News

28 search results

15 hits found that matched the filter options

2024-03-05

Smart textile innovations are about to reshape rehab at home

As our population is getting older and healthcare demands continue to rise, it’s crucial to find efficient and easy-to-use rehabilitation methods. By combining textile innovation and...

Collage Glenn Larsson and picture of ambulance

2024-01-22

Unique study of trauma patients in Swedish ambulance care

Most of those transported to hospital in ambulances are not seriously injured. At the same time, a quarter of all seriously injured patients are considered to be a low priority by the ambulance...

2023-12-21

From research to reality: Panty Liner Lilibet ready to make a difference

The research on sustainable menstrual protection has received two early Christmas presents: the Spacerpad Lilibet is ready for sale, and new funding from Vinnova ensures the...

2023-11-13

Complex and vital: new thesis on ambulance clinicians’ clinical reasoning

From flu and dizziness to cardiac arrest and serious road accidents, ambulance clinicians’ encounter patients under all sorts of conditions. If the clinician makes a faulty...

2023-10-16

UB researchers among the world's most influential

Several of the university's researchers have once again been included in a prestigious international ranking of the most cited researchers in the world. This list was drawn up by researchers at Stanford...

2023-06-30

Quality of care crucial for the well-being of older people

A new generation of researchers is now stepping out to promote dignity in the care of older people. After three years, the EU project Innovatedignity, in which the University of Borås is one of...

2023-05-16

The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences believes in smart textiles

Smart textiles that can monitor the wearer's health and be used in the home have great potential to benefit society. This is the conclusion made by the Royal Swedish Academy of...

2022-11-23

New professor wants the focus to be on the patient

Elisabeth Lindberg is a new Professor of Caring Science at the University of Borås. "It's a role I take on with great humility, and I hope and intend to make a difference.”

Teenager lying awake in her bed, in the middle of the night.

2022-06-07

Many adolescents sleep too little – new doctoral thesis shows the way forward

Adolescents who sleep too little want involved parents who help them with security, routines, and structure. In her doctoral thesis, Malin Jakobsson, Doctor of Philosophy in...

2022-04-27

The professor who is happiest after a long ambulance shift

When Christer Axelsson signed up to become a firefighter, he didn't know that half the job involved driving an ambulance. It turned out to be a happy surprise – 40 years later he is still workin...

2022-04-01

Honorary Doctor Kathleen Galvin to give a public lecture

How are older people to lead a good life replete with wellbeing and be welcomed to a form of care that is characterised by human dignity and human sensitivity? These are questions that have engage...

2022-03-29

From reluctant doctoral student to professor

Thinking about his future profession during his school years, it was work as a forester that most appealed to Magnus Andersson Hagiwara. However, his experience of military service led him to the discovery of...

2022-03-21

The professional soldier who became a professor

Anders Jonsson was one of the first officers in Sweden to take paternity leave. Today, he is Professor of Prehospital Emergency Care. But perhaps that never would have happened if he hadn't taken parental...

2022-03-11

Her journey to a professorship began with an evening course in sociology

What makes us want to work past retirement age and how do we achieve a more equal work life? These are questions that Marita Flisbäck, Professor of Sociology at the University of...

2022-03-09

Hello Visiting Professor Maria Jiménez Herrera!

Maria Jiménez Herrera is a visiting professor at the Faculty of Caring Science, Work Life and Social Welfare and is based at Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Spain. Maria recently visited the University of...

Search the entire webpage

Search suggestions