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Christmas Break at Curiosum
Sat
27
Dec
Christmas Break at Curiosum
Time 10:00 - 17:00 27 December 10:00 - 17:00
Place Curiosum, Östra strandgatan 32, Arts campus

Other. Discover Curiosum during the holidays! We offer plenty of exciting activities for the whole family. Learn more and see the program here.

Christmas Break at Curiosum
Sun
28
Dec
Christmas Break at Curiosum
Time 10:00 - 17:00 28 December 10:00 - 17:00
Place Curiosum, Östra strandgatan 32, Arts campus

Other. Discover Curiosum during the holidays! We offer plenty of exciting activities for the whole family. Learn more and see the program here.

Christmas Break at Curiosum
Mon
29
Dec
Christmas Break at Curiosum
Time 10:00 - 17:00 29 December 10:00 - 17:00
Place Curiosum, Östra strandgatan 32, Arts campus

Other. Discover Curiosum during the holidays! We offer plenty of exciting activities for the whole family. Learn more and see the program here.

Christmas Break at Curiosum
Tue
30
Dec
Christmas Break at Curiosum
Time 10:00 - 17:00 30 December 10:00 - 17:00
Place Curiosum, Östra strandgatan 32, Arts campus

Other. Discover Curiosum during the holidays! We offer plenty of exciting activities for the whole family. Learn more and see the program here.

January

Christmas Break at Curiosum
Fri
2
Jan
Christmas Break at Curiosum
Time 10:00 - 17:00 2 January 10:00 - 17:00
Place Curiosum, Östra strandgatan 32, Arts campus

Other. Discover Curiosum during the holidays! We offer plenty of exciting activities for the whole family. Learn more and see the program here.

Christmas Break at Curiosum
Sat
3
Jan
Christmas Break at Curiosum
Time 10:00 - 17:00 3 January 10:00 - 17:00
Place Curiosum, Östra strandgatan 32, Arts campus

Other. Discover Curiosum during the holidays! We offer plenty of exciting activities for the whole family. Learn more and see the program here.

Christmas Break at Curiosum
Sun
4
Jan
Christmas Break at Curiosum
Time 10:00 - 17:00 4 January 10:00 - 17:00
Place Curiosum, Östra strandgatan 32, Arts campus

Other. Discover Curiosum during the holidays! We offer plenty of exciting activities for the whole family. Learn more and see the program here.

Christmas Break at Curiosum
Mon
5
Jan
Christmas Break at Curiosum
Time 10:00 - 17:00 5 January 10:00 - 17:00
Place Curiosum, Östra strandgatan 32, Arts campus

Other. Discover Curiosum during the holidays! We offer plenty of exciting activities for the whole family. Learn more and see the program here.

Christmas Break at Curiosum
Tue
6
Jan
Christmas Break at Curiosum
Time 10:00 - 17:00 6 January 10:00 - 17:00
Place Curiosum, Östra strandgatan 32, Arts campus

Other. Discover Curiosum during the holidays! We offer plenty of exciting activities for the whole family. Learn more and see the program here.

Constructing a population database using automated methods – Stockholm in 1955
Thu
8
Jan
Constructing a population database using automated methods – Stockholm in 1955
Time 13:00 - 14:00 8 January 13:00 - 14:00
Place Fatmomakke floor 4 NBET / Zoom

Seminar. Welcome to a CEDAR seminar with two guest speakers, Jonatan Andersson and Leonardo Costa Ribeiro.

Anna Lodén, Subject Matter Education
Fri
9
Jan
Anna Lodén, Subject Matter Education
Time 09:00 - 12:00 9 January 09:00 - 12:00
Place KBE 301 - Lilla hörsalen. ZOOM: https://umu.zoom.us/j/62300802773

Defence of doctoral thesis. Student voices on digital abilities in science education – towards models of digital versatility in online searching and co-creation with AI.

