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with ever-growing benefits to society

Bygglogistik
Construction logistics Photographer: iStock photo
Trafikkö
City logistics
Vårdlogistik
Healthcare logistics Photographer: Thor Balkhed

City logistics, environmental logistics, healthcare logistics and construction logistics are some of the areas in which LiU researchers are leading the field. LiU has, for example, Europe’s first professor in environmental logistics. Logistics is a growing research area that is acquiring ever-growing significance in society.

Examples of research in the field are more efficient train and public transport timetables, airport logistics, how goods can be transported into city centres in the most environmentally sensitive manner, improved construction logistics to give higher efficiency and lower costs, and improved and optimised models for the simulation of such phenomena as traffic flows.

Efficient logistics also deals with questions of management and attitudes, one example of which is the branch of environmental logistics that focusses on how systems can be controlled and designed to be more sustainable and have a lower impact on the environment. At LiU, logistics research is coupled with research into quality management.

Construction logistics as a research area is described below.

Research

Sorting through hundreds of tons of clothing in an abandoned factory

Circular logistics in the textile industry

As one of the most polluting industries in the world, the transition from linear to circular economy is vital for the textile and fashion industry. The purpose of the project is to explore the role of logistics in a circular textile ecosystem.
Pieces of fabric in different colours

The Role of Logistics in Circular Retail Business Models

An important step towards more sustainable trade is to introduce and scale up circular business models. The purpose of the project is to explore the current and future role of logistics in various circular business models in trade.
Stadium Distribution Center in Norrköping.

Competitive and dynamic business

The aim of our research is to contribute to business growth and profitability and to create value for customers and shareholders.

News

Henrik Johansson.

Coordinated transport benefits both the recipients and society

A better urban environment, more efficient transport, and fewer disturbances from many deliveries. A new thesis shows that shared freight terminals can make huge and important differences – both for the recipients and society in general.
Tank station for the fuel HVO.

Difficult to create sustainable transport chains

Both transport companies and trading companies have high ambitions with respect to sustainable transport. But researchers at LiU and Linnaeus University have shown that several challenges remain before the entire transport chain becomes sustainable.
Magnus Blinge sitting on a bench with a cell phone in his hands.

His mission: to promote transport research

“Östergötland is a hub in Swedish transport research, with both a broad range and cutting-edge projects. But co-ordination must be improved, particularly when facing major calls for research funding” says Magnus Blinge, adjunct professor at LiU.

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