Publications
The Environment and Public Health Institute is a non-profit think tank that addresses the environmental and health threats of our time. When others look to politicians for solutions, we look to engineers and entrepreneurs for answers.
Some of our work is presented in reports, essays and briefing papers covering topical issues. You can access all publications here.
Publications in the field of environment "
Publications in the Public Health Programme Area "
Report: Who Gets to Talk to Brussels?
The WHO wants to limit contact between politicians and companies in the alcohol and food sectors, just as has already been done with the tobacco industry. Will this protect decision-making from undue influence, or does it risk excluding large parts of the business community from...
Report: From healthcare to health care
Sweden spends enormous resources on treating diseases once they have already occurred, but very little on keeping people healthy in the first place. The average Swede spends the last ten years of his or her life in poor health, and if we can reduce that time, there are huge...
Report: China wants to dominate Europe's green markets
In his latest report for EPHI, Jojje Olsson looks at how China has systematically penetrated European markets for electric cars, solar panels and batteries. Breaking the dependence on Russian energy raw materials was a painful process for the EU.
Report: A final round - 50 years of the total consumption model
Just in time for midsummer, EPHI is releasing the report En sista runda (A final round), in which we review the background to Swedish alcohol policy. The aim of the report is to review the conceptual model that forms the basis for the state's monopoly on the sale of alcohol. The idea is based on the notion...
Have the EU´s industry policies run out of charge?
Jonas Grafström, a researcher at Ratio, the Swedish business research institute, has written a report on the collapse of the battery company Northvolt. Northvolt is not alone in being a failing battery company. There are other failing ventures in Europe. The EU...
EPHI in Almedalen - Is slim a choice?
Doctor Vincent Flink Amble-Naess has written a report for Ephi on obesity and medicines. Flink Amble-Naess notes that there is currently effective medical treatment for weight loss. The question is who should get it, how the treatment should be financed and how we...
EPHI in Almedalen - A modern public health policy
Economist David Sundén meets psychiatrist David Eberhard, moderated by Henrik Jönsson, to discuss nicotine and public health. Both David Sundén and David Eberhard have each published a report on nicotine and public health. Now they are meeting to...
Nicotine and the brain
Doctor David Eberhard has written a report for EPHI on nicotine, the brain and addiction. Eberhard asks whether addiction itself is really dangerous and how we distinguish between an addiction and a habit. The report is available in both English and Swedish. Watch the call from Brussels...
Is slim a choice?
Doctor Vincent Flink Amble-Naess has written a report for Ephi on obesity and medicines. Flink Amble-Naess notes that there is currently effective medical treatment for weight loss. The question is who should get it, how the treatment should be financed and how we...
The climate benefit of Swedish exports - a new metric for calculating the climate impact of exports and imports.
Global climate change is a challenge that the world must take on together. A prerequisite for this is that individual countries can track emissions. This in turn requires accurate metrics. To address this, Professor Astrid Kander presents in this report a new metric, called the technology-adjusted carbon footprint.