Sara Rydman, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants
Fri
9
Jan
Sara Rydman, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants
Time 13:00 - 17:00 9 January 13:00 - 17:00
Place KBE3.01 Lilla hörsalen, KBC-huset.

Defence of doctoral thesis. A systems genetics approach to identify candidate genes driving salicinoid diversity in Populus tremula.

EC2U “Linguistic & Cultural Diversity” doctoral workshop in Jena
Mon
12
Jan
EC2U “Linguistic & Cultural Diversity” doctoral workshop in Jena
Time 00:00 - 23:59 12 January 00:00 - 23:59
Place Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany (on-site only)

Workshop. Are you a doctoral student interested in linguistic & cultural diversity? Attend the EC2U workshop in Jena, 24–26 Mar 2026.

WCMM 10 year anniversary
Mon
12
Jan
WCMM 10 year anniversary
Time 13:00 - 18:30 12 January 13:00 - 18:30
Place Rotundan, Universum, Umeå Universitet

Other. Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine in Umeå celebrates its 10-year anniversary!

Humlab Talk: Anthropomorphic AI and emergent vulnerabilities
Mon
12
Jan
Humlab Talk: Anthropomorphic AI and emergent vulnerabilities
Time 13:15 - 14:45 12 January 13:15 - 14:45
Place Humlab / Zoom

Lecture. With Mia Liinason

Study at Umeå University Q&A webinar
Mon
12
Jan
Study at Umeå University Q&A webinar
Time 15:00 - 16:30 12 January 15:00 - 16:30
Place Online - CET

Other. Join our live Q&A webinar to learn more about Umeå University and the application process.

Guided tour of the website for researchers
Wed
14
Jan
Guided tour of the website for researchers
Time 09:00 - 09:45 14 January 09:00 - 09:45
Place Teams

Group meeting. Attend an English tour of umu.se/en/researcher to get an overview of the navigation and contents of this website. Take the chance to ask questions.

Pre Party Conference
Wed
14
Jan
Pre Party Conference
Time 14:00 - 16:00 14 January 14:00 - 16:00
Place Ljusgården i Beteendevetarhuset

Conference. A scientific poster conference, where students who are writing a scientific essay are invited to present the results.

Beyond Calls – Building research networks
Thu
15
Jan
Beyond Calls – Building research networks
Time 12:00 - 13:00 15 January 12:00 - 13:00
Place Mustang Sally (AWL)

Group meeting. Welcome to the Beyond Calls group meeting for researchers.

EC2U webinar on Challenge-Based Learning
Fri
16
Jan
EC2U webinar on Challenge-Based Learning
Time 11:00 - 13:00 16 January 11:00 - 13:00
Place Zoom

Seminar. Discover how Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) is transforming education across Europe.

Sweden Alumni Event in Chile
Mon
19
Jan
Sweden Alumni Event in Chile
Time 19:00 - 21:00 19 January 19:00 - 21:00
Place Official Residence of Sweden in Santiago, Chile

Other. The Swedish Embassy and five Swedish universities welcome alumni to a reception at the Swedish Ambassador's residence in Santiago, Chile.

EC2U hybrid lecture: making multilingualism visible
Wed
21
Jan
EC2U hybrid lecture: making multilingualism visible
Time 14:00 - 19:00 21 January 14:00 - 19:00
Place Hybrid (Online & JKU Linz)

Lecture. Highlighting linguistic and cultural diversity reflected in JKU’s language courses, research, and student projects in a multilingual European context.

Investigating past human-seaweed relationships through microscopic residues
Thu
22
Jan
Investigating past human-seaweed relationships through microscopic residues
Time 13:00 - 15:00 22 January 13:00 - 15:00
Place HUM.H.119

Seminar. The Research Seminar Series in Archaeology and Environmental Archaeology invites you to a seminar with Shalen Prado, University of Stavanger.

