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How are older people to lead a good life replete with wellbeing and be welcomed to a form of care that is characterised by human dignity and human sensitivity? These are questions that have engage...

Thinking about his future profession during his school years, it was work as a forester that most appealed to Magnus Andersson Hagiwara. However, his experience of military service led him to the discovery of...

Anders Jonsson was one of the first officers in Sweden to take paternity leave. Today, he is Professor of Prehospital Emergency Care. But perhaps that never would have happened if he hadn't taken parental ...

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...

Maria Jiménez Herrera is a visiting professor at the Faculty of Caring Science, Work Life and Social Welfare and is based at Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Spain. Maria recently visited the University of ...

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...

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...

Involve the staff and the older people themselves in developing the care of older people, and support first-line managers. These are some of the results of a four-year research proj...

Fewer men than women choose to study to be nurses, but men often end up in better paid and higher positions in healthcare. Why is this? Lamprini Xiarchi, a doctoral student at the University of Borås, has worke...

Access to products for menstrual hygiene management is an issue of dignity and health – and is a luxury that up to one billion women lack. On the other hand, disposable pads made from plastic contri...

It is high time to focus on the oldest members of society – that is what doctoral students Lamprini Xiarchi and Karoline Lang Mathiesen want. They are conducti...

During the last week of April, we will celebrate new professors, doctorate recipients, and honorary doctors at the University of Borås. You are welcome to take part in the lectures, which are open to the public, and ex...

A Swedish-Norwegian project is developing a new form of decision support for prehospital care based on artificial intelligence (AI). In the project, doctoral student Anna Bakidou is to develop algor...

Many adolescents do not get enough sleep. It is a growing public health problem, one in which adolescents' own voices are rarely heard. “Assumptions from the adult world can mean a risk of gi...

Seeking help for life issues, such as the meaning of life, requires courage; it requires the same of healthcare staff caregivers, as well. In her doctoral thesis, Maria Lundvall, who holds a doctorate in ...