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PhD student takes bronze in ski mountaineering at Swedish Championship

Network science PhD student Maja Lindström won a bronze medal in skimo at the 2026 Swedish Championship.

Cooperation key to resilient societies in the North

Experts and policymakers met in Umeå to explore total defence and northern preparedness.

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Multi-million grant to MIMS and WCMM

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation is awarding 255 million Swedish kronor to life sciences.

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New research explores pathways toward negative emissions

Can waste products from forestry and agriculture become a key to reversing climate emissions?

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Old crops – new answers for Sweden’s food preparedness?

May play an important role in efforts to strengthen Sweden’s food preparedness.

Bright Spring Weather Framed Arctic Forum Food Gathering in Umeå

Research, Indigenous knowledge and food traditions met at Arctic Forum Food in Umeå.

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Umeå becomes the venue of a major digital humanities conference

DHNB 2027 gathers around the theme Human(ities) in the loop.

Kanadas ambassadör besöker Umeå universitet 12 mars 2026
Canada’s Ambassador visited Umeå University

Research, Indigenous perspectives and geopolitics in focus during the Ambassador’s visit to Umeå.

Kristina Sehlin Macneil
Experiences of Sámi and Migrants to Provide New Perspectives on Democracy

Kristina Sehlin MacNeil is part of a project that has received funding from the Swedish Research Council.