HoloLens exercises with 39 police officers and instructors in Sweden and Catalonia highlighted potential benefits alongside privacy transparency bias and human-control concerns. IN BRIEFKEY TAKEAWAYSFAQs Researchers at Umeå University have examined how AI-based interactive systems and Mixed Reality could support … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Education, Science, Security & Safety, Spain, Sweden
Tagged Algorithmic bias, Anders Schogster, artificial-intelligence, Catalonia, computing science, Ethics by design, HoloLens study examines trustworthy AI tools for real-time police decision support, Interdisciplinary research explores human-centred AI for future police operations, Jonas Hansson, Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, Juan-Carlos Nieves, Microsoft HoloLens, Mixed reality, Police decision-making, Police education, Police interventions, Police officers evaluate AI and Mixed Reality during high-risk vehicle stop exercise, Police Research, Spain, Sweden, trustworthy AI, Trustworthy AI and Mixed Reality in Police Interventions, Umeå University, Umeå University researchers test AI and Mixed Reality support for police interventions
Research from Umeå University and Karolinska Institutet suggests fluoxetine and naltrexone differ more in side effects and symptom trajectory than in overall symptom reduction after eight weeks. IN BRIEFKEY TAKEAWAYSFAQs A new study from Umeå University and Karolinska Institutet found … Read the full press release
Posted in Healthcare, Science, Sweden
Tagged BMJ Mental Health, Compulsive Sexual Behaviour Disorder, CSBD, Findings may help tailor medication choices for Compulsive Sexual Behaviour Disorder, fluoxetine, Josephine Savard, Jussi Jokinen, Karolinska Institutet, naltrexone, Psychiatry, Researchers report similar overall symptom reduction with fluoxetine and naltrexone in CSBD, Study finds no significant efficacy gap between two drug options for CSBD, Study finds similar overall effects of two drug treatments for Compulsive Sexual Behaviour Disorder, Sweden, Umeå University, Umeå University and Karolinska study compares fluoxetine and naltrexone for CSBD, World Health Organization
Keynote in Kazakhstan examines generative AI, contrasting educator perspectives and the human dispositions needed to prepare students for uncertain futures IN BRIEFKEY TAKEAWAYSFAQs Suzanne Brink of Umeå University delivered an invited keynote at the hybrid CDIO Regional Meeting 2026, held … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Education, Science, Sweden
Tagged 4th Pedagogic Option, Asian CDIO ARM Conference 2026, Asian CDIO keynote examines how universities can adapt curricula for an uncertain AI-driven future, CDIO Asian Regional Meeting 2026, curriculum agility, curriculum co-design, curriculum perspectives, D. Serikbayev East Kazakhstan Technical University, Ellen Säll, engineering education, Follow-the-Rules Ron, Generation Z, generative AI, higher education, human dispositions, Jump-Right-In Cleo, Kazakhstan, learning-centred curriculum design, next-generation engineering, Reciprocal-Learning Minded Lina, Ron Barnett, Suzanne Brink, Suzanne Brink highlights human dispositions in next-generation engineering curriculum design, Sweden, teacher personas, Think-Twice Leo, Umeå University, Umeå University academic presents Curriculum Agility Principles at Kazakhstan engineering conference, Umeå University researcher explores generative AI and adaptable engineering education at CDIO meeting
OGTT monitoring shows prevalence fell 11% among men and 16% among women from 2009 to 2021 after substantial increases since 1987 IN BRIEFKEY TAKEAWAYSFAQs Research involving Umeå University shows that Mauritius has become the first country in the world to … Read the full press release
Posted in Healthcare, Science, Sweden
Tagged Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, diabetes prevalence, Dianna J Magliano, intermediate hyperglycaemia, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Jaysing Heecharan, Jonathan E Shaw, Long-running OGTT surveillance shows reversal in Mauritius type 2 diabetes trend, Mauritius, Mauritius becomes first country to cut type 2 diabetes prevalence after decades of increases, Noorjehan Joonas, OGTT, oral glucose tolerance test, Paul Zimmet, Per Liv, prediabetes, public health, Stefan Söderberg, Study reports nationwide fall in type 2 diabetes prevalence among women and men in Mauritius, Sudhirsen Kowlessur, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, type 2 diabetes, Umeå University, Umeå University researchers document decline in type 2 diabetes prevalence across Mauritius
Following the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Olof Lagerlöf explains how the light-based technique helps identify neurons linked to satiety and may open new clinical possibilities. IN BRIEFKEY TAKEAWAYSFAQs The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Science, Sweden
Tagged eating behaviour, Georg Nagel, Ingrid Söderbergh, Johanna Nordström, Karl Deisseroth, neuroscience, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Recognition for Optogenetics Draws Focus to Umeå Research on Satiety Neurons, Olof Lagerlöf, Olof Lagerlöf Explains How Optogenetics Has Transformed Brain Research, optogenetics, Peter Hegemann, Psychiatry, satiety, Sweden, Umeå, Umeå Scientist Sees Expanding Clinical Potential for Optogenetics After Nobel Award, Umeå University, Umeå University Discusses the Nobel Prize-Winning Breakthrough Behind Optogenetics