Breakfast - a food and meal summit
Fri
23
Jan
Breakfast - a food and meal summit
Time 08:00 - 09:00 23 January 08:00 - 09:00
Place Teacher Education Building, Floor 3

Seminar. Welcome to Breakfast – a seminar where discussions about food, meals and opportunities for collaboration are at the centre.

Anneli Enblom Larsson – Medicine
Fri
23
Jan
Anneli Enblom Larsson – Medicine
Time 09:00 - 13:00 23 January 09:00 - 13:00
Place The auditorium, Sunderby Hospital

Defence of doctoral thesis. Major bleeding, thromboembolic complications and mortality in patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms.

Metabolomics in Life Science
Tue
27
Jan
Metabolomics in Life Science
Time 27 January at 09:00 until 28 January at 17:00 27 January at 09:00 until 28 January at 17:00
Place Vävenscenen, Umeå

Conference. The "Metabolomics in Life Science" conference will showcase the latest NMR- and MS-based metabolomics research from Sweden, the Nordics, and beyond.

Loïs Vanhée
Tue
27
Jan
Loïs Vanhée
Time 15:15 - 16:00 27 January 15:15 - 16:00
Place HUM.H.119

Seminar. The Umeå Cognitive Science Seminar invites you to a seminar with Loïs Vanhée, Umeå University.

Serena Sabatini
Thu
29
Jan
Serena Sabatini
Time 13:00 - 15:00 29 January 13:00 - 15:00
Place HUM.H.119

Seminar. The Research Seminar Series in Archaeology and Environmental Archaeology invites you to a seminar with Serena Sabatini.

Elena van Zalen, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants
Thu
29
Jan
Elena van Zalen, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants
Time 13:00 - 17:00 29 January 13:00 - 17:00
Place NAT.D.410.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Comparative co-expression network analysis of abiotic stress response in boreal conifers.

Humlab Talk: Toward Phylogenies of Word Sense
Thu
29
Jan
Humlab Talk: Toward Phylogenies of Word Sense
Time 13:15 - 15:00 29 January 13:15 - 15:00
Place Humlab / Zoom

Lecture. With Vojtěch Kaše

Tran Vinh Hong Nguyen – Medical Biochemistry
Fri
30
Jan
Tran Vinh Hong Nguyen – Medical Biochemistry
Time 09:00 - 12:00 30 January 09:00 - 12:00
Place Aula BIologica

Defence of doctoral thesis. Maintaining human mitochondrial DNA: Insights into Replication Stress, Pathogenic Mutations, and Related Mitochondrial Processes.

Sofi Sandström - Medical science
Fri
30
Jan
Sofi Sandström - Medical science
Time 09:00 - 13:00 30 January 09:00 - 13:00
Place Triple Helix

Defence of doctoral thesis. Sofi Sandström defends her thesis in medical science with a focus on imaging and functional medicine.

February

EURAXESS Sweden webinar: Your first steps in Sweden
Mon
2
Feb
EURAXESS Sweden webinar: Your first steps in Sweden
Time 22:00 - 23:30 2 February 22:00 - 23:30
Place Webinar

Seminar. Join the webinar: Your first steps in Sweden: Get insight to administrative processes on population registration, health care and banking.

KOM - Workshop: A picture says a 1000 words
Wed
4
Feb
KOM - Workshop: A picture says a 1000 words
Time 08:30 - 12:00 4 February 08:30 - 12:00
Place Läraren, UPL

Workshop. This workshop focuses on communicating for learning by visuals and aesthetics

Anna Barkander – Ophthalmiatrics
Fri
6
Feb
Anna Barkander – Ophthalmiatrics
Time 09:00 - 12:00 6 February 09:00 - 12:00
Place Assembly Hall, Östersund Hospital

Defence of doctoral thesis. Microinvasive trabecular surgery in glaucoma.

Mid seminar: Lieuwe Jan Hettema
Fri
6
Feb
Mid seminar: Lieuwe Jan Hettema
Time 09:00 - 11:00 6 February 09:00 - 11:00
Place HUM.G.211 

Seminar. Welcome to this mid seminar with Lieuwe Jan Hettema who will talk about his PhD project on assembling Sámie language policy.

