainable Development Institute at Monash University.The presentations focused o
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-presentations-australian-universities - 2026-04-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. IIIEE researchers Yuliya Voytenko and Kes McCormick have joined a group of international researchers to act as guest editors for a Special Issue on smart and sustainable cities in the Local Environment journal. The special issues brings together a diverse collection of papers that explore the relationship between urba
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-researchers-guest-editors-special-issue-smart-and-sustainable-cities - 2026-04-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research has granted SEK 47 million for four years to Mistra REES. The aim of the programme is to facilitate the transition by Swedish manufacturing industry to a circular economy. Business and academia collaborate to facilitate the transition by Swedish manufacturing
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/mistra-continue-funding-research-circular-economy-transition - 2026-04-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New research implies that green growth climate mitigation policies are not sufficient for reaching the ambitious targets of the Paris Agreement, to limit global warming to well below 2°C by the end of the century.Green growth policies dominate the climate change mitigation discourse but how much can they contribute to
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/current-green-growth-policies-are-not-enough-reach-paris-agreement-climate-targets - 2026-04-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A paper in Nature Climate Change, co-authored by an IIIEE researcher, alumna and student, shows that pledges to phase out coal are so far largely limited to older plants in richer countries. Reaching climate targets requires phasing out coal power without carbon capture and storage, as pledged by the members of Poweri
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/pledges-phase-out-coal-power-are-insufficient-reach-climate-target - 2026-04-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Kes McCormick was interviewed by Neal Gorenflo at Shareable about the fast-approaching Sharing Cities Summit. Shareable is an award-winning non-profit news, action and connection hub for the sharing transformation.The interview covered both the background and ambitions of Sharing Cities Sweden and the planning for the
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/building-sharing-cities-summit - 2026-04-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. IIIEE researchers have partaken in the development of an interdisciplinary approach for evaluation of policy instruments and research initiatives, focusing on capturing transformative change. The guidance was developed within the research project Transition Governance, which engaged researchers at Lund University and
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-report-guidance-evaluation-transformative-focus - 2026-04-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. As part of the EIT Raw Materials funded REFER project, IIIEE will be co-hosting an event to raise awareness about critical raw materials in electronics and repair in Lund on International Repair Day. International Repair Day occurs annually on the 3rd Saturday of October to promote the value and importance of repairi
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 27 students from 15 countries! On 22 August, 27 students from 15 countries arrived at the IIIEE!They are the 26th batch of our Master's programme in Environmental Management and Policy.Welcome to the IIIEE!
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/welcome-batch-26-our-masters-programme-environmental-management-and-policy - 2026-04-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Professor Nancy Bocken has been awarded the European Research Council’s Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) in the 2019 round of awards. She receives 1.5 million euros during the next five years. Nancy Bocken receives the ERC grant for her new project CIRCULAR X. The project will develop a new fiel
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/professor-nancy-bocken-receives-prestigious-erc-starting-grant - 2026-04-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On 4 September, Katherine Whalen and Håkan Rodhe from the IIIEE took part in the launch of the C-BOOT coaching programme for aspiring circular entrepreneurs.The programme kicked off in Mechelen in Belgium where 21 circular entrepreneurs gathered to sharpen their case - environmentally and in business terms.
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/c-boot-coaching-programme-aspiring-circular-entrepreneurs - 2026-04-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. First output from the Urban Sharing project in Amsterdam During the Spring the research project Urban Sharing and its team visited Amsterdam where they started their first Mobile Research Lab (MRL). The trip included, among others, visits to ShareNL, Rijkswaterstaat, University of Utrecht, University of Twente, city o
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/urban-sharing-amsterdam - 2026-04-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. What are the enabling conditions and driving forces for nature-based solutions in the context of urban sustainability transitions? And how do innovation pathways play a role for nature-based solutions? Innovation pathways are a journey: from the initial idea and its demonstration, to its broader uptake within policy,
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/taking-action-urban-nature-innovation-pathways-directory - 2026-04-21
