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23 april 2024

PhD Student on prestigious list "Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe 2024"

Hanne Biesmans, PhD student at Linköping University, has been selected for the annual prestigious list "Forbes Under 30 Europe Class Of 2024" in the category Science and health care.

23 april 2024

Walpurgis tradition turns 50

The Walpurgis celebration will, as is customary, include songs and speeches to spring and donning of caps with the Linköping University Male Voice Choir in Borggården outside Linköping Castle. This year, the tradition celebrates its 50th anniversary.

Man framing an illustration of a heart with his hands.

22 april 2024

“I want to learn as much as possible about how the body works.”

Tino Ebbers receives the 2024 Onkel Adam Prize for his outstanding research at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at LiU. His research is at the intersection of medicine and technology and focuses on diseases of the heart and blood vessels.

Photo of biogas plant in the countryside.

19 april 2024

Forskare lyfter fram fördelar med svensk biogas

Sverige klarar att tredubbla sin inhemska produktion av biogas på bara några år, bland annat genom organiskt avfall som inte används i dag. Det säger BSRC-forskare i en policy brief.

18 april 2024

Two champions for children become honorary doctors

Indian principal Seetha Murty has worked with children’s and young people’s learning throughout her professional life. American professor Cindy W. Christian has devoted her career to developing the care of abused children.

18 april 2024

Abhijeet Behera’s licentiate seminar

Abhijeet Behera successfully defended his licentiate thesis, with the title "Performance assessment of long combination vehicles using Naturalistic Driving Data" on April 16th.

A man standing on a bridge crossing Motala Ström

18 april 2024

CKS welcomes visiting researcher from University of Gloucestershire

Daniel Keech is a human geographer who usually conducts his research at the University of Gloucestershire. He will spend a few weeks in Sweden as a visiting researcher to the Centre for Local Government Studies, (CKS).

17 april 2024

A dissertation on cost-effective stroke care

The doctoral thesis by Nicklas Ennab Vogel is about making stroke healthcare more efficient. The social costs of stroke diseases are large. Suffering a stroke often has far-reaching consequences for both the individual patient and the next of kin.

Info graphics with illustrations showing how local updates are being sent from the hospitals to a cloud. The cloud sends a new global modell to the hospitals. The trained model gives personal healthcare.

16 april 2024

Developing medical AI without sharing sensitive information

Sharing sensitive data, such as images of brain tumor patients, is complicated. This makes development of AI models for medical image analysis challenging. LiU researchers shows how such models can be trained without sharing sensitive information.

16 april 2024

A single atom layer of gold – LiU researchers create goldene

For the first time, scientists have managed to create sheets of gold only a single atom layer thick. According to the researchers from LiU this has given the gold new properties that can make it suitable for use in various applications.

Researcher (Xenofon Strakosas) by a microscope.

16 april 2024

Ten million donation for research position in electronic medicine

The Stig Wadström Foundation is donating around SEK ten million to LiU, to fund a research position in electronic medicine. The researcher chosen for this position is Xenophon Strakosas at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics in Norrköping.

15 april 2024

Improved quantum cryptography with optical circuit

An optical circuit capable of ensuring the security of quantum cryptography. The idea that researchers Alvaro Alarcón and Guilherme B. Xavier had five years ago has now been tested and could pave the way for the future of secure communication.

Head shot of a smiling man wearing glasses and a blue shirt

15 april 2024

Developing artificial intelligence that benefits society

How can artificial intelligence improve, for example, health care and local and national public transport? A research group at LiU is working to develop AI for the benefit of society.

12 april 2024

Jan-Ingvar Jönsson new president of ECIU

Linköping University’s Vice-Chancellor Jan-Ingvar Jönsson has been appointed new president of the European network for innovative universities in Europe, ECIU.

Autumn image with sign for E-building and cyclist

10 april 2024

Apply to Visiting Fellows Program at SweCSS

SweCSS, the Swedish Centre for Computational Social Science, has just introduced its Visiting Fellows Program, designed to foster collaboration between social and computational sciences. Welcome with your application!

10 april 2024

Breakthrough for next-generation digital displays

Researchers at LiU have developed a digital display screen where the LEDs themselves react to touch, light, fingerprints and the user’s pulse, among other things. Their results could be the start of a whole new generation of digital displays.

08 april 2024

Erik Sandewall, one of LiU's pioneers, has passed away

Erik Sandewall, Prof. emeritus and founder of the Dept. of Computer and Information Science, has passed away after a short illness. "Erik was a uniquely creative, visionary and internationally renowned researcher", says Henrik Eriksson, head of IDA.

Adrian Lawson and PhD Student George Osipov at the award ceremony for the Lawson Scholarship.

05 april 2024

George Osipov awarded the Lawson Scholarship for 2023

George Osipov, PhD student at the Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA), receives the Lawson Scholarship for 2023 for his excellent performance in computer and information science.

04 april 2024

Autism and ADHD are linked to disturbed gut flora very early in life

Disturbed gut flora during the first years of life is associated with diagnoses such as autism and ADHD later in life. This is according to a study led by researchers at the University of Florida and LiU and published in the journal Cell.

04 april 2024

Passionate about teaching – now she receives largest teacher award

Helen Winzell grew up in a home where both parents were teachers. To follow in their footsteps was not on her agenda – until the day she substituted for her mother. Passionate about teaching since then, she now receives Ingemars Lärarpris.

28 mars 2024

Digitalisation challenges the Swedish social model

Municipalities and other authorities are increasingly required to digitalise. What are the implications for how we build a digital society for all? These are questions that a new interdisciplinary research environment at LiU will look at.

28 mars 2024

IDEAS 2024

IDEAS 2024 takes place in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil from 24-27 November 2024. The IDEAS 2024 conference is part of a longstanding collaboration between Linköping university in Sweden and Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC) in Brazil.

27 mars 2024

Celebration of the Persian New Year, Nowruz, at IDA

More than 40 guests celebrated Nowruz on March 21 in Ljusgården at LiU. "It is an excellent opportunity to celebrate our traditions and spread joy and happiness among our international friends", says Mina Niknafs, organiser of this years event.

26 mars 2024

Two new Wallenberg Scholars at LiU

Researchers Feng Gao and Daniel Västfjäll at LiU have been appointed as new Wallenberg Scholars. In addition, six LiU researchers will have their scholar periods extended. Each researcher receives between SEK 18 and 20 million for five years.