Katrin Salman

21 October 2026

New technology at Elmia Lantbruk

Autonomous robots, AI-based camera systems and grain drying using infrasound were among the technologies visitors could discover at the Innovation Arena during Elmia Lantbruk.

21 October 2026

New project to strengthen agricultural innovation in Ukraine

Linköping University has been awarded SEK 2 million in funding for a new collaboration with Ukrainian partners. The AgrInnEco project aims to strengthen innovation and entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector in the Kharkiv region.

20 October 2026

Plant-based food should be the default option, say LiU researchers

It is well known that we should eat less meat. But why is the change so slow? And why are meals containing meat always the default option?

20 October 2026

Scholarship boosts research in industrial AI

Hamideh Pourrasoul Ouzi has received a scholarship from the Bernt Järmark Foundation, enabling her to deepen her knowledge of AI and applied mathematics and develop methods that can help manufacturing companies work smarter.

19 October 2026

Searching for new materials through computation

Can computers help us find promising new materials before they are made? Guilherme Ribeiro Portugal uses computational methods to understand materials and predict their properties.

15 October 2026

Study reveals where a data centre’s energy goes

Serverdrift och kylning står för 95 procent av energianvändningen i ett undersökt datacenterrum. En ny kartläggning visar vart energin tar vägen och kan hjälpa datacenter att hitta åtgärder som ger störst effekt.

14 October 2026

From waste to education – honorary doctors want to change the world

Waste can reveal inequalities in society. Education can change a child’s future. The new honorary doctors work in completely different fields but are united by a desire to turn knowledge and commitment into concrete change.

14 October 2026

Good guidelines alone are not enough to change healthcare

A new study shows how organisational factors, local conditions and continuous learning influence whether new ways of working take hold – and contribute to more equitable healthcare.

13 October 2026

Plant cells to become building blocks in new materials

LiU researcher Eleni Stavrinidou receives SEK 26 million from KAW for a research project where strong and flexible materials will be grown from plant cells. The materials could be used in sustainable technologies in construction and textiles.

13 October 2026

Tailor-made thin materials to remove PFAS from water

LiU researcher Johanna Rosén has received a project grant from the KAW of SEK 32 million over five years to find new low-dimensional materials that will be able to remove mainly PFAS. The project group will use AI to help find the materials.

12 October 2026

Andreas – the man behind Corson

For three years, Corson, the kilometre-long pedestrian and cycle route running through Campus Valla, will undergo extensive redevelopment. Andreas Bladh is leading the project, one of the most intense projects of his career.

07 October 2026

From residual flows to new resources – energy researchers encounter industrial symbiosis at Händelö

What if what is left over from one operation could become a resource for another? The Graduate School in Energy Systems visited Händelö to see how industrial symbiosis works in practice – and what it takes to succeed.

06 October 2026

Rapid growth brings challenges for the biogas plant in Vårgårda

Production has doubled since the plant began operating. The biggest challenge for the biogas plant in Vårgårda is not producing more biogas. It is finding enough customers in the local area.

06 October 2026

Borås was an early adopter of biogas

Borås was one of the early adopters of biogas in Sweden. The city began producing biogas from food waste as early as the 1990s.

05 October 2026

RESIST brings Sweden together for cyber Resilient AI

RESIST, the SSF Strategic Research Centre for Cyber-Resilient AI, was launched at Cybercampus Sweden in Stockholm on 1 October. The event brought together participants from academia, industry and the public sector.

05 October 2026

Academic Celebrations and “Dining with honorary doctors”

What do six honorary doctors talk about over dinner? A new event lets the audience listen in on their conversations. As of this year, the conferment of honorary doctors has been moved from the spring to the autumn academic ceremony.

01 October 2026

LiU students explored sustainable digitalisation in Thessaloniki

How can digitalisation contribute to a more sustainable society? Nine students from Linköping University explored this question at the EcoDigify Summer Camp in Thessaloniki.

30 September 2026

Biodiesel by-product becomes biogas

Glycerol is a by-product of biodiesel production and can be used as a feedstock for biogas production. Adesso Bioproducts therefore plans to build a biogas plant adjacent to the chemical industry cluster in Stenungsund.

29 September 2026

Researchers call for greater responsibility and sustainability in AI development

AI development must be matched by responsibility, improved governance, and sustainability. That is the message from scientists at Linköping University, who met across disciplines to discuss values, security, environmental impacts and AI politics.

29 September 2026

Expanded master’s programme attracts more students

When the International Master's Programme in Outdoor and Sustainability Education at LiU was extended from one year to two, there were questions about student interest. This autumn's data show that more students than before have chosen the programme.

29 September 2026

New professor of economics researches people’s life chance

Two identical job applications. One with an Arabic-sounding name. This experiment marked the start of Magnus Carlsson’s research on discrimination and people’s life chances. He is now a new professor of economics at Linköping University.

28 September 2026

Turning fish industry waste and emissions into a circular success

t began as an initiative to tackle local waste problems. Today, Rena Hav has developed into an extensive circular system encompassing biogas, wastewater treatment, fertiliser, fish feed and land-based salmon farming.

25 September 2026

The building blocks of the chemical industry are found in the gas

Stenungsund is home to Sweden’s largest chemical industry, at the end of the gas grid in western Sweden. Here, carbon atoms in natural gas and biogas are transformed into valuable substances needed in almost everything we use in everyday life.

25 September 2026

He wants to make protein from grass – and biogas is the key to getting there

Organic farmer Johan Christensson is working with other farmers to establish a production system for protein from grass on Sweden’s west coast. It all starts with a biogas plant.