Responsible AI specialist will discuss “Life With AI” alongside Nobel laureates Philippe Aghion, Steven Chu, John Jumper and David MacMillan on 9 December. IN BRIEFKEY TAKEAWAYSFAQs Virginia Dignum, Professor of Responsible Artificial Intelligence at Umeå University and leader of its … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Education, Science, Sweden, Technology
Tagged AI governance, AI Policy Lab, artificial-intelligence, David MacMillan, House of People, human agency, John Jumper, Life With AI, Nobel Prize Award Ceremony, Nobel Prize laureates, nobel week dialogue, Nobel Week Dialogue to feature Umeå University AI professor Virginia Dignum, Philippe Aghion, Responsible Artificial Intelligence, societal wellbeing, Steven Chu, Stockholm, Sweden, Umeå University, Umeå University professor Virginia Dignum to discuss responsible AI at Nobel Week Dialogue, Virginia Dignum, Virginia Dignum brings responsible AI perspective to Nobel Week Dialogue in Stockholm, Virginia Dignum to join Nobel laureates for Stockholm dialogue on life with AI, Wallenberg Foundations
Daniel Nilsson’s doctoral work demonstrates open-source approaches to building adaptable tools for bacteria detection, biofilm studies and other laboratory applications. IN BRIEFKEY TAKEAWAYSFAQs Umeå University doctoral researcher Daniel Nilsson has demonstrated how standard consumer-grade 3D printers can be used to … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Science, Sweden, Technology
Tagged 3D printing, 3D Printing Approach from Umeå University Aims to Make Custom Research Equipment More Accessible, additive manufacturing, bacteria detection, biofilms, biophysical instrumentation, Biophysics, Christine Selhuber-Unkel, Daniel Nilsson, Daniel Nilsson Develops Open-Source 3D-Printed Tools for Bacteria and Biofilm Research at Umeå University, Democratisation of Biophysical Instrumentation through Open-Source Design and Additive Manufacturing, Department of Physics, experimental physics, harmful bacteria, Heidelberg University, laboratory tools, laser light, open-source design, open-source electronics, research equipment, scientific instruments, Sweden, Umeå, Umeå University, Umeå University Doctoral Research Uses Consumer 3D Printers to Build Advanced Laboratory Instruments, Umeå University Thesis Demonstrates Lab-Made Scientific Instruments Using Additive Manufacturing and Open-Source Design
(IN BRIEF) Umeå University and RISE Research Institutes of Sweden are enhancing their collaboration to build a more strategic and long-term partnership. During a recent meeting, representatives from both organisations discussed expanding joint efforts in research projects, funding applications, and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, Science, Sweden, Technology
Tagged academic partnership, applied research, Digital Impact North, INNOVATION, Jonas Joelsson, Malin Johansson, Marco Lucisano, regional development, research collaboration, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, sustainability, Sweden, Thomas Olofsson, Tora Holmberg, Umeå University, Umeå University and RISE deepen collaboration to enhance joint research initiatives and industry competitiveness in Sweden
(IN BRIEF) Research from Umeå University demonstrates how AI-driven analysis can transform energy renovation strategies by providing highly tailored recommendations based on the unique characteristics of individual buildings. By combining machine learning, explainable AI, and data fusion, the study identifies … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Education, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Sweden, Technology
Tagged AI, AI Driven Analysis Enables Tailored Renovation Strategies That Reduce Energy Use Emissions and Costs, artificial intelligence, building energy, climate targets, data analysis, Emissions Reduction, energy efficiency, Joakim Widén, Linköping, Lund, Machine Learning, renovation, Santhan Reddy Penaka, smart buildings, sustainability, Sweden, Umeå, Umeå University, Weizhuo Lu
(IN BRIEF) Six researchers at Umeå University have been awarded SEK 38 million in funding from the Wallenberg foundations for humanities and social science research connected to forestry, representing almost half of the projects approved nationally. The funding highlights the … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Education, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Science, Sweden, Technology
Tagged climate adapted forest management, Daniel Nylén, digital forestry, environmental justice, environmental psychology, forestry policy, forestry research, humanities and social sciences, interdisciplinary research, Louise Eriksson, Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Memorial Fund, Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation, reindeer husbandry, Sweden, Thomas Olofsson, Umeå University, Wallenberg Foundations Back Umeå University Projects Exploring the Social Dimensions of Forestry
(IN BRIEF) Researchers from Umeå University, together with international partners, have developed a novel framework that treats the world’s millions of lakes as a single composite “Über-lake,” enabling the discovery of emergent patterns that individual studies cannot capture. Using global … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Sweden, Technology
Tagged climate change, climate feedback loops, Cristian Gudasz, Dominic Vachon, Earth system resilience, ecological stability, Ecology, environmental science, freshwater ecosystems, glaciated lakes, global lake models, high-performance computing, lake hypsography, Nature Water, partnership, shallow lakes, sustainability, Über-lake, Umeå University, Yves T Prairie
