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Speed- and flowdetectors for parts of the motorway network around Stockholm.
Speed- and flowdetectors for parts of the motorway network around Stockholm.
Speed- and flowdetectors for parts of the motorway network around Stockholm.

Our research

Research in Communications and Transport Systems

The research deals with problems and issues related to the planning, design, utilization, management and analysis of infrastructure for the transport of people and goods as well as for telecommunications. The research has a system perspective and in many projects we can see a cooperation between researchers with different disciplinary background. Mathematical modelling is often used as a methodology tool, but our research also includes qualitative methods to describe and analyze problems and systems.

Research areas

Vallastaden 2017 - Construction logistics

Construction Logistics and Supply Chain Management

We are researching how to create long-term sustainability and effectiveness in the built environment with a focus on logistics, digitalization, and resource-efficient construction.

Traffic Modeling and Simulation

Our research includes both the development of new types of models, and the application of models to new situations. The models studied include both the demand and supply side of the problem and...
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Telecommunications for Smart Cities

Our research focuses on modeling and evaluating the communication and network architectures of such relevant Internet of Things deployments with applications in smart cities.
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Transport Analytics

We are currently working with data from stationary radar sensors which measure speed and flow of traffic, GPS data from vehicles driving around urban areas, and mobile phone location data extracted from the mobile phone network.
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Wireless Optimization and Analytics

The research develops new models, concepts, and solution algorithms for performance optimization in wireless networking and data analytics.
Fire fighters in action

Emergency response and health care logistics

We develop models, methods, and decision support for the optimized management of these resources. This is done in close cooperation with the rescue and health care sector.
Public transportation

Railway and public transport

The research group for railway and public transport is interested in developing models and methods, which describe the traffic and can be used as decision support tools.
Air port

Air traffic and transportation planning and management

We develop mathematical models and algorithmic solutions for challenges in air traffic management and air transportation.
Traffic and closed streets in the central parts of a city

Urban development and logistics

The research focus on decreasing environmental impact and disturbances of city development, as well as utilization of capacity of time and space within the city in such a way that both goods and person transport can work efficiently and effectively.

News

Street in a city with cars.

Disturbance-free city during construction projects

Having a holistic approach to all construction projects in a city is the most important factor for minimising disturbance. But that is easier said than done. This is shown by researchers from LiU in a new book.
A person in a middle of a constructing site.

Reducing construction transport movements in cities

Construction transport in cities creates major disruption. This can be greatly reduced. But it requires better planning and management at an early stage in construction projects.
Emma Persson, Ina Eriksson, Lina Fredriksson and Mirna Baaoth

Students looking for a missing person in Kolmården Wildlife Park

Someone’s lost in the Kolmården Forest and around 40 students must find him before he wanders into the elephant enclosure. They are using the electronic footprints he has made. Can they manage it? Indeed they can – and it doesn’t take them long.

Latest publications

2027

Joel Ärlebrandt, Mats Janné, Martin Rudberg (2027) Interfaces and Coordination in Construction Logistics: A Case Study from an Urban Development Project Advances in Production Management Systems: Shaping the Future of Industry Through Sustainable, Data-Driven, and Human-Centric Production Systems. APMS 2026, p. 226-240 (Conference paper) https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-38602-1_16
Anna Fredriksson, Maria Huge-Brodin, Linea Kjellsdotter-Ivert (2027) Transforming value of sustainability in urban development: Reconfiguring logistics service in the construction industry Journal of Urban Management, Vol. 16, Article 100567 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jum.2026.100567

