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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

Mathematics that can change the world
Mats G Larson’s research is shaping the future of cars, cities and robots through models and simulations.
Published: 2025-05-09
A day at work - EU research-project CoCo
We give you an insight in what goes on at the department of Political Science
Published: 2025-04-28
The importance of libraries
Artist Shubigi Rao emphasises the importance of libraries in many of her works.
Published: 2025-04-07
Signs of life: he detects biosignatures in preparation for future Mars missions
Alef dos Santos studies microbes in extreme environments to find chemical traces of extraterrestrial life
Published: 2025-04-03
Christiane Funk is fascinated by the superpower of microalgae
Christiane Funk is passionate about small organisms with great potential for a more sustainable future.
Published: 2025-03-31
A day at work - Convention in Chicago
A day in a life of a researcher in Peace and conflict studies
Published: 2025-03-24
Citizen science – a part of open science
Inviting the public in your research requires careful preparation, and the library can provide advice.
Published: 2025-03-21
Peering through the ice to uncover the secrets of Arctic lakes
Václava Hazuková, KBC-Kempe postdoc, researches carbon storage in Arctic lakes.
Published: 2025-03-11
Lucía's Return to Umeå
Her advice to prospective students: embrace the opportunity for growth and new experiences.
Published: 2025-02-24
Co-creating resilient futures in the Arctic through food
Arctic Six Chair Danielle Wilde explores ways to reimagine the role of food and food practices in the Arctic.
Published: 2025-02-20
Five hundred years of love
Studies on metaphors in English show that love is often described in terms like a commodity.
Published: 2025-02-13
Tatiana developed strategies to build her professional network
Tatiana's journey is a testament to how education, culture, and passion can shape an inspiring career.
Published: 2025-02-03
The Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test - Umeå University´s assignment since its beginning
Umeå University has been tasked with designing and developing the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test since 1977.
Published: 2025-02-03
Arctic Six Chair examines the future of Arctic teacher education
Arctic Six Chair Björn Norlin will investigate Sámi content in teacher education at northern universities.
Published: 2025-02-03
Graduate school exchange programme brought Sultana to Linköping
The National Research School in General Practice welcomed to pre-doc stay in Linköping.
Published: 2025-01-31