Research at the faculty of technology
At the faculty of technology we do research within a large number of fields. Here you'll find those of our research groups that have web sites in English.
At the faculty, research is done by larger and smaller research groups, by individual researchers, in different projects etc. Below you'll find those of our research groups that have an English website. You can also search for researchers, research groups and projects at the Research section.
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Linnaeus University Centres
At Linnaeus University Centres, exciting research of the highest quality, both nationally and internationally recognized, is carried out. A research environment designated a Linnaeus University Centre has undergone a quality review by a special assessment panel, consisting of internationally acknowledged researchers from the field in question. This guarantees the best possible quality, and ensures that the research environment meets the highest requirements.
Research in bioenergy
The research carried out at Linnaeus University focuses on making use of raw materials in new, better and smarter ways – on sustainability, on seeing things from new perspectives and on using resources more efficiently. Therefore, we have chosen bioresource technology as a collective name for all our research within the fields of bioenergy technology, biotechnology, combustion technology, chemical engineering, and process engineering.
Our starting point is biomass, that is to say raw materials, rest products and waste which are often considered to lack value; for instance, algae, food waste and wood residue. We then carry out research within different processes in order to upgrade, convert and refine this biomass. The products can be fuel and electricity, but just as often chemicals and different types of material.
Research projects
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Project: Circular Trust Building – CTB The long-term goal of the Circular Trust Building (CTB) project is to facilitate the transition from the now dominant linear value chain to a circular economy in…
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Project: Climate neutral Växjö 2030 This project is a research collaboration with Växjö municipality for achieving a climate neutral Växjö in 2030 and how digital technologies can support this goal…
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Project: DecarbonDHS – Decarbonization of District Heating Systems The project aims to promote the decarbonization of district heating systems and facilitate the transition towards sustainable and…
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Project: Development of an innovative centrifugal condensation scrubber The project is aiming to optimize and demonstrate a techno-economic solution to efficiently reduce particulate matter emission,…
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Project: Future Baltic Bauhaus - FBB The project aims to show how the construction sector can in various ways reduce its carbon dioxide emissions and reduce its use of resources by making the industry…
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Project: Low-Carbon Economy Transformation through Sustainable Energy Modernization and Access in Lesotho (LETSEMA) This project aims to equip the National University of Lesotho and the Bethel…
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Project: Radioactivity – NORM contamination of LNG fuel systems In this project, we study if liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel systems are contaminated by natural occurring radioactive material (NORM).…
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Project: Resource-efficient cascading approach to recycle dredged sediments (Re-SET) This project endeavors to mitigate the adverse environmental impact and maximize the efficient utilization of vast…
Research in building technology
Research at the Department of Building Technology is carried out in the fields of wood building technology, concrete structures, building physics, historic structures, life cycle analysis and other related fields. Over the years, our researchers have been particularly active in the field of construction of modern wooden buildings and related research issues, in order to create a broader and more efficient use of wood in building structures. Therefore, a large part of the research is conducted in this particular field, often in close collaboration with business partners and public organizations.
A common goal for the research at the department is to develop tools for predictions, to be used for engineering applications. For this purpose, we use experimental, analytical and numerical methods (for example the finite element method) to create new knowledge in the research fields above.
Experiments are carried out in our large and well-equipped laboratory. It features equipment for mechanical testing and characterization of materials and structures of different sizes.
Research fields
Our research is conducted in the following fields:
- Wood building technology
- Strength grading of timber
- Moisture and time-dependent material behavior of wood
- Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT)
- Connections in timber structures
- Timber structures
- Structural health monitoring - Concrete structures
- Composite elements and hybrid structures
- Building physics
- Historic structures
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Wood Building Technology The main direction of our research environment is wood building technology and applied mechanics. The research is to a large extent applied and is practised in close…
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Concrete structures Concrete structures is one of the research fields within the subject of building technology. It includes possible studies of all types of such structures: reinforced and…
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Building physics Building physics is one of the research fields within the subject of building technology. Our research consists of two main fields: Building energy simulation and life cycle modelling…
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Historic structures Historic structures is one of the research fields within the subject of building technology. Our research focuses primarily on historic wood and masonry structures that are built…
Research projects
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Doctoral project: Lateral stability of tall timber-frame buildings designed by prefabricated volumetric elements The aim of this doctoral student project is to: • Analyze tall timber-frame buildings…
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Doctoral project: Modelling of modular-based multi-storey timber buildings This doctoral project aims to establish efficient and flexible finite element models that will be used to analyse the…
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Project: Climate neutral Växjö 2030 This project is a research collaboration with Växjö municipality for achieving a climate neutral Växjö in 2030 and how digital technologies can support this goal…
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Project: Competitive timber structures – Resource efficiency and climate benefits along the wood value chain through engineering design Through increasing scientific knowledge along the wood…
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Project: Detection and modelling of knots and fibre orientation in sawn timber based on scanning, modelling and machine learning This research project aims to detect internal properties of sawn timber…
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Project: ESG Impact Index in Higher Education (Shift) Shift aims at increasing the capacity of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to contribute to the sustaiable development goals by assessing and…
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Project: ForestMap The overall objective of the project is to develop and evaluate a new methodology to produce forest maps across the globe, to advance the societal values of forest use. The forest…
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Project: GreenBIM Transnational MSc in BIM and Energy Efficiency in Buildings GreenBIM will promote the inter-connected higher education system. Locally, co-creation of content by experts from…
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Project: House Charlie House Charlie is an office building in Växjö, made from timber. A monitoring system has been included during construction and running since summer 2018. Dynamic and moisture…
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Project: House Limnologen The apartment buildings at Limnologen in Växjö are among the oldest multi-story buildings in the Nordic made from CLT. During planning and construction, the buildings were…
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Project: Improving the competitive advantage of CLT-based building systems through engineering design and reduced carbon footprint The objective of this project is to increase the competitiveness of…
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Project: Long-term mechanical behavior of dowel connections in timber structures as the basis for an extended service life and reuse The project aims at gaining more knowledge on the long-term…
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Project: Moisture and time dependent properties of South Swedish hardwood for load bearing structures This project aims at testing the long-term load bearing capacity and deformations of birch and…
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Project: Possibilities and tools to enhance circularity in multi-storey wood-building construction Shifting to a more circular economy is a necessity for a resource-efficient and competitive economy,…
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Project: Research at Pilgatan, Varberg In the locality of Trönninge, near Varberg on the Swedish West coast, Derome is developing a new residential area. Two six-storey apartment buildings,…
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Project: Sustainable composite floor system for circular construction business The aim of this project is to analyse the possibilities to solve the problems of circularity in the construction sector.…
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Project: Visualization and Exploration Flexiboard for Timber Buildings (TimberVis) Within the collaboration between InfraVis, the national research infrastructure for data visualization, and the…
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Seed project: Machine learning stabilized steady-state advective-diffusive heat transport This seed project aims to explore and use the strengths of Scientific Machine Learning (SciML) to solve the…
Completed research projects
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Project: Detection of defects on wood surfaces on the basis of optical scanning The purpose of this research project is to gain increased knowledge and a better understanding of how different wood…
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Project: Performance prediction of a biobased product The aim of the project was to develop a prediction tool for laminated veneer products, to improve product performance by reducing rejects and…
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Project: Smart Cities – Ready project The Ready project is a five year (2014-2019) international research project financed by the European Commission, focusing on implementing advanced energy…
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Project: Strategic Research Centre for 4th Generation District Heating (4DH) Technologies and Systems This project will generate knowledge in the design of fourth generation, low-temperature heating…
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Project: Silvicultural and wood use options for climate change adaptation and mitigation The project focuses on comprehensive system analysis of different silvicultural options for the county of…
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Project: Construction systems for resource-efficient and low-carbon buildings in a lifecycle perspective A key goal of this project was to generate new scientific knowledge on how the production phase…
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Project: Attractive living environment in wooden residential buildings This project seeks to investigate the role of wood as related to positive effects on well-being and attractiveness in wooden…
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Project: Wood based energy systems from Nordic forests (Enerwoods) The goal of this project was to combine energy systems and biological systems to optimise the complete bioenergy chain, considering…
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Project: Wood in Carbon Efficient Construction (€CO2) The €CO2 was a European project focusing on carbon efficient construction and the role of wood.
