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Michel Rouleau-DickPostdoktor vid Juridiska institutionenAnknuten som postdoktor till Centrum för transdisciplinär AI

Arctic sovereignty through international law and AI perspectives

Arctic Six Fellow Michel Rouleau-Dick wants include and develop international law and AI in a changing Arctic.

Dorothee BohnPostdoktor vid Institutionen för geografiEnhet: Geografi

Arctic Six Fellow wants to explore relations in northern sparsely populated areas

Arctic Six Fellow Dorothee Bohn seeks to explore human-nature relations in regional development.

“A place full of opportunities” – Rico Krause, international student at Umeå University

Studying abroad, a path to personal and academic development.

Graduate course an experiment in reimagining science

IceLab Camp: a graduate course and an experiment in how scientific collaboration happens.

Undisciplined curiosity drives versatile Inge-Bert Täljedal

Academia, politics, philosophy, culture, religion. Inge-Bert Täljedal's commitment spans a wide range of areas

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.

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EcoChange – for us, and for the sea

We need strong and continuous research on the marine environment, says professor Agneta Andersson.

Published: 2020-08-12

Fish embryos show cocktail effects

The sediments of the seabed serve as large sinks for a variety of environmental toxins. How toxic are they?

Published: 2020-08-12

Old sins cause new problems

Dioxins in herring do not decrease at expected rate. Earlier chlorophenol use may be part of the explanation.

Published: 2020-08-12

Costly to overlook bacterial respiration

If we overlook the role of bacteria respiration, measures might not have the desired effect on oxygen status

Published: 2020-07-03

Ecochange supports sea and water management

The sea and water management needs the results from EcoChange.

Published: 2020-07-03

Underground threat to our national parks

Jonatan Klaminder reckons it’s time to question our attitudes towards these underground diggers.

Published: 2020-06-24

Misleading measurements of water transparency

Measuring water transparency is easy, but it can give misleading results.

Published: 2020-06-11

He was seeking a challenge – came to Umeå

Born and raised in Guatemala. After studies and work in China, USA, Switzerland and Dubai, he then chose Umeå.

Published: 2020-05-29

Technology to enable intelligent embedded systems

Tomas Nordström, professor of Intelligent Embedded Systems is studying advanced learning computer systems.

Published: 2020-04-22

Socially intelligent systems in collaboration with humans

Helena Lindgren's research comprises basic research in AI and applications for increased health.

Published: 2020-04-22

“Important to keep things going and motivate the students”

Chemistry instructor William Siljebo thinks it's important to help the students with study techinques.

Published: 2020-04-21

Maps to explore the information space

Martin Rosvall is professor of theoretical physics with a specialization in computational science

Published: 2020-04-14

"Ask others how things are going and take walks outside"

Jakob Ljungkvist is enrolled in the media and communication studies programme and is studying remotely.

Published: 2020-04-08

When Umeå University completely transitioned to distance learning

Interview with Deputy Vice-Chancellor Heidi Hansson on the complete transition to distance education.

Published: 2020-04-07

“Set many alarm clocks and return to a normal school day routine"

Raman Ali, Master’s programme in industrial engineering and management, on studying remotely.

Published: 2020-04-07