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20 March 2025

Japan meets Sweden in linguistic research

Eiko Yasui is from Japan. For a year, she has been researching language, grammar, and movements at Linköping University. Her work has provided new insights into how we communicate and interact, and she has thoroughly enjoyed the Swedish work culture.

18 March 2025

Radioactive legacy at the bottom of the Baltic Sea

Researchers have mapped radioactivity in the marine environment at a nuclear research facility. The research has resulted in maps, that can be used to assess the risks in connection with releases of radioactive substances into the environment.

17 March 2025

Companies affected by new legislation on sustainability reporting

Starting in 2024, companies must take sustainability seriously under the new CSRD regulations. A research project at Linköping University explores the impact of these rules and the shift from voluntary to mandatory sustainability reporting.

13 March 2025

LiU new on World Reputation Rankings list

For the first time, Linköping University has made it onto the British Times Higher Education magazine’s World Reputation Rankings list.

12 March 2025

Prestigious physics award for Feng Gao

This year's Göran Gustafsson Prize in Physics goes to LiU professor Feng Gao. His research focuses on how new materials can be used for the next generation of solar cells and LEDs, among other things. The total prize money is SEK 7.5 million.

11 March 2025

Next generation LEDs are cheap and sustainable

Cost, technical performance and environmental impact – these are the three most important aspects for a new type of LED technology to have a broad commercial impact on society. This has been demonstrated by LiU-researchers in a new study.

10 March 2025

Data and Me - Visualize Your Everyday Data

Everything you do generates data that can be visualized in a simple and fun way. This is what a new exhibition at Visualization Center C aims to convey.

05 March 2025

Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert is the next Moa Martinson Professor

Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert is a visual artist, researcher and a professor at the Cyprus University of Technology. Her research and artistic practice focus on museum studies and visual sociology, particular on photography and emerging technologies.

05 March 2025

Highly radioactive nuclear waste – how to keep it from oblivion

Sweden’s radioactive nuclear waste will be stored in a sealed bedrock repository for 100,000 years. How can we ensure that it is not forgotten? Researchers at Linköping University have come up with a proposal.

27 February 2025

Successful outcomes for IFM's materials research in WASP-WISE pilot call

WASP and WISE have recently awarded grants to nine collaborative projects, three of which include participants from the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM) at Linköping University.

27 February 2025

Exploring the universe with OpenSpace

By offering OpenSpace free of charge, Prof Bock and his team aim to promote science visualisation, enhance STEM education, and support outreach initiatives.

26 February 2025

Reindeer husbandry in the shadow of war – then and now

Sweden’s NATO membership may entail increased military activity in Sami reindeer herding areas. One way of trying to predict the consequences of this is to look back in history. This is what a new research project at LiU will do.

24 February 2025

VR-grant for research in precision drugs

LiU-researcher Frank Hernandez has received a grant for his research in designing antibiotics that can be administered with precision. It is one of 23 approved grants by The Swedish Research Council (VR) that focuses on antimicrobial resistance.

17 February 2025

How we can reduce loneliness among older adults

"We need to understand why some individuals become lonely and provide them with support at various levels in society before it happens," says Bianca Suanet, professor at LiU who researches an inclusive society for the elderly.

13 February 2025

Pain relief through artificial touch in new research project

Can a garment made from smart textiles relieve long-term pain? This is what researchers in neuroscience, materials science, pain research, textile science and biomechanics are seeking to find out in a new interdisciplinary research project.

12 February 2025

The next-generation solar cell is fully recyclable

In a study published in Nature, researchers at LiU have developed a method to recycle all parts of a perovskite solar cell repeatedly without environmentally hazardous solvents. The recycled solar cell has the same efficiency as the original one.

11 February 2025

Shedding light on sex differences in human disease

Researchers made an unexpected discovery while investigating genetically unique women. Their insights advance our understanding of our most enigmatic chromosome, the X chromosome.

10 February 2025

New research project aims to optimize positive energy districts

Linköping University is part of a new European research project aimed at improving energy efficiency in urban areas. The project will run for three years and involves partners from six countries.

10 February 2025

New research project focusing on more efficient transport systems

Imagine a city where everything you need – work, shops, healthcare, parks – is within a 15-minute walk or bike ride. That's the vision of the 15-minute city (15mC). A new research project, PERSEUS, is developing a tool to help make it a reality.

10 February 2025

Searching for materials for ultra-fast quantum computers

The number of materials that could be used in the fast quantum computers of the future has increased thanks to Oscar Groppfeldt’s degree project, for which he had access to the university’s supercomputers.

05 February 2025

LiU flies the flag at half mast

Following the tragic school shooting in Örebro yesterday, the university is flying its flags at half-mast.

03 February 2025

Diplomatic talks focusing on nuclear waste and climate

Do the environmental organisations still have a role to play in Swedish nuclear waste final repository design? And is it possible to reach understanding between oil producer Saudi Arabia and the island nation of Fiji?