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Project: Strength grading of structural timber and glued laminated timber by laser scanning and three-dimensional structural modeling This project aims in particular at development of an accurate…
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Doctoral project: Connections and compression perpendicular to the grain in cross-laminated timber The main aim of the project is to predict in a combined experimental-numerical study the mechanical…
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Project: Design of innovative modular-based multi-storey timber buildings Constructing multi-storey buildings with light-frame timber modules is an innovative construction method, but at the same time…
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Project: Development of resource efficient district heating systems In this project, we study how district heating systems can develop in changing markets for heating and solid biofuels.
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Project: A sustainable built environment in existing and new urban areas in Växjö The aim of this project was to create new knowledge of resource- and cost-efficient built environment in new urban…
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Project: A sustainable built environment in the Kilen area of Ronneby This project's aim was to create new knowledge on how to develop resource and cost-efficient built environment in the Kilen area…
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Project: Energy savings and economic optimization of energy efficiency renovation measures for multi-storey buildings from the 1970s The project aims to generate knowledge on the significance of…
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Project: Housing and residential development for increased growth (Boost) The Boost project has its starting point in building and living with glass and wood construction. The aim is to develop and…
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Doctoral project: Connection design for wind induced vibrations in tall timber buildings How to describe and control wind-induced vibrations in a tall timber building are the new challenging questions…
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Project: Use of wood for better climate and increased value creation (KlimaTre) This project documented the climate and economic impact of the forest-based value chains in Norway.
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Project: Compression perpendicular to the grain in cross-laminated engineered wood-based products The aim of this project was a better prediction and exploitation of the properties of wood in…
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Project: Local fibre orientation in Norway spruce timber and its significance for the timber's properties This project aims at increased knowledge of fibre orientation in the close surroundings of…
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Project: ForestValue Hardwood joint - Innovative joints in hardwoods The overall project objective is to foster high-performance hardwood structures in the European building sector by developing…
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Project: Tall Timber Buildings – concept studies The aim of the project is to show ways to design a 20+ multi-storey building with a load-bearing system of timber, and to build knowledge of the issues…
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Project: Sectoral readiness for deep renovation of detached households: from research to practice The purpose of this project was to enhance preparedness of the deep renovation sector. The project…
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Doctoral project: Building systems of CLT and concrete – modelling and requirements during design Structures that are primarily built in wood today are commonly combined with additional structural…
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Doctoral project: Numerical modelling of the coupled transfer of heat and mass in wood and engineering wood products The objective of the project is to use advanced mathematical techniques to create a…
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Doctoral project: Moisture induced stress and deformation of wood This doctoral project focused on the development of a three-dimensional numerical model in the finite-element software Abaqus to be…
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Project: Efficient use of forest biomass to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and oil use The aim of this project is to identify bioenergy strategies for the efficient use of forest biomass to reduce…
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Project: Low temperature district heating and new energy efficient building blocks In this project, cost, carbon dioxide and primary energy implications of heating new building blocks with low…
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Project: One-stop-shop business model for energy renovation of detached houses The goal of this study is to develop, implement and test a one-stop-shop business model for energy renovation of detached…
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Project: Low energy bio-based society The aim of this project was to create strategic knowledge on how to develop a resource- and climate-efficient built environment in urban areas that is primarily…
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Project: CT scanning and the influence of knots in structural timber This project aimed to conduct a comprehensive analysis of wood material at a micro-scale level, using computer tomography.…
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Project: Relationship between stiffness and moisture changes in CLT Cross-laminated timber (CLT) is produced by gluing boards together crosswise in layers and used as a construction material. In this…
Research in computer science
The research in computer science focuses on technology for the construction of smarter software systems. The activities are primarily carried out within four research areas with several points of contact.
- Cyber-physical systems
- Information and software visualisation
- Self-adaptive software systems
- Software technologies
Within the subject of computer science there is also Linnaeus University Centre for Data Intensive Sciences and Applications, DISA, which is one of Linnaeus University's cutting-edge research environments. The centre works with collection, analysis and utilisation of large data sets.
More about the research
Cyber-physical systems
The research group of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) addresses the close interactions and feedback loop between the embedded cyber components and the dynamic physical components that involve mechanical components, energy systems, human activities and surrounding environment. Designing CPS involves the consideration of multiple factors such as timing, energy, reliability, dependability and security. We need to bring together the experts from different disciplines to tackle the challenges on large scale analytical modeling and analysis, efficient simulations, model driven synthesis and verification, real-time data analytics and system control, etc.
We focus on various aspects, including:
- model-based design, synthesis and verification of CPS,
- CPS dependability, security and privacy,
- big data analytics for CPS,
- cross-layer modeling and optimization for CPS, and
- applications of CPS in smart energy systems and automotive systems, etc.
For smarter systems, the main target of our CPS research is to study the link and the interaction between the information technologies, which provide "smartness", and the physical entities which are the "systems".
Information and software visualisation
The research group Information and Software Visualization, ISOVIS, focuses on the explorative analysis and visualization of typically large and complex information spaces, for example in the life sciences, humanities, or software engineering. Our vision is to attack the big data challenge by a combination of human-centered data analysis and interactive visualization for decision-making.
Interactive visualization and visual analytics enable a more efficient and more reliable analysis of the large and complex information spaces that are collected from smart systems and their environments. As a result, smart systems can be better understood and in consequence also better engineered in order to improve the quality of predicting and controlling their performance and behavior, for instance.
Self-adaptive software systems
The research group AdaptWise studies the engineering of Self-adaptive Software Systems, with a particular focus on providing assurances for the qualities of such systems. Self-adaptation provides a principled way to deal with uncertainties of software systems at runtime, ranging from dynamics in the availability of resources to changes of requirements during operation. Adding self-adaptation capabilities to software systems will enable these systems to deal autonomously with dynamics that are difficult to predict. Hence, these systems can take over tedious tasks that are typically performed by human operators, resulting in smarter systems.
Software technologies
The research group Software Technology Labs studies data intensive technologies. Machine learning and artificial intelligence use (big) data to automate tasks such as reasoning, planning, deciding, and predicting. Scalable computing technologies allow coping with the volume of big data sets and the velocity of big data streams. Software and information analysis considers the IT systems as data and reflects on their quality.
Data intensive technologies are enablers for turning data into information and actionable knowledge that automates the implementation of smarter systems or even generates components of these systems.
Research groups
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AdaptWise The AdaptWise research group conducts research on the foundations and engineering of self-adaptive software systems. The primary focus is on: i) dynamic architectures and runtime mechanisms…
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Computational Thinking and Coding Skills in Schools (CoCoS) The Computational Thinking and Coding Skills in Schools research group deals with research, teaching and courses for skills development of…
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Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) The CPS research group is responsible for research, teaching, and outreach activities in the field of Cyber-Physical Systems.
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Data Intensive Software Technologies and Applications (DISTA) The research group Data Intensive Software Technologies and Applications studies data-driven approaches, such as machine learning,…
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Data-driven Business Innovation (DBI) The Data-driven Business Innovation (DBI) research group develops models and frameworks for data-driven platforms and business models to enhance efficiency and…
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EdTechLnu The research within the EdTechLnu field of knowledge has three main strands: • Developing new technology to support education and learning. • Studying teaching and learning where students…
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Engineering Resilient Systems (EReS) The Engineering Resilient Systems (EReS) Research Lab conducts research in the area of system resilience. It focuses on investigating (and experimenting with)…
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High-Performance Computing Center (HPCC) The High-Performance Computing Center (HPCC) offers computational and storage resources to help researchers to solve big computing and big data problems.…
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iInstitute The iInstitute at Linnaeus University is a member of the international iSchools organization, providing interdisciplinary education in the digital humanities, computer science, health…
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Information and Software Visualization (ISOVIS) The research group Information and Software Visualization mainly focuses on the explorative analysis and visualization of large and complex information…
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Linnaeus University Centre for Data Intensive Sciences and Applications The DISA research centre at Linnaeus University focuses its efforts on open questions in collection, analysis and utilization of…
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Smart Industry Group Smart Industry Group (SIG) is an interdisciplinary research group featuring expertise from computer science and mechanical engineering. SIG's focus is making production and…
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Smarter Systems We want to build systems that are a little smarter, that is, systems that make decisions independently and adjust to become a little better at solving their tasks. Our research and…
Research projects
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Artificial ‘Ulama - Patterns and Biases in Non-Human Islam A project that critically analyses AI generated Islamic theology.
