Björn Sandén
Björn Sandén is professor of Innovation and Sustainability at the Division of Environmental Systems Analysis at Chalmers University of Technology. He conducts research, writes and teaches on topics such as climate and technology policy, life cycle assessment, technological innovation systems and industrial transitions. He has been involved in a range of studies on renewable energy and nanotechnology concerning how technology, economics and policy can interact to induce innovation and growth of environmentally benign technologies and how unsustainable pathways can be avoided. He works interdisciplinary and cooperates with sociologists and economists as well as chemists and physicists. He frequently lectures to a wide range of audiences and takes part in discussions and debates in newspapers, radio and TV.
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Exploring automotive supplier data in life cycle assessment – Precision versus workload
Problems from including technospheric parameters in characterization factors for natural resources
A global super-grid: sociotechnical drivers and barriers
Photovoltaics in Sweden – Success or failure?
Prospective Life-Cycle Modeling of Quantum Dot Nanoparticles for Use in Photon Upconversion Devices
Life-cycle impact assessment methods for physical energy scarcity: considerations and suggestions
The outcomes of directionality: Towards a morphology of sociotechnical systems
A crustal scarcity indicator for long-term global elemental resource assessment in LCA
Challenges of recycling multiple scarce metals: The case of Swedish ELV and WEEE recycling
An agenda for sustainability transitions research: State of the art and future directions
Prospective inventory modelling of emerging chemicals: The case of photonic materials
Adoption of Systemic and Socio-Technical Perspectives in Waste Management, WEEE and ELV Research
Energy use and climate change improvements of Li/S batteries based on life cycle assessment
Three electricity futures: Monitoring the emergence of alternative system architectures
Shaping factors in the emergence of technological innovations: The case of tidal kite technology
Environmental Assessment of Emerging Technologies: Recommendations for Prospective LCA
Potential improvements of the life cycle environmental impacts of a Li/S battery cell
Are scarce metals in cars functionally recycled?
Faster market growth of wind and PV in late adopters due to global experience build-up
Refining policies aimed at recycling of complex products
Lessons from a century of innovating car recycling value chains
Carbon nanomaterials as potential substitutes for scarce metals
Are scarce metals in cars functionally recycled? Extended supplementary material
Mapping the content and fates of scarce metals in discarded cars
Can carbon nanomaterials help avoiding resource scarcity?
Are vehicles a source of secondary scarce metals?
Policy and Path Formation in the Swedish Vehicle Recycling System
Is graphene a ”wonder material” also from an environmental life cycle perspective?
Electrifying the automotive industry via R&D collaborations
The need for financial and human resources - the case of offshore wind power
Är de nya förnybara resurserna stora nog?
Energy balance and climate impact of renewable power: Is there cause for concern?
Framtiden för förnybar elproduktion
Scarce metals in Swedish end-of-life vehicle recycling
Prospective Life Cycle Assessment of Graphene Production by Ultrasonication and Chemical Reduction
Behov av investeringar och kompetens - exemplet havsbaserad vind
Kommer brist på metaller att begränsa användningen av elfordon?
Assessing the Environmental Risks of Silver from Clothes in an Urban Area
Energibalans och klimatpåverkan - en liten investering ger stor effekt
Are renewable energy resources large enough to replace non-renewable energy?
Is there a "crystal ball"? Assessing environmental life cycle impacts of new nanomaterials
Will metal scarcity limit the use of electric vehicles?
Review of Potential Environmental and Health Risks of the Nanomaterial Graphene
Explaining regime destabilisation in the pulp and paper industry
The time dimension and lithium resource constraints for electric vehicles
Material Constraints for Concentrating Solar Thermal Power
The elusive quest for technology-neutral policies
Substance Flow Analysis of Novel Compounds: The Case of Graphene
Att värna viktig metall är inte alarmism
Impacts of a Silver-Coated Future - Particle Flow Analysis of Silver Nanoparticles
The Environmental Risks of Silver in Clothes
Challenges in Exposure Modeling of Nanoparticles in Aquatic Environments
Tracing nanomaterial hotspots in a changing world
The fate of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in the water compartment
Fate modeling of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in the water compartment by colloid chemistry
Cumulative causation in biofuels development: a critical comparison of the Netherlands and Sweden
Assessment of the impact of a market formation programme on the Swedish PV innovation system
Exploring technology paths: The development of alternative transport fuels in Sweden 2007–2020
Solar Solution: The next industrial revolution
Energy Requirements for production of carbon nanoparticles
Time and scale in Life Cycle Assessment: the case of fuel choice in the transport sector
Positive and negative feedback in consequential life cycle assessment
Standing the test of time: Signals and noise from environmental assessments of energy technologies
Standing the test of time: Signals and noise from environmental assessments of energy technologies
Solen - din nya stora elleverantör
Time and Scale in LCA: Case Study on Biofuels
Att befrämja solcellstekniken i Sverige: Varför, hur och hur mycket?
LCA of Emerging Technologies: A Methodological Framework
Exploring technology paths: The development of alternative transport fuels in Sweden 2005-2020
Energy analysis of batteries in photovoltaic systems Part I. Performance and energy requirements
The economic and institutional rationale of PV subsidies
Rethinking Life Cycle Assessment of Emerging Technologies
Time and Scale in Life Cycle Assessment: The Case of Fuel Choice in the Transport Sector
Är fem tusen myror bättre än fyra elefanter: om den mjuka energin och vart den tog vägen
Technology path assessment for sustainable technology development
Transforming the Energy System--the Evolution of the German Technological System for Solar Cells
Technology, policy and climate change
Höj ambitionen för solcellerna
Technology and Policy for Sustainable Development
Metal resource constraints for electric vehicle batteries.
Materials for the Global Environment: Waste Mining in the 21st Century.
Requirement for metals of electric vehicle batteries.
Monitoring and assessing technology choice: the case of solar cells
Material availability for large-scale thinn-film photovoltaics.
Materials constraints in a global energy scenario based on thin-film solar cells
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Showing 12 research projects
Understanding innovation practices for inclusive and sustainable energy services
Anticipating metal scarcity challenges in mobility transitions
Boosting research on sustainable battery technologies
LCA as a tool for the development of energy-efficient future cars
Koordinering av FoEs – Forskarskola Energisystem
Kompetenscentrum för innovation och hållbar samhällsomställning
National challenges for industrialising energy technology in global innovation systems
Strategic innovation agenda for Solar electricity
Photon Fission & Fusion: Beyond the Limits of Conventional Solar Energy Technologies
Realize: Realizing resource-efficient recycling of Vehicles