
Lena Neij
Professor

Lena Neij's research focuses on the dynamics of energy systems and the analysis of governance and policies for sustainable development. The core issue has been development and assessment of methods for analyzing the dynamics of energy systems in view of technical change, i.e. development, introduction, and diffusion of new technology, and policy measures for effecting and accelerating technical change. The research, which has been system based and interdisciplinary, has covered energy for sustainable development in general, with a focus on renewable energy technologies and energy efficiency in buildings.
Research Areas:
Strategies for sustainable cities and buildings
Ongoing projects
Decarbonisation Laboratory
The aim of the Decarbonisation Laboratory is to build capacity for understanding the dynamics of decarbonisation.
Advancing Urban Innovation: Living Labs for Sustainable Building and Planning
The immense urban and societal challenges facing humanity, including climate change, environmental pressures, demographic shifts, and infrastructural problems, demand concerted collaborative efforts across sectors as well as interactions and combinations of disciplines.
Malmö Innovation Platform
The Malmö Innovation Platform brings together creative forces in business, academia and the community to build a joint innovation capacity in the renovation of existing apartment buildings in the south-east of Malmö.
Policy intervention for a competitive green energy economy
The objective of this project is to assess the role and reach of policy instruments (e.g. market-based instruments) targeting clean energy technology change, taking a competitive green energy-based economy as the main framework for such evaluation.
Closed projects
Urban Transition Öresund
This project is a cross-border cooperation between Swedish and Danish partners (academic institutions and local governments) in the Öresund Region.
Solar energy in urban planning
The objective of this programme is to advance knowledge related to solar energy in urban planning. For a successful implementation of solar technologies in urban areas there is a need for research.
Publications
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Exploring transaction cost barriers for energy efficiency renovations in multi-family buildings – a case study of municipal housing companies in Sweden
Lena Neij, Sofie Sandin Lompar
(2026) Energy Efficiency, 19
ArticleTransformative Change Through Network Governance : An Assessment of Local Networks for a Climate-Neutral Construction and Building Industry in Malmö
Christopher Marton, Lena Neij
(2025) Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy, 4 p.649-673
ArticleBeyond market failures: understanding the need for dedicated deployment policy for solar PV in Sweden
Lena Neij, Sofie Sandin Lompar, Eva Heiskanen, Gregory Nemet
(2025) Oxford Open Energy, 4
ArticleAssessing the transaction costs of residential solar photovoltaic acquisition
Sofie Sandin Lompar, Lena Neij
(2025) Energy Research & Social Science, 122
ArticleEnergy communities – lessons learnt, challenges, and policy recommendations
Lena Neij, Jenny Palm, Henner Busch, Thomas Bauwens, Sören Becker, et al.
(2025) Oxford Open Energy, 4
ArticleMedborgarengagemang med fokus på medborgarråd
Lena Neij, Sofie Sandin Lompar, Elin Hasselberg, Joakim Nordqvist, Alicia Smedberg, et al.
(2024)
ReportMedborgarengagemang med fokus på konsumtionsbaserade utsläpp
Lena Neij, Sofie Sandin Lompar, Jennifer Tong
(2024)
ReportFinansiering för en transformativ klimatomställning
Lena Neij, Fedra Vanhuyse, Jenny Palm, Henner Busch
(2024)
ReportNext steps in the energy transition - a high-impact forum
Peter D. Lund, Paula Kivimaa, Lena Neij, Marie Münster
(2023) Oxford Open Energy, 2
Debate/Note/EditorialLocalizing SDGs : the case of city planning in Malmö
Roland Zinkernagel, Lena Neij
(2023) Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 5
ArticleMobilitet och transporter – hur tar vi nya steg mot klimatneutralitet?
Lena Neij, Fredrik N G Andersson, Jamil Khan
(2023)
ReportKolinlagring – hur tar vi nya steg mot klimatneutralitet?
Lena Neij, Cecilia Akselsson, Nina Vogel, Anders Larsson
(2023)
ReportIntroducing Oxford Open Energy and the energy quest
Peter D. Lund, C Lindsay Anderson, Marta Costa Figueiredo, Pierluigi Mancarella, Lena Neij, et al.
(2022) Oxford Open Energy, 1
Debate/Note/EditorialLunds kommuns klimatpolitiska råd: Rapport 2022
Lena Neij, Roger Hildingsson, Fredrik N G Andersson, Johanna Alkan Olsson, Cecilia Akselsson, et al.
