The Swedish School of Textiles
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Research that makes a difference
Library and Information Science
The Swedish School of Library and Information Science is Sweden’s most extensive research environment in the subject and conducts research and education with a strong professional connection and international character. Our researchers take on the digital challenges of our time, mostly from the perspectives of the humanities and social sciences.
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Business and IT
With a strong regional anchoring and based on national and international needs, the university conducts research with a focus on Business and IT in the subjects of business administration, informatics, and computer science. Our research is characterised by close collaboration with the business sector and a high proportion of externally funded projects.
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The Human Perspective in Care
At the University of Borås, we conduct research that leads to solutions that change society for the better. Our research within the area the Human Perspective in Care focuses on the patient and the caregiver. We focus also on patients’ loved ones, students of Caring Science and their learning, and the leadership and organisation of healthcare.
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Educational Work
One of the prerequisites for developing a social and sustainable society is high quality education, from pre-school and primary school to vocational training and higher education. Educational Work deals with issues of relevance to society in general and education in particular. This area covers pedagogical, general didactic, and subject-based teaching and learning issues. The purpose is to contribute knowledge that better allows us to understand the obstacles that may hinder us from taking advantage of the full potential of education, as well as knowledge in how such obstacles may be overcome and how to develop alternative possibilities.
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Resource Recovery
Our planet faces major climate threats; many of them because we do not take care of the earth’s resources. The Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery (SCRR) is a multidisciplinary research environment that conducts world-leading research, education, and innovation. We improve and develop new methods and processes for material recycling and for refining waste and residual products into energy, materials, feed, and food.
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Textiles and Fashion
The area focuses on the subjects of design, textile technology and engineering, and textile management. We conduct research on customised clothing production, circular fashion, the relationship between the body, materials, and movement, as well as dyeing textiles without water, as examples. The researchers at the Swedish School of Textiles address many exciting societal challenges.
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News
Life under the surface: Ola reveals nature's most basic processes
2026-04-09
From school-weary pupil to professor – a journey through fire and ashes
2026-04-07
Vice-Chancellor to leave the University of Borås after the summer
2026-03-25
Nordic Microalgae – the next step towards cleaner water and a more sustainable society
2026-03-23
25 years of work for scholars under threat – Robert Quinn has been named Honorary Doctor
2026-03-13
2026-04-09
Ola Svensson’s fascination with fish began as a child at home, gazing at the aquarium. This interest grew into a lifelong curiosity about how evolutionary processes shape life in our ecosystems – and eventually led him into research. Today, he is Professor of Ecology and specialises in how fish reproduction and sexual selection drive speciation and adaptation in nature.
2026-04-07
In the village of Seglora, south of Borås, lies a multi-generational home where new professor Anita Pettersson lights the evening fire in the small wood stove in the evenings. She gets comfortable in front of the flames as she reads doctoral theses. But becoming an academic and researcher was not in her plans when she finished lower-secondary school.
2026-03-25
Mats Tinnsten has decided to leave his position as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Borås. He is leaving this role in order to pursue other things in life.
2026-03-23
Water is one of our most valuable resources. Yet removing all the substances found in wastewater – such as nitrogen, phosphorus and organic acids – is both costly and energy intensive. Now, a new doctoral thesis shows that an unexpected hero may play a starring role in the future of water purification: Nordic microalgae.
2026-03-13
Robert Quinn, founder of Scholars at Risk, has been named Honorary Doctor in Library and Information Science at the University of Borås. His work has been of vital importance to many threatened academics who, through the organization, have been able to receive sanctuary and assistance and continue to work as researchers and teaching staff.
Calendar
20 April
27 April
Monday 14:00 – 16:00
SSLIS seminar | Final seminar Hanna Hallnäs
7 May
Thursday 08:30 – 14:00
Public lectures with the university's new professors and honorary doctorate
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With the future in mind
At the University of Borås, we cultivate learning, knowledge, and innovation of high quality in an international setting and with significant social relevance. We work together here to impact the future.