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How could our relationship with everyday objects change if they required care that goes beyond use or maintenance? In a new doctoral thesis in design at the Swedish School of Textil...

How do we read today, and how will we read in the future? How can professions that work to promote reading come together? These are questions being discussed and explored in a new interdisciplin...

How are new research fields established and who decides what knowledge counts as legitimate? A new doctoral thesis at the University of Borås studies how sust...

A new research study at the University of Borås shows that mixed, coloured polyester waste can be given a homogen new colour without the use of either water or chemica...

In the University’s labs, it is not only researchers and students at work – companies and other organisations are also given the opportunity to develop and test new materials an...

When Professor Lena Hedén delivers her inaugural lecture on 7 May, her starting point will be the same as it has been throughout her professional career:...

When Robert Quinn describes himself, he does so with a clarity that is both straightforward and sincere. “I am a lawyer by training, a human rights advocate by conviction...

When Dan Åkesson looked up at the starry sky in his teens, it was physics and astronomy that attracted him the most. But during his technical upper-secondary education, he became interested in chemistry. This ...

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 ecos...