Literature lists
EMP
Mandatory reading
Textbook
Environment, 10th Edition
Authors: David M. Hassenzahl; Mary Catherine Hager; Nancy Y. Gift; Linda R. Berg; Peter H. Raven
Chapter 1: Introducing Environmental Science and Sustainability
Chapter 3: Ecosystems and Energy
Chapter 4: Ecosystems and the Physical Environment
Chapter 5: Ecosystems and Living Organisms
Scientific publications
(You are not required to memorize specific numbers or values from these publications. Instead, aim for general understanding of the overall message and explanations.)
Rockström et al. (2009). Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for Humanity. Ecology and Society, 14 (2). https://www.jstor.org/stable/26268316Links to an external site.
Steffen et al. (2015). Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet. Science, 347 (6223). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1259855Links to an external site.
Rockström et al. (2023). Safe and just Earth system boundaries. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06083-8Links to an external site.
Throughout the course, you will also receive additional resources (scientific articles, newspaper articles, podcasts, videos) to further your understanding of Environmental Sciences and the Anthropocene, though none of these is mandatory.
Questions? Get in touch with me: Matthias [dot] lehner [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Matthias[dot]lehner[at]iiiee[dot]lu[dot]se)
TBA
If students want to prepare in advance, the material from the two core textbooks should be sufficient. Class starts from scratch, and it is not necessary to have gone through the material before the course. Additional reading material in the form of journal articles will be added during the course.
Fundamentals of Economics and Economic Valuation of Environmental Change (FEEVEC)
1. Cowen, T., & Tabarrok, A. (2021). Modern Principles of Microeconomics. 5th Edition. New York: Worth Publishers
▪ Topics: Introduction (Chapter 1), Supply, demand, market equilibrium and Pareto efficiency (Chapters 2 & 3), Market failures – imperfect competition (monopoly), imperfect information (asymmetric information), externalities, public goods, common property resources and the tragedy of the commons (Chapters 10, 13, 19, and 24). 2. Fullerton, D., & Stavins, R. (1998). How economists see the environment. Nature, 395 (6701), 433-434.
3. Keohane, N. O., & Olmstead, S. M. (2016). Markets and the Environment. 2nd Edition. Island Press.
▪ Chapters 3, 4, 5 and 8. 4. Krutilla, J. V. (1967). Conservation reconsidered. American Economic Review 57(4), 777- 786.
5. Lewis, L., & Tietenberg, T. (2020). Environmental Economics and Policy. 7th Edition. New York: Routledge. ▪ We will cover the whole of Section I. Economic Analysis: Options and Applications i.e., Chapters 1 – 5.
Other textbooks that can also be used for the course:
Economic Valuation of Environmental Change
▪ Boardman, A. E., Greenberg, D. H., Vining, A. R., & Weimer, D. L. (2017). Cost-benefit Analysis: Concepts and Practice. Cambridge University Press.
▪ Kolstad, C. D. (2011). Environmental Economics. 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press. (Ch. 7-10) (Provides a more comprehensive treatment of some topics on nonmarket valuation)
▪ OECD (2018). Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Environment: Further Developments and Policy Use.
There are excellent online resources available for Cowen & Tabarrok (2021) on YouTube. Below are some links to short video clips covering the relevant topics. There are also plenty of practice questions on the site accompanying each video.
Introduction
▪ Introduction to Microeconomics
The price system
▪ Price System Definition, Invisible Hand
▪ A Price Is a Signal Wrapped up in an Incentive
▪ Markets Link the World
▪ The Great Economic Problem
▪ Information and Incentives
Supply, Demand, and Equilibrium 2
▪ The Demand Curve
▪ The Supply Curve
▪ The Equilibrium Price and Quantity
▪ A Deeper Look at the Demand Curve
▪ The Demand Curve Shifts
▪ Change in Demand vs. Change in Quantity Demanded
▪ A Deeper Look at the Supply Curve
▪ The Supply Curve Shifts
▪ Exploring Equilibrium
▪ Supply and Demand Terminology
▪ Does the Equilibrium Model Work?
