The making of the reading citizen. Public debate and policy 1945-2017

Recruiting staff in the social services

One of the major challenges for the social services is the difficulty of recruiting and retaining competent managers and employees. The biggest problem seems to be in support of livelihoods and child and family / individual and family care.

Durability and compostability of bio-based thermoset composites

Commercial composites are often made from non-renewable materials and are difficult to recycle. Biocomposites are instead made of renewable materials such as bioplastics and natural fibers. This has been studied very intensively at both companies and universities. The University of Borås has conducted extensive research in this area. Hard plastics have been developed from renewable materials and these have since been reinforced with various renewable fibers such as flax fibers, hemp fibers and cellulose fibers. Tests have shown that these materials have relatively good mechanical properties.

Troublesome travellers

Attractive home care - sustainable working life and health promotion organization

The purpose of the project is to follow, support and evaluate the implementation process of the work on developing a good work environment - sustainable organization and attractive home care.

Sustainable Fungal Textiles: A novel approach for reuse of food waste

There is huge demand after sustainable textiles. This is due to the shortage of cotton and the environmental concerns of petrochemical based textiles, e.g. release of micro-plastics in the production process and during washing. This project aims to create a sustainable strategy for re-using bread waste for production of a new generation of sustainable textiles as a replacement for cotton and synthetic textiles.

Hip fracture and pain

A project that include a randomized study with phasia iliac blockade and a survey of prehospital pain and pain management

iHubs Sweden - Capacity for innovation

With the preliminary study iHubs Sweden Capacity for Innovation, the ambition is to work out a basis for a process management support to increase the innovation and collaboration capacity within the Vinnväxt initiatives that can be started up in 2019.

INCITE - Information Fusion as an E-Service in Scholarly Information Use

The numbers of scholarly publications and their accumulated bulk have risen substantially in the recent times. Whereas a literature review in a near past would have involved reading and analysing a few hundred articles, today such an endeavour becomes a challenge when the relevant publications extent to thousands, or tens of thousands of items.

Inclusive Internationalization, Fast Track for university teachers and researchers

Together with the University of Gothenburg, Chalmers University of Technology, University West and University of Skövde we are involved in a project for newcomers with a refugee background. The aim is to shorten the path to either finish a PhD-education or to a career within higher education. This is favourable for both the refugee participants and for Swedish universities, who can benefit from the high competence possessed by the participants.