Training

Below are the training courses offered by the Swedish Life Cycle Center and its partners. These include the Center’s introduction to the life cycle perspective, the two-day course in Applied Life Cycle Thinking, the biannual PhD course organized by the Center’s academic partners, and more.

Introduction to the life cycle perspective

Do you want to strengthen your organisation’s sustainability work? This self-paced e-learning course introduces the life cycle perspective to strengthen your competence in the sustainability field. The course is designed for beginners and requires no previous knowledge.

Course information

The course introduces key concepts and explains the role of the life cycle perspective in sustainable development and environmental management.

Place: Fully online and self-paced
Price: Free of charge
Length: 2 hours
Language: English
Certificate: Provided upon completion

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This course was co-developed by the Swedish Life Cycle Center and RISE Research Institutes of Sweden. It was funded by the Swedish Energy Agency, together with partners of the Swedish Life Cycle Center through the project Innovation Cluster for the Life Cycle Perspective.

Two-day course in Applied Life Cycle Thinking

The life cycle perspective, understanding the environmental impacts of a product or service throughout the value chain, is gaining increased importance in business as well as in public sector and authorities. In this two-day course you will get a deeper understanding on how to apply life cycle thinking in your organization, through real cases and proven methods. You will get sufficient time to practice your new skills during the course and ask the experienced course leaders and guest lecturers for support.

The course is aimed for you who need a better understanding of the life cycle perspective, life cycle assessment (LCA) and its role for sustainable development in your organization. You work for example as a strategist, environmental coordinator / environmental manager, buyer or investigator in public sector or business and focus on sustainability. No prior knowledge in LCA is required.

Course information

Location: at Chalmers University of Technology

Date: November 4-5, 2026
Time: Day 1: 09.00-16.00 (CET)
Day 2: 09.00-15.30 with a voluntary Q&A session until 16.00 (CET).
Place: Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
Price: 15 000 SEK ex VAT (Partners get a 20% discount)
Language: English

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PhD course: Advances in life cycle assessment, 7,5 HP/ECTS

This is a biannual course that provides an in-depth orientation to current advances in life cycle assessment (LCA). It covers a broad range of topics, including methodology, applications, relations to other assessment tools, role in decision-making, and more. The course is a collaboration between partner universities within the Swedish Life Cycle Center (SLC), with the main organizers being the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and Chalmers University of Technology.

The objective of this course is to give students a broad view of current advances in LCA methodology and application, including knowledge on state-of-the-art research in selected areas. The course is an arena to disseminate the expertise and experiences of senior LCA researchers to a new generation of PhD students, and to help the PhD students create a network of young LCA researchers.

Course information

Place: Gothenburg, Uppsala and online
For whom: PhD students, with five spots available for professionals
Arranged by: A collaboration between partner universities within the Swedish Life Cycle Center: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, and KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Some of the senior LCA researchers and lecturers involved in the course include:

Tomas Ekvall, Ann-Marie Tillman, Michael Hauschild, Rickard Arvidsson, Henrikke Baumann, Mathias Janssen, Gregory Peters, Paola Federica Albizzati, Bengt Steen, Göran Finnveden, Sverker Molander, Ulrika Palme, Niclas Ericsson, Martyn Futter, Dilip Khatiwada, Björn Spak, and Elisabeth Ekener.

Assessing the Environmental Performance of Business Models

This one-day course helps industry teams and researchers grasp the logic of Business Model LCA (BM-LCA) and how it evaluates environmental performance at the business model level (sell, lease, repair, remanufacture) rather than only the product. We clarify how BM-LCA differs from conventional LCA and show how it applies across sectors. Through case-based discussions, you’ll learn to compare business alternatives and understand their environmental consequences so you can make better strategic choices.

Course information

This course is given within the project Innovation cluster for the life cycle perspective, with funding from the Swedish Energy Agency and partners in the Center.