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Doctoral project: AI in administration of agricultural subsidies We want to design, implement and evaluate systems based on artificial intelligence that supports our customer with the administration…
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Doctoral project: Digital Twin as a Service (DTaaS) This doctoral project targets to work on Digital Twin, with integration to data intensive sources.
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Doctoral project: Digitalization of Business Model This project is about developing a business model for omnichannel retailing. Global competition in highly dynamic retail markets demands firms to…
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Doctoral project: Document Classification and Entity Extraction Many aspects of accounting present difficulties in achieving full automation due to the abundance of unstructured information, such as…
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Doctoral project: Ecosystems and smart cities Cities face major climate challenges. In my research, I investigate how digital transformation and ecosystems contribute to increased collaboration…
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Doctoral project: Enhancing MLOps architectures for efficient integration, deployment and inference of AI Models in diverse industrial settings This project focuses on advancing MLOps architectures to…
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Doctoral project: Exploring AI driven operation for forecasting in data-light environments: The multishop concept The advent of big data and AI brought new possibilities to businesses. In this…
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Doctoral project: Multivariate network embedding for visual analytics This doctoral project aims to explore the use of embedding technologies for visual and computational analytics on large…
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Doctoral project: Realising smarter organization by developing Digital Twin of the Organization A Digital Twin of an Organization (DTO) as a software component proposes a live model of an…
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Doctoral project: Reuse of health data, combing the best of two worlds A method for automatic generation of features with high predictive power based on domain knowledge.
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Project expert competence: Smart Industry, phase 2 The goal of the project is to develop courses at advanced level linked to Smart Industry based on the skills needs of industry. The project's target…
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Project: Aligning Architectures for Digital Twin of the Organization (Aladino) This project aims at establishing a set of sound engineering methodologies, methods and tools for modeling, evaluating,…
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Project: Climate neutral Växjö 2030 This project is a research collaboration with Växjö municipality for achieving a climate neutral Växjö in 2030 and how digital technologies can support this goal…
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Project: Designing digital technologies for supporting energy-related behavior change in the kitchen This project aims to design, develop and evaluate digital behavioral change tools. The goal is to…
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Project: Digital acceleration for medium size sustainable cities (DIACCESS) The aim of the project is to solve real societal challenges by combining municipal administrations and municipal companies…
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Project: IoT lab for SME 2.0 The aim of this project is to develop a well-established network of companies in the Linnaeus region that can benefit from each other's expertise and products within…
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Project: Roadmaps for AI Integration in the Rail Sector (RAILS) The overall objective of the RAILS research project is to investigate the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) approaches in the…
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Project: Science4Girls This project intends to design and implement learning activities withing the theme of climate change that encourage girls to enroll in science, technology, engineering, and…
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Project: Smart storage solutions in the fridge of the future to reduce food waste About one third of the food production in the world is thrown away, which is one of the largest single sources of…
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Project: Twin4dem Twin4dem aims to leverage cutting-edge Computational Social Science (CSS) techniques, such as natural language processing, data aggregation, and dynamic simulation models, to analyze…
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Project: VCardiac - A Novel Framework for Contactless Detection and Forecasting of Early Stages of Heart Diseases and Cardiac Arrest Conditions VCardiac is a new framework that utilises acoustic heart…
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Project: Visualization and Exploration Flexiboard for Timber Buildings (TimberVis) Within the collaboration between InfraVis, the national research infrastructure for data visualization, and the…
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Seed project: Investigate Machine Learning Techniques for Decision-Making Support in K-12 Educational Context The main aim of this seed application is to investigate the use and application of Machine…
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Seed project: Machine learning stabilized steady-state advective-diffusive heat transport This seed project aims to explore and use the strengths of Scientific Machine Learning (SciML) to solve the…
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Seed project: Mitigating Health Inequalities in the Kronoberg Region - A Transdisciplinary System Thinking Approach The main objective for this seed project within the Knowledge environment Digital…
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Seed project: Nerves segmentation and dendritic cells detection in IVCM images – DCN Automatic segmentation of nerves and detection of dendritic cells to provide accurate density measurements, aiding…
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Seed project: Programming social robots - a tool for learning in the multilingual primary school The aim is to contribute to teachers' capacity to work with programming social robots in classrooms…
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Seed project: Using Natural Language Models for Extracting Drug-Related Problems (NLMED) The overall goal of the research in this seed project within the Linnaeus University Center for Data Intensive…
Completed research projects
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Doctoral project: Efficient detection of changes in software evolution and their operationalization for software maintenance This project aimed at understanding and using changes detected in software…
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Doctoral project: Supporting Synchronous Asymmetric Data Exploration using Virtual Reality within the context of Collaborative Immersive Analytics Immersive technologies, such as virtual reality,…
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Doctoral project: Visual analytics for explainable and trustworthy machine learning This doctoral project aims to develop foundational principles, techniques, and tools for visual analytics, for…
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Project: Climate-driven power management in Crossways The purpose of the feasibility study is to investigate how we can best meet the energy and climate challenges that lie ahead. We need to balance a…
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Project: Competence needs and courses for professionals in IT and competitive production The purpose of the project is to contribute to the continued development of industry's skills development,…
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Project: Competence needs and courses for professionals in IT and competitive production 2.0 The purpose of the project is to further develop the common marketing platform for courses for…
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Project: Development of a Master Programme in Computer Science The aim of this project is to develop our existing two-year master programme in Computer Science (with specialization in Software…
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Project: Development of a new master programme in Digital Humanities at Linnaeus University The project aims to further develop the Digital Humanities, Master Programme and establish new ways of…
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Project: Digital competence and cutting-edge competence in Kronoberg This is a collaborative project with the intention of analyzing the need for digital competence and cutting-edge competence among…
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Project: Digitalisation in forestry A paradigm shift is taking place in forestry, with new opportunities for the forest industry to use satellite data, laser scanning, drones and handling of data from…
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Project: Information Engineering Center Information Engineering Center (IEC) is a research and collaboration project at Linnaeus University. Our goal is to create new businesses, new jobs and…
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Project: Innovation link for IT and industry in Kronoberg Innovation link is a collaborative project for increased innovation among small and medium-sized companies within IT and industry in Kronoberg…
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Project: Linnaeus University as a unique iSchool The core idea of this project is to establish a unique iSchool (information School) at Linnaeus University. An iSchool refers to university-level…
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Project: Provably Secure Self-Protecting Systems (PROSSES) The PROSSES project will result in techniques and tools to create a protecting layer for software systems against attacks from the Internet.
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Project: SciChallenge Using digital technologies and social media, the SciChallenge project will create a competition to engage more young people in Europe in the areas of natural science, technology…
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Project: Software Technology for Self-Adaptive Systems The purpose of this project is to increase the engineering efficiency of self-adaptive systems. The development, maintenance and operation of…
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Project: StaViCTA Stancetaking is an important factor for social interaction in human communication. This interdisciplinary project will identify how we express stance on the Internet – to create a…
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Seed project: Analyzing state-of-the-practice for self-adaptive systems in industry using data analytics The main objective for this seed project within Linnaeus University Centre for Data Intensive…
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Seed project: Biosensor Testbed at the IoT Lab The objective of this project is to explore the potential applications of biosensors for the continuous monitoring and management of various health…
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Seed project: Data intensive analysis for identification and prediction of risk medications The main objective for this seed project within Linnaeus University Centre for Data Intensive Sciences and…
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Seed project: Data-intensive tools for effective carbon mitigation in forestry The main objective for this seed project within Linnaeus University Centre for Data Intensive Sciences and Applications…
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Seed project: Developing the Skeleton Avatar camera Technique (SAT) as a rapid, valid and sensitive measurement of mobility in elderly persons The main objective for this seed project within Linnaeus…
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Seed project: Development of an intelligent wearable – the DIWAH study The overall goal of the research in this seeding project within the Linnaeus University Center for Data Intensive Sciences and…
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Seed project: Digitized ancient remains detection The main objective for this seed project within Linnaeus University Centre for Data Intensive Sciences and Applications (DISA) is to explore if…
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Seed project: European spruce bark beetles; advanced predictive forecasting by means of machine learning The main objective for this seed project within Linnaeus University Centre for Data Intensive…
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Seed project: IoT for ships – an untapped data resource The main objective for this seed project within Linnaeus University Centre for Data Intensive Sciences and Applications (DISA) is to establish…
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Seed project: Smart-Troubleshooting in the Connected Society The main objective for this seed project within Linnaeus University Centre for Data Intensive Sciences and Applications (DISA) was to…
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Seed project: Towards a data-driven approach to ground-fault location The main objective for this seed project within Linnaeus University Centre for Data Intensive Sciences and Applications (DISA) is…
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Seed project: User performance data from a video-based application/platform The main objective for this seed project within Linnaeus University Centre for Data Intensive Sciences and Applications…
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Seed project: Using Artificial Intelligence to Detect Acanthamoeba Keratitis in the eye - the AIDAK study Applicants The overall objective of the research for this seed project within Linnaeus…
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Seed project: Vibration-based strength grading of sawn timber The main objective for this seed project within Linnaeus University Centre for Data Intensive Sciences and Applications (DISA) was to…
Research in electrical engineering
Electrical engineering is a collective concept that comprises basically all the technology, theory and methodology that in one way or another deal with the electromagnetic phenomenon. Included in this is, for instance, wave propagation and radio communication, electronics, electrical power and electrical machines, acoustics, signal processing and control engineering. Our research is mainly theoretical with focus on electromagnetic field theory, control theory, systems theory and optimisation, most often with an industrial application.
