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Biogas Solutions Research Center

BSRC is a national competence center for biogas research administered by the LiU. It's base for the development of innovative and resource-efficient biogas solutions often with positive local and regional effects on the environment and the economy.

BRIGHT: Increased knowledge and new tools for adapting Swedish cities to heat

Project BRIGHT aims to contribute with new knowledge, optimized methods, enhanced tools and user tailored data that enable Swedish municipalities to better adapt to climate change, with a focus on heat waves.

Carbon dioxide capture in the transition toward a carbon-neutral university

Researchers at LiU are working to develop a new method for capturing carbon dioxide in buildings. By integrating Direct Air Capture into ventilation systems, we can reduce climate emissions and generate profit by selling the captured CO鈧�.

Carbon Farm: Farming carbon to meet European climate goals

The EU鈥檚 new framework for carbon removals is shaping a growing market where forestry becomes key to Europe鈥檚 climate transition. This project explores how this market is taking form and what opportunities and challenges it creates for forest owners.

Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research, CSPR

CSPR is a platform for knowledge production to trigger and promote societal changes towards safe and just climate futures for all. Our goal is to create knowledge and methodological approaches that can support and advance climate actions.

Centre for Medical Humanities and Bioethics

We gather, strengthen, and develop research, teaching, and collaboration with the society around us, within the areas of medical humanities and bioethics.

Circular public transport

Projektet syftar till att skapa en mer cirkulär kollektivtrafik genom att utveckla hållbara upphandlingsmetoder och förlänga fordons livslängd, vilket minskar kostnader och miljöpåverkan inom transportsektorn.

Circular spatial planning for transformative change through reuse and renovation PLAN-C

The PLAN-C project focuses on developing governance and planning for circular construction. Its aim is to optimise resource use and reduce emissions in the building and property sector.

Circular ventures in rural regions

By adopting an interactive research approach, the project will develop practically relevant competence to facilitate circular economy in rural regions.

Collaboration and working methods for a fossil-free, resilient and competitive transport system

Collaboration between transport companies and transport-buying enterprises (e.g., retailers, industries, and municipalities) is crucial for a resilient and fossil-free transportation system.

Decision support for climate change adaptation in Swedish agriculture and forestry

This project aims to contribute to the development of tailored climate indicators for stakeholders in the Swedish agricultural and forestry sector, to create useful support for the work with climate adaptation.

Digital sharing platform in Swedish municipalities

The ongoing digitalization changes how people live their lives, in their homes and in society. Changes do not only regard how we adopt new technologies, like digital sharing platforms.

Educational modules in environmental chemistry for Swedish upper secondary school

This project develops environmental chemistry modules for high schools. With audio, video, exercises, and experiments, it helps students and teachers explore chemicals鈥� role in society and environmental issues.

Energy-related practices in transition

The research project studies how social practices interrelate with policies aiming to reduce climate change and energy demand. Of particular importance is also to investigate how energy-related practices are framed, and how new standards are born.

Energysmart Greenhouses with Confluent Jets

The need for energy-smart solutions for sustainable food production is growing. Researchers at 福利姬 are investigating the possibility of using Confluent Jets in greenhouses 鈥� a technology that could reduce the energy consumption.

Excellent energy management using AI - XEMAI

The project aims to enhance digitalisation within the manufacturing industry to improve energy efficiency and achieve sustainability.

Experiencing personal sustainability and climate transformations 鈥� techniques and practices for narrating the interconnected self.

What motivates individuals to engage in personal sustainability transformations? This project asks: what is needed for a transformative change of perspective to take place?

Exploring the transformative potential of climate services

The project explores how next-generation climate services can support societal transformation through data, visualisation and communication 鈥� with a focus on energy, agriculture and urban planning.

Exposure of halogenated organic compounds via food

The project maps how halogenated organic compounds, naturally occurring yet sometimes harmful, spread through food. The aim is to understand the extent of exposure and potential health effects.

Fossil-free freights and resilience - paradoxes and synergies in the Swedish freight transport system

Freight transport is crucial for Swedish welfare and the Swedish economy. The main purpose of the project is to explore the interplay between fossil-free solutions and resilience in the Swedish transport system.