Elasticity and its applications
▪ Elasticity of demand and related concepts
Externalities
▪ An Introduction to Externalities
▪ External Benefits
Monopoly
▪ Maximizing Profit Under Monopoly
▪ Calculating Monopoly Profit
▪ The Monopoly Markup
▪ The Costs and Benefits of Monopoly
Public Goods and the Tragedy of the Commons
▪ Public Goods
▪ A Deeper Look at Public Goods
▪ Club Goods
▪ The Tragedy of the Commons
Asymmetric Information
▪ Asymmetric Information and Used Cars
▪ Asymmetric Information in Health Insurance
▪ Moral Hazard
▪ Solutions to Moral Hazard
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
▪ What Is Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?
▪ Nominal vs. Real GDP
▪ Real GDP Per Capita and the Standard of Living
Required readings/resources
Geels, F. W. (2002). Technological transitions as evolutionary reconfiguration processes: a multi-level perspective and a case-study. Research Policy, 31,1257–1274. (Sections 1 & 2)
Geels, F. W., Schot, J. (2007). Typology of sociotechnical transition pathways. Research Policy, 36, 399–417. (Sections 2 & 3)
van Ewijk, S. and Stegemann, J.A. 2023. An Introduction to Waste Management and Circular Economy. London: UCL Press. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781800084650
Lecture notes will be provided
Mandatory readings for IMEN05 - Introduction to Business Management and Corporate Responsibility 2024
Module 1: Introduction to Business Organizations
Module 2: The Context of Business Organizations
Module 3: Corporate Responsibility
Module 4: Business Analytics
Module 5: Leadership and Change in Business Organizations
Module 6: Strategy and Business Modelling
Mandatory readings:
- ‘History of the EU’; available: https://www.riksdagen.se/en/how-the-riksdag-works/how-the-eu-works/member-of-the-eu/the-history-of-the-eu/Links to an external site.
- Dalhammar, C., Finnveden, G., & Ekvall, A. (2022). Making governance better for fair and sustainable consumption. Stockholm+50 Background Paper Series. Stockholm Environment Institute, Available: https://www.sei.org/wp- content/uploads/2022/05/consumption-stockholm50backgroundpaper.pdf Links to an external site.
- EU Waste Framework Directive: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02008L0098-20180705&from=ENLinks to an external site.
- IPCC AR 6 WGIII, Chapter 8 Urban Systems and Other Settlements. You find the text here: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg3/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGIII_Chapter_08.pdf. (reading guide for specific sections will be available on canvas)
- Lewis, L., & Tietenberg, T. (2020). Environmental Economics and Policy. 7th Edition. New York: Routledge. [Chapter 3]
- McBride, J. How does the EU work? Available: https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/how-does-european-union-workLinks to an external site.
- Rodrik, D. (2014). Green industrial policy. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 30(3), 469–491. https://doi-org.ludwig.lub.lu.se/10.1093/oxrep/gru025
- Selin & Vandeveer (2015). Broader, Deeper and Greener: European Union Environmental Politics, Policies, and Outcomes. Annu. Rev. Environ. Resour. 2015. 40:309–35. https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev-environ-102014-021210Links to an external site.
- Sterner, T., & Coria, J. (2013). Policy instruments for Environmental and Natural Resource Management. 2nd Edition. Washington DC: Resources for the Future. [Chapters 5-8 – specific pages in canvas]
Students will also be asked to select additional readings as part of their course assignment(s)
Non-required voluntary readings:
- Andersson, M., Hagberg, J., Weidner, H., Jänicke, M., Rydén, L., & Semeniene, D. (2003). 22. Making and Implementing Environmental Policy (pp. 662–689). Baltic University Press. https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-195924 (focus on main message, not details).Links to an external site.
- Bouwma et al. (2012). Policy instruments and modes of governance in environmental policies of the European Union. Available: http://edepot.wur.nl/373629Links to an external site.. Summary and section 3.
- Carter, N. (2018). The politics of the environment: ideas, activism, policy. Cambridge Univ. Press. Chapters 7 and 12. (The book can be read via LUBSearch, make sure you choose the latest edition)
- Cohen et al. 2024. How China Pulled So Far Ahead on Industrial Policy. NY Times (available via LUBSearch)
- European Commission’s information on effort sharing between EU member states on GHG reductions: https://climate.ec.europa.eu/eu-action/effort-sharing-member-states-emission-targets/effort-sharing-2021-2030-targets-and-flexibilities_enLinks to an external site.
