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25 May 2026

New funds for research on rapid detection of E. coli in drinking water

LiU-researchers awarded grant of close to SEK 6 million for project aimed at improving drinking water safety.

25 May 2026

Researchers highlight "small data" as key to responsible AI

AI development relies on vast amounts of data. Researchers are questioning if “big data” is enough to build ethical and reliable systems. Attention is shifting to “small data” – smaller, richer, and more controlled datasets that offer new insights.

22 May 2026

LiU Postdoc awarded royal scholarship

Durga Sankar, postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM) at Linköping University, has been awarded a scholarship from Stiftelsen Konung Carl XVI Gustafs 50 årsfond för vetenskap, teknik och miljö.

21 May 2026

Curious about sustainability? Come join us!

It's going to be great fun! Learn something new, meet new people, network with companies, find inspiration for your thesis or research - and enjoy som fika. All in the spirit of sustainability. Welcome to the LiUST inaugration festival!

21 May 2026

Carin’s studies at Linköping University took her to Nepal

From Italy to Sweden – and onwards to Nepal. Through her studies at Linköping University, Carin Lodetti had the opportunity to carry out fieldwork in Nepal and explore how climate change affects people’s everyday lives and local decision-making.

20 May 2026

The structural origins of the conservative online media niche

Why is conservative online news a niche phenomenon while liberal media travels across party lines? A new study finds the answer in platform user composition rather than in behavioral differences between ideological groups.

20 May 2026

Computational text analysis for building and testing social theory

Sociologists survey computational text analysis, showing how methods from topic modeling to large language models can support both thick description and causal inference in the social sciences.

19 May 2026

LiU educates elected representatives on AI and societal impact

LiU is launching a learning platform that gathers research-based knowledge about the impact of artificial intelligence and digitalisation on our democracy. The aim is to equip politicians for a new reality where AI is an integral part of society.

18 May 2026

Trust as the foundation – on AI in doctoral studies

How should doctoral students and supervisors relate to generative AI in education and research? What responsibilities lie with individuals and what with the university? These questions were discussed in a seminar series on AI use in doctoral studies.

12 May 2026

Six new SciLifeLab group leaders appointed at Linköping University

In the autumn of 2025, it was announced that Linköping University has six new SciLifeLab Group Leaders: Linda Bojmar, BKV, Johanna Ungerstedt, BKV, Martin Hallbeck, BKV, Mika Gustafsson, IFM, Claudio Mirabello, IFM and Colm Nestor, BKV.

11 May 2026

Linköping University launches excellence centre for analytical sociology

Linköping University has launched a new Excellence Centre in Analytical Sociology. The initiative will strengthen theory-driven research, international collaboration and long-term development in one of LiU’s internationally leading research fields.

08 May 2026

Exchange with a university in Tunisia beneficial for both students and researchers

The Erasmus+ ICM project within Engineering Materials at LiU has involved collaboration with the University of Sfax in Tunisia. Two years later, the researchers identify several positive outcomes.

05 May 2026

LiU researcher Jianwu Sun awarded Formas funding to advance air purifying materials research

Sun’s team aims to develop a low cost, sunlight driven photocatalytic material capable of removing NO from ambient air without additional energy input.

04 May 2026

Butterfly researcher receives Sweden’s largest teacher award

At the age of six, he began to collect butterflies. In primary school, he knew he wanted to be a butterfly researcher. Karl-Olof Bergman brings students and problems into nature. He is now rewarded with Sweden’s largest teacher award.

04 May 2026

Hard rock of the year with a touch of LiU voices

The choirs of Linköping University have achieved a new musical milestone. At the 2026 Grammis Awards, Ghost was named Best Hard Rock/Metal – where the contribution from LiU’s choirs on the latest album has now been highlighted as part of the success.

30 April 2026

Sustainability, AI and the future of food - LiU researchers share their research

At the fair on the future of gastronomy, three LiU researchers share their research on AI on dairy farms, the role of emotions in sustainability education, and digital twins that can replace animal experiments.

29 April 2026

Jeanne Cilliers is LiU’s Professor of Economic History

"Almost everything we experience today has historical parallels," says Jeanne Cilliers, new professor of economic history at LiU. She is interested in demographic processes such as marriage, fertility and mortality.

29 April 2026

Digital twin could reveal alcohol consumption in crime cases

Using a digital twin, it is possible to predict with greater precision than at present how much alcohol a person has consumed and at what time. The study was conducted by researchers at LiU and the Swedish National Board of Forensic Medicine.

28 April 2026

New fuels may have an impact on the entire transport system

People, relationships and organisational culture can be decisive when new biofuels are introduced to the market. Switching to biogas affects entire networks of actors that are involved in freight transport in different ways.

28 April 2026

“We need to demystify the scientist”

Henrik Pedersen researches the chemistry behind our modern society. With a strong passion for science communication, he is happy to leave his lab to meet both primary school students and TV viewers and explain difficult-to-grasp processes.