We regularly take part in a number of national and international research projects and programmes and offer first- and second-cycle education (bachelor and master) in electrical engineering and third-cycle education (licentiate and doctor) in physics and mathematics.
Research projects
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Project: Climate-smart agriculture Within this project, we are developing a pilot plant for energy-efficient agriculture.
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Project: Efficient planning of hydropower systems In a future scenario, Sweden's production of electricity will consist of a larger share of intermittent types of energy production. Based on this,…
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Project: Wave propagation and radiative transfer in the atmosphere Wave propagation and radiative transfer in the atmosphere is a modern research area with immediate connection to the greenhouse…
Research in Forestry and Wood Technology
The Department of Forestry and Wood Technology conducts interdisciplinary research on forests and their values. The academic environment covers the entire value chain, spanning multiple interconnected subject disciplines. This includes studying the fundamental ecophysiological and ecological conditions for trees, sustainable forest management and resource stewardship, and the services and products provided by the forest such as furniture and buildings. Many research questions address how forestry can be conducted ecologically, socially, and economically sustainably under changing climate conditions, supported by new digital and technical solutions.
For our research, we utilise our laboratory environment, which includes fixed laboratories, mobile equipment, as well as outdoor test areas and field experiments. The flexible environment of ForestEdge allows us to study questions throughout the entire value chain. Research is carried out in close collaboration with other educational institutions, authorities, organizations, and companies in the forestry and wood sector, both regionally, nationally, and internationally. The department participates in The Bridge initiative, a strategic collaboration between Linnaeus University, Södra, and Ikea
Research fields
Our research is conducted in the following fields:
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Forest Ecology and Ecophysiology The research field Forest Ecology and Ecophysiology focuses on nature conservation, soil ecology, nutrient dynamics in forests, ecophysiology, the water and carbon…
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Forest Management In the research field Forest Management, we address questions related to the sustainable use of forests, taking into account economic, social, and ecological aspects.
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Forest Products The Forest Products research field conducts cutting-edge research in forest-derived raw materials and side streams, to promote the utilization of renewable materials and contribute to…
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Forest Economics The research field Forest Economics encompasses all aspects of the forest value chain, focusing on sustainable forestry and the transition to a bio-based and circular economy.
Research projects
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Doctoral project: Advanced identification methods for the forest industry through CV/AI The project intends to create opportunities for continued digitalisation in the forest industry. This concerns…
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Doctoral project: Characteristics of aspen logs to improved production performance The overall purpose of the project is to increase our understanding on specific wood qualitative aspects of aspen…
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Doctoral project: Circular economy and remanufacturing flows in the wood and furniture industry Public organizations, where furniture is frequently replaced, provide a unique opportunity to explore…
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Doctoral project: Early detection of stress signals in Scotts pine (Pinus sylvestris) The goal of this project is to utilise digital tools to develop new scientific knowledge and create solutions for…
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Doctoral project: Fire and rescue services and forestry in collaboration Within the project, two studies are carried out. The first study describes the individual private forest owners' experiences of…
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Project: Adaptation of silviculture to meet climate change - how do we implement it for an individual forest owner in practice The purpose of the project is to get a practical application within…
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Project: Adaptation to changes: emerging forest ecosystems in a changing climate We aim to compile information about oak forest distributions and associated biodiversity, identifying threats and…
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Project: Application of renewable hydrophobic formulations for wood composite panel manufacturing The project aims at expanding the competencies and transferring knowledge between academia and the…
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Project: Artificial heartwood The project aims to improve the properties of pine sapwood for window applications using a renewable, tannin-based formula.
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Project: Competitive timber structures – Resource efficiency and climate benefits along the wood value chain through engineering design Through increasing scientific knowledge along the wood…
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Project: CONFLICT – Can continuous cover forestry lead to increased carbon uptake of terrestrial ecosystems? We measure the carbon uptake of a continuous cover forest and compare it with carbon fluxes…
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Project: Development of a quality description for sawn birch A complete value chain where more material is sold as well-paid sawlog gives landowners greater incentives to invest in the cultivation of…
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Project: Effect of education on forest owners The effect of academic courses on the knowledge acquisition of forest owners and other course participants is merely unknown. In order to examine this…
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Project: Efficient remanufacturing of furniture used in public environments (RE:Furn) Large amounts of furniture are often discarded because it costs more to repair and reuse them than to buy new…
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Project: Fire protection of wood with bio-based wood modification The aim of the project is to evaluate bio-based alternatives for fire protection of wooden facades and wood-based board materials. It…
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Project: Forest 4.0 The objective of the Forest 4.0 project is to establish a Centre of Excellence (CoE) to transform the forest environment monitoring, data acquisition, and analysis. The aim is to…
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Project: ForestMap The overall objective of the project is to develop and evaluate a new methodology to produce forest maps across the globe, to advance the societal values of forest use. The forest…
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Project: How useful is an acorn? Quantifying the plant available carbon in acorns using achlorophyllous oaks The size of the acorn is an important trait often linked to the well-being of young…
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Project: Innovative modified birch wood product for building applications (InnoBjörk) The InnoBjörk project is intended to provide solutions for how value-added products can be made from Swedish birch…
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Project: New approaches for conservation of threatened elm trees through holobiont concept The overall goal of this project is to expand the current knowledge base for development of sustainable…
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Project: OptiForValue Optimising forest operations for sustainable forest management and high-value applications.
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Project: Predicting the water vapor sorption of wood with machine learning methods The water vapor sorption behavior of wood is a fundamental property that affects nearly all of its properties such as…
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Project: Pre-study supply chains deciduous wood Together with Träcentrum, Linnaeus University is conducting a pre-study to map out the opportunities for domestic production of deciduous wood raw…
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Project: Strategies for Increased Circularity in the Wood Processing Industry (CirkuWood) In Sweden, taking wood raw materials for granted is easy, but a shortage of certain raw materials already…
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Project: TallBoard: Tall oil application in industrial fiberboards The aim of this project is to replace the fossil-based paraffin wax with a hydrophobic agent made from tall oil for manufacturing…
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Project: The health-promoting values and effects of the forest The intention is to explore and describe people's experiences of the forest and its importance for health and well-being.
