Granted education projects

Development of Borås as a Tech Arena

Department of Information Technology

Time period 2023–2025

The overall aim of the project is to strengthen the university's activities in education, research, and collaboration with a particular focus on data-driven innovation. Data-driven innovation means innovation of services, processes, and models that are made possible through the advanced use of data and digital technology. In this way, the project contributes to the university's two goals as well as strategies for digitalisation and distinction. The project also aims to contribute knowledge in the form of a collaboration model for educational and research collaboration around data-driven innovation. The collaboration model that is continuously developed and refined in the project aims to support knowledge in collaboration between researchers, students, and society's actors. A key idea in the model, and one which will be evaluated in the project, is to work in “innovation sprints” where knowledge is created by problems and solutions being identified, developed, and evaluated in collaboration. The collaboration model has a high potential to spread to the university's other Faculties, departments, and groups that have an interest in digitalisation and innovation as a way of working. In conclusion, the project aims to contribute to Borås’s distinctiveness as a tech city that includes innovative companies and strong local technical competence.

Project Leader: Gustaf Juell-Skielse

Educating professionals in changing times: Teacher training and linguistic diversity

Department of Educational Work

Time period 2023–2025

The project's specific purpose is to develop and test methods for teaching about linguistic diversity in teacher education together with teacher educators. The project aims to make the University of Borås a nationally leading player in professional education and linguistic diversity while it contributes to developing a good education for all (Agenda 2030) and works for an inclusive and equal education of good quality as well as promoting lifelong learning for all. The University of Borås sets itself apart. In addition, the development project relates to the university's strategy “Environments for learning”.

Project Leader: Carina Hermansson

Granted research projects
Visiting Professor in Business and IT

Department of Information Technology

Time period 2023

The project aims to recruit an international visiting professor who can contribute to the development of the research area Business and IT with a particular focus on implementing and fulfilling activities linked to described strategic values.

Project Leader: Stefan Cronholm and Nicklas Salomonson

Development of the textile and fashion research area within the University of Borås – Study visit

Faculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business

Time period 2023

The purpose of the project is to strengthen the university's competence in order to become a leading research environment within textile institutions. In the project, six researchers in design, textile technology, and textile management respectively will visit labs at selected universities to look at equipment, discuss with researchers, exchange ideas, and initiate future research collaborations as well as to investigate the possibilities for an exchange programme for doctoral students and guest researchers.

Project Leader: Nawar Kadi

Funding for researchers to coordinate a project application in the field of textiles and fashion

Faculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business

Time period 2023–2024

The research groups collaborate with each other in several different ways; this collaboration is informal and needs to be improved through more joint project applications and supervision of doctoral students. The goal is to finance a workgroup consisting of three researchers and a coordinator who will organise activities.

Project Leader: Nawar Kadi

Resource recovery from sewage sludge

Department of Resource Recovery

Time period 2023–2025

The purpose of the project is to establish and develop a new research focus in the area of Resource Recovery. The project will focus on the recycling of sewage sludge and the production of valuable by-products, which can be used as energy sources, materials, fodder and food. It is an important step to bring in new perspectives on research collaborations and to create an internal forum to exchange innovative ideas around resource recovery. The project also facilitates collaborations and the involvement of other research groups in polymer technology, building technology, and textile technology.

Project Leader: Kamran Rousta and Abas Mohsenzadeh

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The Vice-Chancellor's decision can be accessed via the archives held by the Registrar's Office: FO2022/38

About the Vice-Chancellor's strategic funds