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Research Projects
At the University, there are a range of research projects in a variety of topics.
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Ongoing Research Projects
A person-centered method for lifestyle changes in persons with mental illness
The project is based on a person-centered lifestyle program in group for persons with mental illness with the basic components: interpersonal relationships, health education and cognitive support f...
A position sensing detector for extreme ultraviolet radiation
In this project, researchers at Mid Sweden University and the company SiTek Electro Optics, will develop a position sensing detector that will expand the wavelength range of detectors down to the...
A School in Democracy? A Study of Political Representatives' School Visits (SkolDem)
Political parties' school visits play an important role in fulfilling the democratic mission of schools. However, there are differences in the occurrence of such visits among different schools and ...
A simulation model for hybrid threats
I cooperation with European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE) we will create a simulation for hybrid threats versus society and states.
Accessible nature to promote active and healthy aging
The goal is that more elderly people can be active in nature for improved quality of life, physical and mental health. We want to increase knowledge about the connection between health, outdoor...
Active life - also for children and adolescents with disabilities
The purpose of this research study is to increase opportunities for movement, both everyday physical activity and sports participation, in children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities.
Aegis
Asthma is relatively common among the population in Sweden, but even more common among those who practice endurance training in the cold, such as cross-country skiers. Can the use of heat and...
Aerodynamic drag in cross-country skiing
The aim of this project is to study the effects of air drag and drafting in cross-country skiing.
AI Climate and Growth
The overall goal of the project is to strengthen the green and digital transformation of the region’s businesses with artificial intelligence to boost growth and develop sustainable products and...
Air bnb
Many cities around the world have experienced tremendous growth in short-term rentals due to Air bnb's growing popularity. But what happens to residential areas, the labor market and local resident...
Airborne monitoring of water quality in remote regions (AMORE)
The project aims to develop airborne monitoring of water quality in the mountains. Large distances and few roads make it difficult and costly with conventional methods. We want to develop tomorrow'...
AISound – Acoustic sensor array design for AI monitoring systems
The target of this research is to come up with a step by step design instruction for AI experts to modify and optimize their acoustic sensor array for robust and reliable AI monitoring system.
ALPMEMA – ALPine mountain hay MEadows MAnagement
ALPine mountain hay MEadows MAnagement: Best practices to maintain their Favorable Conservation Status against underuse under different property right regimes inside and outside protected areas.
AMSUSS - Additive manufacturing of super-duplex materials
The AMSUSS Project, Additive Manufacturing of SUper-duplex Stainless Steels, is a business-driven initiative focusing on process development, specifically for powder bed fusion methods.
Anomaly detection in industrial processes
This project will identify and plan for future cooperation activities in different perspectives of anomaly and fault detection in industry through brainstorming, synthesis, and planning between Mid...
Athlete's health to underpin performance (2023)
The overall aim of this project is to maintain the athlete's health in the face of heavy training loads, extreme environments, competitions, and other stressors. Three research projects are part of...
Augmented Sports
Sports are constantly evolving and impose new demands on equipment and technology while creating opportunities to develop new sustainable products and services.
Autonomous friction measurement and airport monitoring
The airport of the future will be largely autonomous and will have a high degree of remote control. This places high demands on reliable technology and monitoring, technologies that are developed i...
Barnspåret – an example of how a learning and accessible social service can be organized and measured?
The project is analyzing the organization of Barnspåret, an activity within the municipality of Sundsvall with a special focus on children, young people and their parents. Our aim is to create...
BioRem Energy & Metal
The BioRem Energy & Metal project is based on the concept of circular bioeconomy and aims to create opportunities to keep more of the forestry material within a value-creating system as opposed to...
BioRem Fiber
Within the BioRem Fiber research project, the goal is to develop market-adapted environmental technology to clean up fiber banks along the coast of Västernorrland with the help of fungi, plants and...
Business as unusual? Journalism, economy and leadership in Mittmedia
Access to local news is an important aspect of the democratic process but surviving in the digital media landscape has been a challenge for local news organizations. This project studies the...
Business Models Empowering Rural Social Entrepreneurship - voicing the rural norm
Where public efforts and private companies do not reach, local communities often place their hopes in initiatives from local social entrepreneurs. Now the differences and similarities in social...
Children and Youth Center in Västernorrland
Children and Youth Center (BUE) in Västernorrland started in February 2022 and the aim is to meet children and young people at an early stage via digital care meetings to prevent and counter the...
