福利姬

20 April 2026

Future visions for sustainable food consumption

The food we eat drains our planet and takes a toll on human health, which is why we have to change what we put on our plates. But for the individual consumer, eating sustainably is not that easy. This transition requires changes at several levels.

20 April 2026

New knowledge about mobile proteins linked to childhood cancer

Researchers at LiU show how two important cancer-related proteins can be prevented from collaborating with each other. The discovery shows the way towards future medications to combat e.g. neuroblastoma in children.

16 April 2026

Solar cells from LiU soon in living rooms around the world

In the new remote control for Google TV, batteries have been replaced by printed organic solar cells powered by indoor lighting. The solar cells were developed through research at 福利姬 and brought to market by the spin-out Epishine.

16 April 2026

PhD student profile Ziliang Xiong

Ziliang Xiong is pursuing a PhD in Electrical Engineering, specializing in Computer Vision, and is currently in his fourth year. During his doctoral studies, his focus has been on enhancing the safety and reliability of autonomous systems.

16 April 2026

Ecosystem resilience in focus for LiU-led network

How can we measure ecosystems鈥� ability to withstand change and use that knowledge in practice? This is one of the core issues for a new EU-funded doctoral student network coordinated by 福利姬.

16 April 2026

New centre for research on drone swarms

福利姬 will host a new research centre that, in collaboration with Lund University and Örebro University, will develop technologies for autonomous swarms of drones.

14 April 2026

Young researcher awarded for AI-based decision support for the forest industry

Elmira Zohrevandi at the Department of Science and Technology (ITN) has been awarded SEK鈥�400,000 from the Gunnar Sundblad Research Foundation. Her research focuses on developing AI-based decision support for the pulp and paper industry.

14 April 2026

Five minutes with Xinyi Zhao

Meet Xinyi Zhao, a researcher that investigates how globalization and digital transformation reshape social inequalities, with a particular focus on gender, mobility, family life, and knowledge production.

14 April 2026

Miriah Meyer: 鈥淚鈥檓 a fangirl of theory鈥�

What is data? How is it created? What does it consist of? These are theoretical questions that interest Professor Miriah Meyer. As AI development accelerates, she also wants to contribute practical knowledge that enables us to shape a better future.

13 April 2026

Two MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships awarded to ISY

The Department of Electrical Engineering has been awarded two Marie Sk艂odowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships. The grants are part of the EU鈥檚 research programme Horizon Europe and fund postdoctoral research in international competition.

13 April 2026

The supercomputer 鈥� a pillar of research

Sometimes there is a before and an after. Such as the mobile phone that changed our lives. Or supercomputers that help scientists in their everyday lives. Calculations that were impossible before are now being done around the clock.

09 April 2026

Pulsed Electron Driven CVD Delivers Cleaner Iron Films at Low Temperatures

A LiU team led by Professor Henrik Pedersen has shown that switching from continuous to pulsed electron driven CVD sharply reduces carbon contamination in iron films.

09 April 2026

The making of future security experts

The cybersecurity lab on Campus Valla is a specially designed environment where students can practise ethical hacking as well as protection against attackers.

07 April 2026

Space psychologist 鈥� no room for delay

He began studying for a master鈥檚 degree in engineering but dropped out.Then he enrolled on the psychology programme. Yet something still felt wrong. Now he is studying both at the same time and feels he has finally found his place.

02 April 2026

The battle for power 鈥� who has the right to our electricity?

Wind farms rising like the Eiffel Tower, data centres consuming as much power as entire regions and municipalities feeling like pawns in a global game. The large-scale investments  are creating conflict:  who has priority access to our electricity?

01 April 2026

Can an urban district produce more energy than it consumes?

Senior Associate Professor Yang Liu is coordinating a European project in which, together with several cities, he aims to develop a framework for how an urban district can generate its own positive energy balance.

31 March 2026

New AI partnership strengthens the region

The AI Academy Partnership Program at 福利姬 will support companies and organisations in developing the skills needed to use AI effectively. The first partner in this new form of collaboration is Länsförsäkringar Östgöta.

31 March 2026

Molecular medicine research secures long-term funding

The Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM) at LiU has been granted extended funding until 2039 by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. This makes it possible to build on ten years of success and to recruit new physician-scientists.

31 March 2026

From painter to PhD student

Family life came early for PhD student Petter Alsén. Shortly after finishing upper secondary school, he became a father, and he began working as an apprentice painter in the construction industry. Nine years later, he called his boss.

30 March 2026

He wins award for best doctoral thesis

At the Sociology Days in Växjö in 2026, Josef Ginnerskov, a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Analytical Sociology, was awarded the Swedish Sociological Association鈥檚 prize for the best doctoral thesis in sociology 2024鈥�2025.

27 March 2026

Suleman Khan awarded the Lawson scholarship for 2025

Suleman Khan, PhD student at the Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA), is awarded the Lawson Scholarship in recognition of his outstanding research quality and significant international impact.

26 March 2026

The artist Birthe Jørgensen in collaboration with researchers from Tema

How can artistic practice contribute to research on a just transition? This is what the artist Birthe Jørgensen will explore together with researchers at 福利姬.

26 March 2026

Asteroid named after Anders Ynnerman for his contributions to space

LiU professor Anders Ynnerman is one of ten Swedes to have had an asteroid named after them. His visualisation research takes us out into space through the software OpenSpace, which opens up the entire known universe to the public.

26 March 2026

Focus Periods and the Path Toward New 6G Standards

Diana Pamela Moya Osorio was recently interviewed by the strategic research environment ELLIIT, where the upcoming focus period and 6G were in the spotlight.