2026

Tobias Elneros, Tatiana Polishchuk, Lucie Smetanová (2026) Contrails over Sweden: Patterns in the Sky 2026 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMS CONFERENCE, SYSCON (Conference paper) https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SysCon66367.2026.11503534
Liyun Yu, Carl Henrik Häll, Anders Peterson, Christiane Schmidt (2026) Late train-crew rescheduling: A tabu-search-based approach using restricted DFS Journal of Public Transportation, Vol. 28, Article 100178 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubtr.2026.100178
Paul Chapman, Jonas Eliasson (2026) Cost overruns in Sweden's transport infrastructure investments: evidence against the Planning Fallacy and the Hiding Hand Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Vol. 214, Article 105247 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2026.105247
Anders Peterson, Nils Breyer, Carl Henrik Häll (2026) Verktyg för en digital kollektivtrafik Uppdragsutbildning vid LiU - en del av det livslånga lärandet: Slutrapporter från utvecklingsprojekt inom uppdragsutbildning 2025, p. 147-157 (Chapter in book)
Kefa Kafuluma, Martin Rudberg, Dan Engström (2026) Deconstructing Digital Transformation in Global Construction Firms IFIP International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems, p. 194-208 (Conference paper) https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-38602-1_14
Annika Moscati (2026) Spatial data for environmental regulation: a GIS-based framework for streamlining the Swedish permitting process Environmental Sciences Europe, Vol. 38, Article 153 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12302-026-01479-5
Katja Kircher, Christer Ahlström, Fredrik Johansson, Anders Andersson, Johan Olstam (2026) Drivers' neglect of cyclists in right-turns-a matter of rule knowledge rather than a lack of attention Accident Analysis and Prevention, Vol. 236, Article 108709 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2026.108709
Anna Danielsson (2026) Incident and Route Choice Analysis for Multimodal Traffic Management (Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary) https://dx.doi.org/10.3384/9789181186505
Abdalla Mubder, Anna Fredriksson (2026) Sailing through digital tides: assimilation of port community systems for just-in-time arrival The International Journal of Logistics Management, Vol. 37, p. 339-356 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJLM-09-2025-0630
Lisa Norén, Jonas Larsson, Rasmus Ringdahl, Clas Rydergren, Krisjanis Steins (2026) Beyond Distance and Speed Limit: Estimating Emergency Vehicle Travel Time Using Nationwide Data from Sweden Proceedings of the 23rd International ISCRAM Conference. (Conference paper) https://dx.doi.org/10.59297/m43e8667
Wael Alkusaibati (2026) Towards Interdependent Digitalized Co-production in Emergencies and Crises: The Case of Volunteer First Responders (Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary) https://dx.doi.org/10.3384/9789181186123
Anna-Maria Grönbäck, Tobias Andersson Granberg, Niki Matinrad, Erik Prytz (2026) Perspectives on the Use of UAVs Within Swedish Emergency Response: Future Prospects and Challenges Proceedings of the International ISCRAM Conference, 23.Vol. 23 (2026): Proceedings of ISCRAM 2026 (Conference paper) https://dx.doi.org/10.59297/ncx6gx46
Anna-Maria Grönbäck, Tobias Andersson Granberg, Niki Matinrad (2026) UAV deployment in maritime search and rescue: Evaluating the influence of dispatch location and weather conditions on response times Safety Science, Vol. 204, Article 107392 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2026.107392
Robert Klar, David Gundlegård (2026) Machine Learning-Based Travel Demand Estimation Using OpenStreetMap IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, Vol. 7, p. 1588-1601 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/OJITS.2026.3708204
Osama Hassan (2026) Progression i lärande: Mekaniklärande som medel för progression inomkonstruktionskurser (Conference paper)
Guillermo Perez Castro, Danil Belikhov, Fredrik Johansson, Heather Kaths, Johan Olstam (2026) Microscopic simulation of free riding speed dynamics in bicycle traffic: Modeling heterogeneous context-dependent effects PLOS ONE, Vol. 21, Article e0351469 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0351469
Kinjal Bhattacharyya, Johan Olstam, Amritpal Singh, Aron Asefaw (2026) Utilizing video-based measurements and re-identification algorithms to analyse traffic performance on 2+1 roads European Transport Research Review, Vol. 18, Article 48 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12544-026-00817-1
Martin Joborn (2026) KAJT Projektkatalog 2026-03-31: Sammanställning av KAJTs pågående och nyligen avslutade projekt (Report)

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Department of Science and Technology (ITN)

We research and teach in several technical and scientific disciplines in which our main areas are organic electronics, media, communications and logistics.