Research that makes a difference

The university’s research stems from six prioritised areas which are based on the needs of the educations as well as the surrounding society.

Research

Research areas

Library and Information Science Business and IT The Human Perspective in Care Pedagogical Work Resource Recovery Textiles and Fashion

News

2020-11-27

Swedish-Iranian researcher at risk of execution

Ahmadreza Djalali, a scholar of Disaster Medicine formerly employed by the Karolinska Institutet, has been imprisoned in Iran since 2016. It recently became known that he is at imminent risk of being put t...

2020-11-26

Creates energy and valuable products - from fruit waste

Waste from the citrus industry can provide biogas and valuable products for a range of industries. This has been shown by Lukitawesa, who recently defended his doctoral thesis at the Department of...

2020-11-13

Expertise in library and information science in high demand

From EU ethical guiding principles for driverless mobility to privacy in public libraries, Veronica Johansson and Maria Lindh, Senior Lecturers at the Swedish School of Library and Information...

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EU – Horizon 2020

This is currently the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme. The University of Borås participates in several of the projects. Read more.

Friday 11 December

10:00 12:00

Disputation

Dissertation Vidmina Stasiulyté

Welcome when Vidmina Stasiulyté defends her doctoral thesis within Fashion Design with the title: Wearing Sound: Foundations of Sonic Design Link for the thesis: Wearing Sound: Foundations of Sonic Design Opponent is...

Monday 14 December

13:00 14:00

Research meeting: Information Practices

Recurrent research group meeting for discussion of current topics, texts, projects or challenges in the research area Information Practices and Digital Cultures. Information Practices research group Agenda and...

Wednesday 16 December

13:00 15:00