Sustainable Cities and Communities

This specialization, offered by the IIIEE at Lund University and the City Futures Academy, brings together a series of cutting-edge courses with world-leading teachers on cities, communities, sustainability, governance and innovation. Our flagship course, Greening the Economy: Sustainable Cities, is ranked in the Best Online Courses of All Time by Class Central. A key approach embedded in the courses in this specialisation is the role of experimentation in urban transformations. In particular, urban living labs are highlighted as a means for catalysing change in cities and communities towards sustainable, climate friendly, just, healthy and prosperous futures. The experimentation within urban living labs offers the potential for accelerating transformations and systematic learning across urban and national contexts. Course Certificates Completed Greening the Economy: Sustainable Cities Urban Nature: Connecting Cities, Sustainability and Innovation Cities and Consumption: Urban Sustainability and the Sharing Economy