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The University of Borås
Research that makes a difference
DiVA
DiVA (Digitala Vetenskapliga Arkivet, the Digital Academic Archive) is the university's publication repository. It serves to make the university's publications accessible and as a tool in evaluations. Because of this it's important that all publications and artistic outputs are registered in DiVA.
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Research Portal
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Projects
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Publications
DiVA is a publication database that contains publications from the University of Borås.
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ECO-SEW
ECOSEW (Empowering Sustainable Education in Textiles and Fashion) is a 24-month Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership project that brings together universities, research and innovation organisations, an NGO, and an EdTech company from Finland, Sweden...
When Welfare Technology Becomes Welfare Infrastructure
The Role of Private Technology Providers in the Organization of Municipal Elderly Care and Healthcare
How Disciplines Shape Knowledge
The aim of this project is to finish the manuscript for the monograph, How Disciplines Shape Knowledge: An Inquiry Into the Social and Intellectual Structures of Academia.
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News
2026-11-06
The first doctoral students in the new TexAI research environment are now in place. They will conduct research into different parts of the textile value chain, focusing on areas including AI, design, d...
2026-10-28
The University of Borås has been awarded funding through Mistra Environmental Research Leaders, a national initiative designed to strengthen the environmental ...
2026-10-26
Finding novels set during a particular historical period may become easier in the future. A new doctoral thesis from the University of Borås shows that AI can be used to identify when the events of a no...
16 November
Monday
13:00–13:30
The doctoral student Shahab Nasr will give notification of the date of his upcoming doctoral thesis defence in a “spikning” event, or the posting of a doctoral thesis, which is a traditional event in Swedish ...
17 November
Tuesday
10:00–11:30
Welcome to this seminar on Orchestrating the Digital Product Passport (DPP) Ecosystem for Circular Fashion Retail (discussion of research application idea) Presenter: Olga Chkanikova, PhD, Senior Lecturer ...