(IN BRIEF) Umeå University will celebrate its Spring Graduation on 15 and 17 May 2025, with ceremonies recognizing outstanding teachers, new doctors, jubilee doctors, and the installation of Tora Holmberg as Vice-Chancellor. A total of 34 teachers will be honored, … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Education, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Media, News, Science, Sweden, Technology
Tagged academic ceremony, appointment, Awards, Cathrine Norberg, Education, gold Vice-Chancellor chain, Hans Adolfsson, INNOVATION, jubilee doctors, leadership, live stream, new doctors, Peter Sköld, RESEARCH, Spring Graduation, Swedish universities, teachers, Tora Holmberg, Umeå city coat of arms, Umeå University, Vice-Chancellor
Umeå, Sweden, 27-Apr-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Two African scientists become new honorary doctors at the Faculty of Medicine at Umeå University, Sweden. They are Julia Goedecke at the University of Cape Town and the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom … Read the full press release
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Tagged African scientists, Faculty of Medicine, honorary_doctors, Julia Goedecke, medicine, Patrik Danielson, scientists, Sweden, Umeå University, WHO
Umeå, Sweden, 27-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The plant geneticist and lecturer at the Department of Plant Physiology, Nathaniel Street, is awarded the pedagogical prize from the Faculty of Science and Technology. The prize jury motivated its decision due to his outstanding … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, Science, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Award, Faculty of Science and Technology, geneticist, lecturer, Nathaniel Street, pedagogical prize, pedagogy, Physiology, Plant geneticist, plants, teaching, Umeå University
Umeå, Sweden, 05-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Professor Jacques Dubochet, one of this year’s three Nobel laureates in Chemistry, is visiting Umeå University on Wednesday 13 December to hold a lecture on his revolutionising research. Together with Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson, … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Science, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson, Professor Jacques Dubochet, Umeå University
Umeå, Sweden, 02-Nov-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Philipp Ochtrop from Umeå University has worked on a project to turn the two enzymes AnkX and Lem3 from the disease causing bacteria Legionella pneumophila into a valuable tool for the chemical modification of proteins. … Read the full press release
Umeå, Sweden, 21-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Bacteria release membrane-derived vesicles (MVs), which are small particles that can transport virulence factors to neighbouring bacteria or to the cells of a mammalian host. This special MV-based system for delivering toxic proteins and nucleic … Read the full press release
Temperatures are rising, and life on earth changes. The fastest change takes place in the North, in the Arctic. That is a fact. But what societal challenges await? Will the Arctic still be habitable for humans? Is this a new … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Environment, Science, Society, Sweden, Technology
Tagged artic researchers, Hans Adolfsson, Peter Sköld, Umeå University
LEICESTERSHIRE, 03-Mar-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — John Anderson, Professor of Physical Geography at Loughborough University’s School of Social, Political and Geographical Sciences has been awarded the King Carl XVI Gustaf’s Professorship in Environmental Science for the 2017/18 academic year at Umeå … Read the full press release
In a collaborative effort, researchers at Uppsala and Umeå University now show that the formation of methylmercury in sediment is controlled by the molecular composition of the organic matter. The study has been published in Nature Communications. Umeå, Sweden, 14-Feb-2017 … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Environment, Science, Sweden
Tagged Andrea Garcia Bravo, Erik Björn, mercury methylation, organic matter, Stefan Bertilsson, Umeå University, Uppsala
Umeå, Sweden, 10-Oct-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has granted over SEK 94 million to three research projects in medicine and natural sciences at Umeå University. The projects are led by researchers Maria Fällman, Jan Karlsson and … Read the full press release
Umeå, Sweden, 29-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Humans utilise forests and watercourses in a way that depletes ecosystem habitats, biodiversity and ecosystem services. Many areas are restored to break the trend, but to succeed you need to consider not only the ecosystem … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Environment, Science, Sweden
Tagged Christer Nilsson, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, land and aquatic environments, Umeå University
Umeå, Sweden, 14-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Reactive oxygen species (ROS) such as peroxides and superoxides are important signalling molecules in an organism’s regulation of metabolism and inflammation. Accumulation of ROS have been linked to neurodegeneration and cancer. Researchers at Umeå University … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Science, Sweden
Tagged Hospital of Halland in Sweden, Nelson Gekara, Reactive oxygen species, Saskia Erttmann, Umeå University