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Project: The values of the oak – effects of pruning on timber quality High-quality oak that is processed by the wood industry is a scarce resource throughout Europe. With an active forest management,…
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Project: Urban Tree Guard - Safeguarding European urban trees and forests through improved biosecurity The aim of the project is to engage researchers and stakeholders to develop and recommend…
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Seed project: Machine learning stabilized steady-state advective-diffusive heat transport This seed project aims to explore and use the strengths of Scientific Machine Learning (SciML) to solve the…
Completed research projects
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Doctoral project: Raw material properties and process optimization for increased value-added wood flooring products The development of the wood industry relates to its capability for improvement of…
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Doctoral project: Transition of forest carbon balance in young stands of Norway spruce II Measurements of the greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide from the forest floor in…
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Project: Agro-industry feedstocks and side streams for increasing the sustainability of wood panel production The project aims at exploring the possibilities offered by the various agroindustrial…
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Project: Application of new biorefinery lignin-based adhesives in the wood panel industry The project envisages a mobility of professor Stergios Adamopoulos (20 % work time) from Linnaeus University…
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Project: Bio-based polyurethane adhesives for cross-laminated timber (CLT) This project envisages the collaboration of the Group of Forest Products research group at Linnaeus University, for the…
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Project: BioFrame – an analytical framework to promote the development of forest bioenergy A national forest strategy affects – and is affected by – what is happening in the forest as well as…
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Project: Climate adapted forest management The proportion of private forest owners who adapt their forestry to a changing climate is increasing. Which climate adaptation measures are being taken in…
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Project: Creep behaviour of environmental-friendly wood panels under different service class situations The project aims at exploring fundamentals related to creep behaviour of environmental-friendly…
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Project: Digitalisation in forestry A paradigm shift is taking place in forestry, with new opportunities for the forest industry to use satellite data, laser scanning, drones and handling of data from…
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Project: Drone measurement for the intelligent forest We are to develop a system for collection of forestry information with drones that fly in the forest below the canopy. Based on video recording,…
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Project: Environmental friendly wood composites with bio-based additives This project explored the potential of using renewable materials from pulping biorefeniries as water-repellent additives for…
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Project: Flexible automation in manufacturing of laminated veneer products In this project, we study challenges for automation in the furniture industry. The wood furniture industry has a great need…
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Project: Formaldehyde emissions from wood composites bonded with bio-based adhesives Formaldehyde based adhesives dominate the market and are used almost exclusively for wood panel production. The use…
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Project: From native wheat starch towards innovative adhesives for wood panels The project aims at exploring fundamentals related to the modification of wheat starch from Lantmännen operations, and…
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Project: Fundamental understanding of moisture in coated wood for durable exterior constructions The aim of this project is to increase the understanding in water soprtion of coated wood. Equal focus…
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Project: Genetic testing of oak in Sweden In this project, we have collected acorns from individual trees and grown plants for continued testing in offspring trials in southern Sweden for long-term…
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Project: LC Districts – towards low carbon city districts through the improvement of regional policies The overall objective of the LC Districts research project is to improve regional development…
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Project: Life-Long Learning in Forestry Latvia Development of courses for forest owners and professionals with local partners. This project was concluded in 2023.
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Project: Mapping of the conditions for efficient remanufacturing of furniture used in public environments We want to increase the knowledge about circular economy and remanufacturing of furniture…
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Project: New aspects on the strength behaviour of thermally modified wood towards structural applications The project aims at exploring fundamentals related to the strength behaviour of thermally…
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Project: Novel starch-based adhesive systems to enable recycling of fibreboards This project aims to develop and validate starch-based adhesives for recyclable fibreboards, both at the laboratory at…
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Project: QualityWBPs – Innovative treatments and adhesives for high quality, sustainable wood-based panels This project aims to develop less hygroscopic wood-based panels through the application of…
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Project: Renewable hydrophobing agents for fibreboards based on tall oil The project aims at preparing and testing 100 % renewable formulations that are based on tall oil for effective…
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Project: Sustainable co-operation of rescue actors in the Swedish countryside The aim of this project is to explore, develop and evaluate new strategies in the organization of rescue actors through…
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Project: Sustainable use of virgin and recovered raw material streams for innovative bio-based products and business stimulation in Southern Sweden This project aims at increasing resource use…
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Project: Tall-oil based hydrophobing formulations for industrial fibreboards The aim of this project is to develop, validate and demonstrate water repellent formulations for industrial fibreboards…
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Project: Thermo-Reversible Starch-based Adhesives for Wood Panels (Tresa) The Tresa project pursues a novel approach to develop reversible, bio-based starch adhesive systems for applications in wood…
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Project: Total carbon balance of Swedish forestry sector: Evaluate guidelines for climate roadmap 2050 This project will result in a description of the baseline of the total carbon balance of the…
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Project: Utilisation of renewable biomass and waste materials for production of environmental-friendly, bio-based composites The aim of this project is the development and testing of…
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Project: Wood anatomy and identification The aim of this project is to improve lab facilities for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as for the researchers, in addressing the questions…
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Project: X-ray density profile measuring system for wood composites This project features purchase and demonstration of a laboratory density profile measuring unit of wood composites (particleboards,…
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Seed project: Data-intensive tools for effective carbon mitigation in forestry The main objective for this seed project within Linnaeus University Centre for Data Intensive Sciences and Applications…
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Seed project: European spruce bark beetles; advanced predictive forecasting by means of machine learning The main objective for this seed project within Linnaeus University Centre for Data Intensive…
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Seed project: Vibration-based strength grading of sawn timber The main objective for this seed project within Linnaeus University Centre for Data Intensive Sciences and Applications (DISA) was to…
Research in informatics
We aim to be an innovative academic knowledge creation unit within Linnaeus University/ Faculty of Technology that engages with societal and industrial actors to reach responsible digitalization for a sustainable and humane society through research, education and collaboration activities. In the subject of Informatics, research is carried out in various overlapping areas: systems thinking, digital business innovation and interaction design. The common denominator for the research is the study of digital technology use in social contexts and from systemic and design perspectives; that is, how systems and their use can be developed in order to develop and improve individual and organizational activities. Our research activities also include third-cycle education.
Research groups
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Data-driven Business Innovation (DBI) The Data-driven Business Innovation (DBI) research group develops models and frameworks for data-driven platforms and business models to enhance efficiency and…
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Designing for Innovation and Learning (DIL) The Designing for Innovation and Learning research group does interdisciplinary research in the field of digital transformation within various domains.
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Interaction Design Research Group Interaction Design Research Group is an interdisciplinary team, addressing current societal and industrial challenges using ICT solutions through applied research…
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Linnaeus University Centre for Data Intensive Sciences and Applications The DISA research centre at Linnaeus University focuses its efforts on open questions in collection, analysis and utilization of…
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Linnaeus University Systems Community (LNU-STC) Linnaeus University Systems Community emphasizes Systems Thinking in research, education and practice. The community is part of the Linnaeus Knowledge…
Research projects
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Doctoral project: Digitalization of Business Model This project is about developing a business model for omnichannel retailing. Global competition in highly dynamic retail markets demands firms to…
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Doctoral project: How to Secure Multi-Vendor Data Flow Oriented Environments with ICT Governance and Systems Thinking This doctoral project consists of two parts: One ongoing licentiate thesis…
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Project: APPEND – Digital Product Passport to Revolutionize the Furniture Industry The purpose of this project is to design, develop, and validate a DPP (Digital Product Passport) prototype within the…
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Project: DIGRIS -implementation challenges of digitalisation rights in Sweden The project is grounded in the European Union (EU)'s digital strategy, with the aim of investigating how small and…
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Project: Forest 4.0 The objective of the Forest 4.0 project is to establish a Centre of Excellence (CoE) to transform the forest environment monitoring, data acquisition, and analysis. The aim is to…
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Project: IDEAL - Interaction design program expansion and alignment with market needs The project aims to develop two advanced courses within the area of Interaction Design in close collaboration with…
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Project: International guest professor in data driven business innovation The research project aims to facilitate businesses that focus on using data as their primary resource to create new value…
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Project: Language in the Human-Machine Era (LITHME) The research project Language In The Human-Machine Era (LITHME) is intended to establish the scope of emerging technologies and prepare linguistics…
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Project: Next Generation of Trustworthy Agri-Data Management - EnTrust EnTrust brings together 16 leading research institutions and enterprise from 5 different countries across Europe to establish a…
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Project: Recasting best practices of European universities (RAPID) RAPID aims to strengthen online education in Pakistan by replicating the best practices in distance learning during pandemic at…
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Project: Transforming the Kosovo and Albanian Education System by Introducing DigItal Technology in Teacher Education (IGNITE) An EU project that will analyse the learning path of IT related subjects…
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Seed project: Mitigating Health Inequalities in the Kronoberg Region - A Transdisciplinary System Thinking Approach The main objective for this seed project within the Knowledge environment Digital…
Completed research projects
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Project: CARE for DIGIPRENEURS A Linnaeus University project for Ukrainian immigrants with support for start-ups, business innovation and entrepreneurs. The project is funded by ESF, European Social…
