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Scholarship opportunity for LCA courses for university teachers
June 2, 2025 by ILCA
The International Life Cycle Academy is offering two scholarships to support teachers who want to attend one of our courses and improve the incorporation of Life Cycle Assessment into their curriculum. This initiative aims to help passionate educators gain valuable knowledge in Life Cycle Assessment, even if they or their institutions don’t have the financial means to join our regular courses. Scholarships must be used within one year of being awarded.
Application Deadline:
30th of July 2025.
Requirements:
- Basic experience with or knowledge of LCA principles
- Holding a teaching position at a university
- Teaching focus related to or environmental/sustainability assessment
- Ability to demonstrate how LCA knowledge will benefit their teaching activities
- Commitment to incorporating LCA methodology in course curriculum
- Ability to arrange time off from teaching responsibilities to attend a course
To apply, please submit:
- Professional CV
- Short (250 words) motivation letter describing how the knowledge from the course will enhance your teaching and benefit your students.
- Letter of recommendation from your superior, confirming the ability to take time off from teaching duties to attend a ILCA course within one year of being awarded the scholarship.
Submit your application to us here: info@ilca.es
ILCA is now open for new members
April 15, 2025 by Peter Zacho Søgaard
The International Life Cycle Academy is now open for Membership applications
For the first time in our history, we’re opening direct applications to join our prestigious network of teachers on life-cycle based sustainability assessment. Membership is limited to 30 university employees, selected based on scientific and educational excellence.
This is a unique opportunity to become part of a world-leading collaborative effort to shape the future of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) education and training worldwide. Currently, membership fees are waived, but active participation in the work of the Academy is expected.
Membership is voluntary and unpaid, though specific project work such as teaching pilot courses may be compensated separately through individual agreements.
Are you passionate about:
- Advancing LCA education and knowledge sharing?
- Contributing to global sustainability practices?
- Collaborating with leading professionals in the field?
Requirements:
- Current university employment
- Experience in teaching LCA at university level
- Commitment to advancing LCA education
To apply, please submit:
- Professional CV
- Vision statement for advancing LCA education (max 500 words)
- List of key publications/projects
Applications should be sent to: info@ilca.es
Deadline for applications: 10th May 2025.
All applications will be reviewed at the next General Assembly in June 2025, after which candidates will be notified if they have been granted membership.
Two new courses for fall 2024
March 19, 2024 by Peter Zacho Søgaard
Leading up to the LCA FOOD 2024 conference in Barcelona this September, ILCA presents two new courses for intermediate and advanced LCA practitioners, who want to add consequential modelling to their toolbox or take their existing CLCA skills to the next level. The first course is a one day affair on the 4th of September, for the ALCA expert, who wants to learn CLCA. The second is a two day course on the 5-6th of September for the CLCA practitioner who wants to gain practical skills in consequential life cycle inventory modelling. For the second course it is a prerequisite to have worked with consequential modelling before, so for those without this expertise, we recommend taking both. The courses are taught by professor Bo Weidema from Aalborg university and associate professor Miguel Brandão, from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.
If you’re interested, write to our course secretary, Peter Zacho Søgaard, and register before the deadline 4th of july, 2024.
From LCC to LCSA – a new course
October 28, 2022 by ILCA
This week we introduce a new course, which represents the union of several of our most successful and sought-after courses:
- Advanced quantitative Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment – 3 pillars, 6 capitals, 17 SDGs,
- Economic tools in LCA – Life cycle costing, external costs and cost-benefit analysis,
- Social Life Cycle Assessment.
The new course: ‘From LCC to LCSA – The whole journey in one week’ is a condensation of the curriculum, but also aims to establish a stronger connection between the individual themes by allowing the participants to apply their learning effectively to one case that runs through the week-long course. Expressed in a ‘formula’: Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) = Life Cycle Costing (LCC) + Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in its most comprehensive form, including economic, social, and ecosystem impacts.
This means that we no longer intend to offer the three ‘old’ courses. Indirectly this new course also contains some of the aspects taught in our introductory course on Managing the LCIA (Impact Assessment) Phase of LCA, which we are also now taking down from our running catalogue of courses. The advanced LCIA course, however, with its deep dive into the modelling aspects involved in the life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) phase of LCA studies is still on our list of suggested courses. See all course examples here: https://ilca.es/courses/courses/