- Keely and Scones: Understanding environmental policy processes: a review. IDS working paper. Available: https://www.ids.ac.uk/files/dmfile/wp89.pdfLinks to an external site.
- Ludwig & Kok. (2018). Exploring new dynamics in global env governance Available: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326300790_EXPLORING_NEW_DYNAMICS_IN_GLOBAL_ENVIRONMENTAL_GOVERNANCE_-_A_Literature_review/link/5b44c246458515b4f65ffa27/downloadLinks to an external site.
- Rodrik, D. 2017. Rescuing economics from neoliberalism. Boston Review. https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/dani-rodrik-rescuing-economics-neoliberalism/Links to an external site.
- Mazzucato, M. (2011). The entrepreneurial state. Soundings: A journal of politics and culture, Winter 2011, Issue 49, p.131-142.
- Nilsson, L. J., Bauer, F., Åhman, M., Andersson, F. N. G., Bataille, C., de la Rue du Can, S., Ericsson, K., Hansen, T., Johansson, B., Lechtenböhmer, S., van Sluisveld, M., & Vogl, V. (2021). An industrial policy framework for transforming energy and emissions intensive industries towards zero emissions. Climate Policy, 21(8), 1053–1065. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2021.1957665Links to an external site.
- Rennart, K. and Kingdon, C. (2019). Social Cost of Carbon 101. https://www.rff.org/publications/explainers/social-cost-carbon-101/Links to an external site.
All three readings on LCA theory suggested below are rather similar. They are suggested reflecting students' comments from previous courses regarding possible differences in depth and the level of detail. Choosing just one as a reference for learning the theory could be enough (You can also find your own alternative readings)
- This is a short version describing the entire LCA procedure, easy to read: Life Cycle Analysis: A Step by Step Approach. Aida Sefic Williams. ISTC Reports, Illinois Sustainable Technology Center. 2009.
- This is a reasonably short explanation of LCA methodology with more details compared to the "step-by-step approach": Life Cycle Assessment: Principles and Practice. EPA/600/R-06/060 May 2006 by Scientific Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
- This is a very detailed description of LCA methodology and each step. Recommended in case you want to go deeper into some specific issues (e.g. allocation, functional unit, etc.): European Commission - Joint Research Centre - Institute for Environment and Sustainability: International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) Handbook - General guide for Life Cycle Assessment - Detailed guidance. First edition March 2010. EUR 24708 EN. Luxembourg. Publications Office of the European Union; 2010
No literature listed in 2023 or 2024.
Barreto, I. (2010). Dynamic capabilities. A review of past research and an agenda for the future. Journal of Management, 36(1), 256–280
Ritala, P., Huotari, P., Bocken, N., Albareda, L., & Puumalainen, K. (2018). Sustainable business model adoption among S&P 500 firms: A longitudinal content analysis study. Journal of Cleaner Production, 170, 216–226.
Engert, S., Rauter, R., & Baumgartner, R. J. (2016). Exploring the integration of corporate sustainability into strategic management: A literature review. Journal of Cleaner Production, 112, 2833–2850
Barney, J. (1991). Firm resources and sustained competitive advantage. Journal of management, 17(1), 99-120
Reinhardt, F. L. (1998). Environmental product differentiation: Implications for corporate strategy. California management review, 40(4), 43-73.
Excerpts from the book Reinhardt, F. L. (2000). Down to earth: Applying business principles to environmental management. Harvard Business Press
Orsato, R. J. (2006). Competitive environmental strategies: when does it pay to be green? California Management Review, 48(2), 127-143.
Orsato, R. J. (2009). Sustainability strategies: when does it pay to be green? (4th ed.). New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.
Sustainable Transformation Strategy: Casebook on Corporate Sustainability in Practice. (Taticchi, P., Demartini, M., & Corvaglia-Charrey, M. (2023). Sustainable Transformation Strategy: Casebook on Corporate Sustainability in Practice. Springer Nature.)
