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Umeå Transformation Research Initiative (UTRI)

If you're interested in research and collaboration for sustainable development, UTRI is the network for you. We promote interdisciplinary partnerships, create spaces for knowledge exchange and networking, and support new initiatives across disciplinary and professional boundaries. You can also apply for both practical and financial support to realise your ideas. Welcome to UTRI!

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All faculties represented

We are the UTRI steering group

If you have any questions about UTRI, you can contact any of the faculty representatives.

Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Faculty of Science and Technology

Christoffer Boman
Associate professor
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Johanna Lönngren
Associate professor
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Faculty of Social Sciences

Annika Nordlund
Associate professor
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Jonas Westin
Research fellow, associate professor
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Faculty of Medicine

Young UTRI

Hilde Weiser
Doctoral student
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News, Profiles and Features

Here you find news and features from umu.se concerning the areas of climate, sustainable change and the global goals included in Agenda 2030.
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Strong interest in UMU Swap Day 2026

Many took the opportunity to give clothes and books a second life during UMU Swap Day 2026.

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Umeå gathered around resilience and agency in a time of change

Through dialogue, pathways to resilient communities were explored at A Sustainable Tomorrow.

Harshit and Yaowen in lab
Light Controlled Metabolic Engineering for a Sustainable Future

Advancing precise, light‑controlled tools to steer bacterial metabolism for future sustainable production.

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When the Climate Crisis Becomes a Public Health Issue

Researchers and Sweden’s Ambassador for Global Health discuss crises and health.

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Nordic doctoral course on ’green energy transitions’ completed

During a doctoral course, the question of what the green transition could look like was discussed.

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Happy holidays from the Arctic Centre – 2025: A Year in Review

As 2025 comes to an end, we reflect on a meaningful and formative year for Arctic research and education.

Matthias Siewert vid en drönare
Subtle changes in the Arctic landscape revealed from above

Matthias Siewert's drone images reveal how climate change is redrawing – centimetre by centimetre.

Daniel Metcalfe
Arctic Six project will reveal forests’ role in climate change

Daniel Metcalfe will initiate a research project on measuring carbon stocks and fluxes in Arctic forests.

Climate researcher with an ethical approach

Maria Nilsson is passionate about spreading facts so climate decisions do not threaten human health.

Project coordinator for UTRI

Elsa Bjurman
Project coordinator
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