CO biomethanation for biogas production from biomass residues and wastes
In Sweden, about 1.5 TWh of vehicle fuel is produced in the form of biogas every year, from available organic waste. An alternative route is for biomass to be gasified into synthesis gas and then...
Collaboration between School Age Educare Center (SAEC) and school. SAEC and classroom teachers' perspectives om collaboration regarding pupils with special needs
Collaboration between School Age Educare Center (SAEC) and school. SAEC and classroom teachers' perspectives om collaboration regarding pupils with special needs.
Collaboration to promote children's and young people's health, learning and to create sense of security - opportunities and obstacles considering the context of a rural area.
"Health, Learning, and create sense of Security" is a model aiming to offer early and coordinated support to children and their families, in order to reduce more extensive interventions later in...
Competence supply through lifelong learning
The industry’s need for professional engineers with advanced IT skills is great. In this project, a model for work-integrated learning will be developed to meet the need and strengthen the students...
Cowork4YOUTH
The project is about NEETS (Not in Education, Employment, or Training), and especially young mothers and the long-term unemployed. The overall aim is to provide policy recommendations.
Data driven prediction and sensing of smelly gases
The pulp industry is known for its smelly gases. The smell is caused by process disruptions that lead to emissions of volatile organic sulphate compounds as sulfate hydrogen. The emissions imply...
Develop and improve together: New ways to jointly lead, build and strengthen the ability to improve and innovate among entrepreneurs in the Swedish countryside
In the project, methods and tools are sought, tested, and developed that can support and enable entrepreneurs in the Swedish countryside to improve and develop together. The project is carried out ...
Developing a model for evaluating efficiency in municipality owned companies
The project is aimed to investigating how efficiency is perceived and described in a public organization based on the needs of various stakeholders in a context where performance measurements often...
Development of Rechargeable Aluminum-Graphitic Dual-Ion Battery
Aluminum-based batteries are a promising candidate for next-generation batteries due to their high theoretical capacity, cost-effectiveness, and environmentally friendly features.
DIGIT − Sustainable Digital Transformation
The projects overall objective is that companies in the region can use the opportunities that AI, IoT and data-driven development bring to strengthen competitiveness and develop sustainable product...
Digital banking and finance
Digital banking and finance are revolutionizing the way individuals and businesses manage their financial transactions.
Digital Database of National Tests
This project aims to create a searchable digital database comprised of old national tests (pupils’ answers and teachers’ comments included) for boosting professional competences in terms of...
Digitalization, measurability and value realisation
This project aims at how we can better explain and show how investments in digitization actually provide the values expressed in strategy and vision documents, but also create an understanding of...
DigiTube - Digitized in-line measurement and analysis of surface defects on tubes
The aim of the project is to identify surface defects in tube manufacturing with relevant data from surface measurements with machine vision systems and developed AI-based method for data managemen...
'Doing' household preparedness: A critical approach to preparedness discourses and practices
This research project examines constructions of household preparedness. From an intersectional perspective, we investigate how class, gender, gender and functionality interact with preparedness...
DRIVEN - Expert Competence for Data-Driven Industrial Transformation
In the DRIVEN project, Mittuniversitetet together with 23 companies and organizations will develop new courses adapted to the needs of data-driven development in various industries. In the four-yea...
Election survey Sami elections 2021: continuity and change
A project where the Sami election is studied on the basis of factors such as turnout, political confidence, the composition of the parties voters, opinions on various issues and media habits.
Embedded Deep Learning Systems -EDGY
In the current stage of the industrial evolution, automation has become a key component for industries to thrive, and at the core of it we have Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a driving force.
Emission measurement of construction machines through IoT-based activity mapping
This project wil enable the development of IoT-based solutions in construction machinery with the aim of reducing and making visible CO2 emissions in planning, procurement and accounting.
Enhancing Entrepreneurship in Rural Areas through Local Food Systems
Local Food Systems (LFS) are growing in popularity worldwide, despite their relatively low proportion of total agricultural output. Research demonstrates that LFSs directly contribute to regional...
Environmental reporting across boundaries of the North
The climate has emerged as one of the most important global news issues. News media strengthen their environmental coverage, but so far limited scholarly attention has focused on how journalists vi...
European Education Policy Network
The European Education Policy Network on Teachers and School Leaders is a Europe-wide network of relevant organisations to promote co-operation, policy development and implementation at different...
Everyday Violence: Understanding and preventing victimisation and practices of violence among young people
Research has shown that young people are exposed to violence in a variety of different arenas, including their homes, school, in public and online. This project therefore aims to examine violence...
