Life Cycle Talks: How can we shape sustainable digital futures?
Join us for the next Life Cycle Talks with Anna Furberg, Researcher at the Department of Sustainable development, environmental science and engineering (SEED), KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Faculty member of KTH Digital Futures. In her upcoming talk, Anna will talk about challenges for assessments on environmental impacts of digital technologies and provide recommendations in support for decision-making towards more sustainable digital futures.
Tell us a bit about your work and what you focus on!
“My research contributes with knowledge on environmental impacts of digitalization in support for decision-making towards reduced impacts. For example, I have led the work to develop guidelines for assessments of the global information and communication sector’s climate impact in a group of 15 researchers from industry and academia. I have also identified challenges for prospective LCA of digital technologies and provided knowledge on environmental impacts of advanced diamond materials for electronics”.
What inspired you to bring a life cycle perspective into your work?
“I am keen on generating new knowledge applying a systems and life cycle perspective as well as communicating with various stakeholders”.
What kind of impact do you hope your work will have?
“I hope that my research can provide a foundation for future decisions towards reduced environmental impacts of digital technologies applying a life cycle perspective. Furthermore, I want to contribute to raise awareness of that digital technologies can contribute both to increased and/or reduced sustainability in society depending on how they are used”.
And finally, why do you think a life cycle perspective matters today?
“The life cycle perspective is critical in order to provide knowledge for future decisions where e.g. risks for trade-offs and suboptimization can be identified and avoided”.
Life Cycle Talks with Anna Furberg
The talk takes place on 16 April 2026, 13:30-14:00 CEST, online via Zoom.
Title: How can we shape sustainable digital futures?
About Life Cycle Talks
Life Cycle Talks is a series of talks presenting the research front to keep you up to date with the science and application of the life cycle perspective.
