As of February 21, BTH and the Swedish Knowledge Foundation made the formal contractual agreements on a multiyear research profile project entitled “Model Driven Development and Decision Support“. This will be a major engine for the further development of the area Sustainable Product-Service System Innovation at BTH, i.e. BTH’s thematic area (SPIRIT) within the Alliance for Strategic Sustainable Development.  Read more...

We have just completed a project on exploring research needs for making leadership for sustainability more cohesive and functional. This project was undertaken for MISTRA, a Swedish sustainable development funding organisation. Research needs and current research in Sweden were investigated through a number of methods, including reviewing previous work, building on personal experience, surveying researchers and holding a workshop with researchers. Our key results are that society needs research that (1) outlines the sustainability goal at an appropriate scale, (2) takes a cohesive approach to transitioning to a sustainable future and (3)  Read more...