ExpoFiber - exposure of detailed quality information from fiber distribution data
We apply modern visualization and analysis methods to individual wood fiber properties in the pulping process, to control the process toward more consistent product quality and a more energy-effici...
Fast Frequency Reserve from Hydropower
Renewable energy increases the need for better frequency reserve in the power grid. Hydropower has the potential to be able to compensate for fluctuations in the grid. Within this project, new...
Feeling safe – digital tools in homecare
The purpose of the follow-up research of the pilot project is to evaluate the citizen, relatives' experience of safety, participation, confidence in self-being, health and activity before/after...
Feeling safe – homecoming from hospital care to homecare
The purpose of the research of team collaboration during homecoming from hospital care to homecare is to evaluate the person and their relatives' experience of safety, continuity and accessibility,...
Fire history in Horten
In a future nature reserve on the border between Västernorrland and Jämtland County, there is a pine-dominated forest that has clear traces of historical fires. In order to learn more about the are...
Foodtech - fermentation of forest materials for future food
In this research project we aim to study fermentation of forest residues for future food and feed.
Forced migration, older refugees and displacement: Implications for social work as a human rights profession
This project explores the conditions of globally displaced older refugees and outlines the implications for social work as a human rights profession.
Fostering sustainable behaviours though performing arts
This project is the opening of a long-term collaboration between Mid Sweden University, Malmö Theatre Academy and other actors whose purpose is to examine performing arts methods that can foster mo...
Functional green infrastructure in boreal forest landscapes – the role of fragmentation in time and space for wood living fungi
It is not only the quality of individual forest stand that influence where species occur. If suitable habitats occur within short distance it increases the chance for species to remain at landscape...
Functional teaching materials i mathematics: How the interplay between different semiotic resources can support students' learning of mathematical concepts
The purpose of this project is to clarify how the design of teaching materials, regarding the interaction between different modes, such as language, symbols, images and animations, can support...
Future Welfare: Healthcare and School
The program's goal is to pave the way for a larger project, aiming to develop a strong research environment, which in connection with high-quality education can secure competence and skills in the...
FUTURESILIENCE
The FUTURESILIENCE project (Creating future societal resilience through innovative, science-based co-creation labs) aims to strengthen European economic and social resilience through an enhanced...
Gaming4Coding
Gaming4Coding is an Erasmus-projekt with the aim of developing a game where K-12 students should learn how to program in Python. At the same time as the game must be joyful to play, it should be a...
Gatekeepers of the Undesired
In this project, we contribute with a knowledge and a research overview in the realm of how housing policy is exploited at the local level to restrict the settlement of vulnerable groups in general...
GDPR and the visual communication in public administration
This preliminary study will examine image content in public municipal administration and to understand how GDPR & Schrems II-case may have affected its content.
Ghosts of Violence Past: Exploring the haunting effects of violence narratives in cultural texts
Recent research has shown that the effects of violence may linger in spaces and texts, ‘haunting’ them. This project aims to explore such haunting effects of violence narratives in cultural texts i...
Google Maps for Tourism Monitoring and Analytics: The Case of Cultural Tourism, Sweden
With over 1 billion active users, Google Maps ranges among the most popular web-portals for travel information search. This project aims to monitor the fragmented cultural tourism offer and to...
HAND in HAND
Projektets huvudbudskap: Alla unga människor ska ges samma möjlighet att delta i, och kunna tillägna sig, en inkluderande undervisning med hög kvalitet.
High Efficiency High Performance 48 V Drive System for Future EV
Electric powertrains are well underway to replace internal combustion engines and become mainstream in the automotive industry. So far, they mostly operate at voltages of 300–800 V.
Historians and archives: historical science and archive theory in Sweden 1880–2020
Sweden has a long tradition of documenting, registering and archiving, something that historians benefit from. This project examines how the archives change as conditions change and the archivists'...
Hybrid work environments with cohesion and flexibility, without being boundless – sustainable work on equal terms
As teleworking is favorable for the climate and health, as well as the dissemination of skills and competence, many employees and organizations wish to continue with the hybrid work model even afte...
HydroSense
In this project, we want to develop technologies for sensors, measuring systems and IoT solutions for monitoring in the production and use of hydrogen to provide greater security.
Immersive Simulation: A Resource for Increased Crisis Management Capacity
The purpose of this project is to strengthen businesses’ and government agencies’ crisis management capacity by providing access to the RCR Simulation Lab simulation and visualization environment.
