Literature lists

Mandatory reading

Textbook

Environment, 10^th 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)

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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 

Only suggested (voluntary) readings for BMCR:

Business organizations and corporate social responsibility

· Carroll, A. B. (2008). A history of corporate social responsibility: Concepts and practices.

· Carysforth, C. & Neild, M. (2006) The main functional areas within business organisations. In Carysforth and Neild (Eds.) BTEC First Business (2nd edition, page 28-43).

· De Vries, R. E., Bakker-Pieper, A., & Oostenveld, W. (2010). Leadership= communication? The relations of leaders’ communication styles with leadership styles, knowledge sharing and leadership outcomes. Journal of business and psychology, 25, 367-380

· Dyllick, T., & Muff, K. (2016). Clarifying the meaning of sustainable business: Introducing a typology from business-as-usual to true business sustainability. Organization & Environment, 29(2), 156-174

· Galpin, T., & Lee Whittington, J. (2012). Sustainability leadership: From strategy to results. Journal of Business Strategy, 33(4), 40-48. https://doi.org/10.1108/02756661211242690

·  Gosling, J., & Mintzberg, H. (2017). The five minds of a manager. In Leadership Perspectives (pp. 41-49). Routledge

· Guziana, B., & Dobers, P. (2013). How sustainability leaders communicate corporate activities of sustainable development. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 20(4), 193-204. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.1292

· Jimenez & Pulos (2016). Good Corporation, Bad Corporation: Corporate Social Responsibility in the Global Economy. Open SUNY textbooks.

 Saxena, R., Srinivasan, A., Saxena, R., & Srinivasan, A. (2013). A framework for business analytics. Business Analytics: A Practitioner’s Guide, 1-7.

·  Strand, R. (2014). Strategic leadership of corporate sustainability. Journal of Business Ethics, 123, 687-706. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-013-2017-3

· Teece, D. J. (2010). Business models, business strategy and innovation. Long range planning, 43(2-3), 172-194.

· Whittington (2006). Organizational Structure. In Campbell and Faulkner (Eds) The Oxford Handbook of Strategy: A Strategy Overview and Competitive Strategy. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199275212.003.0027

· Wiengarten, F., Lo, C. K., & Lam, J. Y. (2017). How does sustainability leadership affect firm performance? The choices associated with appointing a chief officer of corporate social responsibility. Journal of business ethics, 140, 477-493. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-015-2666-5Links to an external site.

· Zaman, R., Jain, T., Samara, G., & Jamali, D. (2022). Corporate governance meets corporate social responsibility: Mapping the interface. Business & Society, 61(3), 690-752.

Business Models

· Jarzabkowski, P., & Wilson, D. C. (2006). Actionable Strategy Knowledge:: A Practice Perspective. European Management Journal, 24(5), 348-367.

· Joyce, A., & Paquin, R. L. (2016). The triple layered business model canvas: A tool to design more sustainable business models. Journal of cleaner production, 135, 1474-1486.

· Kim, W. C., & Mauborgne, R. (2009). How strategy shapes structure. Harvard Business Review, 87(9), 72-80.

· Kotler, P., Berger, R., & Bickhoff, N. (2010). The quintessence of strategic management. What You Really Need to Know to Survive in Business. 2nd Edition. Springer, Berlin. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48490-6

· Osterwalder et al. (2013) Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers. John Wiley & Sons. Read page. 14 - 44

· Osterwalder, A., & Pigneur, Y. (2010). Business model generation: a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers (Vol. 1). John Wiley & Sons.

Business context

· Acquier et al. (2017). Sharing the Shared Value: A Transaction Cost Perspective on Strategic CSR Policies in Global Value Chains. Journal of Business Ethics (2017) 144: 139–152.

· Alvesson, M., & Spicer, A. (2019). Neo-institutional theory and organization studies: a mid-life crisis?. Organization Studies, 40(2), 199-218

· Campbell, J. (2007). Why would corporations behave in socially responsible ways? An institutional theory of corporate social responsibility. Academy of Management Review, 2007, Vol. 32, No. 3, 946–967.Business strategy

· Eisenhardt, K. M. (1989). Agency theory: An assessment and review. Academy of management review, 14(1), 57-74.

· Hillman, A. J., Withers, M. C., & Collins, B. J. (2009). Resource dependence theory: A review. Journal of management, 35(6), 1404-1427.

· Kotler et al. (2016). Analyzing business strategies. In The Quintessence of Strategic Management. 2nd edition

· Mitchell, R. K., Agle, B. R., & Wood, D. J. (1997). Toward a theory of stakeholder identification and salience: Defining the principle of who and what really counts. Academy of management review, 22(4), 853-886.

· Beltratti, A. (2005). The complementarity between corporate governance and corporate social responsibility. The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance-Issues and Practice, 30, 373-386..

Mandatory readings:

· ‘A brief history of EU Treaties’; available: http://www.europeanlawmonitor.org/treaties/eu-treaties-treaty-on-european-union-maastricht-treaty-of-nice-lisbon-treaty.html

·  Cohen et al. 2024. How China Pulled So Far Ahead on Industrial Policy. NY Times (available via LUBSearch)

· Dalhammar, C. (2024). Briefing: Environmental policy and law (available on canvas)

· Dalhammar, C., Finnveden, G., & Ekvall, A. (2022). Making governance better for fair and sustainable consumption. Stockholm+50 Background Paper Series. Stockholm Environment Institute 

· IPCC AR 6 WGIII, Chapter 8 Urban Systems and Other Settlements (reading guide for specific sections will be available on canvas)

· McBride, J. How does the EU work? Available: https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/how-does-european-union-work

· 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-102014-021210

· Students will also be asked to select additional readings as part of their course assignment(s)

· This list will be updated 8 weeks before the course start

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

·  Bouwma et al. (2012). Policy instruments and modes of governance in environmental policies of the European Union. Available: http://edepot.wur.nl/373629. 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)

·  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_en 

·  Rodrik, D. 2017. Rescuing economics from neoliberalism. Boston Review. https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/dani-rodrik-rescuing-economics-neoliberalism/

·  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/10.1080/14693062.2021.1957665

·  Rennart, K. and Kingdon, C. (2019). Social Cost of Carbon 101. https://www.rff.org/publications/explainers/social-cost-carbon-101/

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 

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.  

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.

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.  

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.