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Curiosity became a career

What is it like to be a doctoral student? Meet Julia, whose research takes her all the way to Jupiter's moons.

Oscar Rantatalo
Improving investigations into online sexual abuse of children

Oscar Rantatalo is Umeå University’s first professor of police science.

Johanna BjörklundProfessor vid Institutionen för datavetenskap
Newly appointed professor wants to make AI less overconfident

Johanna Björklund aims to make today’s AI systems understand their own limitations.

Anna Baranowska-Rataj
Anna Baranowska-Rataj explores families’ health in the context of changing Arctic

Anna wants to investigate how critical life events, including migration, affect families’ health in the Arctic

Pedro Sanches
Pedro Sanches wants to make environmental data in the Arctic more understandable

Through Arctic Six, he connects Arctic environmental research with participatory design.

A man wearing a blue labcoat, holding a tray of plants in a greenhouse.
Predicting how plants respond to their environment

How do genetic differences shape plant responses to the environment? Yanjun Zan aims to predict them.

Full list of Profiles and Features

Umeå Lunar Venture
Umeå Lunar Venture will put Umeå University on the map by sending a measuring equipment to the moon.
Published: 2019-01-08
Erik Rosendahl
One problem in society today is the inactive lifestyle that older adults lead.
Published: 2018-12-17
Anna Nordström
Anna Nordström is hoping to find a remedy through health checks on 70-year-olds.
Published: 2018-12-17
Three perspectives on doctoral student life
Read about the challenging journey from being a student to a researcher.
Published: 2018-12-11
Johanna Olsson - Brings education to a new dimension
As a teacher and educational consultant, Johanna Olsson wants to develop teachers’ digital competence
Published: 2018-11-26
A day at the Head-teacher training prog
A day at the Head-teacher Training Programme.
Published: 2018-11-26
A bird’s eye on digital revolution
Meet Pelle Snickars – professor at Humlab, and one of the most prominent media theorists in Sweden.
Published: 2018-11-23
Collaboration for green hydrocarbons
Bio4Energy researchers and company Eco-Oil are launching a new technology for making “green” hydrocarbons.
Published: 2018-11-23
Artificial intelligence changes our society
Researchers at Umeå University are gathering to strengthen the university's role in AI.
Published: 2018-11-21
Why don’t we safeguard our democracy more?
Abrak Saati reflects on how life coudl have panned out.
Published: 2018-11-21
Stephen Daly, postdoctoral researcher at King’s College London
Short interview with FairTax researcher Stephen Daly, postdoctoral researcher at King’s College London.
Published: 2018-11-20
Kiran Aziz, Fairtax Researcher
Short interview with Kiran Aziz, FairTax researcher
Published: 2018-11-20
A collaboration worth building on
The Co-op model helps students to combine studies with job placements at regional construction companies.
Published: 2018-11-20
The biomedicine student who got on the plane to Umeå
"The course starts tomorrow!" Henry Bwanika just got on the plane to Umeå to start his student life.
Published: 2018-11-19
Dyslexia doesn’t stop me
Given the right support, dyslexia is no hindrance. Just ask Johanna Lundström who studies architecture.
Published: 2018-11-19