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Profiles and Features

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.

student and a moose
"You'd be making a mistake if you don't go to Umeå"

An exchange semester in Umeå inspired Jesse West from USA to launch his own travel website.

Full list of Profiles and Features

“A place full of opportunities” Rico Krause at Umeå University
Studying abroad, a path to personal and academic development.
Published: 2025-10-17
Five IceLab Camp participants experience another way of doing researc
IceLab Camp: a graduate course and an experiment in how scientific collaboration happens.
Published: 2025-10-16
Undisciplined curiosity drives versatile Inge-Bert Täljedal
Academia, politics, philosophy, culture, religion. Inge-Bert Täljedal's commitment spans a wide range of areas
Published: 2025-10-15
Has her heart with women affected by violence in Congo – receives medal
Ellinor Ädelroth is awarded Umeå University's Medal of Merit for her scientific and humanitarian work.
Published: 2025-10-10
Eighty years of enchanting stories from Moominvalley
Tove Jansson’s Moomin stories turn 80 years old and continue to charm new generations of readers.
Published: 2025-10-07
Cornelia Redeker is shaping tomorrow’s cities
Cornelia Redeker is shaping tomorrow's cities with climate change in mind.
Published: 2025-09-25
How to stay sharp – Umeå researcher Lars Nyberg on lifelong brain health
Research shows that it is possible to positively impact memory and the brain – even well into old age.
Published: 2025-09-19
Subtle changes in the Arctic landscape revealed from above
Matthias Siewert's drone images reveal how climate change is redrawing – centimetre by centimetre.
Published: 2025-09-18
“It is very gratifying that Umeå is recognized as a role model”
Research that shapes the city’s profile and highlights gender equality.
Published: 2025-09-16
From censorship to visibility – the legacy of Elena Fortún
Elena Lindholm, Docent of Spanish, researches feminism and sexuality in early 20th-century Europe.
Published: 2025-09-16
Arctic traditions meet AI – course in Canada and Alaska inspires future research
Nikiforos Staveris will travel to the Northwest passage for a course on Arctic Future Pathfinders.
Published: 2025-09-15
The Section of Biobank and Registry Support: A gold mine for researchers
The Section of Biobank and Registry Support collects health data and is a unique gold mine for researchers.
Published: 2025-09-02
The physics behind successful UFBI studies
At UFBI, collaboration with the region and physicists is essential in research into brain function.
Published: 2025-09-01
Arctic literature, oceans, and perspectives – a research journey with personal depth
PhD student Lena Leimgruber participates in an Arctic course which will take her to both Canada and Alaska.
Published: 2025-08-25
Found her home in the technology industry where there is a need for diversity
She didn't think maths was for her, but it was her self-image that stood in her way. Now she is a UX designer.
Published: 2025-08-20