Bocken, N. M. P., & Geradts, T. H. J. (2020). Barriers and drivers to sustainable business model innovation: Organization design and dynamic capabilities. Long Range Planning, 53(4), 101950.
Optional reading:
Cavaleri S., Shabana, K. Rethinking sustainability strategies. Journal of Strategy and Management. 2018;11(1), 2-17.
Pieroni, M. P. P., Jensen, T. H., Pigosso, D. C. A., & McAloone, T. C. (2020). Circular Economy Business Modelling: CIRCit Workbook 2. Technical University of Denmark.
Geissdoerfer, M. et al. (2020) ‘Circular business models: A review’, Journal of Cleaner Production, 277.
Hofmann, F., & Jaeger‐Erben, M. (2020). Organizational transition management of circular business model innovations. Business Strategy and the Environment, 29(6), 2770–2788.
Geissdoerfer, M., Pelzeter, C. and Santa-maria, T. (2022) ‘Drivers and barriers for circular business model innovation’, (April), pp. 1–19.
Reading List and Guidance / Background material for Green house gas protocol and Scope 3 calculations:
The GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard, a supplement to the GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting. Standard, Copyright © World Resources Institute and World Business Council for Sustainable Development, September 2011. ISBN 978-1-56973-772-9
GHG calculation resources:
https://www.epa.gov/climateleadership/scope-3-inventory-guidance
https://www.epa.gov/climateleadership/scope-3-inventory-guidance#description
https://www.epa.gov/climateleadership/scope-3-inventory-guidance#factors
Miljöspendanalys: Lunds universitet. SWECO Sverige AB 2022
Value Change in the Value Chain: Best Practices in Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas Management. Version 3.0 November 2018
Technical Guidance for Calculating Scope 3 Emissions Supplement to the Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting & Reporting Standard (version 1.0)
Scope 3-screening – U&We
All readings can be accessed via LUB search unless otherwise stated.
Fischer, F. (1995). Public Policy Analysis as practical deliberation: Integrating Empirical and Normative Evaluation. In Fischer, F. Evaluating Public Policy. Wadsworth: Australia (pp:1-24).
Rogge, K., Kern, F., Howlett, M. (2017). Conceptual and empirical advances in analysing policy mixes for energy transitions. Energy Research & Social Science 33: 1-10.
Mickwitz P. 2003. A Framework for Evaluating Environmental Policy Instruments: Context and Key Concepts, Evaluation, 9(4), 415-436.
Huitema, D., Jordan, A., Massey, E., Rayner, T., van Asselt, H., Haug, C., Hildingsson R., Monni, S., & Stripple, J. (2011). The evaluation of climate policy: theory and emerging practice in Europe. Policy Sciences, 44(2), 179–198.
Coryn, C., Noakes, L., Westine, C., & Schröter, D. (2011). A systematic review of theory-driven evaluation practice from 1990 to 2009. American Journal of Evaluation 32(2): 199–226.
Chen, Huey-Tsyh, Wang, Juju C.S., & Lind, Lung-Ho. (1997). Evaluating the Process and Outcome of a Garbage Reduction Program in Taiwan. Evaluation Review 21 (1):27-42.
Farro, S & Toman, M. (1998). Using environmental benefit-cost analysis to improve government performance.
Doelen, V., J., F., & Vedung, E. (1998). The Sermon: Information Programs in Public Policy Process — Choices, Effects, Evaluation (pp. 103–128).
Ludwig, J., Kling, J. & Mullainathan, S. (2011). Mechanism Experiments and Policy Evaluation. Journal of Economic Perspectives 25(3):17-39.
Institute of Development Studies. (2006). Understanding Policy Processes: A review of IDS research
No current info on reading
Mandatory Reading
Cresswell, J. W., & Cresswell, J. D. (2018). Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches. SAGE Publications Ltd.
