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15 January 2026
Trains and planes have become part of our polarised social climate one is often set against the the other. This political gridlock hinders progress towards a more sustainable transport system. This is the conclusion of a doctoral thesis at LiU.
12 January 2026
When public agencies introduce digital services, one goal is to improve accessibility for citizens. But for residents in disadvantaged neighbourhoods, this may create new barriers to integration. This is shown in a doctoral thesis from LiU.
08 January 2026
Electrifying hydraulics on, for example, an excavator can significantly improve efficiency. However, it requires major technical changes. Electric machines have different characteristics compared to combustion engines.
22 December 2025
Digitalisation is rapidly transforming how we live, work and understand the world. It also affects our health, our relationships, and the ways we seek information and express ourselves.
Students on master’s programme in Strategic Urban and Regional Planning do more than study how cities develop. They step straight into reality. By working on real cases in Norrköping, their ideas could help shape the city’s future.
19 December 2025
In her interdisciplinary book, Boel Berner traces how researchers spent more than a century trying to understand the deadly disease pellagra. She has now been awarded the Letterstedt Author’s Prize by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Researchers in Sweden’s field of children and youth studies want to play a more active role in public discourse and contribute research based knowledge on topical issues such as lowering the age of criminal responsibility.
LiU is increasing international presence by launching the Roadmap to Europe initiative. The aim is to deepen the university’s collaboration within Europe so as to strengthen education, research and collaboration with various stakeholders.
LiU will host a new national centre aimed at developing resilient AI systems. The funding of SEK 60 million comes from the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research and its director will be LiU Professor Fredrik Heintz.
18 December 2025
A reduction in infection risks during hip replacement surgery and improved care for people with opioid dependence can lead to safer surgery and more effective addiction therapy.
A new study from Linköping University shows that deaf employees in an organisation do not only adapt to a work environment shaped by hearing norms. Fully included, they can also drive change.
Abhijeet Behera successfully defended his doctoral thesis, with the title " “Performance and Safety Assessment of Articulated Heavy Vehicles using Traffic Data and Simulation" on December 12th.
Researchers are being targeted in many countries around the world. Through the organisation Scholars at Risk (SAR), LiU is helping to protect some of these researchers.
16 December 2025
More and more women are choosing Instagram and Tiktok over doctors and local health centres for advice on health issues. What happens when?
15 December 2025
Visible light can be used to create electrodes from conductive plastics completely without hazardous chemicals. This is shown in a new study carried out by researchers at Linköping and Lund universities.
11 December 2025
People who lean politically to the right are more likely to fall for conspiracy theories. But regardless of ideology, we tend to accept political claims that align with our own beliefs. This is shown in a doctoral thesis from LiU.
10 December 2025
Denmark has become a pioneer in biogas and biomethane. Behind this lie clear strategies and political stability on energy issues following the oil crisis of the 1970s.
09 December 2025
Artificial turf football pitches are better than natural turf from a sustainability perspective – with some reservations. This is demonstrated by researchers at LiUy in a new study using life cycle analyses.
Imagine your smartphone becoming a diagnostic tool that helps you detect early signs of illness or monitor your health between doctor’s visits. That is the vision behind the ECIU University course “Health in Your Hands”.
08 December 2025
Designing and building an autonomously flying aircraft to document weather conditions in an Arctic climate. The master’s students in Aeronautical Engineering received a substantial boost in applying their theoretical knowledge.
Kerlos Marouki, a graduate from the master’s programme in Strategic Urban and Regional Planning, has received the Property Owners’ thesis scholarship for his study on how Swedish cities use the BID model (Business Improvement Districts).
The research environment Language and Culture was established in 2000. Nigel Musk, who left London for Sweden in his youth, has been a part of it from the beginning. Here, he reflects on the development of the environment and the challenges ahead.
It should not matter where in the country a woman gives birth. Nor should her background. A new research centre is therefore being set up, to make the entire care chain for expectant and new mothers more equal and based on their individual needs.
04 December 2025
Sociologist Maria Brandén studies society from a bird’s eye perspective. As head of the Institute for Analytical Sociology at Linköping University, she wants to create research that influences important political decisions.
