Gunilla Clancy

Innovation Advisor at Extern samverkan, forsknings- och innovationsstöd

Gunilla Clancy is Innovation Advisor at Chalmers Innovation Office

She has an extra focus on the departments of Architecture and Civil Engineering; Communication and Learning in Science; Space, Earth and Environment; Technology Managment and Economics and Materials Science Area of Advance.

Sustainable development in early stages of development is her main area of expertise. Before taking up her position, Gunilla ran her own brand Capture Sustainability. Since 2020 she has been a juryman at the Administrative Court.

Gunilla holds a MSc in Chemistry from the University of Gothenburg and a PhD in Sustainable Development from Chalmers University of Technology. The title of her thesis is "Assessment of sustainability and guidance towards more sustainable products". She is also a certified Board Member from the Swedish Academy of Board Directors - StyrelseAkademien.

2019-2022 Gunilla was a member of the Cycle and Water Committee in the City of Gothenburg.For 3 years she was an assessor for Vinnova, Sweden’s innovation agency, funding for Innovative Startups steps 1 and 2. In addition, Gunilla has worked as an Environmental Specialist in product development at IKEA of Sweden in Älmhult.

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Publications (23)
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2016

Naturalizing sustainability in product development: A comparative analysis of IKEA and SCA

Sverker Alänge, Gunilla Clancy, Magnus Marmgren

Journal of Cleaner Production. Vol. 135, p. 1009-1022

Journal article

2015

Ecolabels as drivers of clothing design

Gunilla Clancy, Morgan Fröling, Gregory Peters

Journal of Cleaner Production. Vol. 99, p. 345-353

Journal article

2014

Assessing Sustainability and Guiding Development towards More Sustainable Products

Gunilla Clancy

Doctoral thesis

2014

Making the most of LCA in technical inter-organisational R&D projects

Gustav A Sandin, Gunilla Clancy, Sara Heimersson et al

Journal of Cleaner Production. Vol. 70, p. 97-104

Journal article

2013

Management Systems’ Influence on Sustainable Innovation: A Comparative Analysis of Two Large MNCs

Magnus Marmgren, Gunilla Clancy, Sverker Alänge

18th International Conference on Sustainable Innovation, Epsom, UK, 4th – 5th November 2013

Paper in proceeding

2013

Changing from petroleum to wood-based materials: critical review of how product sustainability characteristics can be assessed and compared

Gunilla Clancy, Morgan Fröling, Magdalena Svanström

Journal of Cleaner Production. Vol. 39, p. 372-385

Review article

2013

Insights from guiding material development towards more sustainable products

Gunilla Clancy, Morgan Fröling, Magdalena Svanström

International Journal of Sustainable Design. Vol. 2 (2), p. 149-166

Journal article

2013

Actionable knowledge to develop more sustainable products

Gunilla Clancy, Morgan Fröling, Magdalena Svanström et al

6th International Conference on Life Cycle Management, Göteborg, 25-28 August

Other conference contribution

2012

Guiding the development of wood-based materials towards more sustainable products

Gunilla Clancy

Licentiate thesis

2012

Clarifying the role of life cycle assessment in technical research and development projects: Recommendations for project planning.

Gustav A Sandin, Gunilla Clancy, Sara Heimersson et al

SETAC 18th LCA Case Study Symposium (oral presentation and abstract book)

Other conference contribution

2012

To develop material for more sustainable products: Learning for action

Gunilla Clancy, Morgan Fröling, Magdalena Svanström

Science and Technology Day 2012, Poster Exhibition at the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology and the Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden, March 27th 2012 (D16)

Conference poster

2011

Approach to establish relevant sustainability assessment parameters in product development

Gunilla Clancy, Morgan Fröling, Magdalena Svanström

Poster presentation at the 6th International Conference on Industrial Ecology 'Science, Systems and Sustainablity' 7-10 June 2011, Berkeley, California

Conference poster

2011

Consequences for wood resource use for incontinence diapers in Europe 2010 to 2050

Gunilla Clancy, Morgan Fröling, Magdalena Svanström

Annual Poster Exhibition at the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, April 12th 2011, Göteborg, Sweden, A7

Conference poster

2011

Approach to establish relevant sustainability assessment parameters in product development

Gunilla Clancy, Morgan Fröling, Magdalena Svanström

Poster presentation at the Second Symposium on Industrial Ecology for Young Professionals, 11 June 2011, Berkeley, California,

Conference poster

2011

The ageing society – an example of consequences for biomass use for incontinence diapers in Europe

Gunilla Clancy, Morgan Fröling, Magdalena Svanström

Poster presentation at the AGS annual meeting 'Sustainability and change', 23-25 January 2011, Göteborg, Sweden

Conference poster

2011

Assessing sustainability already in product development

Gunilla Clancy, Morgan Fröling, Magdalena Svanström

Poster presentation at The Adlerbert Research Foundation Jubilee Conference, 22 November 2011, Göteborg, Sweden, p. 1-

Conference poster

2010

Case IKEA: A small percentage with big impact

Gunilla Clancy

Sustainable Business Development: An anthology about realizing ideas - beta version Sverker Alänge and Mats Lundqvist (eds.), p. 172-176

Book chapter

2010

The ageing society – an example of consequences for biomass use

Gunilla Clancy, Morgan Fröling, Magdalena Svanström

Oral presentation at the10th ISIE MFA-ConAccount Meeting 'MFA for Sustainable Future' 7-9 November 2010, Tokyo, Japan

Other conference contribution

2010

Environmental challenges when developing renewable materials to replace non-renewable materials - receiving guidance from LCA studies

Gunilla Clancy, Morgan Fröling, Gregory Peters et al

Oral presentation at the 9th International Conference on EcoBalance 2010 'Towards & Beyond 2020' 9-12 November,Tokyo, Japan

Other conference contribution

2010

Replacement of non-renewable materials by renewable materials in a diaper - how to assess the change in sustainability performance

Gunilla Clancy, Morgan Fröling, Magdalena Svanström

Annual Poster Exhibition at the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Mars 18th 2010, Göteborg, Sweden (32), p. 44-

Conference poster

2009

Sustainability considerations in the development of materials intended for an absorbent hygiene product

Gunilla Clancy, Magdalena Svanström, Morgan Fröling

Annual Poster Exhibition at the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Mars 12th 2009, Göteborg, Sweden

Conference poster

2009

Comparing the sustainability of using a non-renewable oil based material in an absorbent hygiene product with that of using a renewable wood based material

Gunilla Clancy, Magdalena Svanström, Morgan Fröling et al

Poster presentation at the Eforwood conference 'Shape your sustainability tools - and let your tools shape you', 23-24 September 2009, Uppsala, Sweden, p. 2-3

Conference poster

2009

Sustainability considerations in early phases of product development – the wood-based diaper

Gunilla Clancy, Magdalena Svanström, Morgan Fröling et al

Oral presentation at SETAC Europe 19th annual meeting May 31th to June 4th 2009, Göteborg, Sweden

Other conference contribution

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