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Today, more than half of the world’s population live in cities, and by mid-century it is predicted that more than two-thirds of the world’s population will live in urban areas. This sees cities at the forefront of sustainability, needing to meet social needs within our ecological boundaries. An overarching guiding roadmap to consider sustainability is the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals - the SDGs. These 17 goals cover all aspects of sustainable development, and cities have an important role to play as more than half of the targets will need engagement from local and regional authorities in order to be achieved. 

How then are these international goals integrated into local city planning and development?

In today’s episode we address this question, and explore how academia and cities may support each other in this endeavour. We talk to Roland Zinkernagel, a municipal PhD student who shares his unique experiences from working with sustainable urban planning in the Swedish city of Malmö, while also researching how the SDGs can be applied in a local city context.

Goals, targets, and indicators – Applying the Sustainable Development Goals in cities

There is a clear and urgent need to accelerate the implementation of sustainability solutions. We must move beyond simple conceptual understanding of solutions, instead experimenting with collaborators in contexts in order to improve effectiveness, share learnings with others, and avoid future mistakes that waste time. 

In this episode, we discuss nature-based solutions as a holistic approach addressing the why, what, who, and how to achieve sustainability through integrating nature in cities. PhD Student Björn Wickenberg shares his latest research on implementing nature-based solutions, including his three strategies for urban planners. Finally, we discuss skills – collaboration, experimentation, evaluation, and learning – in order to support implementation in the right configurations in the right context, as well as to minimize any rebound effects.

It’s not just a concept: a holistic approach to implement nature-based solutions

Businesses are an essential driver for sustainability, yet managers struggle to make decisions about their business model that actually improve their sustainability performance. In this episode, we meet Florian Lüdeke-Freund, Henning Breuer, and Lorenzo Massa, authors of the new book called ‘Sustainable Business Model Design’. They introduce the concept of sustainable business model patterns, to support practitioners eager to make sustainability work in their business context. A sustainable business model pattern is knowledge based on experience, which includes a statement of a challenge, and a suggestion for a solution to address this challenge, with the deliberate aim of creating sustainable value. Thus, patterns represent templates to be adapted from one context to another to support creativity and experimentation. We provide several examples of patterns, as well as ways that practitioners may use patterns in their context. This episode is the final episode of our fourth season – we will be back in September 2022 with a new episode every month! Until then!

Sustainable Business Model Design – Patterns to Make Sustainability Work

In this podcast episode from Lund University Press, Isak Hammar talks to historian David Larsson Heidenblad about his highly topical monograph, "The Environmental Turn in Sweden: A New History of Knowledge", published in 2021 by Lund University Press.

Learn more about Lund University Press: https://www.lunduniversitypress.lu.se

Producer: Martin Degrell
Music: Phases (Instrumental) by HoliznaRAPS

Thanks to the Humanities Lab's LARM studio.

The Environmental Turn in Sweden

Guest: Prof. Emilia Koustova.
Host: Prof. Violeta Davoliūtė.

In the fourth episode of the EUROPAST Podcast, Professor Violeta Davoliūtė talks with Emilia Koustova from the University of Strasbourg about the European Gulag Memories project and her experience learning about and researching Soviet repressions in Eastern Europe. What is the state of oral history research into Soviet repressions and the Gulag system? How can oral history help change our understanding about Central and Eastern Europe? What is the state of the relations between Russian scholars and scholars in the West?
 
In the EUROPAST Podcast, we explore Europe's most pressing challenges of public history. We investigate the complex and contested spaces of public memory, memory activism and best practices for engaging the public in a dialogue about the past.
 
Music: Istok Zapad, Whiteheads. ℗ Croatia Records, 2021.

Ep. 4: Oral History Research on Soviet Repressions: Understanding Eastern Europe and Russia Today

Guests: Dr. Rasa Antanavičiūtė, Živilė Miežytė.
Hosts: Rūta Vyšniauskaitė, Ignė Rasickaitė.

How does one curate an exhibition on the unspoken stories of marginalized people, and why is it important to highlight the beliefs that make life in the city inconvenient?

Hear a conversation about it in in the 5th Episode of the EUROPAST podcast in which project esearchers Rūta Vyšniauskaitė and Ignė Rasickaitė are joined by Rasa Antanavičiūtė and Živilė Miežytė from Vilnius Museum where an exhibition titled "Inconvenient Vilnius" takes place.

Learn more about the exhibition: https://vilniausmuziejus.lt/uncomfortable-vilnius/?lang=en

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In the EUROPAST Podcast, we explore Europe's most pressing challenges of public history. We investigate the complex and contested spaces of public memory, memory activism and best practices for engaging the public in a dialogue about the past. More: www.europast.vu.lt

Music: Istok Zapad, Whiteheads. ℗ Croatia Records, 2021.

Ep. 5: Inconvenient Past: Curating the Unspoken Stories of a City

The IPCC working group for the Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C had a working meeting in Malmö 23 to 27 October 2017. Lund University seized this opportunity and invited some of the authors for a panel discussion together with researchers from Lund University and societal representatives. This Climate-KIC Spark! Lecture focused on the link between climate change and how it affects our health - having access to clean water, enough food, avoiding contagious diseases, building resilient cities etc. Do we need new innovations and new strategies to cope with these challenges?

Climate-KIC Spark! Lecture: Health. Food and Water in a Changing Climate 171024

Welcome to the podcast 'Advancing Sustainable Solutions', produced by the IIIEE at Lund University. The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) is an interdisciplinary research and education institute located in Lund, Sweden with activities focusing on the transition to low-carbon and resource efficient economies. 

In this podcast, we will share ongoing research and activities through engaging conversation that is relatable and applicable to our daily lives. In essence, we wish to support listeners in their journey towards sustainability.  Look for a new episode monthly!