(2022)
ReportAccelerating the low-carbon transition will require policy ro enhance local learning
Lena Neij, Gregory Nemet
(2022) Energy Policy, 167
ArticleLund måste växla upp
Lena Neij, Roger Hildingsson, Johanna Alkan Olsson, Cecilia Akselsson, Fredrik N G Andersson, et al.
(2021) Skånska dagbladet
Newspaper articleLunds kommuns klimatpolitiska råd : Rapport 2021
Lena Neij, Roger Hildingsson, Cecilia Akselsson, Johanna Alkan Olsson, Fredrik N G Andersson, et al.
(2021)
ReportBolstering a transition for a more sustainable energy system : A transformative approach to evaluations of energy efficiency in buildings
Lena Neij, Sofie Sandin, Mats Benner, Maria Johansson, Per Mickwitz
(2021) Energy Research and Social Science, 72
ArticleEnergy efficiency behaviour in the built environment—an assessment of current evaluation practices in the Nordic countries
Maria Johansson, Niko Gentile, Lena Neij
(2021) Energy Efficiency, 14
ArticleA theory-based approach to evaluations intended to inform transitions toward sustainability
Per Mickwitz, Lena Neij, Maria Johansson, Mats Benner, Sofie Sandin
(2021) Evaluation, 27 p.281-306
ArticleMunicipal climate mitigation policy and policy learning - A review
Lena Neij, Eva Heiskanen
(2021) Journal of Cleaner Production, 317
Review articleLunds kommuns klimatpolitiska råd : Rapport 2020
Lena Neij, Roger Hildingsson, Johanna Alkan Olsson, Lena Winslott Hiselius, Markku Rummukainen, et al.
(2020)
ReportA call for action on sustainable urban transformation: How to govern missions towards climate neutral cities?
Kes Mccormick, Lena Neij, Jenny Palm
(2020)
ReportVägledning för utvärdering av transformativ omställning : – med fokus på energisystemet
Lena Neij, Sofie Sandin, Mats Benner, Maria Johansson, Per Mickwitz
(2019)
MiscellaneousTransition governance for energy efficiency - Insights from a systematic review of Swedish policy evaluation practices
Sofie Sandin, Lena Neij, Per Mickwitz
(2019) Energy, Sustainability and Society, 9
ArticleLunds kommuns klimatpolitiska råd: Rapport 2019
Lena Neij, Johanna Alkan Olsson, Lena Winslott Hiselius, Catharina Sternudd, Roger Hildingsson, et al.
(2019)
ReportApplying the SDGs to cities : Business as usual or a new dawn?
Roland Zinkernagel, James Evans, Lena Neij
(2018) Sustainability (Switzerland), 10
ArticleMöjligheter och begränsningar med samhällsekonomiska analyser
Anne Sophie Crépin, Göran Finnveden, Magnus Hennlock, Lena Neij, Måns Nilsson, et al.
(2018)
ReportReview of evaluations of policy instruments for energy efficiency in buildings in Sweden
Sofie Sandin, Lena Neij, Per Mickwitz
(2017) eceee 2017 Summer Study on energy efficiency: Consumption, efficiency and limits
Paper in conference proceedingAddressing human behaviour in assessments of energy efficiency in buildings
Maria Johansson, Lena Neij
(2017) ECEEE : ECEEE summer study proeedings, Consumption, Efficiency & Limits. , p.2129-2138
Paper in conference proceedingThe deployment of new energy technologies and the need for local learning
Lena Neij, Eva Heiskanen, Lars Strupeit
(2017) Energy Policy, 101 p.274-283
ArticleCost dynamics in the deployment of photovoltaics : Insights from the German market for building-sited systems
Lars Strupeit, Lena Neij
(2017) Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 69 p.948-960
Review articleA theory based assessment of evaluations intended to inform transitions towards sustainability, working paper, IIIEE, Lund University
P Mickwitz, Lena Neij, M Benner, Maria Johansson, S Sandin
(2016) European Evaluation Society (EES) international conference: Evaluation Futures in Europe and beyond Connectivity, Innovation and Usa
Paper in conference proceedingTowards a Green Energy Economy? Assessing policy choices, strategies and transitional pathways
Luis Mundaca, Lena Neij, Anil Markandya, Peter Hennicke, Jinyue Yan
(2016) Applied Energy, 179 p.1283-1292
ArticleAdvancing sustainable solutions : An interdisciplinary and collaborative research agenda
Kes McCormick, Lena Neij, Oksana Mont, Chris Ryan, Håkan Rodhe, et al.
