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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. PhD Researcher Steven Curtis and Prof. Oksana Mont publish a new article providing detailed description of sharing economy business model choices, with conditions for improved sustainability performance. About the article:The sharing economy is not sustainable by default. Therefore, there is a need to be strategic and

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-publication-sharing-economy-business-models-sustainability - 2026-08-26

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “In a short period of time we have seen some very good examples of nudging, where people are guided towards right behaviour” Professor Oksana Mont was interviewed for Sydsvenskan about the concept of ‘nudging’ in times of Corona.The Corona crisis has lead to a focus on behaving in certain manners, e.g. keeping distanc

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/professor-oksana-mont-interviewed-sydsvenskan - 2026-08-26

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers from the IIIEE at Lund University and Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Oksana Mont, Yuliya Voytenko Palgan, Karin Bradley and Lucie Zvolska publish an Editorial for the Special Issue of the Journal of Cleaner Production on the Sharing Economy Researchers from the IIIEE at Lund University and Royal Insti

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-publication-decade-sharing-economy-concepts-users-business-and-governance-perspectives - 2026-08-26

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Starting this week, EMP MSc theses are defended all the way through June. Remote sensing to make supply chains more sustainable, Designing medical products for circularity, Managing plastics waste in California or Cost-Benefits of green roofs as carbon sinks? A sweet mix of talent and hot topics as batch 25 are presen

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/emp-msc-theses-defences-start-week - 2026-08-26

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. - Kes McCormick sets new record! IIIEE Associate Professor Kes McCormick has achieved over 160,000 downloads of his publications in Lund University Publications (LUP), which is the institutional repository for scholarly publications from Lund University.Recently, Kes McCormick has become the most downloaded author at

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/most-downloads-lund-university - 2026-08-26

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A delegation from the West Pomeranian regional authority are visiting the IIIEE to discuss continuing collaboration in the framework of the Swedish-Polish Sustainable Energy Platform.For more information, please contact mikael [dot] backman [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Mikael Backman)

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/delegation-west-pomeranian-regional-authority-are-visiting-iiiee - 2026-08-26

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Postdoctoral fellow Katharina Reindl and colleagues from Institute for Social-Ecological Research (ISOE), Germany publish new article in Nature and Culture "Plastic Packaging, Food Supply, and Everyday Life. Adopting a Social Practice Perspective in Social-Ecological Research", Lukas Sattlegger, Immanuel Stieß, Luca R

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-publication-plastic-packaging-food-supply-and-everyday-life - 2026-08-26

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Welcome to the 2020 City Futures Summit on Thursday 8 October 2020 between 12.00-14.00 CET – an online event connecting people, places and projects around the world! Check out the website for the City Futures Summit to learn more about the event – www.cityfutures.seRegister here for the event 

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/launch-website-city-futures-summit - 2026-08-26

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Doctoral student in Sustainable urban governance on mission-oriented innovation The doctoral student will work in the area of sustainable urban governance with a focus on mission-oriented innovation.The transformation to a sustainable society involves a multitude of actors including municipalities, business, public or

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/vacancy-iiiee - 2026-08-26

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. There is growing attention on green stimulus recovery packages around the world, and policy-oriented research and expertise at the IIIEE is being increasingly considered to support policy initiatives in this important area. Recently, the International Energy Agency (IEA) launched the development of the ‘World Energy O

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-policy-analysis-theme-contributes-iea-special-report-sustainable-recovery - 2026-08-26

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Redesigning our economies and communities in the face of pandemics and crises. In this article, Kes McCormick, Yuliya Voytenko Palgan and Charlotte Leire at IIIEE, present the ambitions and design of a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on five ways to shape the sharing economy in cities.The article is published on

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/five-ways-shape-sharing-economy-cities - 2026-08-26

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. "Circular Economy in Home Textiles: Motivations of IKEA Consumers in Sweden" Ever wondered what motivates consumers to engage in circular home textile disposal practices? IIIEE researchers Matthias Lehner, Oksana Mont, Giulia Mariani, and Luis Mundaca have just published a study in Sustainability, answering this quest

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-publication - 2026-08-26

Researchers from Lund Stem Cell Center highlight the importance of controlling viral elements that reside in the genome and how their activation during development may contribute to brain disorders later in life. Around 10% of the human genome is composed of DNA sequences originating from viruses that infected our ancestors throughout the millions of years of our evolution. Under normal conditions

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/activation-ancient-viruses-during-brain-development-causes-inflammation - 2026-08-26

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have identified a new layer of gene regulation mediated by changes in ribonucleic acid metabolism downstream of major oncogenes. This study, published now in the Molecular Cell journal, explains aggressive clinical features observed in triple negative breast cancers. A collab

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/regulation-rna-splicing-reveals-unique-clinical-features-aggressive-breast-cancers - 2026-08-26

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During her PhD studies Shelby Shrigley has been exploring patient-specific cell replacement therapy for Parkinson's disease. Defending her PhD thesis on March 12th, here Shelby tells us about her research within the Developmental and Regenerative Neurobiology research group led by Prof. Malin Parmar and her time spent

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-shelby-shrigley - 2026-08-26

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In recent years, therapeutic antibodies have transformed the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases. Now, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new, efficient method based on the genetic scissors CRISPR-Cas9, that facilitates antibody development. The discovery is published in Nature Communica

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-method-developing-antibody-based-drugs - 2026-08-26

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The fight against COVID-19 continues. In Lund, researchers are working to identify a compound that could be used to prevent viral infection, and thus save lives. “This model that has been developed with our collaborators will fill an important gap for current and future drug screening efforts for the upper or lower ai

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-model-human-airways-speeds-battle-against-covid-19 - 2026-08-26

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Inte bara arv och miljö, inte bara gener och livsstil påverkar risken att insjukna i typ 2 diabetes. Till de komplexa sambanden ska också läggas epigenetiska faktorer, förändringar av arvsmassan som inträffar under livetes gång. På sikt kan de nya rönen leda till principiellt nya sätt att behandla diabetes. En ny un

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/epigenetiken-slar-en-brygga-mellan-arv-och-miljo - 2026-08-26

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Kan kroppens eget försvarssystem mobiliseras i kampen mot hjärtinfarkt och stroke? Mycket talar för det. LUDC-forskare har visat att immunförsvaret reagerar på den förkalkning av blodkärlen som är upphov till infarkter. De har också kommit långt i försöken att hjälpa immunförsvaret att hålla kärlen rena. Patienter s

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/mojligt-vaccin-mot-hjartinfarkt-och-stroke - 2026-08-26

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. 14 november är Världsdiabetesdagen, för första året också med FN stöd. Orsaken är att FN klassar diabetes som ett lika stort hot mot hälsan i världen som HIV/AIDS, malaria och TBC. Datumet 14 november är valt därför att det är insulinets upptäckare Frederick Bantings födelsedag. diabetesportalen.se berättar den hist

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/varldsdiabetesdagen-och-insulinets-upptackt - 2026-08-26