27 April 2026

Medical scientists apply the strictest ethics – at least in theory

Medical scientists are stricter while natural, social and humanities scientists are more permissive. The attitude to ethically problematic ways of conducting research differs clearly between disciplines, according to a study from LiU.

23 April 2026

New EU return policy has a deterrent precursor

A new regulation allowing migrants to be detained outside the EU is on the way to being adopted. “I would have expected that Europe, looking to Australia, would say we should never go down this path,” says Claudia Tazreiter, a professor at REMESO.

23 April 2026

Markus Heilig doesn’t mind being proven wrong

A storyteller with a passion for popular education. Head of one of LiU’s strongest research environments. And a physician. Markus Heilig researches the biology of the brain in addiction, and always considers the whole person.

22 April 2026

Five minutes with Xinyi Zhao

Meet Xinyi Zhao, a researcher that investigates how globalization and digital transformation reshape social inequalities, with a particular focus on gender, mobility, family life, and knowledge production.

25 May 2026

InterGender course: Resisting Anti Gender Politics – Strategies, Solidarities, and Democratic Defenses

This course explores how feminist and LGBTQ+ actors resist anti-gender politics through diverse strategies, highlighting both challenges and opportunities for democracy and solidarity.

25 May 2026

Professorships in the humanities and social sciences

The Moa Martinson and Tage Danielsson professorships at Linköping University are intended for researchers in the humanities and social sciences, or those productive in the arts.

25 May 2026

Open Positions at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics

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

22 May 2026

Graduate courses at IFM

Here is a presentation of second and third cycle courses given for IFM's doctoral students.

22 May 2026

DigiMaker

DigiMaker is the Library’s creative space for learning and testing technologies, techniques and methods. We offer equipment such as 3D printers, sewing machines, and recording equipment for creating videos and podcasts. And much more.

21 May 2026

Conference 2024 in Reykjavik

The 10th NAEL was held in Reykjavik, Iceland at the University of Iceland, and hosted by the School of education.

21 May 2026

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.

20 May 2026

Sustainable Energy Transformations in Aviation

The project aimed to contribute to an acceleration of sustainable energy transformations in aviation, with a focus on bio-based jet fuels and electric aircrafts.

20 May 2026

Online echo chambers favour the spreading of misinformation

We created 16 independent online ecosystems in which participants could share true and false messages about society, science, politics. Results reveal that partisan sorting systematically undermines the veracity of information circulating.

20 May 2026

Sincerely misled: How conservatives and liberals believe online misinformation

We asked conservative and liberal Americans to evaluate true and false messages about politics, society, and science. The results reveal that people often genuinely believe fake news rather than pretending.

20 May 2026

The Computational Turn in Sociology

Analytical sociologists are harnessing troves of digitized text, digital trace, and social network data—along with the computational tools for their analysis—to answer sociology’s core questions in novel and rigorous ways.

19 May 2026

Library seasonal opening hours

Seasonal opening hours during summer 2026 for the libraries at Campus Norrköping, University Hospital Campus, and Campus Valla.

18 May 2026

Forms for doctoral studies

Here you can find forms for doctoral studies at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.

18 May 2026

Thesis defence or licentiate seminar at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Read more about thesis defence and licentiate seminar and the structure of the doctoral thesis.

18 May 2026

Board of PhD Studies of the Faculty of Science and Engineering

The responsibilities of the Board of PhD Studies include monitoring, evaluating, and promoting continuous quality improvement in the field of PhD studies within its purview.

18 May 2026

Docent lectures at the Faculty of Science and Engineering

Here we are announcing docent lectures at the Faculty of Science and Engineering.

18 May 2026

Campus Norrköping

Campus Norrköping is centrally located next to the town’s old industrial precinct, alongside the Motala River. Old buildings have been filled with new contents, and the waterway adds an atmosphere to the area.

13 May 2026

Research just around the corner

Democracy and academic freedom is the theme for the lecture series Research just around the corner in 2026.

12 May 2026

European researcher's night

The last week of September, science and research is celebrated in over 370 cities in 27 countries across Europe.

12 May 2026

Doctoral studies at the Department of Thematic Studies

The PhD programmes at the Department of Thematic Studies reflects the inter- and multidisciplinary research profile of the department and more specific the four different research environments.

12 May 2026

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.

12 May 2026

PhD Programme in Technology and Social Change

Technology and Social Change is a nationally and internationally leading environment for research and education, where social science, humanities and interdisciplinary perspectives on technology, science, medicine and social change are at the center.

12 May 2026

Library stacks

Parts of the Library’s collections are held in compact storage in library stacks, for example in the open stacks on the first floor in Studenthuset and in The University Library’s closed stacks – Bokladan.

12 May 2026

Medical Humanities International Summer School 2026

A three-day program in Vadstena, Sweden, brings PhD students together to explore bodies and embodiment in critical medical humanities through lectures, creative workshops, mentoring, and interdisciplinary dialogue.