Katrin Salman

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 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.

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.

22 April 2026

Playing with your dog creates a stronger bond

Playing a little extra with your dog improves the emotional bond between owner and dog, according to a study from LiU. However, training did not give the same results. The study is relevant for all dog owners, whether they have young or adult dogs.

21 April 2026

LiU researchers study how a ‘hidden resource’ in household waste can generate more biogas

With a new, top modern facility, Tekniska verken in Linköping can extract more organic material from household waste. LiU researcher Niclas Svensson leads the study on producing biogas from mechanically sorted organic material.

21 April 2026

Duty and gratitude behind academic diligence

A sense of gratitude towards parents for their sacrifices, and a desire to succeed and give something back. These are powerful drivers in studies of high-achieving young people with a migration background, according to a study from LiU.

20 April 2026

Future visions for sustainable food consumption

The food we eat drains our planet and takes a toll on human health, which is why we have to change what we put on our plates. But for the individual consumer, eating sustainably is not that easy. This transition requires changes at several levels.

20 April 2026

New knowledge about mobile proteins linked to childhood cancer

Researchers at LiU show how two important cancer-related proteins can be prevented from collaborating with each other. The discovery shows the way towards future medications to combat e.g. neuroblastoma in children.

16 April 2026

PhD student profile Ziliang Xiong

Ziliang Xiong is pursuing a PhD in Electrical Engineering, specializing in Computer Vision, and is currently in his fourth year. During his doctoral studies, his focus has been on enhancing the safety and reliability of autonomous systems.

16 April 2026

Solar cells from LiU soon in living rooms around the world

In the new remote control for Google TV, batteries have been replaced by printed organic solar cells powered by indoor lighting. The solar cells were developed through research at Linköping University and brought to market by the spin-out Epishine.

16 April 2026

Ecosystem resilience in focus for LiU-led network

How can we measure ecosystems’ ability to withstand change and use that knowledge in practice? This is one of the core issues for a new EU-funded doctoral student network coordinated by Linköping University.