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Project: Digital model to support medicine adherence to the public The purpose of this project is to investigate how we can improve drug use through knowledge support and strengthened patient…
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Project: Edutain The projects aim at incorporating emergent technologies such as Augmented Reality (AR) in schools to achieve sustainable learning experience. Also, this project will enable…
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Project: Fostering science through STEM education (Fostem) This research project aims to increase the interest among youth in North Macedonia for education in science, technology, engineering, and…
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Project: From empowering to viable living (FRONT-VL) To increase the aging population’s influence over their own situation and to help them to be able to stay at home longer, with the help of Internet…
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Project: Generation Z enters STEM – diversity for a sustainable future The interest of women to study and work within Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) is globally quite low. In…
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Project: ICT 4 Self-Care This research programme has four sub-projects for developing ICT support for self-care: an interactive mobile app for support for self-care after day surgery, physical…
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Project: Information Engineering Center Information Engineering Center (IEC) is a research and collaboration project at Linnaeus University. Our goal is to create new businesses, new jobs and…
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Project: International visiting professor of Systems Thinking for Sustainability This project features a two-year position as visiting professor of systems thinking for sustainability. It aims at…
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Project: Onco-Aging: Smart health community for older cancer patients The project aims directly at two major health concerns of contemporary Europe: cancer and an ageing society. It will foster…
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Project: Sustainable maintenance of gravel road In this project, academia and local businesses collaborate in the development of a new concept for sustainable maintenance of gravel road, where new…
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Project: The development and implementation of PhD curricula in ICT for Kosovo (DI-PHDICTKES) Kosovo’s lack of an ICT PhD program limits involvement on the international stage in academic and industry…
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Project: The refugee crisis in Europe: Modelling Humanitarian Logistics This project is due to the refugee crisis in 2016, which challenged the European countries' capabilities to receive and take…
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Project: Web and mobile accessibility for visually impaired (WMA4VIP) WMA4VIP was an exploratory research project that investigated the challenges that the community of blind and visually impaired…
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Seed project: Detecting ’signs of learning’ in six-year-olds’ meaning making about science through digital tools The main objective for this seed project within the Knowledge environment Digital…
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Seed project: Developing the Skeleton Avatar camera Technique (SAT) as a rapid, valid and sensitive measurement of mobility in elderly persons The main objective for this seed project within Linnaeus…
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Seed project: Gender, Entrepreneurship and Digitalization: Challenging Gender Inequality in ICT Higher Education The main objective for this seed funding project within the knowledge platform…
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Seed project: Implementation knowledge as comissioned training - A step towards the national investment in Lifelong Learning The overall aim of this seed project within Knowledge Environment Linnaeus…
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Seed project: The interplay of big data and AI to monitor and manage the tourism destinations’ sustainability (TERESA) The main objective for this seed project within Linnaeus Knowledge Environment…
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Seed project: The paradox of over empowerment: Does patient empowerment have its limits? The main objective for this seed project within Linnaeus Knowledge Environment Digital Transformations is to…
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Seed project: The strategic competence management process, AI based solutions and the entrepreneurial mindset The main objective for this seed project within Linnaeus Knowledge Environment Digital…
Research in maritime science
The research within the subject of maritime science analyses the conditions and daily activities of international shipping and the consequences for the environment and people's health. The activities on board a vessel is a core interest, in particular the interplay between people and between people and technology.
Our research on working life, organisation, communication, maritime safety, risk management, energy optimisation, and the environmental effects of shipping uses theories and methods from other fields within social sciences, the natural sciences and technology.
Research projects
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Project: Artificial intelligence, professional knowledge and work for energy efficiency in shipping This project will investigate AI-based decision support systems on board ships. How is professional…
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Project: Assessment of impacts on occupational safety and health when choosing marine fuels This project studies how the working environment and the indoor air quality on board a ship is affected when…
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Project: Autonomy and responsibility – the role of the human operator in future shipping Within the maritime industry, there is a strong commitment in the development of intelligent transport systems…
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Project: Dealing with risk in a maritime context Risk as a concept includes both objective/engineering and subjective/societal approaches and is the bedrock of policy-making within maritime spatial…
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Project: Design of a safe work environment in the maritime domain The project analyzes safety and resilience in everyday work in the maritime domain. The aim is to develop methods to visualize and…
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Project: Energy Efficiency in Shipping The research in this project is conducted with an operational point of view, which means that using measured data from ships in operation is in focus. So far the…
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Project: Evaluation of quality-enhancing measures within supervision at sea The ship-based practice forms a central part of maritime education. During their time at sea, supervision is important for…
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Project: From passive receiver to active resource in the crisis management system By involving people with disabilities and their interest organizations in crisis and emergency preparedness work, we…
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Project: Personal protective equipment – strategies and recommendations for increased use through adaptation to user, task and context Within the construction and shipping industries, there are work…
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Project: The greening of organisational culture in shipping How does the culture of an organisation affect environmental behaviours in shipping? The title leads us to the overall contribution of this…
Completed research projects
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Doctoral project: Safety during icebreaker operations In this PhD project, I investigate the safety during icebreaker operations from a human perspective. Two focus areas within this project are…
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Project: Incentives for skills supply in a socially sustainable shipping This project aims to identify incentives at individual, organizational and industry levels for the skills supply in a socially…
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Project: Practical work environment management for gender diversity in the maritime sector When working as a seafarer, the ship is both a working and a living environment. The social work environment…
Research in mathematics
The research in mathematics has both theoretical and practical focus. In pure mathematics it is concentrated in areas such as p-adic analysis and dynamical systems, complex analysis, functional analysis, micro-local analysis, stochastic analysis and time-frequency analysis.
Applications are concentrated on mathematical modelling in natural and social sciences, engineering, signal processing, information security, economics, finances, decision making, psychology and cognitive science. These modellings are performed in close cooperation with experts from the respective areas.
We offer third-cycle education in mathematics, applied mathematics and mathematics education.
Research groups
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AI and machine learning for optimization and operations research Under this research theme, we develop both mathematical theory and applications for artificial intelligence and machine learning in…
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International Center for Mathematical Modeling ICMM is a centre for research in mathematical modelling, applicable within a number of different subjects and fields. Since 2000, the research group has…
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Scientific Computing and Partial Differential Equations Within this research theme, we study numerical methods for partial differential equations, analysis of differential and pseudo-differential…
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Stochastic Analysis and Stochastic Processes The researchers of this group focus on analytical and numerical aspects of solutions to stochastic differential equations (SDE’s and SPDE’s) and stochastic…
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Waves, Signals and Systems The research in waves, signals and systems deals primarily with acoustic and electromagnetic direct and inverse problems, with engineering and industrial applications.
Research projects
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Project: Algorithms for reinforcement learning Reinforcement learning is a hot area in machine learning and artificial intelligence. It is the basis for development in robotics, image recognition,…
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Project: Efficient and reliable computations of scattering resonances Scattering resonance computations in nano-optics are important in the development of photothermal cancer therapy, optical…
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Project: Efficient planning of hydropower systems In a future scenario, Sweden's production of electricity will consist of a larger share of intermittent types of energy production. Based on this,…
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Project: Hörmander-Weyl calculus in the framework of ultra distributions This project concerns developing a calculus of Weyl operators, also feasible for objects which are more hard treated than…
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Project: Information, Coding, and Biological Function: the Dynamics of Life (DYNALIFE) The aim of the project is to contribute to emergence of two new scientific disciplines: molecular biology and…
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Project: Optimization for sustainable energy supply and food production in rural areas The project is about how energy systems on farms can be optimized to realize the potential that farms have to be…
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Project: Quantum Information Access and Retrieval Theory (QUARTZ) Quantum Information Access and Retrieval Theory (QUARTZ) is a project that aims to educate early stage researchers to adopt a novel,…
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Project: Relativistic Quantum Information The main aim and objective of the Action is to advance our theoretical knowledge at the interface of Quantum Informational Science with relativistic and…
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Project: Spectral properties of unbounded operator functions Advanced time-dependent materials are used to model viscoelastic properties of wood, wave propagation of ultrasound, and systems with…
Completed research projects
Researchers
- Andreas Petersson Senior lecturer
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- Andrei Khrennikov Professor
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- Astrid Hilbert Professor
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- Christian Engström Professor
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- Elmira Nabizadeh Morsalfard Senior lecturer
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- Joachim Toft Professor
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- Jonas Nordqvist Associate senior lecturer
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- Karl-Olof Lindahl Professor
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- Marcus Nilsson Senior lecturer
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- Per-Anders Svensson Senior lecturer
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- Roger Pettersson Associate Professor
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- Sofia Eriksson Senior lecturer
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- Thomas Holgersson Professor
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- Torsten Lindström Professor
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- Wolfgang Bock Associate Professor
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Research in mathematics education
The research environment in mathematics education comprises both theoretical and applied research. We offer second-cycle (1-year master) and third-cycle education (licentiate and doctor) in mathematics education.
