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For decades, we have led and followed the development of research, policies and the application of the life cycle perspective. In our news feed, we publish news that highlights the center’s activities and contributes to the global sustainability agenda.

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Wednesday, 21 May, 2025

Scientific Directions Update #10

Our Swedish researcher partners continue to be global leaders in life cycle assessment. The latest bibliometric assessment from American outfit ScholarGPS places Chalmers University of Technology as the 3rd highest ranked university globally on this topic, with fellow Swedish Life…

About Swedish Life Cycle Center scientific director

Wednesday, 30 April, 2025

Public newsletter 2025:1

We are excited to share some recent achievements and updates from the Swedish Life Cycle Center. As we finalize, summarize, and evaluate the Innovation Cluster for the Life Cycle Perspective project, we are thrilled to announce that we have…

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Tuesday, 22 April, 2025

Milestones and developments in annual report 2024

2024 was a year of significant milestones for the Swedish Life Cycle Center. From hosting the SETAC Europe 26th LCA Symposium in Gothenburg, which brought together over 500 participants, to concluding Stage 10 of our operations, the year was marked…

About Swedish Life Cycle Center

Wednesday, 16 April, 2025

Learning to apply life cycle thinking in practice

Course in applied life cycle thinking, April 2-3, 2025…

KNOWLEDGE BUILDING life cycle thinking

Tuesday, 25 March, 2025

“A life cycle perspective help to frame the important questions we need to tackle next”

Join us for the next Life Cycle Talks with Martyn Futter, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. In his upcoming talk, Martyn will talk about some of the challenges in communicating…

life cycle talks

Friday, 28 February, 2025

New stage focuses on advancing life cycle action

Entering a new three-year phase, Stage 11, Swedish Life Cycle Center takes an important step forward in advancing life cycle assessment (LCA) research and application. With a renewed focus, the center is dedicated to turning life cycle thinking into action.

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Wednesday, 12 February, 2025

Scientific Directions Update #9

Apologies for the somewhat long gap since my last Scientific Directions update – the SETAC Europe 26th LCA Symposium blasted everything else off the second half of my 2024 agenda that wasn’t rusted on. And what a blast it was!…

Tuesday, 04 February, 2025

Amiblu joins Swedish Life Cycle Center as partner

Swedish Life Cycle Center is pleased to welcome Amiblu as our newest partner. Amiblu specializes in designing and supplying pipes and fittings from glass-fiber reinforced plastics, GRP, to address global water challenges. With operations in 125 countries, Amiblu is committed…

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Tuesday, 17 December, 2024

“The holistic approach and systems perspective are very important for sustainable development”

Join us for the next Life Cycle Talks with Hanna Holmquist, Toxicologist at Chemsec. In her upcoming talk, Hanna Holmquist will talk about how chemical footprints can generate important insights about life cycle ecotoxicity and human toxicity potential impacts. In…

life cycle talks

Wednesday, 11 December, 2024

Key resources from the SETAC Europe 26th LCA Symposium

The SETAC Europe 26th LCA Symposium, held in Gothenburg on 21–23 October 2024, brought together over 500 experts and practitioners to explore key topics in life cycle assessment (LCA). Here, you can find key contributions including the extended abstracts publication,…

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