FunMat-II

FunMat-II is a second generation competence center in material science, focusing its efforts to the areas of functional surfaces for cutting tools, fuel cells and batteries.

GROWL: Greening of Working Life

To meet climate goals, the world of work must undergo a transformation. The GROWL research group focuses on the people, organizations, and policies involved in the green transition of working life.

Imagination as a tool for climate action: towards preparedness in the Swedish water sector, ImagineAction

The Swedish water sector needs transformation to meet the rapidly changing climate, but despite overwhelming evidence, adaptation is currently not happening fast enough. The problem is not primarily about lack of knowledge, but lack of imagination.

Implementation of sustainability strategies

In this project ve examines how Swedish process industry can work to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and counteract climate change by scrutinizing processes and practices of sustainable strategy implementation.

Interplay between sustainability accounting and management accounting practices

The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is a new EU regulation that mandates companies to report more comprehensively on their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices.

Is Swedish waste incineration a source of PFAS to the environment?

Is waste incineration a source of PFAS in the environment? This project examines how effectively PFAS breaks down during municipal incineration and whether new compounds form.

LiU Sustainability Transformations

福利姬 Sustainability Transformations- LiUST, is a university-wide hub to elevate and increase the visibility of ongoing sustainability efforts at LiU, internally and externally.

LiU's Green Democratisation Laboratory

The Green Democratisation Laboratory explores how new forms of citizen engagement can strengthen public support for climate action in times of accelerating climate change and political polarisation.

Local Development and Spatial Planning

The research area explores the dynamic interplay between the geographical conditions of a place, political decision-making, and strategic planning.

Local synergies for sustainable and diversified CO鈧� utilization

This project aims to identify and analyze potential synergies for CO鈧� utilization at local and regional levels, as well as explore how bio-based industries can contribute to a more renewable and sustainable CO鈧� market.

Managing PFAS-Contaminated Soil Sustainably - Co-Creating a Comprehensive Decision Support Tool

The project is developing a cost-effective tool for measuring PFAS concentrations in soil. The aim is to promote sustainable land use through improved decision support, standardised methods, and guidance for professionals working in planning.

Mathematics and algorithms for intelligent decision-making

On the journey towards sustainability, our contribution is to develop mathematical models and solution methods for practically relevant but computationally challenging problems in scheduling and resource allocation.

Megabytes vs Megawatts

Megabytes vs Megawatts is a research project that studies ongoing infrastructure developments and societal imaginaries to make data centers more environmentally sustainable.

New value chains from alternative forestry

The project explores alternative value chains from continuous cover forestry to strengthen its commercial viability. The goal is to support forest owners in reaching the market while promoting biodiversity and carbon sequestration.

Next-2Digits 鈥� Next-gen sensors with 2D materials

Next-2Digits develops integration technologies for 2D materials in photonic and optoelectronic circuits. The project enhances performance and cost-efficiency in optical sensors while boosting European innovation through scalable manufacturing.

Optimized Digitalization for Environmentally Neutral Industrialization - ODEN-AI

The ODEN-AI project focuses on mobility and sustainability, raising the maturity level of AI within the mobility sector. It also develops AI tools for modeling and optimizing material behavior.

Overcoming behavioral barriers towards consumer product remanufacturing, STIGMA

The STIGMA project tackles waste prevention and product life extension issues and illuminates circular solutions to enable continuous product use/reuse, such as Product as a Service (PaaS) and Remanufacturing.

Performance management and fossil free freight

Various management and technology-focused actions must be implemented in the freight transport system in the transition towards fossil free freight, but how do companies ensure that performances are moving in the right direction?

Politics and policy processes for clean energy transition and climate neutrality

The overall aim of the project is to provide better knowledge of the processes for decision making and policy change regarding resource and energy-efficient buildings at EU level.

Profile area - Materials Science for Sustainable Technologies

The Materials Science for Sustainable Technologies initiative includes cutting-edge international research with great potential for further development. This area combines the research areas of materials science and circular economy in new ways.

Reliable validation of greenhouse gas models and assessments

The project develops new methods to improve the validation of greenhouse gas models and assessments. The focus is on creating cost-effective, mobile, and high-resolution methods for measuring greenhouse gas fluxes and land use.