ImSpec - Multiple energy band imaging spectroscopy for material and object classification
The central problem area that we want to address in this project is how to combine different spectroscopic methods, merge 2D imaging spectral data and use AI for fast and accurate recognition of...
In2track3 – detection of various pollutants on rails
In collaboration with Luleå University of Technology, Mid Sweden University and STC will design a prototype sensor for the detection of various pollutants on rails over the cross-section of the rails.
Increased safety in freediving by preventing blackout
Identifying physiological markers that can be used to predict hypoxic “blackout” in freedivers
InfoViz
This project focus is to reinforce and renew the competence in Information Visualization and Visual Analytics.
InfraVis
This project will build a new national infrastructure for visualization and analysis of scientific data. The new infrastructure will give researchers access to expertise and development of competen...
International trainee programme
Recruitment of foreign people IT skills can be a way to solve the skills shortage in the region. Mid Sweden University will therefore, together with Bron Innovation, develop a model for an...
Intimate Partner Homicide among Young People
Even though research has shown that intimate partner homicide is a serious societal issue, information about how this crime is characterised among youth is still lacking. The aim of this research...
IoT Testbäddar
I projektet "IoT Testbäddar" ska nationella testbäddar inom smart industri och smarta samhällen etableras samt en tankesmedja inom IoT med målet att öka forskning och utveckling i regionen.
Landscape management in the Wildland-Urban Interface to reduce future wildfire vulnerability for communities. What are the barriers to change?
The aim of this project is to formulate, through a socio-environmental framework, how integrated landscape management in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) can reduce communities’ vulnerability to...
Large sustainable establishments
The project aims to map prerequisites for municipalities regarding larger establishments. What consequences does it have for municipalities when establishments come to the town? What lessons can be...
Local labor market programs – Challenges of and for an inclusive labor market
In this program, we map and examine how local labor market programs can contribute to increase the inclusion on the labor market.
Local procurement for a transition to a sustainable food system
Public procurement can contribute to e.g. public health and regional development by increasing the proportion of local, sustainable food. This project is expected to answer questions about legal an...
Management through networks
This project studies the so-called River groups. The focus is on how collaboration between private and public actors functions as a tool for risk and crisis management. They also study network...
Mapping high conservation value forests in Sweden – implementation of a landscape model for green infrastructure
The probability of forest with high conservation value represents tool for landscape planning. It will be developed together with relevant stakeholders to ensure its implementation in green...
MEDIADELCOM
Critical exploration of media related risks and opportunities for deliberative communication: development scenarios of the European media landscape.
MiLo Water
Pollution in water can affect both people and society. In MiLo Water, the researchers will build on the technologies and methods developed in the previous project MiLo to be able to identify and...
Mistra Sport and Outdoors
Mistra Sport & Outdoors is a Swedish research and collaboration programme aiming to generate knowledge and solutions to increase sustainability in sport and outdoor recreation.
Modeling of ecological connectivity in the county of Norrbotten
Cooperation between the Mid Sweden University and the County Administrative Board in Norrbotten, on the development of a model for simulating ecological connectivity at the county scale.
NeoPulp
NeoPulp is a Research Profile with a vision to build a pioneering research profile in fibre behaviour during pulping and papermaking processes.
New methods for training load measument in endurance sports
There are different tools for training load measure in endurance sports. In biathlon and cross-country skiing, heart rate and duration are the two most used variables for training monitoring. Howev...
New perspectives on tourism, events and regional development(2)
This project aims to study how tourism is affecting the long-term development of the region of Jämtland in social and socio-economic terms.
NIIT - Next Generation Industrial IoT
NIIT is a new research action at Mid Sweden University. The industrial focus is the next generation IoT technology and methods supporting the transformation of the process industries. The research ...
Nordic Symposium in Hospitality and Tourism 2023
The European Tourism Research Institute (ETOUR) at Mid Sweden University, will host the 31st Nordic Symposium on Tourism and Hospitality Research on 19-21 Sep 2023. The symposium will focus on the...
Organisational development, lifelong learning, individual competence & competence provision for employers
Organizational development, Lifelong learning, Individual competence and Skills supply for Employers (OLIKA) - is about developing an innovative educational model for work-integrated lifelong...
Outdoors, Events and Social Integration
The aim of this project is to understand how outdoor recreation and events can be used as drivers for social integration of immigrants in Östersund.
People, measures and resilience: New ways to study risk communication, responsibility and preparedness
In this project we study the heterogeneous population's knowledge, willingness and conditions to communicate and deal with major societal disturbances.