(2016) Journal of Cleaner Production, 123 p.1-4
ArticleCities and climate change: The great decarbonisation challenge
Lena Neij, Harriet Bulkeley, Kes McCormick
(2015) Climate in Focus , p.1-4
Newspaper articleHeat Pumps: A Comparative Assessment of Innovation and Diffusion Policies in Sweden and Switzerland
Bernadett Kiss, Lena Neij, Martin Jakob
(2014) Energy Technology Innovation - Learning from Historical Successes and Failures , p.118-132
Book chapterTowards a Green Energy Economy?
Luis Mundaca, Lena Neij
(2014) Klimat i Fokus (Climate in focus)
Newspaper articleTransaction costs analysis of low-carbon technologies
Luis Mundaca, Mathilde Mansoz, Lena Neij, Govinda R. Timilsina
(2013) Climate Policy, 13 p.490-513
ArticleSustainable Urban Transformation and the Green Urban Economy
Kes Mccormick, Stefan Anderberg, Lena Neij
(2013) The Economy of Green Cities : A World Compendium on the Green Urban Economy, 3 p.33-43
Book chapterTransaction Costs of Low-Carbon Technologies and Policies : The Diverging Literature
Luis Mundaca, Mathilde Mansoz, Lena Neij, Govinda R. Timilsina
(2013) Policy Research Working Paper
Working paperThe role of policy instruments in supporting the development of mineral wool insulation in Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom
Bernadett Kiss, Clara Gonzalez Manchón, Lena Neij
(2013) Journal of Cleaner Production, 48 p.187-199
ArticleVästra hamnen: en pionjär i dialog för hållbart byggande
Nora Smedby, Strand Magnus, Lena Neij
(2013) Västra Hamnen - lärdomar och erfarenheter , p.96-97
Book chapterAdvancing Sustainable Urban Transformation
Kes McCormick, Stefan Anderberg, Lars Coenen, Lena Neij
(2013) Journal of Cleaner Production, 50 p.1-11
ArticleExperiences in urban governance for sustainability: the Constructive Dialogue in Swedish municipalities
Nora Smedby, Lena Neij
(2013) Journal of Cleaner Production, 50 p.148-158
ArticleA Comparative Assessment of Wind Turbine Innovation and Diffusion Policies. A Comparative Assessment of Wind Turbine Innovation and Diffusion Policies. Historical Case Studies of Energy Technology Innovation in: Chapter 24, The Global Energy Assessment
Lena Neij, P.D. Andersen
(2012) Global Energy Assessment: Towards a Sustainable Future
Book chapterPolicies for the Energy Technology Innovation System (ETIS)
Arnulf Grübler, Francisco Aguayo, Kelly Gallagher, Marko Hekkert, Kejun Jiang, et al.
(2012) Global Energy Assessment: Toward a Sustainable Future , p.1665-1744
Book chapterA framework for analyzing deployment of solar photovoltaics, with a focus on building-sited grid-connected systems
Alvar Palm, Lena Neij
(2012)
Paper, not in proceedingSustainable Urban Transformation and the Green Urban Economy
Kes McCormick, Lena Neij, Stefan Anderberg
(2012) The Economy of Green Cities: A World Compendium on the Green Urban Economy
Book chapterThe importance of learning when supporting emergent technologies for energy efficiency-A case study on policy intervention for learning for the development of energy efficient windows in Sweden
Bernadett Kiss, Lena Neij
(2011) Energy Policy, 39 p.6514-6524
ArticleEtt koldioxidsnålt samhälle - a low carbon society: en kortfattad kunskapsöversikt
Lars J Nilsson, Alexandra Nikoleris, Fredrik N G Andersson, Roger Hildingsson, Astrid Kander, et al.