Påvel Nicklasson
Fri
6
Feb
Påvel Nicklasson
Time 10:00 - 12:00 6 February 10:00 - 12:00
Place HUM.H.119

Seminar. The Research Seminar in Archaeology, and the Research Seminar in History and History of ideas, invites you to a seminar with Påvel Nicklasson.

Waste-2-Plastic: Turning wastewater into bioplastic
Mon
9
Feb
Waste-2-Plastic: Turning wastewater into bioplastic
Time 14:00 - 15:30 9 February 14:00 - 15:30
Place Umeå Marine Sciences Centre, Norrbyn

Seminar. How microalgae can be used to produce bioplastics, counteract global warming, and purify wastewater at the same time.

Mid seminar: Jakob Wickzell
Tue
10
Feb
Mid seminar: Jakob Wickzell
Time 13:00 - 15:00 10 February 13:00 - 15:00
Place SAM.A.391

Seminar. Welcome to a mid seminar with Jakob Wickzell, who will talk about his PhD project.

Jingwen Cai, Computing Science
Fri
13
Feb
Jingwen Cai, Computing Science
Time 09:00 - 13:00 13 February 09:00 - 13:00
Place NAT.D.480.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Contextual Language Processing: From Formal Transducers to Advertising Strategy.

Sabine Houy, Computing Science
Tue
17
Feb
Sabine Houy, Computing Science
Time 13:00 - 16:00 17 February 13:00 - 16:00
Place Hörsal UB.A.230 - Lindellhallen 3.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Control Flow Integrity in Practice: Retrospectives, Realities, and Automated Enforcement.

Meet Umeå University in Madrid
Mon
23
Feb
Meet Umeå University in Madrid
Time 16:00 - 20:00 23 February 16:00 - 20:00
Place HOTEL VILLA MAGNA, Paseo de la Castellana, 22, 28046 Madrid

Other. Meet Umeå University at the FIEP International Postgraduate Studies Fair in Madrid and explore study opportunities in Sweden.

Hoomaan Maskan, Mathematical Statistics
Tue
24
Feb
Hoomaan Maskan, Mathematical Statistics
Time 08:30 - 12:00 24 February 08:30 - 12:00
Place BIO.E.203 – Aula Biologica.

Defence of doctoral thesis. From Accelerated First-Order Methods to Structured Nonconvex Optimization: Analysis and Perspectives.

Can we make it local? The Challenges of Public Meal Procurement in Canada and Sweden
Tue
24
Feb
Can we make it local? The Challenges of Public Meal Procurement in Canada and Sweden
Time 13:00 - 15:00 24 February 13:00 - 15:00
Place Teacher Education Building, LÄR.B.220

Seminar. A seminar comparing how Sweden and Canada address challenges in sourcing local and sustainable food within public institutional foodservice.

Kajsa Törmä
Tue
24
Feb
Kajsa Törmä
Time 15:15 - 16:00 24 February 15:15 - 16:00
Place HUM.H.119

Seminar. The Umeå Cognitive Science Seminar invites you to a seminar with Kajsa Törmä, Umeå University.

Fertility, Family and Health among migrants
Thu
26
Feb
Fertility, Family and Health among migrants
Time 13:00 - 14:00 26 February 13:00 - 14:00
Place Fatmomakke floor 4 NBET / Zoom

Seminar. Welcome to a CEDAR seminar with Eleonora Mussino, Professor, Department of Sociology.

Breakfast - a food and meal summit
Fri
27
Feb
Breakfast - a food and meal summit
Time 08:00 - 09:00 27 February 08:00 - 09:00
Place Teacher Education Building, Floor 3

Seminar. Welcome to Breakfast – a seminar where discussions about food, meals and opportunities for collaboration are at the centre.

