Combating menstrual poverty

Lack of adequate menstrual hygiene management due to poverty is a major obstacle to girls’ health, schooling, work and social activities. The research project is about developing and evaluating an online education on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). The project also concerns developing a reusable sanitary pad.

The significance of early care for the prognosis after a stroke

Social sustainable consumption of groceries

SjöBo 2.0

The project aims to establish a resident-driven innovation lab in Sjöbo in Borås to prevent and reverse the current negative trend with social challenges.

Analysis and modelling of waste incineration

The project is about analysis of phosphorus and alkali compounds in fuels and ashes from co-combustion in FBC in addition to thermodynamic equilibrium calculations on deposit and ash formation using the tool FactSage.

The school debate in a didactic and sociological perspective

The post doc project The School Debate in a Didactic and Sociological Perspective aims at investigating debates that pupils conduct in high school.

Envy in social media

The study is quantitative and aims to compare previous studies on the emotions, but above all, the importance of envy in the use of Facebook.

Biogas from lignocellulosic biomass: A techno-economic study of pretreatment with NMMO

Biogas from forest residues – is it possible? (WR 45) The overall environmental goal for the City of Borås and its municipally owned energy company, Borås Energy and Environment Ltd, is a fossil fuel free city. The transport sector accounts today for a large portion of greenhouse gas emissions and it is therefore important to replace fossil fuels like gasoline and diesel with renewable fuels, such as biogas.

TEX4IM

The Tex4IM aims at generating a long term partnership for boosting industrial competitiveness and investment in European Textile and Clothing sector.

Scale up of sulfur-free pretreatment of lignocellulose for production of biofuels and biomass

This project focuses on the pretreatment step in order to verify the technology of sulfur-free pretreatment on a larger scale.