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04 February 2026
Behind the medals at the Olympics and Paralympics lies a downside – many athletes suffer from injuries and illnesses. A new study from Linköping University shows that para athletes and young athletes are the most exposed.
02 February 2026
Teachers and students are given tools to use AI wisely in education. In simulations with avatars, they practise dealing with teaching challenges. This and much more is going on in the AIST Lab, a new interdisciplinary initiative at LiU.
28 January 2026
Researchers have identified a protein pattern that, already at birth, looks markedly different in those who later go on to develop type 1 diabetes. The findings show that a combination of several factors during pregnancy affects disease risk.
27 January 2026
On 8-9 december 2025, it was once again time to bring together the WCMM/DDLS affiliates for a retreat.
Efficient 6G, advanced robotics and human-machine interaction are some of the themes of the 25 new research projects that have been awarded funding within the ELLIIT initiative. The projects share a total of SEK 255 million over five years.
26 January 2026
Green hydrogen produced using solar and wind power would be cheaper to produce at more southerly latitudes than in the Nordic region. This is shown in a study from Linköping University.
23 January 2026
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.
21 January 2026
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.
As customers, we can become both satisfied and more interested when a company offers digital, innovative services, such as an AI-based solution. At the same time, this can make us reject those services.
20 January 2026
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 successfully defended his doctoral thesis, with the title "Machine Learning for Fault Diagnosis of Industrial Systems" on December 18th.
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.