30 January 2025

"Solving a technical challenge is what drives me"

Uppsala or Linköping? Vlatko Milic chose LiU 14 years ago. Staying on after his studies, doing a PhD and being employed as a researcher was not an obvious path. Now, he has started a research project that could increase Swedish resilience.

30 January 2025

Better digital memories with the help of noble gases

The electronics of the future can be made even smaller and more efficient by getting more memory cells to fit in less space. One way to achieve this is by adding the noble gas xenon when manufacturing digital memories.

21 March 2025

REMESO SEMINARS

Seminars are held on Wednesdays 13:15 - 15:00 (1:00-3:00 pm). Everyone is welcome to our Open seminars. Most often our seminars are conducted in English.

20 March 2025

LiU Exchange Partner Day 2025

Going to EAIE in Gothenburg in September? Why not start your experience by joining the LiU Exchange Partner Day, 8 September!

20 March 2025

Work at TEMA

Welcome to TEMA, the Department of Thematic Studies. Do you want to be part of us? Explore our vacancies and read what our employees say about life at TEMA and at Linköping University.

20 March 2025

CoARA - for a more sustainable and fair research environment

Research assessment today relies heavily on publication-based measures such as the impact factor of journals and the number of citations. CoARA complements this approach by recognising a broader set of contributions made by researchers.

20 March 2025

Seminars in Mathematical Statistics

The seminars are organised by the Department of Mathematics and form part of the seminar series "Seminars in Statistics and Mathematical Statistics". The topic is probability theory, random processes, statistical theory, and applied statistics.

20 March 2025

European documentation Centre

Since 1995, Linköping University Library has been a European Documentation Centre (EDC). EDC’s are collections of official documents from European Union institutions and agencies.

19 March 2025

The Power of the Humanities in Academia and Society

Welcome to a conference, hosted by LiU Humanities, with a focus on a comprehensive discussion of the role, nature and place of the humanities in academia and in society at large.

19 March 2025

LiU Humanities

LiU Humanities is a forum for collaboration between researchers, teachers and doctoral students active in the intersection of humanities and social sciences.

19 March 2025

During the PhD studies at the Faculty of Science and Engineering

Here you can read more about supervision, PhD courses, individual study plan and accreditation.

18 March 2025

Mandatory roll call

All programmes at Linköping University start with a mandatory roll call. What is it and why is it so important? Here you will find all information you need about the roll call.

18 March 2025

How to pay your tuition fees

Tuition fee payments are paid in advance instalments, one semester at a time. Pay-online or via bank transfer. Check our chart for your first instalment amount in Swedish kronor (SEK).

18 March 2025

Upon Arrival for exchange studies

Information about the arrival and welcome period for kicking off your exchange studies at Linköping University.

18 March 2025

Clinicum steering group

Clinicum is led by a steering group where the Faculty of Medicine and Health's deputy dean for education is the chairman.

18 March 2025

Postdoctoral fellowship

A postdoctoral fellowship may be given to foreign citizens with a doctoral degree or equivalent, acquired in countries other than Sweden, and may be paid for a maximum of two years from LiU.

17 March 2025

Special collections

The Library's special collections include Fors Bergström’s Faroe Islands collection, the library of the GDR Culture Centre (DDR-Kulturzentrum), Wessén's collection (linguistics) and French and German fiction from the private library of Sven Stolpe.

17 March 2025

Special needs

As a student with a reading impairment, you have a right to access talking books. The Library can help you create an account for the talking books service Legimus.

17 March 2025

Library instruction

Library instruction comprises areas like information seeking, source criticism, scholarly publication, referencing, and academic honesty. We offer lectures, workshops and other activities, primarily to students and PhD students at LiU.

17 March 2025

Library publishing agreements

Linköping University Library has signed agreements with publishers that gives Linköping University authors discount on the APC when publishing Open Access (OA) articles in journals. Find out more about available discounts.

17 March 2025

Short-term mobility for exchange students

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences offer short courses for exchange students. It's a great opportunity to try out exchange studies without having  to commit to a full semester abroad.

14 March 2025

Open Positions at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics

Learn more about open PhD, Postdoc, Masters, Scholarship, and other positions at LOE.

14 March 2025

Conference: Democratisation of Space

Linköping Space Studies Institute (LSSI) is organizing its first international conference, Democratisation of Space: The decline of the public and rise of the private?

13 March 2025

LiU – among the top 2 percent in the world

For several years now, Linköping University has been among the top 2 percent in the three most important international university rankings.

13 March 2025

Support knowledge for a better future

Today’s society is facing enormous challenges. To meet these, we are seeking to strengthen and develop our high-quality research, educate future change leaders and contribute to necessary social transformation. Join us in shaping the future.

12 March 2025

Algebra seminar

Algebra Seminar is a seminar series at the Department of Mathematics.