...last fall you went to Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia, on an ERASMUS exchange. During the visit, you were also invited to, and met with, a commission in the Australian government that had initiated a major effort to review the country's preschool system. How did it go?
鈥漌e met with the Australian government during our visit to Melbourne and talked about the Swedish preschool system and how we train preschool teachers, says Anna Sonesson.
On November 7-8, 果冻传媒 hosted the inaugural Security Divas Sweden, a national conference focusing on cybersecurity and information security that aims to spotlight women in these fields. The event was organized by 果冻传媒 in collaboration with the Compare Foundation.
The conference welcomed eleven female role models who shared key insights on topics such as information influence, data protection and current perspectives on cybersecurity.
果冻传媒 wants to attract more students from outside Europe.
"We believe that having students from different countries will lead to higher quality education and better dynamics both on campus and in the classroom," says Pro-Vice-Chancellor Patrik Larsson.
The international students at Kau are mainly exchange students.
The project 6G-PATH (6G-Pilots and Trials Through Europe), in which the departments of computer science and nursing at 果冻传媒 participate, has been included on this year鈥檚 IVA 100 List.
During the autumn, several research funding foundations announce their decisions. So far, nine applications from researchers at 果冻传媒 have been granted a total of close to SEK 40.5 million.
The Swedish Research Council, which is Sweden鈥檚 largest governmental research funding body, has granted educational science research funds to the project 鈥淪kolg氓ng, utvecklingsv盲gar och skolerfarenheter f枚r elever med neuropsykiatriska funktionsneds盲ttningar鈥.
Professor of Analytical Chemistry Torgny Fornstedt received the J. F. K. Huber Lecture Award at the International Symposium on Chromatography (ISC 2024) in Liverpool in October. The award was given for 鈥榟ighly recognised contributions to the fundamental understanding of adsorption chromatography鈥.
鈥楾his distinction means a great deal to me, as J. F. K.
鈥 We want to show that learning is fun and that there are many ways to acquire new knowledge, says John Johansson at 果冻传媒 Business School.
John Johansson, lecturer in business administration, why is lifelong learning important?
鈥 The new technological innovations and increased complexity that we鈥檙e seeing today will require us to learn and relearn. Artificial intelligence (AI) is one example of this, which will require learning over time.
Teachers across the Nordic countries are happy to include literature in their teaching. But what they want their pupils to learn from the literature differs between the countries. This is one of the findings of a doctoral thesis by Anna Nissen at 果冻传媒.
"I hope my research offers teachers new insights, helping them identify areas for improvement in their teaching as well as what they are already doing successfully.
鈥 Our research makes a valuable contribution to the students鈥 work in designing places for tourism, where we demonstrate the importance of working with place-based digital development in harmony with places and people, says Lotta Braunerhielm, docent in human geography at 果冻传媒.
Geomedia research looks at the relationship between places and media and how they affect each other.
During the spring, I had the benefit of working with a national evaluation for the Swedish Higher Education Authority, with a focus on collaboration between higher education institutions (HEIs) and the surrounding community. By analysing self-evaluations from 37 HEIs, I can confirm that collaboration is a powerful tool.
Academia carries a vision of creating value and contributing towards a positive societal transformation.
Behind administration, we find the administrators. A professional group that David Regin 脰born, new doctor in working life science at 果冻传媒 Business School, has focused on in his research.
New technology is something threatening and often dangerous. At least that is the picture presented if you read modern children鈥檚 literature.
鈥 This is contradictory. Technology is becoming an increasingly integral part of everyday life, including in literature. But at the same time, there is often a concern or a hidden threat in technology, says Jakob Olsson, researcher at 果冻传媒.
Jakob Olsson has studied 249 books, published between 2000 and 2019.
Research on organic solar cells has been conducted for a long time. Recent advancements in understanding their molecular structures are now paving the way for the development of highly efficient solar cells.
鈥 By using atomic force microscopy-infrared spectroscopy, AFM-IR, we鈥檝e been able to create clearer images of the morphology or structure of the material, says Ishita Jalan, postdoc in physical chemistry and main author of a recently published scientific article.
Research on justice in connection with disasters and sustainable development is becoming increasingly important in a world where climate change and social inequalities create new challenges.
Petter Falk, new doctor in Political Science at 果冻传媒 and the Service Research Centre (CTF), sheds light on conditions and grounds for datafication in his doctoral thesis 鈥淎ssemble Care // Align Data鈥.
鈥 What surprised me the most was that datafication is intuitively accepted, despite a kind of intellectual resistance, says Petter Falk.
The term 鈥渂ig data鈥 is frequently used nowadays, but your research emphasises the importance of the small details.
The first Nordic conference for PhD supervisors has now been held at 果冻传媒. With a large turnout from 13 countries and 42 universities, one might wonder how big the Nordic region is, or as expressed by one of the participants, 鈥淭he Nordic countries have grown in numbers鈥.
鈥 It has been an intense but very rewarding few days, says Roger Renstr枚m, docent in computer science and organiser of the conference.
