NEWS Umeå University and RISE, Research Institutes of Sweden, recently met to deepen and strengthen their collaboration. There is already a great deal of collaboration between the two organisations, but there is significant potential for a deeper and more strategic partnership in research projects, joint applications and scientific publications.
From left: Marco Lucisano, Senior Vice President – Built Environment at RISE; Tora Holmberg, Vice-Chancellor of Umeå University; Jonas Joelsson, Technical Director at RISE; Malin Johansson, Head of Department at RISE, and Thomas Olofsson, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Umeå University, who discussed deeper and more strategic collaboration at a meeting at Umeå University. Photo: Malin Grönborg
“We have many points of contact and ongoing collaborations, not least within the digital innovation hub Digital Impact North. At the same time, there is significant potential to further develop our collaboration, and I therefore look forward to closer and more long-term cooperation in the future,” says Tora Holmberg, Vice-Chancellor of Umeå University.
RISE is a research institute and innovation partner that works to develop technologies, products, services and processes that contribute to a sustainable society and a competitive business sector. RISE can help ensure that university research is effectively and clearly integrated into practical solutions for, for example, improved preparedness and enhanced security.
"Umeå University is a key and strategically important player in the region’s development, and we already have a well-established partnership, but at the same time we see clear potential to take the next step. At RISE, we therefore view deepening our collaboration in the future very positively, with the aim of strengthening both Umeå University and the surrounding community, as well as contributing to a faster transition and increased competitiveness for industry, society and Sweden as a whole," says Marco Lucisano, Senior Vice President – Built Environment at RISE.