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Forum för Arktis och Antarktis 2025
Thinner ice and heavier politics – Swedish polar research gathers for the future

Between 10 and 11 November, the second Forum for the Arctic and Antarctic took place in Stockholm.

Bild på Nathaniel Street i datorlabbet med medarbetarna Edoardo Piombo och Elena van Zalen.
New Master’s programme tackles challenges in modern biology

Advances in research technologies generate vast amounts of data. This has made bioinformaticians essential.

Vinter på campus Umeå
Six researchers receive Wallenberg grants for forestry-related social research

Six researchers receive SEK 38 million in Wallenberg grants for forestry-related research.

En legobit i cement under ett mikroskop
Investment in future cement materials led from Umeå

A new research school has been granted SEK 35 million to develop more sustainable cement production.

En grupp människor i ett rum med en projektorduk.
Umeå University held its first EC2U Think Tank

How can we ensure that education is accessible to everyone, regardless of background or circumstances?

Exciting findings from an antibiotic discovery project with labhead Barbara Sixt and colleague Aakriti Singh and Magnus Ölander, postdoc in the Sixtlab,
Barbara Sixt awarded ERC Consolidator Grant

ERC provides funding for five years to Barbara Sixt's research on chlamydia.

Dark Romanticism, Silvia Riccardi. Förlag: Palgrave Macmillan Cham.
New book on Dark Romanticism

The dark regions in the literature and art of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Publik på konferens
When Crises Amplify Each Other, Interdisciplinarity Becomes Crucial

UTRI’s conference examined how interdisciplinary research can address global crises.

Emmanuelle Charpentier hedersmedborgare 2025
Emmanuelle Charpentier on the role of science in society

Today, it is more important than ever to show how research contributes to solving societal challenges.