Sovacool, B. K., Axsen, J., & Sorrell, S. (2018). Promoting novelty, rigor, and style in energy social science: Towards codes of practice for appropriate methods and research design. Energy Research & Social Science, 45, 12–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2018.07.007
Optional Reading
Yin, Robert K. (2018). Chapter 2: Designing Case studies: Identifying your case and establishing the logic of your case study. In Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods (6th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Christina Temple (2021). Why citations matter: ideas on a feminist approach to research. Access at: https://blogs.fu-berlin.de/abv-gender-diversity/2022/01/10/why-citation-matters-ideas-on-a-feminist-approach-to-research/ Links to an external site.
Maravelakis, P. (2019). The use of statistics in social sciences. Journal of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences, Vol. 1 No. 2, pp. 87-97. https://doi.org/10.1108/JHASS-08-2019-0038
Overview of Statistics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN3UkzE3HMg
Main references texts for all four courses IMEN60/61/62/63:
Turabian, K. (2013). A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: (8th ed.). Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press (5 copies available at the IIIEE library).
Wyse, D., Cowan, K., 2017. The Good Writing Guide for Education (4th ed.). SAGE Publications (2 copies available at the IIIEE library).
IMEN60 Policy Intervention
Fischer, F. (1995). Evaluating public policy.
Belmont CA: Wadsworth Group. Read Ch 1: “Public policy analysis as practical deliberation: Integrating empirical and normative evaluation” (pp.1-24).
Mickwitz, P. (2003). A Framework for Evaluating Environmental Policy Instruments: Context and Key Concepts. Evaluation 9(4). 415-436
Rogge, K., Kern, F. & Howlett, M. (2017). Conceptual and empirical advances in analysing policy mixes for energy transitions. Energy Research & Social Science. 33:1-10.
IMEN61 Urban Governance and Experimentation
Neij & Heiskanen Municipal climate mitigation policy and policy learning - A review. Journal of Cleaner Production Volume 317, 1 October 2021, 128348
Loorbach, D (2009) Transition Management for Sustainable Development: A Prescriptive, Complexity-Based Governance Framework. Governance - An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions. Volume23, Issue1, January 2010, Pages 161-183
Bulkeley, H and Kern, K. Local Government and the Governing of Climate Change in Germany and the UK. Sage Journals, Urban Studies, Volume 43, Issue 12
Linton S, Clarke A and Tozer L. (2021) Strategies and Governance for Implementing Deep Decarbonization Plans at the Local Level. Sustainability 13(1), 154 - Climate Change Mitigation and Urban Sustainable Development ISSN 2071-1050
Bulkeley, H., & Betsill, M. (2005). Rethinking Sustainable Cities: Multilevel Governance and the “Urban” Politics of Climate Change. Environmental Politics, 14(1), 42–63.
IMEN62 Business Management and Practice
Barreto, I. (2010). Dynamic capabilities. A review of past research and an agenda for the future. Journal of Management, 36(1), 256–280.
Burnes Bernard, & James Hakeem. (1995). Culture, cognitive dissonance and the management of change. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 15(8), 14–33.
Oliver, C. (1991). STRATEGIC RESPONSES TO INSTITUTIONAL PROCESSES. Academy of Management Review, 16(1), 145–179.
van Mossel, A., van Rijnsoever, F. J., & Hekkert, M. P. (2018). Navigators through the storm: A review of organization theories and the behavior of incumbent firms during transitions. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 26(July 2017), 44–63.
IMEN63 Consumption Governance
Froese, Tobias, Markus Richter, Florian Hofmann, and Florian Lüdeke-Freund. “Degrowth-Oriented Organisational Value Creation: A Systematic Literature Review of Case Studies”. Ecological Economics 207 (May 2023): 107765.
Davies, Anna. “Food sharing”. I Routledge handbook of sustainable and regenerative food systems, 204–17. Routledge, 2020.
Maguire, Kelly. “Environmental impacts of events”. A Research Agenda for Event Impacts, Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, 2022, 41–61.
Arbeláez Vélez, Ana María, and Andrius Plepys. “Car Sharing as a Strategy to Address GHG Emissions in the Transport System: Evaluation of Effects of Car Sharing in Amsterdam”. Sustainability 13, nr 4 (January 2021): 2418.
Roberts, Hedda, Leonidas Milios, Oksana Mont, and Carl Dalhammar. “Product Destruction: Exploring Unsustainable Production-Consumption Systems and Appropriate Policy Responses”. Sustainable Production and Consumption 35 (01 January 2023): 300–312.