RELITORATE 鈥� Connecting shorelines, carbon flows, and greenhouse gases

Littoral zones influence carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions but are often overlooked. This project integrates them into lake carbon budgets using advanced measurement and modelling techniques.

Remanufacturing 鈥� key enabler to future business

The overall purpose for the project is to support manufacturers to become more resilient, circular and sustainable through remanufacturing and contribute to a more efficient use of resources.

Remanufacturization

The project will support B2C manufacturers in the transition towards remanufacturing by developing and improving manufacturers' remanufacturing ecosystems as well as investigating the remanufacturing potential of consumer products.

Remometer

We help manufacturers and other actors to start remanufacturing by investigating their suitability and readiness to start remanufacturing.

Reshaping of ecocide in international law

This project aims to explore and analyse the relationship between ecocide and the complex system of environmental protection and policy, particularly in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Resilience in the future electricity system

The Swedish electricity system is facing major changes. New research has begun at LiU which focuses on resilience in the future electricity system. The project can provide insights into how the resilience of the electricity system can be improved.

Resource productivity and sustainable business growth

Industrial and Urban Symbiosis (IUS) mitigates economic and environmental problems by creating more value with fewer resources and emissions. Regenerative businesses can enhance IUS practices and benefits.

STRIPE

STRIPE stands for Socio-technical research of infrastructures, politics and the environment. It gathers researchers with an interest in the political and environmental dimensions of infrastructures such as energy, transport and waste.

Sustainability means inclusivity: Engaging citizens in early stage smart city development

A sustainable urban environment depends as much on creating an inclusive space that is safe, accessible and comfortable for a diverse group of citizens as it does on deploying 鈥渟mart鈥� technologies for energy efficiency or environmental protection.

Sustainability transitions in urban goods distribution

The project adopts a systems perspective on electrified freight transport with the aim of contributing to knowledge on how to accelerate transitions.

Sustainable football pitches

In this project, we focus on the environmental impact of both artificial and natural grass pitches, as well as their energy usage throughout their life cycle.

Sustainable management of Amazon forest: a win-win for resource utilization and climate mitigation

The project explores how different management strategies affect both gas emissions and the assimilation of trees and nearby soil.

Sustainable Public Transport

Sustainable supply chains in Swedish industry

The project analyzed how large companies worked to strengthen sustainability upstream in the supply chain, identified key success factors, and developed a new model for supplier sustainability assurance.

Synthesis study on the transition to a circular economy

The project analyses why circular economy targets are not being met and how policy instruments, actors and value systems need to change. Through a broad synthesis, it generates knowledge that can support an effective transition.

The Eco- and Bioart Lab

The Eco- and Bioart Lab (EBL) connects artists, artistic researchers and other practitioners, as well as doctoral students whose practice and research focus on art and the environment in their broadest understanding.

The new role of recycling actors in a circular economy

The project explores how recycling actors can develop their roles and strategies to gradually and robustly contribute to a more resource-efficient society in the transition to a circular economy.

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.

The transition towards electrified freight transport

A transition to electrified freight transport is seen as a large and important step in reducing the freight sector鈥檚 impact on the climate. We are studying transport system from different perspectives.

Transformational Adaptation

The growing impacts of climate change highlight the urgency of adaptation. This project examines how the concept of transformational adaptation influences international climate negotiations and explores its potential benefits and challenges.

UPSCALED: Ecocycle analysis for upscaling of future energy conversion technologies

The UPSCALED project conducts circularity analyses for the large-scale use of future energy conversion technologies and examines how perovskite-based solar cells can be scaled up sustainably from laboratory to industry.

Virtual Worlds: digital technologies in climate and biodiversity governance

Virtual Worlds explores the role of digital technologies in managing climate change and biodiversity loss. The program reviews how technology can improve environmental governance and include local knowledge for sustainable development.

When Communication Networks Come to Die: Socio-Cultural Perspectives on Infrastructural Dismantling

This project examines the dismantling of critical communication infrastructure in Sweden. The study explores the societal significance of communication network dismantling and how it is imagined, accomplished, and negotiated in practice.