Published 20 March 2017 Urban Living Labs (ULL) are advanced as an explicit form of intervention delivering sustainability goals for cities. Established at the boundaries between research, innovation and policy, ULL are intended to design, demonstrate and learn about the effects of urban interventions in real time. While rapidly growing as an empirical phenomenon, our understanding of the nature a

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-publication-urban-living-labs - 2025-01-08

Published 4 April 2017 IIIEE students presenting their results in the City Hall of Zabrze Three scenarios for the the way towards clean air in the city of Zabrze in Poland, was presented by a student group from the IIIEE last Friday, 31 March. Zabrze is known as one of the most polluted cities in Europe and was last winter facing extreme problems, including hazardous levels of pollutants and smog.

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-students-show-way-clean-air-poland - 2025-01-08

Published 4 April 2017 Debate article IIIEE researcher Nora Smedby expresses her opinions in a debate article with the title Låt föregångskommuner ta täten för det hållbara byggandet (In English: Let pioneering municipalities take the lead on sustainable construction) published in Fastighetsnytt. The article is published in Swedish only.

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/let-pioneering-municipalities-take-lead-sustainable-construction - 2025-01-08

Published 20 April 2017 On 18 April 2017, the Lund University Research Magazine published an article on recycling and e-waste. IIIEE researcher Jessika Luth Richter was interviewed about her research on European policies and e-waste.Read the full article here.

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/recycling-important-collection-reduce-e-waste - 2025-01-08

Published 20 April 2017 A game developed to increase awareness On 18 April 2017, the Lund University Research Magazine highlighted IIIEE researcher Katherine Whalen's game "In the Loop", a game developed to increase awareness about the materials we use to produce electrical goods.Learn more about the game in Lund University Research MagazineFurther reading:In the Loop GamesWatch the game on YouTub

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/loop - 2025-01-08

Published 27 April 2017 New SED report 2017 The strategic environmental development course (SED) is part of the Master's programme in Environmental Management and Policy (EMP) at the IIIEE. This year a group of twenty-five graduate students travelled to six global destinations to work with regions and communities in order to develop solutions to the problems that they are facing. The teams spent t

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/rays-sunshine-tales-sustainable-transition - 2025-01-08

Published 27 April 2017 The April issue of the IIIEE newsletter is out now.Click here to access the April issueClick here for the IIIEE newsletter archiveClick here to subscribe to our newsletter

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/april-issue-iiiee-newsletter-out-now - 2025-01-08

Published 12 May 2017 IIIEE researchers Charlotte Leire and Carl Dalhammar has written a report where they document the long term effects of GPP. The report was commissioned by the Swedish Competition Authority (Konkurrensverket). Taken together, both the literature and the product case studies conducted in the project indicate that green procurement often has long-term effects that are different

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-report-long-term-effects-green-public-procurement-gpp - 2025-01-08

Published 12 May 2017 Opinion by Matthias Lehner, postdoc at the IIIEE. Airbnb is a hugely successful American company that has managed to make us invite strangers into our own private homes. I visited New Zealand last winter and stayed with an old lady in her private home outside Nelson, and it was an exciting experience where I got to know someone I otherwise would never have met. For a small fe

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/challenge-sharing-sustainably - 2025-01-08

Published 12 May 2017 The Governance of Urban Sustainability Transitions (GUST) research project is soon coming to an end. It has explored the concept of Urban Living Labs, and has involved four research organisations and cities in Sweden, the UK, Austria and the Netherlands. One outcome from the project will be a handbook full of ideas for the transition to more sustainable cities to be used as a

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/collaborative-research-speed-sustainable-transition-cities - 2025-01-08

Published 15 May 2017 Seminar 15 May at the IIIEE Today, 15 May, the IIIEE is organising a seminar on Sustainable Fashion, offering a glimpse of what IIIEE researchers have been working on in the past 10+ years in this area.Clothes, textiles and fashion are indispensable elements of human being. They serve various functions – all the way from meeting the basic needs to protect ourselves from outsi

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/sustainable-fashion-finding-cuts-future - 2025-01-08

Published 15 May 2017 Conference 16 May The transition to a fossil fuel-free society is in full swing and proceeding more easily than many people think. In Skåne there are many good initiatives that show how profitability and prosperity can grow as emissions are reduced.This conference will take place on 16 May at the Academic Society (AF building) in Lund. The focus is on learning for sustainable

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/fossil-free-skane-opportunities-more-modern-future - 2025-01-08

Published 17 May 2017 LUX Lund. Foto Johan Bävman CONFERENCE, 350TH ANNIVERSARY This event is part of the Lund university 350 jubilee and will be held in Swedish only. Therefore the information that follows is in Swedish.Den smarta staden väcker löften om effektivare och mer hållbara lösningar och kommersiella förhoppningar om nya produkter, tjänster och marknader. Men smarta städer är inte nödvän

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/humans-city-day-focusing-sustainable-urban-planning - 2025-01-08

By marianne [dot] sandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Marianne Sandberg) - published 18 May 2017 Photo: Pixabay Research and Action on Sustainable Urban Development from around the World On 18 May 2017, the IIIEE will bring together researchers at Lund University to present and discuss ongoing projects on urban living labs, urban sharing, urban lighting and more, and presentations by alumni fro

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/urban-planet - 2025-01-08

Published 19 May 2017 On 18 May, Sydsvenskan published an opinion piece by IIIEE PhD students Katherine Whalen and Jessika Luth Richter with the title: "Fördomar måste försvinna – uppfattningen att återanvända elektronikprodukter är sämre än nya och att det finns en risk för att personuppgifter sprids." (only in Swedish)

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/opinion-piece-sydsvenskan-phd-students-iiiee - 2025-01-08

Published 19 May 2017 Photo: Jennie Hansson On 16 May the conference "Fossilfritt Skåne" took place in Lund, co-organised by the IIIEE. The student journalist, Josefine Henman, wrote an article summarising the event. Click here to read the article (in Swedish only).

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/highlights-conference-fossilfritt-skane-16-may - 2025-01-08

Published 19 May 2017 This year 19 students from the University of Virginia are visiting the IIIEE and will work with four clients (see below). The programme at the IIIEE is run for the 4th time, and the students started at the IIIEE on 15 May. The students have a blog, where they write about their impressions from Lund and Sweden (click here to access the blog).Here are the clients for this year:

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/university-virginia-visit-4th-time - 2025-01-08

Published 22 May 2017 Photographer: Johan Bävman PhD candidates Leonidas Milios and Julia Nussholz discuss key elements of student group work for advanced learning in higher education. In a recent research article, published in the magazine of Lund University ‘Lärande i LTH’, Leonidas and Julia contribute in the analysis of what constitutes a well-designed and effective group work for students in

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/insights-highest-level-student-group-work-iiiee - 2025-01-08

By hakan [dot] rodhe [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Håkan Rodhe) - published 1 June 2017 IIIEE alumni conference May 2017 Close to 200 IIIEE alumni and students gathered in Lund for the traditional biennial alumni event. The Alumni Conference was organised jointly by the IIIEE and the IIIEE Alumni Network.  Networking, up-dating, sharing of professional insights, the joy of re-uniting with dear col

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-alumni-conference-2017 - 2025-01-08

By hakan [dot] rodhe [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Håkan Rodhe) - published 1 June 2017 Magic flag parade Magic flag parade! On a beautiful Spring day flags from 125 countries, carried by IIIEE alumni & students from all parts of the world, were flown to congratulate the 350 year-old.  May the sun continue to shine on LU as it further deepens its leadership in international sustainability!Footnote

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-congratulates-lund-university-350-years - 2025-01-08