Akenji, Lewis, Magnus Bengtsson, Viivi Toivio, Michael Lettenmeier, Tina Fawcett, Yael Parag, Yamina Saheb, et al. “1.5-Degree Lifestyles: Towards A Fair Consumption Space for All”. Berlin: Hot or Cool Institute, 2021.
Langley, David J., Eugenia Rosca, Marios Angelopoulos, Oscar Kamminga, and Christa Hooijer. “Orchestrating a smart circular economy: Guiding principles for digital product passports”. Journal of Business Research 169 (01 December 2023): 114259.
Coroamă, V. C., & Mattern, F. (2019). Digital rebound–why digitalization will not redeem us our environmental sins. In Proceedings 6th international conference on ICT for sustainability. Lappeenranta. http://ceur-ws. org (Vol. 2382).
Belkhir, L., & Elmeligi, A. (2018). Assessing ICT global emissions footprint: Trends to 2040 & recommendations. Journal of Cleaner Production, 177, 448-463.
Reading materials for the assignments are primarily collected by the students themselves. The following books may serve as a good starting point for refreshing your knowledge regarding concepts and principles underlying environmental law and policy.
- Hunter, David, Salzman, James and Zaelke, Durwood. (2022). International Environmental Law and Policy, Sixth Edition. New York: Foundation Press. Chapter 8, “Principles and Concepts in International Environmental Law”: a few copies from varying editions are available in the IIIEE library.
- Sands, P., Peel, J., with Fabra, A., and R. MacKenzie. (2018) Principles of International Environmental Law, Fourth Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (available as E-book from the LU library).
Readings for the seminars led by course teachers, as well as the readings related to the lectures and seminar by Prof. Jim Salzman, are provided at the respective pages of the teracher-led seminars and module regarding the topic. Note that information presented during lectures and seminars complement the other learning resources.
MESPOM
Module 1: Environmental Management Systems (EMS)
International Organization for Standardization (2015). Environmental management systems — Requirements with guidance for use (ISO Standard 14001:2015)
Brorson, T. & Larsson, G. (2011). Environmental Management. How to implement an environmental management system in a company or other organization. Fifth Edition.
Nordic Waterproofing Sustainability Report 2022
International Organization for Standardization. Contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals with ISO standards (2018). An overview of how ISO standards contribute directly to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Module 2: Prevention
Schmidt et al. (2019). 100 Pioneers in Efficient Resource Management. Best practice cases from producing companies. Springer Spektrum.
Johansson et al. (2002). Cleaner Technology Strategies. IIIEE.
Sustainable and resource-efficient business performance measurement systems – The handbook. Almström et al (2017)
Module 3 Business Strategies
3L5 Green Business Strategies
Barney, J. (1991). Firm resources and sustained competitive advantage. Journal of Management, 17(1), 99-120.
Cavaleri S., Shabana, K. Rethinking sustainability strategies. Journal of Strategy and Management. 2018;11(1), 2-17.
Reinhardt, Forest L. "Bringing the environment down to earth." Harvard business review 77.4 (1998): 149-57.
Reinhardt, F. L. (1998). Environmental product differentiation: Implications for corporate strategy. California management review, 40(4), 43-73.
Orsato, R. J. (2006). Competitive environmental strategies: when does it pay to be green? California management review, 48(2), 127-143.
Towards sustainable business models and circular strategies
Bocken, N. M. P., & Geradts, T. H. J. (2020). Barriers and drivers to sustainable business model innovation: Organization design and dynamic capabilities. Long Range Planning, 53(4), 101950.
Friedman (1970). The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits. New York Times Magazine.
Porter & Kramer (2011). Creating Shared Value. Originally published in Harvard Business Review, available as book chapter in: Lenssen G., Smith N. (eds) (2019). Managing Sustainable Business. Springer: Dordrecht.
Module 4: Life cycle assessment (LCA)
Currant, M.A. (2006). Life Cycle Analysis, Principles and Practice. US EPA.
