2024-09-27
Several researchers from the university are included in a prestigious international ranking of the world’s most cited researchers. The list was created by researchers at Stanford University and was published in August.
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At the University of Borås, we cultivate learning, knowledge, and innovation of high quality in an international setting and with significant social relevance.
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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.
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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They are listed among the world’s most influential researchers
2024-09-27
New project can increase profitability of online secondhand shops
2024-09-25
Teaching and research on AI in small and medium-sized enterprises strengthened
2024-09-24
She wants to give patients meaningful waiting times using digital technology
2024-09-18
Textile skills give unemployed individuals an edge in a new industry
2024-09-10
2024-09-25
It is difficult to make e-hand stores profitable. The new ReLoRe project will investigate the logistical success factors and challenges the industry is experiencing in order to share best practices and develop guidelines for practitioners to overcome challenges. The hope is to give the online secondhand market more opportunities to succeed.
2024-09-24
The university has received reinforcement in teaching and research on AI in management through Sven Beiker, who is an Adjunct Professor of Industrial Engineering, with a background from Stanford University.
2024-09-18
A year ago, Maria Brovall began her role as a professor of caring science at the University of Borås. Caring for cancer patients, particularly those with breast cancer, has been her focus both as a nurse for 25 years and later as a doctoral student and researcher. Now, she leads projects developing digital tools to assist patients and nursing students.
2024-09-10
From 2025, municipalities will be required to collect and manage large volumes of textiles, following the EU's new waste directive. The project "Remake Textile" is preparing for this by providing skill development to long-term unemployed individuals. At the Swedish School of Textiles, participants learn about textiles and ways to breathe new life into old fabrics.
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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.