Tomas Widholm

21 January 2026

Migrants will be the purveyors of change

There is nothing new about human movement. Still, across the world ’migration’ has become a policy obsession. Professor Bridget Anderson challenges the concept with her research and encourages other scholars to do the same. This is why.

20 January 2026

American poets society

Literary scholar Elin Käck is probably the only person who has done her work experience programme with a poet. She enjoys spending her summers in various archives and has recently presented her research on American poets’ travels in Europe.

19 January 2026

Arman Mohammadi's public defence of doctoral thesis

Arman Mohammadi successfully defended his doctoral thesis, with the title "Machine Learning for Fault Diagnosis of Industrial Systems" on December 18th.

15 January 2026

Political polarisation blocks more sustainable transport

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

Digital services can increase exclusion

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

Electric motors are transforming hydraulics

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 in focus at the scientific salon

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.

22 December 2025

Tomorrow’s urban planners solve real challenges

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

Letterstedt Author’s Prize awarded to Boel Berner for book on medical mystery

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.

19 December 2025

Researchers urge greater role in child policy debate

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.

19 December 2025

Roadmap to strengthen LiU:s role in Europe

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.

19 December 2025

National initiative to protect AI systems from cyberattacks

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

SEK 40 million from the Swedish Research Council for clinical therapy research

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.

18 December 2025

Full inclusion generates knowledge for organisations

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.

18 December 2025

Abhijeet Behera's public defence of doctoral thesis

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.

18 December 2025

Persecuted scholars gain protection at LiU

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

What happens when social media replaces health care?

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

Electrodes created using light

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

Greater risk that the political right falls for conspiracy theories

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

The memory of the oil crisis keeps Danish energy policy awake

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 in the Nordic climate – a question of sustainability

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.

09 December 2025

The future of healthcare starts in your mobile

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

Master students constructing drones

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.

08 December 2025

LiU Student’s Thesis Awarded: “Provides Valuable Insights”

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).