Jönsson, K. (1998). Defining and Comparing Environmental Impacts. In: N. Jacobsson, & K. Jönsson, "Feasibility Study of Equivalence of Eco-labelling Criteria". Lund: IIIEE. (pp. 13-20, 22)
Other assessment methods:
Finnveden, G & Moberg, Å. (2005). Environmental systems analysis tools. JCP vol 13.
Uppsala University (2002). (selected chapters) Ch. 5. Introduction to Life Cycle Assessment. Ch6. Life Cycle Impact Assessment, Ch.7. Ready Made methods for Life Cycle Assessment (skip section 7.4.).
Moberg, Å. (1999). Environmental systems analysis tools - differences and similarities
Reading materials for the Assignment 1 and 2 are primarily collected by the students themselves. Readings for the seminars led by course teachers are provided at the respective pages of the teacher-led seminars.
John W. Creswell and J. David Creswell 2018 Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches 5th Edition, SAGE.
Mickwitz, P. 2014. “One figure and a comment: research quality and how to promote it through supervision”, In T. Helle, A. Jokinen, M. Laine, H. Leino & Ville Lähde (eds.) (2014) Vaeltaja: Professori Yrjö Hailan juhlakirja. Tampere, 45-49.
Flyvbjerg Bent (2006) Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research, Qualitative Inquiry12(2): 219-245.
Section 2 in Benjamin K. Sovacool, Jonn Axsen, Steve Sorrell (2018). Promoting novelty, rigor, and style in energy social science: Towards codes of practice for appropriate methods and research design, Energy Research & Social Science, 45: 12-42.
Main references texts for all four courses IMEN60/61/62/63:
Turabian, K. (2013). A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: (8th ed.). Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press (5 copies available at the IIIEE library).
Wyse, D., Cowan, K., 2017. The Good Writing Guide for Education (4th ed.). SAGE Publications (2 copies available at the IIIEE library).
IMEN60 Policy Intervention
Fischer, F. (1995). Evaluating public policy.
Belmont CA: Wadsworth Group. Read Ch 1: “Public policy analysis as practical deliberation: Integrating empirical and normative evaluation” (pp.1-24).
Mickwitz, P. (2003). A Framework for Evaluating Environmental Policy Instruments: Context and Key Concepts. Evaluation 9(4). 415-436
Rogge, K., Kern, F. & Howlett, M. (2017). Conceptual and empirical advances in analysing policy mixes for energy transitions. Energy Research & Social Science. 33:1-10.
IMEN61 Urban Governance and Experimentation
Neij & Heiskanen Municipal climate mitigation policy and policy learning - A review. Journal of Cleaner Production Volume 317, 1 October 2021, 128348
Loorbach, D (2009) Transition Management for Sustainable Development: A Prescriptive, Complexity-Based Governance Framework. Governance - An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions. Volume23, Issue1, January 2010, Pages 161-183
Bulkeley, H and Kern, K. Local Government and the Governing of Climate Change in Germany and the UK. Sage Journals, Urban Studies, Volume 43, Issue 12
Linton S, Clarke A and Tozer L. (2021) Strategies and Governance for Implementing Deep Decarbonization Plans at the Local Level. Sustainability 13(1), 154 - Climate Change Mitigation and Urban Sustainable Development ISSN 2071-1050
Bulkeley, H., & Betsill, M. (2005). Rethinking Sustainable Cities: Multilevel Governance and the “Urban” Politics of Climate Change. Environmental Politics, 14(1), 42–63.
IMEN62 Business Management and Practice
Barreto, I. (2010). Dynamic capabilities. A review of past research and an agenda for the future. Journal of Management, 36(1), 256–280.
Burnes Bernard, & James Hakeem. (1995). Culture, cognitive dissonance and the management of change. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 15(8), 14–33.
Oliver, C. (1991). STRATEGIC RESPONSES TO INSTITUTIONAL PROCESSES. Academy of Management Review, 16(1), 145–179.
van Mossel, A., van Rijnsoever, F. J., & Hekkert, M. P. (2018). Navigators through the storm: A review of organization theories and the behavior of incumbent firms during transitions. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 26(July 2017), 44–63.
