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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 B...

What happened at the University of Borås in 2021? We had a large number of applicants in relation to the number of spots available; the students were satisfied; and the volume of education ...

Is better information literacy the solution to conspiracy theories and misinformation? These problems are more complex than that. So says Jutta Haider, at the Swedish School of Library and I...

For the first time, Borås has made Studentum's list of the ten best cities for students in Sweden. Some of the reasons: good public transport, safe accommodations, and good internship opportunities.

Who makes the best systems for decision-making — AI or humans? The answer is that both together lead to better decision-making than they do on their own. This is the result that ap...

Kathleen Galvin, Professor of Nursing Practice at the University of Brighton, UK, will be honoured for her efforts to strengthen and develop research and education in the field of Car...

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) has decided to fund a national support programme for researchers from Afghanistan. The initiative comes from Scholars at Risk...

Lindex is investing in Spacerpad, the sustainable menstrual sanitary pad developed by researchers at the Swedish School of Textiles at the University of Borås. This innovation is now leaving the world of academia and moving i...

The University of Borås won significant amounts of funding from the EU framework programme known as Horizon 2020.

The Resource Recovery doctoral education programme is, to say the least, a success – and a new milestone has now been reached. As of the conclusion of 2021, the programme has over 30 doctora...

Researchers in the area of Resource Recovery at the University of Borås in Sweden are now starting a large research project. The purpose is to develop new technology fo...

With a number of national and international projects in textile management, and recognised as an expert by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the World Ban...

A heavier workload, feeling unsupported, or increased opportunities for achieving work-life balance. Two new research reports show how different occupational groups were af...

Large amounts of bread are wasted every year and are at most used for biogas production. This is a shame, says Pedro Brancoli, who recently received his doctorat...

Funded by the EU Horizon 2020 Green Deal programme and coordinated by Università Telematica Pegaso, the SILVANUS project, in which the U...