Tlek Tapani, Experimental Physics
Fri
27
Feb
Tlek Tapani, Experimental Physics
Time 09:00 - 13:00 27 February 09:00 - 13:00
Place NAT.D.410.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Ultrafast charge and spin dynamics in nanostructures and metamaterials.

March

Arctic Forum: Food
Mon
2
Mar
Arctic Forum: Food
Time 08:30 - 17:00 2 March 08:30 - 17:00
Place Umeå

Other. At Arctic Forum: Food, we meet to explore new ways towards resilient societies in the North by preparing and sharing meals with one another.

Winter Conference in Statistics 2026
Sun
8
Mar
Winter Conference in Statistics 2026
Time 8 March at 00:00 until 12 March at 00:00 8 March at 00:00 until 12 March at 00:00
Place Storhogna Högfjällshotell & Spa

Conference. Ever since 1968, Umeå University, Sweden, has organised a winter conference in Statistics. This is a four-day event held in the Swedish mountains.

The Gender Seminar: Gender and Disability within a Settler-Colonial Framework
Tue
10
Mar
The Gender Seminar: Gender and Disability within a Settler-Colonial Framework
Time 13:15 - 15:00 10 March 13:15 - 15:00
Place SAM.A.233

Seminar. A seminar with Amine Issa, University of Galway Ireland. A co-arrangement with DISTIME

Josline Otieno - statistics
Fri
20
Mar
Josline Otieno - statistics
Time 09:30 - 12:00 20 March 09:30 - 12:00
Place Hum.D.210, Humanisthuset

Defence of doctoral thesis. Machine learning for predicting diverse stroke outcomes: binary, multi-class, and time to event

Writing retreat for students and academics
Mon
23
Mar
Writing retreat for students and academics
Time 23 March at 08:30 until 24 March at 15:30 23 March at 08:30 until 24 March at 15:30
Place UMF, Norrbyn

Workshop. Create the time, space and focus to accelerate and improve your research writing through two-day retreat at Umeå Marine Sciences Centre!

Open Up For Innovation
Thu
26
Mar
Open Up For Innovation
Time 11:00 - 16:00 26 March 11:00 - 16:00
Place Rotundan, Universum, Umeå University

Conference. Save the date! This event brings together academia, industry, and regional stakeholders to foster collaboration and drive innovation.

U-CHEC seminar: Intersectionality in Qualitative studies
Thu
26
Mar
U-CHEC seminar: Intersectionality in Qualitative studies
Time 13:00 - 14:30 26 March 13:00 - 14:30
Place Norrskenet, Biology Building

Seminar. Intersectionality in qualitative health studies

Breakfast - a food and meal summit
Fri
27
Mar
Breakfast - a food and meal summit
Time 08:00 - 09:00 27 March 08:00 - 09:00
Place Teacher Education Building, Floor 3

Seminar. Welcome to Breakfast – a seminar where discussions about food, meals and opportunities for collaboration are at the centre.

The Gender Seminar
Tue
31
Mar
The Gender Seminar
Time 13:15 - 15:00 31 March 13:15 - 15:00
Place UCGS library

Seminar. Making a Fuss: Applying a feminist approach to a PhD project in Industrial design

James Turner
Tue
31
Mar
James Turner
Time 15:15 - 16:00 31 March 15:15 - 16:00
Place HUM.H.119

Seminar. The Umeå Cognitive Science Seminar invites you to a seminar with James Turner, Umeå University.

April

Welcome to the First Edition of Science Bites!
Sat
18
Apr
Welcome to the First Edition of Science Bites!
Time 13:00 - 15:00 18 April 13:00 - 15:00
Place Kajscenen, Väven and om distance

Lecture. We’re excited to introduce Science Bites, the English edition of Fika efter en forskare!

Breakfast - a food and meal summit
Fri
24
Apr
Breakfast - a food and meal summit
Time 08:00 - 09:00 24 April 08:00 - 09:00
Place Teacher Education Building, Floor 3

Seminar. Welcome to Breakfast – a seminar where discussions about food, meals and opportunities for collaboration are at the centre.