IMEN63 Consumption Governance
Froese, Tobias, Markus Richter, Florian Hofmann, and Florian Lüdeke-Freund. “Degrowth-Oriented Organisational Value Creation: A Systematic Literature Review of Case Studies”. Ecological Economics 207 (May 2023): 107765.
Davies, Anna. “Food sharing”. I Routledge handbook of sustainable and regenerative food systems, 204–17. Routledge, 2020.
Maguire, Kelly. “Environmental impacts of events”. A Research Agenda for Event Impacts, Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, 2022, 41–61.
Arbeláez Vélez, Ana María, and Andrius Plepys. “Car Sharing as a Strategy to Address GHG Emissions in the Transport System: Evaluation of Effects of Car Sharing in Amsterdam”. Sustainability 13, nr 4 (January 2021): 2418.
Roberts, Hedda, Leonidas Milios, Oksana Mont, and Carl Dalhammar. “Product Destruction: Exploring Unsustainable Production-Consumption Systems and Appropriate Policy Responses”. Sustainable Production and Consumption 35 (01 January 2023): 300–312.
Akenji, Lewis, Magnus Bengtsson, Viivi Toivio, Michael Lettenmeier, Tina Fawcett, Yael Parag, Yamina Saheb, et al. “1.5-Degree Lifestyles: Towards A Fair Consumption Space for All”. Berlin: Hot or Cool Institute, 2021.
Langley, David J., Eugenia Rosca, Marios Angelopoulos, Oscar Kamminga, and Christa Hooijer. “Orchestrating a smart circular economy: Guiding principles for digital product passports”. Journal of Business Research 169 (01 December 2023): 114259.
Coroamă, V. C., & Mattern, F. (2019). Digital rebound–why digitalization will not redeem us our environmental sins. In Proceedings 6th international conference on ICT for sustainability. Lappeenranta. http://ceur-ws. org (Vol. 2382).
Belkhir, L., & Elmeligi, A. (2018). Assessing ICT global emissions footprint: Trends to 2040 & recommendations. Journal of Cleaner Production, 177, 448-463.
SAS courses
All the readings, videos and podcasts that are part of this course will be available via the course site on Canvas.
Here is a list of the readings:
McCormick, K., Richter, J. L., & Pantzar, M. (2015). Greening the Economy Compendium. Lund University
Fiorino, D. (2014) The Green Economy: Mythical or Meaningful?
Raworth, K. (2019) Doughnut Economics
Power, K. & Mont, O. (2010) Dispelling the Myths about Consumption Behaviour.
Hansen, A. & Nielsen, K.B. (2023). Consumption, Sustainability and Everyday Life.
SDG Compass The guide for business action on the SDG. GRI, UN Global Compact and the WBCSD.
SDG Essentials for businesses. GRI, UN Global Compact and the WBCSD.
Rode, P. (2013) Cities and the Green Economy, 79-97.
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety. (2017). Carbon Pricing: Using Market-based Mechisms to Mitigate Climate Change.
Ellen MacArthur Foundation. (2015) Delivering the Circular Economy: A toolkit for policymakers, 39-98.
Required readings/resources
The videos from the Circular Economy MOOC and the Circular Economy Compendium are available via the course site on Canvas and are the primary resources for this course.
Course compendium: Peck, P. (Ed.), Richter, J. L. (Ed.), Delaney, K. (Ed.), Peck, P., Richter, J. L., Dalhammar, C., Peck, D., Orlov, D., Machacek, E., Gillabel, J., Nußholz, J. L. K., Wrancken, K., Whalen, K., Modis, K., Milios, L., Messing, M., Bocken, N., Tojo, N., Davris, P., Manshoven, S., Sfez, S., Lindhqvist, T., Voytenko Palgan, Y. (2020). Circular Economy - Sustainable Materials Management: A compendium by the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) at Lund University. (2021 ed.) The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics.
Please note:
- We list only mandatory course literature here - recommended literature will be communicated via the course Canvas page
- All literature will be made available via the course Canvas pages EXCEPT for one course book each for IMEN69 and IMEN01
- This list of course literature is subject to yearly updates (at the latest two months before each course start)
- Detailed reading instructions can be found on the individual course Canvas pages