Published 19 May 2022 After many years, a research team led by Lund University in Sweden has sequenced and characterized the entire genome of oats. This opens up for breeding healthier oats with even better nutritional content, and growing oats in a more environmentally sustainable way. The detailed genetic analyzes also strengthen the evidence that oats are safe in a gluten-free diet. The results

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/entire-oat-genome-mapped - 2025-04-25

Published 23 May 2022 Olivier Van Aken and Essam Darwish (Photo: Johan Joelsson) A 30-year-old genetic mystery has been solved. It has previously been established that touch can trigger stress reactions in plants. However, the molecular models for explaining this process have been quite spartan so far. Now researchers at Lund University in Sweden have found genetic keys that explain how plants res

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/what-happens-when-plants-have-stress-reactions-touch - 2025-04-25

Published 25 May 2022 Charlotte Ling (Photo: Kennet Ruona) A new study by researchers at Lund University supports the notion that patients with type 2 diabetes patient should be divided into subgroups and given individualised treatment. The study demonstrates that there are distinct epigenetic differences between different groups of patients with type 2 diabetes. The epigenetic markers are also as

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/epigenetic-markers-predict-complications-patients-type-2-diabetes - 2025-04-25

Published 30 May 2022 Photo: Charlie Cornwallis The ostrich is genetically wired to adapt to rising or falling temperatures. However, when the temperature fluctuates more often, as it does with climate change, the flightless bird with a 40-gram brain finds it much more difficult. A research team at Lund University has shown that the ostrich is very sensitive to fluctuating temperatures in terms of

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ostriches-can-adapt-heat-or-cold-not-both - 2025-04-25

Published 7 June 2022 Illustration: ESA/ATG medialab The emergence of a mysterious area in the South Atlantic where the geomagnetic field strength is decreasing rapidly, has led to speculation that Earth is heading towards a magnetic polarity reversal. However, a new study that pieces together evidence stretching back 9,000 years, suggests that the current changes aren’t unique, and that a reversa

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/earths-magnetic-poles-not-likely-flip-study - 2025-04-25

Published 9 June 2022 The year is 2072, and the worst storm in two hundred years is about to hit Scania, in the south of Sweden. In Skanör-Falsterbo, a family is celebrating Christmas when the storm alarm sounds. The waves draw closer to the house, and the family dash towards the nearby church. What happens next is the result of many decades of decisions: did we work together, or did the lines of

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/soundwalk-imagines-climate-future - 2025-04-25

Published 10 June 2022 Two galaxies merging (Illustration: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva) Astronomers at Lund University in Sweden have found a group of stars in the Milky Way disk, that are most likely remnants from an unknown baby galaxy that was swallowed by the Milky Way over 10 billion years ago. Nothing like it has been discovered in the galaxy disk before. Af

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-find-ten-billion-year-old-ghost-stars-swallowed-galaxy - 2025-04-25

Published 26 September 2019 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, industry and society.The Innovation Pathways Director

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/taking-action-urban-nature-innovation-pathways-directory - 2025-04-25

Published 26 September 2019 Capstone SED/SSC projects for clients in seven countries during October 2019 In October, it is time for our final-year master students, batch 25, to do their client projects as part of the course Sustainability Solutions in Context (SSC), formerly titled Strategic Environmental Development (SED) course. This course leads student teams to projects all over the world. The

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/msc-students-iiiee-batch-25-set-challenge - 2025-04-25

Published 26 September 2019 Pranshu Singhal founded Karo Sambhav to help enterprises close their material loops. In this video, IIIEE alumnus, Pranshu Singhal, tells his story of his takeaways from the EMP programme at the IIIEE, and how his company, Karo Sambhav, makes a difference by helping enterprises close their material loops.  

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/founder-karo-sambhav-career-iiiee-alumnus - 2025-04-25

Published 27 September 2019 Students of the the Master's programme in Environmental Management and Policy are presenting their Master's theses. From Monday 30 September to Thursday 3 October is thesis defence week at the IIIEE. Students of the the Master's programme in Environmental Management and Policy are presenting their Master's theses. The opponents are people from academia, business and ind

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/thesis-defence-week-iiiee-1 - 2025-04-25

Published 30 September 2019 Photo: Ann Åkerman Involving 14 institutions across Europe NATURVATION involves 14 institutions across Europe working in fields as diverse as urban development, innovation studies, geography, ecology, environmental assessment and economics. Our partnership includes city governments, non-governmental organisations and business.We are assessing what nature-based solutions

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/naturvation-project-meets-lund-discuss-key-findings - 2025-04-25

Published 30 September 2019 A café discussion about energy and how to heat our homes in a sustainable way in the future. This event is part of the Future Week at Lund University, 14-20 October. During Future Week at Lund University, the IIIEE is organising Walking energy, talking energy, a café discussion, that aims to encourage the participants of the event to share experiences and visions of how

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/walking-energy-talking-energy - 2025-04-25

Published 9 October 2019 Join a game-changing conference and exhibition in Sweden on the emerging sharing economy in cities! Sharing Cities Sweden is organising a conference and exhibition on exploring the role of sharing cities in advancing the sustainable development goals, the Sharing Cities Summit.See more information on the emerging program (updated over time) of the event as well as the prac

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/sharing-cities-summit-2019 - 2025-04-25

Published 14 October 2019 The institute will be part of a new International Energy Agency (IEA) Task on energy efficiency. The IEA-DSM ‘Hard-to-Reach’ (HTR) project will generate knowledge, approaches and policy recommendations aiming to identify HTR energy users and effectively engage them in energy efficiency programmes.The research will support the development of robust social science-based gui

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-project-iiiee-hard-reach-energy-users - 2025-04-25

Published 21 October 2019 Circular Economy Mini-Series: part 1 of 3 Hear the latest about the Circular Economy in our new podcast episode, now available on all major podcats platforms! 

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-podcast-episode-out-now - 2025-04-25

Published 21 October 2019 Our Director Per Mickwitz among the new professors honoured On 18 October, Lund University held their inauguration ceremony for 2019 and among the 28 new professors honoured were our Director, Professor Per Mickwitz.Link to the publication of the inauguration of new professors at Lund University 2019

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/inauguration-professors-lund-university - 2025-04-25

Published 21 October 2019 Peter Arnfalk interviewed by TV4 news IIIEE's research on virtual meetings has helped public agencies in Sweden reduce up to 50 % of CO2 from business travel. A project involving 80 Swedish public agencies, the REMM project, based on IIIEE research on virtual meetings, has helped the agencies to significantly reduce their CO2 emission from travel with up to 53 %.Swedish d

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-research-reducing-co2-travel - 2025-04-25

Published 21 October 2019 'Urban Sharing in Amsterdam: City report No. 1' The Urban Sharing Team has published their first City Report from their research project. Urban Sharing in Amsterdam City Report is the result of a Mobile Research Lab conducted in Amsterdam in Spring 2019.The research is part of the five-year research programme Urban Sharing, funded by the European Research Council (2018-20

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/urban-sharing-team-publishes-their-first-city-report - 2025-04-25

Published 25 October 2019 Kes McCormick represented the IIIEE for the TRANSFORM project in Toronto, Canada on 23-25 October. The TRANSFORM project integrates innovative academic research with entrepreneurial experimentation and extensive collaboration among the academic, private and public sectors with the development of hubs in Canada, USA, Sweden, Germany and Australia. Associate Professor Kes M

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/accelerating-sustainability-entrepreneurship-local-spaces - 2025-04-25