The Gender Seminar
Tue
28
Apr
The Gender Seminar
Time 13:15 - 15:00 28 April 13:15 - 15:00
Place UCGS library

Seminar. Vulnerable writing as a feminist methodological practice

Zoe Falomir
Tue
28
Apr
Zoe Falomir
Time 15:15 - 16:00 28 April 15:15 - 16:00
Place HUM.H.119

Seminar. The Umeå Cognitive Science Seminar invites you to a seminar with Zoe Falomir, Umeå University.

Seminar - Social Work
Wed
29
Apr
Seminar - Social Work
Time 10:00 - 12:00 29 April 10:00 - 12:00
Place Stora sammanträdesrummet, Dept of Social Work and Zoom

Seminar. Youth in the Periphery – How Location Challenge Equality and How Youth Work Can Respond to It?

May

ASLA 2026
Thu
7
May
ASLA 2026
Time 7 May at 00:00 until 8 May at 00:00 7 May at 00:00 until 8 May at 00:00
Place TBA

Conference. Welcome to the next national symposium for ASLA, the Swedish Association of Applied Linguistics.

Intersecting inequalities
Thu
21
May
Intersecting inequalities
Time 13:00 - 14:00 21 May 13:00 - 14:00
Place Fatmomakke floor 4 NBET / Zoom

Seminar. Welcome to a CEDAR seminar with Fardosa Green, Department of Sociology and CEDAR.

Breakfast - a food and meal summit
Fri
22
May
Breakfast - a food and meal summit
Time 08:00 - 09:00 22 May 08:00 - 09:00
Place Teacher Education Building, Floor 3

Seminar. Welcome to Breakfast – a seminar where discussions about food, meals and opportunities for collaboration are at the centre.

Michael Dimitriou
Tue
26
May
Michael Dimitriou
Time 15:15 - 16:00 26 May 15:15 - 16:00
Place HUM.H.119

Seminar. The Umeå Cognitive Science Seminar invites you to a seminar with Michael Dimitriou, Umeå University.

Graduation Ceremony 2026 for International Master's Programmes
Wed
27
May
Graduation Ceremony 2026 for International Master's Programmes
Time 15:00 - 17:00 27 May 15:00 - 17:00
Place Aula Nordica

Other. On Wednesday 27 May, Umeå University will hold a ceremony to honour graduating students of International Master's Programmes.

June

KOM-Workshop: Information or Exformation
Wed
3
Jun
KOM-Workshop: Information or Exformation
Time 08:30 - 12:00 3 June 08:30 - 12:00
Place Läraren, UPL

Course. How can we ensure that when we give students instructions in what we think is a clear and effective way, it is actually understood as it was meant?

EURAU 26 Symposium: Latitudes
Wed
10
Jun
EURAU 26 Symposium: Latitudes
Time 10 June at 15:00 until 12 June at 19:00 10 June at 15:00 until 12 June at 19:00
Place Umeå School of Architecture

Symposium. Umeå School of Architecture welcomes educators, researchers and practitioner to the EURAU 26 Symposium on the theme LATITUDES.

Save-the-date: UFBI 25 years anniversary
Tue
16
Jun
Save-the-date: UFBI 25 years anniversary
Time 16 June at 09:00 until 17 June at 17:00 16 June at 09:00 until 17 June at 17:00
Place Elite Hotel Mimer, Kungsgatan 75

Symposium. Umeå center for Functional Brain Imaging (UFBI) 25 years anniversary on June 16-17 2026.

SALC10
Tue
23
Jun
SALC10
Time 23 June at 00:00 until 25 June at 00:00 23 June at 00:00 until 25 June at 00:00
Place Campus Umeå

Conference. Welcome to the 10th International Conference of the Scandinavian Association for Language and Cognition (SALC10).