"False"
Skip to content
printicon
Main menu hidden.

Profiles and Features

An alumnae of Umeå University sitting on top of a white couch
"I learned valuable strategies to help build my professional network in Sweden"

Tatiana's journey is a testament to how education, culture, and passion can shape an inspiring career.

Närbild på högskoleprovet och UHR's logotyp
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.

Björn Norlin
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.

Illustration gensax
From the Umeå lab to around the world – how genetic scissors are now being used

Key pieces of the puzzle for the gene scissors were discovered in Umeå. The tool is used for many things.

Porträtt på Niklas Eklund
Arctic Six project strives for a more secure future for the Arctic

Arctic Six Chair Niklas Eklund will address security issues and lead the work for Arctic Security forward.

Gerard Rocher RosInstitutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap
From land to sea with a focus on the climate

Gerard Rocher-Ros wants to understand the flow of carbon and nutrients to find solutions to climate change.

Full list of Profiles and Features

Genetics, environment and health
What particularly interests Sophia Harlid is how the environment affects us during sensitive time periods.
Published: 2022-06-01
The interest in people led to the medical profession
We have met Malin Sjöström and talked about the new medical school and her new exciting research idea!
Published: 2022-05-30
"Unequal conditions risk becoming normalised"
An Umeå-based analysis has been conducted on sexual harassment and gender-based vulnerability in academia.
Published: 2022-05-20
Umeå University takes a holistic approach to open science
The university-wide project for how to manage research data throughout their lifecycle.
Published: 2022-05-17
Towards a new reward system for open science
We met Gustav Nilsonne, to talk about reward systems and the present conditions for doing research.
Published: 2022-05-06
The professor who feels that anything is possible!
Per Lindqvist is the professor who is driven by his curiosity to understand everything a little better
Published: 2022-04-22
ROBUST portrait: Elin Nilsson
On antibiotic resistance, the future of milk, and the challenge of making the right choice as a consumer.
Published: 2022-03-28
It's OK to have heart palpitations and get short of breath
Reproductive and sexual health in women and men with congenital heart disease is a fairly unexplored area.
Published: 2022-03-18
AI-teknologi – på frammarsch inom medicinen
Professor Jenny Persson sees great opportunities for AI in the field of medicine.
Published: 2022-03-09
Who benefits from gender equality
Maria Carbin, Professor of Gender Studies, investigates what underlying norms shape policy reforms.
Published: 2022-02-24
ROBUST portrait: Lucas Haskell
On social innovations for ecological crises, and ups and downs of doing a PhD.
Published: 2022-02-22
Designing the tax system in the best possible way
Thomas Aronsson, Professor of Economics, examines issues that all the world's politicians are grappling with.
Published: 2022-02-17
Women's hearts in focus for research
She is researching heart rate variability in women.
Published: 2022-02-01
CARE: Indigenous rights and open data
Indigenous peoples see open science both as progress and as a source of worry. One suggested solution is CARE.
Published: 2022-01-17
About hard to find topics in the library system
Can library search tools affect how we view research?
Published: 2022-01-16