Löfstedt also holds adjunct faculty status at Carnegie Mellon university in the US and Gothenburg in Sweden.

[3] He was at one time adjunct faculty at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis where he teaches an executive education course.

Studies have included renewable energy policy, transboundary environmental issues (acid rain and nuclear power), health and safety, telecommunications, biosafety, pharmaceuticals, the siting of waste incinerators, fuel policy, nuclear waste installations and railways.

Professor Löfstedt was appointed by the UK Coalition Government to look at occupational safety and health and in particular, the bureaucracy faced by those self-employed whose work activities do not pose a risk to others.

[6] The review, officially entitled Reclaiming Health and Safety For All but often referred to as the Löfstedt Report, was published by the Department for Work and Pensions in 2011.