Through research projects and conferences, we participate in both national and international research collaborations. Our research includes teaching and learning mathematics within pre-school, primary and lower-secondary school, later school years, upper secondary school and teacher education. Through research projects, networks and commissions from the Swedish National Agency for Education, we have extensive collaboration with active mathematics teachers on all levels.
Research groups
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Mathematics Education In the Mathematics Education research group we conduct both theoretical and applied research. The group participates in national and international collaboration with researchers…
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The Digi Group We conduct research on what happens and what becomes possible when digital tools are used in preschool-class and school teaching, as well as on how such use affects preschool-children’s…
Research projects
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Doctoral project: Multilingual mathematics teacher's professional identity in multilingual mathematics classrooms The aim of this project is to explore the experiences of multilingual mathematics…
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Project: DiToM – Diagnostic Tools in Mathematics This project aims to bring together expertise from different European countries and create a diagnostic material in mathematics. The project DiToM…
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Project: Study of Scaling Up and Modeling early number Innovation (SUMI) The aim of the project is to develop a model for implementing a scientifically based innovation on mathematics for children 1-3…
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Project: Successful Integration of Problem formulation in Preschool-class (FiP) The aim of this project is to study how problem formulation can be successfully implemented in early mathematics to…
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Project: The Makings of a Mathematics Teacher In this project, we investigate the development of student teachers', mathematics teachers', and mathematics teacher educators’ professional identities…
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Seed project: Programming social robots - a tool for learning in the multilingual primary school The aim is to contribute to teachers' capacity to work with programming social robots in classrooms…
Completed research projects
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Doctoral project: Becoming recognised as mathematically proficient This study focuses on upper primary prospective teachers in their first years of a teacher education programme in Sweden, in…
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Project: Becoming a mathematics teacher (BeMT): The role of teacher education In this project, the aim was to explore the role of mathematics teacher education and the mathematics teacher educator in…
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Project: Digital Tools and Digital Competence in Preschool and School Teaching In this project, we conducted research on what happens and what becomes possible when digital tools are used in…
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Project: Problem solving as starting point for mathematics in preschool class The aim of this project was to investigate if and how problem solving can be a starting point for the teaching of…
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Project: Programming and mathematics – sensemaking and communication in teaching mathematics The aim of this project is to contribute to increased knowledge and understanding of the way to improve…
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Project: What do teachers do (to promote students’ learning) – methods in the name of science The aim of this project is to develop more knowledge of the relation between classroom activities,…
Research in mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is a collective concept for the art of constructing, manufacturing, utilising and maintaining the quality of mechanical equipment for specific purposes. Our research within this field at the department of mechanical engineering has the same breadth as the subject itself. We focus on six areas: structural dynamics, material science, industrial economics, terotechnology, material mechanics, and product development and design.
Research groups
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Centre for Cost-effective Industrial Asset Management Centre for Cost-effective Industrial Asset Management is a research group that does research within the field of cost-efficient maintenance…
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Mechanical Engineering The research in the field of mechanical engineering is broad and has its main focus in six areas: structural dynamics, material science, industrial economics, terotechnology,…
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Smart Industry Group Smart Industry Group (SIG) is an interdisciplinary research group featuring expertise from computer science and mechanical engineering. SIG's focus is making production and…
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Welding Mechanics Laboratory (WML) The Welding Mechanics Laboratory research group takes an interest in weld joint related phenomena during a welded structure's entire life time cycle – manufacturing,…
Research projects
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Doctoral project: Seaworthiness assessment of WAAM manufactured marine propellers In this project, we study the general question: How can the seaworthiness of a marine structure and/or component be…
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Project expert competence: Smart Industry, phase 2 The goal of the project is to develop courses at advanced level linked to Smart Industry based on the skills needs of industry. The project's target…
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Project: Competitive timber structures – Resource efficiency and climate benefits along the wood value chain through engineering design Through increasing scientific knowledge along the wood…
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Project: Data-driven condition assessment of gravel roads for sustainable maintenance The project aims to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the condition assessment of gravel roads to…
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Project: Demonstrator Environment for Smart and Innovative Automation in Manufacturing (Smart-IAT) The aim of the project is to develop and establish a demonstrator environment within advanced…
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Project: FEA of residual stresses in welded structures In this project, a versatile Eulerian plasticity is implemented and applied to the prediction of residual stresses in welded structures.
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Project: Fitness For Service – Metallic Structures This project's main aim is to increase the general understanding of how the commercial operational life time of a metallic structure can be affected,…
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Project: HPC for SME The aim of the project is to provide small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Linnaeus region with the opportunity to enhance their data-driven capabilities with the…
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Project: In-line visual inspection using unsupervised learning The purpose of this project is to introduce and improve machine learning- assessment of the quality of massproduced industrial (steel)…
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Project: Light weight applications in fossil-free high strength steel Feasibility assessment of technical possibilities and limitations to manufacture and use of e.g. vehicles in fossil-free high…
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Project: Pre-study: Info and technology needed for a production-maintenance system This project will develop a conceptual model describing a smart, sustainable, integrated production-maintenance…
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Project: Radioactivity – NORM contamination of LNG fuel systems In this project, we study if liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel systems are contaminated by natural occurring radioactive material (NORM).…
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Project: Smart Dat The goal of the project is to offer activities in automation and digitalization for small and medium-sized companies in the manufacturing sector in the Linnaeus region, strengthen…
Completed research projects
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Doctoral project: Connection design for wind induced vibrations in tall timber buildings How to describe and control wind-induced vibrations in a tall timber building are the new challenging questions…
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Project: Competence needs and courses for professionals in IT and competitive production The purpose of the project is to contribute to the continued development of industry's skills development,…
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Project: Competence needs and courses for professionals in IT and competitive production 2.0 The purpose of the project is to further develop the common marketing platform for courses for…
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Project: Modelling of injection-moulded polymers In this project, mathematical models for materials used in containers by the Tetra Pak company are developed. The models may then be used when…
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Project: Predictive Cognitive Maintenance Decision Support system (PreCoM) This project aims to develop, test, implement and demonstrate in three manufacturing companies a new predictive maintenance…
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Project: Smart Industry The goal of this project is to develop courses in mechanical engineering at advanced level according to the industry's competence requirements. The project is aimed at…
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Project: STEM education on equal terms This project faces the challenge of giving pupils – independent of gender, social background or ethnicity – the possibility to participate in and utilize STEM…
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Project: Sustainable maintenance of gravel road In this project, academia and local businesses collaborate in the development of a new concept for sustainable maintenance of gravel road, where new…
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Project: Tall Timber Buildings – concept studies The aim of the project is to show ways to design a 20+ multi-storey building with a load-bearing system of timber, and to build knowledge of the issues…
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Seed project: IoT for ships – an untapped data resource The main objective for this seed project within Linnaeus University Centre for Data Intensive Sciences and Applications (DISA) is to establish…
Research in media technology
Our current research efforts in media technology lies on the design, implementation, use and evaluation of web and mobile Technologies to support learning and teaching with a focus on STEM (Science, Technology, Education and Math). Additionally, we carry out research exploring how Interactive and Immersive Visualization (VR/AR and the like) and Human Computer Interaction techniques, Big Data tools and methods can be applied in the fields of education, humanities, environmental monitoring and health care. A complementary research direction includes the field of Computational Thinking Education.
We closely collaborate with the public sector, schools and companies. Our track records of external funded research projects include more than 100 million Swedish crowns coming from the EU commission (FP6, FP7 and H2020programs), Swedish funding agencies such as the Swedish Research Council, the KK Foundation, Vinnova, The Wallenberg foundation, The National Agency of Education and industrial partners.
