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The Year 2024 in Brief

IIIEE Research

Our research spans over a number of highly relevant topics of governance and management to advance strategies for sustainable solutions. We conduct research in close collaboration with business, public authorities and other societal partners.

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Research themes

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Research Projects 

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Research Impact

IIIEE Education

The Master’s programmes at the IIIEE continue to add value by their interdisciplinary and international nature, being international in scope, and emphasising collaboration with society. 

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Master's programs

We are devoted to our two international top class Master's programs.

  • EMP - Environmental Policy and Management

  • MESPOM - Erasmus Mundus Master's Course in Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management (hosted by a  consortium of four universities) 

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Additional courses

We have been teaching more than in our own Masters programs.

  • 3 courses to the Faculty of Natural science

  • 1 course to the Faculty of Engineering

  • 2 SASI-courses to exchange students

  • 1 Commissioned education course to practitioners

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Attractive education

We have witnessed record high numbers of applicants to our Master's programs.

  • 689 applicants for the EMP program (21 applicants per spot)

  • 2485 applicants for MESPOM program (>60 applicants per spot)

IIIEE MOOCs

The IIIEE MOOCs have each been running since 2015 and have so far attracted participants from 212 countries and regions. The majority of participants are in the age of 25-34, 65% are full time employed or unemployed and the majority have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree. Most are individuals with personal/career motives and approx. 15% are joining the courses coming from or representing organizations.

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New projects

The IIIEE continues to be the most MOOC-productive unit at Lund University.

  • 1 new MOOCs projects were initiated

  • 1 new grant was received for a MOOC course 

  • 1 new grant was received for a SASi-course

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MOOC outreach

The IIIEE MOOC reach is wide and growing.

  • 92 000 new visitors in the courses (now a total of 1.25 million) 
  • 18 000 new enrolled course participants (now a total of 235 000) 
  • 12 000  active course participants (now a total of 131 000
  • 3 800 new completed course participant (now total of 26 500)
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Added value from MOOCs

The digital course material developed for MOOCs has proven even more useful.

  • 3 short courses are building on MOOC materials (2 SASI-courses and 1 Commissioned Education course) 
  • 1 external course has been using MOOC materials (in a course for undergraduate students at Halmstad Högskola) 
  • 4.7 out of 5 is the average quality rating given from our MOOC-participants

IIIEE Organization

Individual capacity and thriving team work is the essence of the IIIEE. We are a dynamic organization and continue to adjust our structure and functions according to best fit our vision.

 

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Dedicated staff

We are 47 staff members.

  • 29 senior researchers and teachers

  • 6 professors and senior researchers

  • 5 administration

  • 8 PhD students

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Agile organization

We keep strengthening our organisation and build capacity where needed.

  • 7 recruitments

  • 2 staff meetings

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Active student groups

Our building houses a rich and diverse range of dedicated students.

  • 137 Master's students in total and over the whole year

  • 75 undergraduate students

IIIEE Communication

More so than ever, staff members at the IIIEE have contributed information about events, deliverables and projects, allowing for more transparency and dialogues around the many IIIEE activities.

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Facebook

We keep in touch with an ever-growing crowd on Facebook.

  • 4352 followers in the IIIEE group

  • 753 members in the alumni group

  • 6000 followers in the IIIEE MOOC group
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LinkedIn

We are increasingly active on LinkedIn.

  • 6447 followers and 812 members in the IIIEE group

  • 1268 members in the IIIEE MOOCs group
  • 2 region-specific IIIEE alumni groups (Canada and Germany) with 84 members
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Podcasts

Our popular Podcast series are increasingly supporting our research dissemination and expert insights.

  • 3 podcast series (1 initiated and managed by students)

  • 57 podcast episodes in total

  • 6500 downloads and over 1300 streams

Alumni Engagements

You can leave but you never check out... our alumni network is more active than ever, with an Executive Committee, a dedicated platform, exchange of job posts and project resources, regional subgroups and a regular conference for IRL meetings.

 

Graduating students

Recent graduates

The students graduating was a more diverse group than ever.

  • 32 EMP students
  • 21 MESPOM students 
  • 120+ countries represented
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Alumni Network

Our alumni network is growing, thriving and still interacting with IIIEE.

  • 1100+ alumni in the network
  • 50+ alumni involved in teaching in the Master's courses at IIIEE
  • 91% signed up on the alumni platform 
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Alumni Conference

A record number of alumni reunited at the Network Conference.

  • 22+ themes and workshops 
  • 250+ participants
  • 25+ batches represented

Photo credits: Håkan Rodhe, Charlotte Leire, Johan Persson, Pixabay and Shutterstock (Creative Commons).