Umeå, Sweden, 14-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — For the first time, researchers at Umeå University and Lund University have estimated the risk of developing various types of prostate cancer for men with the disease in the family. Men with brothers who have … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Science, Sweden
Tagged Lund University, Ola Bratt, prostate cancer, Umeå University
Umeå, Sweden, 14-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The Görel Bohlin Award for prominent gender research is presented to Umeå University lecturers or researchers who have made important scientific achievements in gender studies. The 2016 award goes to Åsa Gunnarsson, professor in Law … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, Society, Sweden
Tagged gender research, professor Åsa Gunnarsson, The Görel Bohlin Award, Umeå University
Umeå, Sweden, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Professor and Vice-Chancellor Lena Gustafsson and Professor Britta Lundgren will be honoured with the Umeå University Medals of Honour 2016 for their outstanding contributions to the university. The medals will be presented at the Annual … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, Sweden
Tagged Britta Lundgren, Lena Gustafsson, Umeå University, Umeå University Medals of Honour 2016
Soil frost is a nearly universal process in the Arctic. In a recent dissertation by doctoral student Marina Becher at Umeå University, it is shown that the frequency and extent of soil frost is important for the release of the … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Environment, Science, Sweden
Tagged arctic soil, greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, Marina Becher, soil frost, Umeå University
Celiac disease incidence has increased among Swedish children between 2 to 15 years. The significant escalation in celiac disease can be associated with planned caesarean sections, urinary tract infections during pregnancy, season of birth and being born in south Sweden. … Read the full press release
The implications of terrorist attacks targeting trains are becoming increasingly extensive. The number of casualties has increased and there has been a fivefold in injuries since the 1970–80s. At the same time, more than half of the attacks are carried … Read the full press release
Running streams are key sources of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, but why is it so? An international team of researchers, led by Umeå University, publishes the answer in the prestigious journal Nature Geoscience. Umeå, Sweden, 17-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — … Read the full press release
Alexis Nielsen, master’s degree student in geoecology at Umeå University, received the 2015 Global Swede Award at a diploma ceremony in Stockholm on 12 May. The special recognition is a joint initiative between the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, Science, Sweden, Technology
Tagged 2015 Global Swede Award, Alexis Nielsen, Greg Neely, Umeå University
A researcher at Umeå University has carried out a project to identify messages required for the community in Sierra Leone to stop the spread of Ebola. A report has recently been presented to the country’s government with the results. Umeå, … Read the full press release
Umeå, Sweden, 13-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The historical past is important when we seek to understand environmental conditions as they are today and predict how these might change in the future. This is according to researchers from Umeå University, whose … Read the full press release
Umeå, Sweden, 3-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — People who use snus run twice the risk of developing alcohol dependency compared with non-users, and the more one uses snus, the higher the risk. This has been found in a study from Umeå … Read the full press release
Umeå, Sweden, 18-11-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Peter Sköld, Professor of History and Director of the Arctic Centre at Umeå University (Arcum), has by the Latvian Foreign Ministry been appointed to be the first Latvian honorary consul in Västerbotten. The Latvian … Read the full press release
Umeå, Sweden, 20-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — In this year’s Shanghai Jiaotong Academic Ranking of World Universities, Umeå University is again placed among the world’s top 300 instiutions. In addition, Umeå is ranked among the top 150 in the field of life and agricultural … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Management, Sweden
Tagged ARWU, Shanghai Jiaotong Academic Ranking of World Universities, Umeå University
Umeå University has been ranked first in Europe and ninth in the world for student satisfaction according to the latest International Student Barometer (ISB). The survey was responded to by international students from 170 universities in the world during the … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Society, Sweden
Tagged Anders Fällström, ISB, latest International Student Barometer, Per A Nilsson, student satisfaction, Umeå University
Umeå University advanced seven places globally – from 34 to 27 – in this year’s ‘Top 50 under 50’ league table produced by QS University Rankings. The list focuses on young and dynamic universities established within the last 50 years. … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Science, Society, Sweden
Tagged 'Top 50 under 50', Ben Sowter, Lena Gustafsson, QS University Rankings, Umeå University
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