The activities and outcomes of these research efforts are also closely connected to the content of our educational programs at advanced level. We have recently established two cross faculty new master programs within the fields of Digital Learning and Digital Humanities. These activities are strategically aligned with the efforts underway connected to the establishment of Linnaeus University's Information Institute.
For more information contact:
Subject chair in Media Technology
Professor Marcelo Milrad, marcelo.milrad@lnu.se
Public Outreach responsible and school liaison:
Lecturer Katrin Lindwall, katrin.lindwall@lnu.se
Research groups
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Center for Learning and Knowledge Technologies The research in the subject Media Technology at Linnaeus University revolves a lot around mobility, social media and learning, and is mainly carried out…
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Centre for Digital Humanities Linnaeus University has a strong foundation in Digital Humanities, integrating computational methods with humanities research. The Centre for Digital Humanities aims to…
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Computational Thinking and Coding Skills in Schools (CoCoS) The Computational Thinking and Coding Skills in Schools research group deals with research, teaching and courses for skills development of…
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iInstitute The iInstitute at Linnaeus University is a member of the international iSchools organization, providing interdisciplinary education in the digital humanities, computer science, health…
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Linnaeus University Centre for Data Intensive Sciences and Applications The DISA research centre at Linnaeus University focuses its efforts on open questions in collection, analysis and utilization of…
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VRxAR Labs The VRxAR Labs research group is exploring interface design for Mixed Reality environments, such as Virtual and Augmented Reality.
Research projects
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Project: Augmented Reality for Public Engagement (PEAR) The purpose of the PEAR project is to investigate the possibilities of using Augmented Reality technologies to increase public engagement. In…
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Project: Climate neutral Växjö 2030 This project is a research collaboration with Växjö municipality for achieving a climate neutral Växjö in 2030 and how digital technologies can support this goal…
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Project: Designing digital technologies for supporting energy-related behavior change in the kitchen This project aims to design, develop and evaluate digital behavioral change tools. The goal is to…
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Project: Digital acceleration for medium size sustainable cities (DIACCESS) The aim of the project is to solve real societal challenges by combining municipal administrations and municipal companies…
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Project: Enriched Reality for Education and Digital Well-Being (EREDWeB) This project explores the potential of state-of-the-art virtual reality technology for teaching, aiming at digital well-being.…
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Project: Extending design thinking with emerging digital technologies (Exten.D.T.2) The core ideas of the project rest on the assumption that design thinking combined with emerging technologies such…
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Project: Open Data Exploration in Virtual Reality (ODxVR) The purpose of the ODxVR project is to propose novel interface design approaches that enable interactive visualization of Open Data (OD)…
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Project: Science4Girls This project intends to design and implement learning activities withing the theme of climate change that encourage girls to enroll in science, technology, engineering, and…
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Project: Smart storage solutions in the fridge of the future to reduce food waste About one third of the food production in the world is thrown away, which is one of the largest single sources of…
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Project: Teaching Computational Thinking with Digital Devices (TACTIDE) This project deals with the support and empowerment of teachers to integrate problem-solving strategies with the help of digital…
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Project: The research school Upgrade The research school Upgrade – teacher education and the digitalization of the school system is a national research school in which nine Swedish universities work…
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Project: TriMo AAC TriMo is an app for Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) with the aim of increasing independence of children and adults with speech impairment. In TriMo, the modern…
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Project: Visualizing quantified self data using avatars The purpose of the project is to explore creative ways to visualize Quantified Self data, aggregated from social media and Internet of Things…
Completed research projects
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Doctoral project: Supporting Synchronous Asymmetric Data Exploration using Virtual Reality within the context of Collaborative Immersive Analytics Immersive technologies, such as virtual reality,…
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Project: Competence needs and courses for professionals in IT and competitive production The purpose of the project is to contribute to the continued development of industry's skills development,…
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Project: Competence needs and courses for professionals in IT and competitive production 2.0 The purpose of the project is to further develop the common marketing platform for courses for…
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Project: Development of a new master programme in Digital Humanities at Linnaeus University The project aims to further develop the Digital Humanities, Master Programme and establish new ways of…
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Project: Digitalisation in forestry A paradigm shift is taking place in forestry, with new opportunities for the forest industry to use satellite data, laser scanning, drones and handling of data from…
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Project: Information Engineering Center Information Engineering Center (IEC) is a research and collaboration project at Linnaeus University. Our goal is to create new businesses, new jobs and…
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Project: Linnaeus University as a unique iSchool The core idea of this project is to establish a unique iSchool (information School) at Linnaeus University. An iSchool refers to university-level…
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Project: Smart Cities – Ready project The Ready project is a five year (2014-2019) international research project financed by the European Commission, focusing on implementing advanced energy…
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Seed project: A platform to collect and analyze canoe/kayak training data The main objective for this seed project within Linnaeus University Centre for Data Intensive Sciences and Applications (DISA)…
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Seed project: An Exploration of the Challenges and Possibilities of Multidimensional Visualization in the Context of Visual Learning Analytics The main objective for this seed project within Linnaeus…
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Seed project: Digital transformation of communication between school and home The main objective for this seed project within Linnaeus Knowledge Environment Digital Transformations is to investigate…
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Seed project: ODXVR x NTS The main objective for this seed project within Linnaeus University Centre for Data Intensive Sciences and Applications (DISA) was to submit an external funding application.…
Research in physics
Research in physics is about understanding the most fundamental laws of nature. We carry out research within condensed matter physics/nanophysics.
- In condensed matter physics, you study large quantities of atoms, from billions and billions of atoms in bulk systems to just a few hundred atoms in nanoparticles. Today, condensed matter physics is the largest field of research in physics, with great relevance in matter science and technological applications.
At Linnaeus University, we offer third-cycle education in physics, with specialisation within condensed matter physics.
Completed research projects
Research in sustainable built environment
Within the field of sustainable built environment we carry out cutting-edge research linked to sustainable development, in particular system analysis studies within bioenergy, structural engineering, energy efficiency and forestry, as well as studies of the interplay between these areas, and the application of innovative solutions.
Research projects
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Doctoral school in Sustainable energy engineering (SEED) The main objective of this Sustainable Energy Engineering Doctoral program (SEED) is to develop capacities of PhD researchers for complex…
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Project: Bio-based circular recovery model for sustainable urban economies The project focuses on creating a bio-circular economy (BCE) model towards the sustainable urban development for the city of…
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Project: Circular Trust Building – CTB The long-term goal of the Circular Trust Building (CTB) project is to facilitate the transition from the now dominant linear value chain to a circular economy in…
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Project: ESG Impact Index in Higher Education (Shift) Shift aims at increasing the capacity of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to contribute to the sustaiable development goals by assessing and…
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Project: Future Baltic Bauhaus - FBB The project aims to show how the construction sector can in various ways reduce its carbon dioxide emissions and reduce its use of resources by making the industry…
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Project: Harnessing Synergies and minimizing Trade-off among Deep Renovation measures and decarbonizing District Heating system (STaDRenDHeat) This research will analyze synergy, complementarity, or…
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Project: How prepared are Swedish detached houses to adapt to Climate Change? This project will analyse how these can affect detached houses in different climate zones in Sweden – and how this, in…
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Project: Low-Carbon Economy Transformation through Sustainable Energy Modernization and Access in Lesotho (LETSEMA) This project aims to equip the National University of Lesotho and the Bethel…
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Project: Promoting Building Retrofits in the Private Residential Sector (ProRetro) The aim of this project is to overcome barriers to residential building refurbishment by offering new one-stop-shop…
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Project: Scaling up energy renovation through smart design and one-stop-shop business model There might be several different reasons why homeowners do not carry out energy renovations. The goal of…
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Project: Sustainable Housing for Strong Communities (Stronghouse) The Stronghouse project aims to adjust and redesign current support measures for energy renovations. The work will be based on a…
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"When I was little, I definitely wanted to become an archaeologist, or perhaps a horsewoman. However, I then started studying in Växjö to become a mathematics teacher, did my degree project on pig diseases, but ended up doing research in wood technology. Now, I am an associate professor of forest products, do research within surface treatment and teach on wood material courses. The best part about my job is that I get to meet so many interesting people, and that I learn new stuff all the time." /Åsa Blom, head of the department of forestry and wood technology