Renee Wever

Professor

Design researcher with a passion for packaging and sustainability. I lead the research area in Design, which has two topics: 'User-centred design for sustainability and circularity', and 'practices of design'.

Professor of Industrial Design with specialisation in engineering design

Academic degrees

2015 Professor of Industrial Design Engineering, Link枚ping University, Sweden
2009 PhD 鈥橳hinking-about-the-Box; A Holistic Approach to Sustainable Design Engineering of Packaging for Durable Consumer Goods鈥�, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
2003 MSc Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Teaching

PhD program in design
International master in design (MDES)
Design and Product development (DPU)

International commitments

Editor Journal of Design Research (www.inderscience.com/jdr)
Editorial board member Packaging Technology and Science (Wiley)
Several scientific committees for international conferences

Social media

Twitter accounts @reneewever and @LiUdesign

Publications

2026

Babak Nemat, Renee Wever (2026) Sustainability, Vol. 18, Article 8954 (Article in journal)

Marie Bengtsson, Renee Wever (2026) Uppdragsutbildning vid LiU - en del av det livsl氓nga l盲randet: Slutrapporter fr氓n utvecklingsprojekt inom uppdragsutbildning 2025, p. 38-47 (Chapter in book)

Elena Jim茅nez Romanillos, Suzan Boztepe, Helen Williams, Renee Wever (2026) Journal of Food Products Marketing (Article in journal)

2025

Elena Jim茅nez Romanillos, Renee Wever (2025) Proceedings of EcoDesign 2025 International Symposium (Conference paper)

June Kyong Trondsen, Casper Boks, Wanjun Chu, Babak Nemat, Renee Wever (2025) EcoDesign for Circular Value Creation: Volume I, p. 161-176 (Chapter in book)

News

First master鈥檚 graduates in design

The first year-group from the international master鈥檚 programme in design has graduated.鈥淚t suited me perfectly that the programme was new and a bit disorganised. I鈥檝e benefited from everything in the master鈥檚 programme鈥� Caspar Reuterswärd assures us.

Reducing food waste should be fun

In the exhibition Designing out food waste, students from the LiU international master鈥檚 programme in design presented fifteen ideas that can reduce food waste. They exhibited their work at 鈥淓lsas hus鈥� in 一本道.

Design a new strong profile

Three new professors of design and a newly developed international master鈥檚 programme will further reinforce LiU鈥檚 position within Swedish design.

Organisation

Product Realisation (PROD)

The Division of Product Realisation belongs to the Department of Economic and Industrial Development (IEI). The department conducts education at the basic and advanced level, research and postgraduate education.

Department of Management and Engineering (IEI)

The Department of Management and Engineering (IEI) strengthens and develops tomorrow鈥檚 industry, business world and society by ground-breaking research, education and innovation.

Studenthuset on Campus Valla in Link枚ping

About LiU

一本道 University, LiU, offers innovative education and boundary-crossing research. The students are among the most desirable in the labour market and international rankings consistently place LiU as a leading global university.

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