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Partners from across Europe gather in Lund on 1-2 June to launch the new European policy platform, ekip. The platform, commissioned by the EU Commission, aims to develop policy recommendations to promote innovation within the cultural and creative industries. "We need cultural and creative competences to succeed in the green transition. This type of expertise plays a crucial role in creating radic

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-innovation-platform-strengthens-cultural-and-creative-industries - 2025-11-08

The African Union’s organisation for development cooperation (AUDA-NEPAD) sent a delegation to Lund in May to strengthen and further develop cooperation concerning education for African professionals. For the second year in succession, there is a contract education course on innovation policy and innovation leadership through the Department of Economic History. In May, the African participants had

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-cooperation-sustainable-development-africa - 2025-11-08

A common cause of myocardial infarction and stroke is the rupture of atherosclerotic plaques. The exact location of plaque ruptures has previously been unknown, but now researchers at Lund University have mapped this. The research team has also identified an enzyme, a marker, that they hope will help predict who is at risk of having a myocardial infarction or a stroke due to a ruptured atheroscler

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-discoveries-about-where-atherosclerotic-plaques-rupture-can-lead-preventive-treatments - 2025-11-08

Great tits in urban environments have lower levels of stress hormone than those living in woodland habitats. This according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. Certain animals are able to adjust well to environments that have been created or altered by human activity. We live in an age in which urbanisation is proceeding at an ever-faster rate, something that also affects fauna. The gre

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/urban-great-tits-less-stressed-their-countryside-cousins - 2025-11-08

The number of patients with osteoarthritis has increased dramatically since the 1950s. Along with diabetes, the illness is now one of the fastest-growing endemic diseases in the world. Andrea Dell’Isola, an associate professor at the Department of Clinical Sciences at Lund University in Sweden, investigating the connection between osteoarthritis and metabolic diseases in a new research project. Ar

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/we-are-getting-older-and-heavier-osteoarthritis-increasing - 2025-11-08

With a month to go until the Football World Cup, we ask: how do you build a winning team? Having a coach who has done their emotional homework and is good at establishing psychological security is important. Clearly defined roles and a communicative team can also increase the chances of winning gold, argues Simon Granér, researcher in sports psychology and team performance. The 2022 European Champ

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-build-winning-team - 2025-11-08

In a unique study carried out in drinking water pipes in Sweden, researchers from Lund University and the local water company tested what would happen if chlorine was omitted from drinking water. The result? An increase in bacteria, of course, but after a while something surprising happened: a harmless predatory bacteria grew in numbers and ate most of the other bacteria. The study suggests that c

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/predatory-bacteria-provide-hope-chlorine-free-drinking-water - 2025-11-08

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 shared here.Download the speech here: EEA 25 years – A much needed institution in

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-director-mickwitz-congratulates-eea-turning-25-years - 2025-11-08

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 is the Greening the Economy Compendium with some 20,000 downloads. He has 4 publ

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/100000-downloads-publications-and-counting - 2025-11-08

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 on the ambitions of Sharing Cities Sweden, the emerging findings on the sharing ec

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-presentations-australian-universities - 2025-11-08

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 urban sustainability and smart city development. Read more on the Local Environment,

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-researchers-guest-editors-special-issue-smart-and-sustainable-cities - 2025-11-08

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 industry to more resource-efficient solutions.Mistra REES, where “REES” is an ac

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/mistra-continue-funding-research-circular-economy-transition - 2025-11-08

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 rapid decarbonisation? Jonas Sonnenschein at the IIIEE, Lund University, has ass

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/current-green-growth-policies-are-not-enough-reach-paris-agreement-climate-targets - 2025-11-08

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 Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA). Prof. Aleh Cherp and his co-authors show that these

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/pledges-phase-out-coal-power-are-insufficient-reach-climate-target - 2025-11-08

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 Sharing Cities Summit with a focus on connecting the sustainable development goa

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/building-sharing-cities-summit - 2025-11-08

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 the Finnish Environment Institute between 2016-2019.The report combines interdisc

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-report-guidance-evaluation-transformative-focus - 2025-11-08

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 repairing.As part of the REFER project, IIIEE is hosting an event with Repair Café Lund,

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-will-raise-awareness-about-critical-raw-materials-international-repair-day-19th-october - 2025-11-08

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 - 2025-11-08

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 field of research on experimentation with circular service business models (CSBMs). E

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/professor-nancy-bocken-receives-prestigious-erc-starting-grant - 2025-11-08

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 - 2025-11-08