(2011)
ReportExploring policy evaluation approaches addressing micro-economic decisions to improve energy efficiency in the residential sector
Luis Mundaca, Lena Neij
(2011) IIIEE Reports, 01
ReportOffshore wind energy
P. Lako, M. Junginger, Lena Neij, W. Engels, S. Lensink
(2010) Technological Learning in the Energy Sector - Lessons for Policy, Industry and Science
Book chapterOnshore wind energy
M. Junginger, P. Lako, Lena Neij, W. Engels, D. Milborrow
(2010) Technological Learning in the Energy Sector - Lessons for Policy, Industry and Science
Book chapterA Meta-Analysis of Bottom-Up Ex-Ante Energy Efficiency Policy Evaluation Studies
Luis Mundaca, Lena Neij
(2010) International Energy Program Evaluation Conferences
Paper in conference proceedingAn implementation guide for the use and development of the EEB_Sweden Model v1.0
Luis Mundaca, Lena Neij
(2010) IIIEE Reports, 2010:5
ReportGeneral aspects and caveats of experience curve analysis
W.G.J.H.M., Sark, G.F. Nemet, S. Kahouli-Brahmi, Lena Neij, C.-O. Wene
(2010) Technological Learning in the Energy Sector - Lessons for Policy, Industry and Science
Book chapterEvaluating energy efficiency policies with energy-economy models
Luis Mundaca, Lena Neij, E. Worell, M. McNeil
(2010) Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 35 p.305-344
ArticleThe importance of learning in supporting energy efficiency technologies - A Case Study on Policy Intervention for Improved Insulation in Germany, the UK and Sweden
Bernadett Kiss, Clara Gonzalez Manchon, Lena Neij
(2010)
Paper, not in proceedingPolicy Instruments for Energy Efficiency in Buildings: Experiences and Lessons from the Nordic Countries
Bernadett Kiss, Kes McCormick, Lena Neij, Luis Mundaca
(2010)
Paper, not in proceedingAdvancing technology transfer for climate change mitigation: considerations for technology orientated agreements promoting energy efficiency and carbon capture and storage (CCS)
Carl Dalhammar, Philip Peck, Naoko Tojo, Luis Mundaca, Lena Neij
(2009) IIIEE Reports, 2009:3
ReportExperience of Policy Instruments for Energy Efficiency in Buildings in the Nordic Countries
Kes McCormick, Lena Neij
(2009)
ReportEnergy-economy models and energy efficiency policy evaluation for the household sector
Luis Mundaca, Lena Neij
(2009) IIIEE Reports, 2
ReportChoice-decision determinants for the (non) adoption of energy efficiency technologies in households
Lena Neij, Luis Mundaca, Elvira Moukhametshina
(2009) ECEEE Summer Study , p.687-695
Paper in conference proceedingMarket transformation for energy efficient building technologies
Bernadett Kiss, Lena Neij
(2009) Proceedings of Energitinget Stockholm
Paper in conference proceedingA multi-criteria evaluation framework for tradable white certificate schemes
Luis Mundaca, Lena Neij
(2009) Energy Policy, 37 p.4557-4573
ArticleMarket transformation for energy efficiency - a case study of the introduction and diffusion of heat pumps in Sweden and Switzerland
Lena Neij, Bernadett Kiss, Martin Jakob
(2008)
Paper, not in proceedingMarket behaviour and the to-trade-or-not-to-trade dilemma in 'Tradable White Certificate' schemes
Luis Mundaca, Lena Neij, Nicola Labanca, Bruno Duplessis, Lorenzo Pagliano
(2008) Energy Efficiency, 1 p.323-347
ArticleLedarstrategier för utveckling av genusperspektiv i undervisningen
Cecilia Fredriksson, Anne Jerneck, Lena Neij, Annika Nilsson, Christina Moëll
(2008) AKKA - Ledarutvecklingsprogram för kvinnor vid Lunds universitet 2006-2007. Erfarenheter av ett genusintegrerat ledarskapsprogram
ReportCost development of future technologies for power generation - A study based on experience curves and complementary bottom-up assessments
Lena Neij
(2008) Energy Policy, 36 p.2200-2211
Review articlePolicy recommendations for the assessment, implementation and operation of TWC schemes
Luis Mundaca, Lena Neij
(2007) Task report under Work Package, 5
ReportExploring Transaction Costs under the Free-of-Charge Energy Audits Programme in Denmark.
Luis Mundaca, Lena Neij
(2007) Task report under Work Package 4, 4
ReportHandbook for the design and evaluation of TWC schemes
Lena Neij, Luis Mundaca
(2007) Task report under Work Package, 5
ReportTransaction Costs of Energy Efficiency Projects: A Review of Quantitative Estimations
Luis Mundaca, Lena Neij
(2006) Task report under Work Package 3. EuroWhiteCert project., 3
ReportKonkurrenskraft för nätansluten solel i Sverige – sett ur kraftföretagens och nätägarnas perspektiv
N. E. Carlstedt, Björn Karlsson, Elisabeth Kjellsson, Lena Neij, Olof Samuelsson
(2006) Elforsk report, 07:17
ReportAn assessment of governmental wind power programmes in Sweden-using a systems approach
Kerstin Åstrand, Lena Neij
(2006) Energy Policy, 34 p.277-296
ArticleMarket mechanisms for White Certificate Trading. IEA-DSM Task XIV Final Report. Based on National and International Studies and Experiences
Luis Mundaca, Lena Neij
(2006)
ReportOutcome indicators for the evaluation of energy policy instruments and technical change
Lena Neij, Kerstin Åstrand
(2006) Energy Policy, 34 p.2662-2676
ArticleThe Potentials of Renewable Energy
Thomas B Johansson, Kes McCormick, Lena Neij, Wim Turkenburg
(2006) Renewable Energy: A Global Review of Technologies, Policies, and Markets
Book chapterEvaluating energy efficiency policy using outcome Indicators.
