PreHospen

At PreHospen we focus on prehospital emergency care in which caring science, medicine, medical technology, and informatics are included.

Resource Management

Waste has emerged as a critical global problem over the past decades because of its environmental, economic and social impacts. Resource Recovery aims to reduce these impacts by reducing the waste and converting it into valuable resources.

SMS - Social Media Studies

We investigate how social media change our production, consumption, search, sharing and use of information.

SOL - Management, Organisation, and Leadership

Management research in order to investigate different aspects of how organisations affect and are affected.

SONOMA – the Research Group for Subject Matter Education in Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Mathematics

In our research group, we share an interest in developing the research in subject matter education – the art of teaching a subject from pre-school to higher education. Our members’ research in the scientific fields of these subjects has a central place in our group and our aim is to be a bridge between learning and the scientific subjects per se.

Studies on professional knowledge and education (SPE)

Studies on professional knowledge and education is a national and interdisciplinary node for research, professional education, collaboration and development. The node was established in 2022 with the intention to address as well as impact on one of the largest challenges of the welfare society today.

Textile and wearable sensing for P-health

The group conducts multidisciplinary research on wearable sensing for biomedical applications targeting the development of novel p-health applications in the broad sense: personalized, predictive, preventive, precise or pervasive healthcare. The differentiating factor of the research group is clearly the catalysing element of such novel applications is textile element: material, sensors or garment. The research approach is holistic ranging from basic research in textile sensing materials through applied research in textile-electronic integration to translational research deploying p-health solutions in real world environments. Translation and innovation are critical aspects of the work performed at our research group, therefore not only functionality is a key requirement, but feasible manufacturing and sustainable business development are aspects included within the focus of our research group. As it is evident from the description above, the research work is not only multidisciplinary but actually cross-sectional by nature and hence the group utilises a variety of competences such as biomedical engineering, textile technology, textile manufacturing, material science, health and medical as well as garment and industrial design. All these parts are needed in order to help societal actors in realising sensorized garments. The research group exploits the specific competences available not only at the Swedish School of Textiles, but within the University of Borås Smart Textiles, Prehospen and MedTech West among others. We also engage in innovation-driven projects within the scope of the research described above.

Textile Material Technology

We focus on the development of advanced functional and smart materials as well as novel, resource-effective processes to produce such materials. Innovation is created in a unique research environment with close connection to the textile industry.

Textile Value Chain Management (TVCM)

The aim is to increase the textile industry's national and international competitiveness and its ability to create sustainable value.

Textiles and Fashion Design

Research in Textiles and Fashion Design is focused on deepening the understanding of the interaction between analysis and synthesis in the design process, theoretically as well as practically. It forms a basis for developing design methodology, design technology, and design programmes, which requires a practice-based approach; for design, through design.

The Retail Research Group

The Service and Retailing Research Group is a multidisciplinary group that brings together researchers with an interest in phenomena such as digitalisation, transformative service research, and circular business models.

Welfare and working life in transition

The research is conducted regional, national and international as well as by researchers in inter- and multidisciplinary research groups.