With a spectacular fashion show, where the UN guides themselves showed the garments, the new collection of tour guide clothes for the UN headquarters in New York City has now been launched – designed by students at the Swedish School of Textiles, University of Borås.

AI is changing the whole of society – it is becoming crucial to understand how technology can be designed and implemented so that it creates added value for those affected. This challenge is the focus of Jonas Sjöström, new professor of informatics at the University of Borås. "I think about the meaning of technology from the perspective of several different stakeholders," he said.

Working with cancer patients can be daunting for many, but Maria Brovall has dedicated her professional life to it: first as a nurse, then as a researcher, where she worked with others to develop digital tools for patients being treated for breast cancer. “I want my research to make a difference.”

As a newly installed professor of sociology, he is looking forward to developing the research environment at the interdisciplinary Faculty of Caring Science, Work Life and Social Welfare. “That different traditions and environments meet one another is very beneficial,” said Mattias Bengtsson, who also believes that existential meaning should be a given part of social science analysis.