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, Linköping University, Sweden
2009 PhD ’Thinking-about-the-Box; A Holistic Approach to Sustainable Design Engineering of Packaging for Durable Consumer Goods’, 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
LinkedIn

Publications

2026

Elena Jiménez Romanillos, Suzan Boztepe, Helen Williams, Renee Wever (2026)

Breaking Free from Single-Use: Consumer Journeys and Perceptions in Packaging-Free Shopping Journal of Food Products Marketing (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10454446.2026.2656150

2025

Elena Jiménez Romanillos, Renee Wever (2025)

Learning to Act, Acting to Change: Configuring Sustainable Behaviour Interventions Through Bloom's Taxonomy and Activity Theory Proceedings of EcoDesign 2025 International Symposium (Conference paper)

June Kyong Trondsen, Casper Boks, Wanjun Chu, Babak Nemat, Renee Wever (2025)

The Role of Shame and Guilt in Designing Anti-Littering Interventions EcoDesign for Circular Value Creation: Volume I, p. 161-176 (Chapter in book)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-9068-5_11

2024

Elena Jiménez Romanillos, Anna Nordholm, Sara Andersson, Renee Wever (2024)

Sustainable choices, fresh approaches: Redesigning meal kits using activity theory Design Across Borders – United in Creativity Book 4Mexico, Monterrey 2024, p. 1013- (Conference paper)

Elena Jiménez Romanillos, Wanjun Chu, Renee Wever (2024)

Take out (the) packaging: Analysis of a Returnable Packaging Service IAPRI conference proceedings, 2024 (Conference paper)

News

First master’s graduates in design

The first year-group from the international master’s programme in design has graduated.“It suited me perfectly that the programme was new and a bit disorganised. I’ve benefited from everything in the master’s programme” Caspar Reuterswärd assures us.

Reducing food waste should be fun

In the exhibition Designing out food waste, students from the LiU international master’s programme in design presented fifteen ideas that can reduce food waste. They exhibited their work at “Elsas hus” in Linköping.

Design a new strong profile

Three new professors of design and a newly developed international master’s programme will further reinforce LiU’s 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’s industry, business world and society by ground-breaking research, education and innovation.

Studenthuset on Campus Valla in Linköping

About LiU

Linköping 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.