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Nominations for honorary doctors now open

2025-10-23

Take the chance to make a difference: who deserves an honorary doctorate from the University of Borås? You can submit your nomination by 30 November.

Tall oil rosin could be the future green additive in polymers

2025-11-14

Tall oil rosin – a by-product from the pulp industry – may become a key player in the transition to sustainable plastics. A new research project at RISE and the University of Borås is now

FTalliance. Weaving Universities and Companies to Co-create FashionTech Future Talents

The purpose of the project is to ensure the ongoing innovation in the European Fashion-Tech sector by providing emerging talent with relevant competencies and know-how to enter the jobs market.

Furan resin based lightweight high performance novel biocomposite material

Dwindling non-renewable fossil-fuel based resources and increasing environmental pollution have motivated the researchers to focus on the development of environmentally friendly, biobased

The pedagogical potential of wonder for supporting students’ engagement and learning in science.

The aim of this project is to contribute with knowledge about the role of wonder in different science practices, and the pedagogical potential of including wonder to engage students in school

Research on the NAP project (Network Activity and Participation)

The project is conducted within the framework of the Research Council for Intercultural Dialogue

Functional textiles for pharmaceutical removal from wastewater

Recent reports have exposed the dire environmental concern of pharmaceuticals residues in shared waters in Sjuhärad and wastewater treatment plants. Pharmaceuticals are of enormous importance for

Public libraries in collaboration to address social issues

The aim of the project is to understand the role of public libraries in the welfare society through their collaboration with other welfare actors, with the purpose of addressing social issues as

The future of e-commerce

The goal is to deepen the knowledge of "customer insight" so that it becomes practically useful for e-commerce. This is done through data analysis of customer purchase and return behaviour and by

Multilingual classrooms in the schools of Växjö (Fläx)

Students' opportunities to learn increase if their teachers design a teaching where both language and knowledge content in the school subjects are focused and can be developed in parallel. In