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The health and well-being of Sámi youth in Sweden: outcomes, perspectives and priorities
This is a mixed method project that aims to lay a foundation for improving health and well-being among Indigenous Sámi youth in Sweden.This will be accomplished through establishin...
Physical activity for better or worse – studies of the physical activity paradox within Swedish working life.
Research indicates that physical activity performed at work may have negative health effects, in contrast to physical activity performed at leisure time. This is called the physica...
Towards net-zero infrastructure: fixing clay with clay
Creating new, upgrading or maintaining existing infrastructure for higher traffic loads and/or stricter alignment, as needed for realising the transport plans in Sweden, is difficu...
Warmer and darker climate: Effects on mental health and health behaviors (CLIMENT)
Climate change has increased temperatures in Scandinavian countries. Changes in winter temperatures have caused increased rainfall and decreased snowfall.Moreover, increased cloudi...
Interaction between sex steroids, physical exercise and metabolism in female reproduction and health
Reproductive dysfunction is common in women with energy deficiency and strenuous exercise, and in those with hyperandrogenism and obesity. Hyperandrogenism can also be beneficial f...
Improved monitoring of carbon dioxide emissions in Scandinavia using satellite and ground-based observations
The serious threat of climate change has prompted nations to take actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under the Paris Agreement. The implementation of the agreement relies o...
Unconventional T cells in tumor immunity
Unconventional T cells have a conserved T cell receptor and respond instantly to stimulation by cytotoxicity and cytokine production, and may thus be crucial for antitumor immunity...
Beneath the canopy - traditional knowledge and wildlife hunting in the Colombian Amazon
Unsustainable hunting causes tropical biodiversity loss, affects people’s food provision and leads to the decline of seed dispersing animals in tropical forests which in turn affec...
Optimizing zebrafish welfare - effects of environmental enrichment, tank volume and fish density
This is an ongoing project aimed at generating a scientific basis for recommendations for zebrafish husbandry.The specific husbandry requirements for zebrafish are still far from u...
The fate of the Gulf Stream in a changing climate (FutureGS)
The Gulf Stream is part of a large ocean current system called “Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation” (AMOC).The AMOC transports large amounts of heat poleward from the trop...
Specificities and selectivities of enzymes involved in seed oil biosynthesis and how these properties relate to oil content and composition.
The fatty acid composition of the seed oil is important for its nutritional value as well as for its non-food application and can vary drastically between plant species.The relativ...
Exploring the Shadowlands: Towards an Understanding of the Interaction between Fiction and Non-Fiction
This project examines interactions between ficiton and non-fiction. Its theoretical approach is situated at the intersection of philosophy of language, linguistics, and epistemolog...
Planning for social sustainability within Indigenous territories (PlanIT): Mine developments in Sami reindeer herding areas with a comparative and justice lens
In Sweden, and several other countries, mineral extractions are controversial and causes intractable land-use and sustainability conflicts.Transition to a sustainable society and i...
Managing organizations at night as a ´state of exception´
Night in organizations can be seen as a paradoxical ‘state of exception’: extra-ordinary as it differs from daytime routines, practices, and norms, yet also ordinary as it occurs r...
Precision medicine in breast cancer radiotherapy
Purpose: To advance precision medicine in the field of breast cancer radiotherapy by identifying subgroups with such a favorable prognosis that they can be omitted postoperative ra...
Sensor-ID: Materials identification system for the global recycling technology
We propose a groundbreaking concept for the materials identification in recycling technology.It is based on optical nanoantenna tags that both are extremely sensitive to the proper...
Landscape of Imagination
This research undertakes an analysis of archival photographs captured with a camera known in the Urdu language as the “Soul Catcher” in relation to backdrop painting in the context...
Lung toxicity of particles derived from combustion of novel renewable fuels
The development of novel renewable fuels is paramount for reducing carbon emissions and mitigating climate change.Biofuels, such as biodiesel and lignin-based fuels could play an i...
The long reach of the neighborhood: Health, education and earnings in Landskrona, Sweden, 1904-2015
Does the neighborhood of upbringing influence health, education and income in adulthood?The question is answered based on sophisticated geographical analysis using unique geocoded...
Microbiota-human mucin interactions: the keystone steps for a healthy community
My overall objective is to define the basic interaction mechanisms between microbiota and human colonic mucins in health and disease. The human microbiota has a significant impact...