Lena Neij, Kerstin Åstrand
(2005) Proceedings of the 1995 ECEEE Summer Study, May-June 2005, Mandelieu, France
Paper in conference proceedingThe prospects of cost reductions in willow production.
Lena Neij, Håkan Rosenqvist, Pål Börjesson, Göran Berndes
(2005) Proceedings of the 14th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition: Biomass for Energy Industry and Climate Protection, 17-21 October 2005, Paris, France
Paper in conference proceedingProspects of cost reduction for lignocellulosic ethanol in Sweden – a methodological approach
Lena Neij, Pål Börjesson, Håkan Rosenqvist, Göran Berndes
(2005) Proceedings of the 14th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition: Biomass for Energy Industry and Climate Protection, 17-21 October 2005, Paris, France
Paper in conference proceedingWhite Certificate Schemes: Potential implications and early lessons learnt
Luis Mundaca, Lena Neij
(2005) Proceedings of the 28th International Association for Energy Economics Conference, 3-6 June 2005, Taipei, Taiwan
Paper in conference proceedingReduced costs of transportation fuels from willow – improved feedstock production systems and market development
Lena Neij, Pål Börjesson, Håkan Rosenqvist, Göran Berndes
(2005) Proceedings of the 14th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition: Biomass for Energy Industry and Climate Protection, 17-21 October 2005, Paris, France
Paper in conference proceedingExperience Curves for Wind Power
Lena Neij, Per Dannemand Andersen, Michael Durstewitz
(2004) International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy, 2 p.15-32
ArticleThe development of the experience curve concept and its application in energy policy assessment
Lena Neij
(2004) International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy, 2 p.3-14
ArticleSeeing the wood for the trees: 25 years of renewable energy policy in Sweden
Lars J Nilsson, Lena Neij, Bengt Johansson, Kerstin Åstrand, Karin Ericsson, et al.
(2004) Energy for Sustainable Development, 8 p.67-81
ArticleDiffusion and development of new energy technologies: lessons learned in view of renewable energy and energy efficiency end-use projects in developing countries
Anna Evander, Lena Neij, Gregor Sieböck
(2004) IIIEE Reports, 2004: 2
ReportThe Potentials of Renewable Energy
Thomas B Johansson, Kes McCormick, Lena Neij, Wim Turkenburg
(2004) Proceedings for the International Conference for Renewable Energies, 1 to 4 June 2004, Bonn, Germany. , p.40
Paper in conference proceedingStyrmedel för vindkraftens utveckling i Sverige
Kerstin Åstrand, Lena Neij
(2003) IMES/EESS Rapport Nr. 46
ReportMethods to evaluate market transformation programs – experience of the Swedish market transformation program
Lena Neij
(2001) Energy Policy, 29 p.67-79
Review articleCost dynamics of wind power
Lena Neij
(1999) Energy - the International Journal, 24 p.375-389
ArticleDynamics of Energy Systems - Methods of analysing technology change
Lena Neij
(1999)
Doctoral Thesis (compilation)Analysis of technology change in the energy sector: The use of experience curves to analyse cost reduction of renewable energy technology
Lena Neij
(1998) ENER Bulletin 22
ArticleUse of experience curves to analyse the prospects for diffusion and adoption of renewable energy technology
Lena Neij
(1997) Energy Policy, 25 p.1099-1107
ArticleMarket transformation by technology procurement - The Swedish experience
Lena Neij
(1997) ENER Bulletin , p.108-116
ArticleTime Dynamics of Electricity Demand in Air-Distribution Systems for Commercial Buildings in Sweden
Lena Christiansson
(1996) Energy, 21 p.879-888
ArticleDynamics of Energy Efficient Lighting
Joel Swisher, Lena Christiansson, Claes Hedström
(1994) Energy Policy, 22 p.581-594
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