Perspectives on Accessibility - The relationships between infrastructure and regional development
The purpose of the study is to investigate the relationships between the transport system (including all modes of transport and infrastructure) and regional development with a special focus on...
PLENOPTIMA – Plenoptic Imaging
Plenoptima is European collaboration with researchers and partner organisations in an innovative training network. The aim is to develop a cross-disciplinary approach to plenoptic imaging.
Political Literatures
Political Literatures is an interdisciplinary research network founded by academics based in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences in early 2020.
Political parties and school visits
In the project, researchers collaborate with school representatives to study political representatives' school visits. A survey is developed to assess the situation in Jämtland Härjedalen and...
Political Parties and their Leaders: Power and Selection in Comparative Perspective (PartLead)
Our goal in this project is to develop an analytical framework for assessing how a party's selection procedures define what it wants from its leader. The framework emphasises not just what should...
Polygenetic risk for anxiety
This projects will determine whether polygenetic risk for anxiety influences gene-expression in blood and brain function following stress.
Popular Culture Tourism
PopCulTour is a research project that focuses on how value is created in popular (pop) culture tourism, i.e. tourism induced by for example film, television and literature. The research project...
Preparing for childbirth in Virtual Reality
Many pregnant women experience some degree of fear or worry when thinking of the upcoming childbirth. In this project, we talk to women with fear of childbirth and healthcare professionals about...
Pressure – IoT to reduce damage from pressure ulcers
Pressure ulcers create suffering and high costs in society. In the research project “Pressure - IoT to reduce injuries from pressure ulcers”, the goal is to develop a cheap and robust IoT-based...
Procurement of ’digitalization’ in Social Services – an analysis of barriers for value creation
We constantly see high hopes linked to the digitalization of the public sector, while as many as 87.5% of digitalization initiatives fail. This project therefore focuses on procurement processes...
Promote attendance - Prevent absence
The project aims for teachers, principals and other school staff at two pilot schools and the municipality's other schools to develop methods and routines regarding preventing, detecting and...
Public affairs in Sweden
The project explores public affairs and lobbying in a Swedish context.
Quality assurance of a new steering model for Östersund Municipality: A question of sustainability and long-term planning
Governance models provide direction and set conditions for the delivery of goods and services to citizens. This project aims to validate the quality of a new process-oriented steering model in...
Rapids and backwaters
This project will explore how digitization has affected value generation for arts and culture. It will examine how regulation, copyright and cultural policy have adapted to the digital production a...
Relations are vital: A Spatio-Relational Understanding of Civil Society´s Work to Support Refugees
In this thesis, the aim is to create a broader understanding of the meaning of relationships and their impact on (non-)collaborative work in civil society. Civil society as a concept is used broadl...
Remote sensing and data fusion integration for Industrial logistics in Rural Areas with 6G - ENSURE-6G
The project's objective is to create data-driven automation solutions enabled by robust wireless connectivity, and attract talents to this region by creating the North-Nordic inter-regional ICT Bel...
Smart Industry Sweden
Within Smart Industry Sweden, five Swedish universities are gathering cutting-edge expertise in the field of smart industry. The graduate school wants to create a cohesive group of industrial...
Resilience in Sweden: Governance, Social Networks and Learning (RISE)
The overall purpose of this project is to contribute to a resilient society through an in-depth and nuanced understanding of the contextual and underlying factors that create, maintain, break down,...
Robust wireless infrastructure for remotely controlled timber management
This project focuses on the challenges of 5G connectivity and communication to remotely control timber loaders at timber terminals. The terminals are often isolated and have a demanding environment...
Ruralscapes - A research agenda into community led and sustainable local development in the cultural and creative industries
The purpose of Ruralscapes is to contribute to policy support, business development, and research within the intersection of tourism and cultural and creative industries.
SAHA
Development and evalutation of internet-based methods for assessment and treatment of mental ill-health among refugees. A research collaboration with LiU and KI.
Saving the countryside: how, what and by whom? Mobilising identities and aesthetics of conflicted space
Using the notion of the rural as a conflicted space, this project aims to expand and pluralise rural life and the image of the countryside in a way that can strengthen the ability of regions and...
SECRA – Strengthening University-Enterprise Collaboration for Resilient Communities in Asia
The overarching aim of SECRA is to contribute to more resilient communities in Asia through institutionalized, systematic, monitored, innovative, and inclusive university enterprise collaboration i...
Sio Grafen
Additive Manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D printing, is a rapidly growing manufacturing method. To make more advanced products, new materials are needed. In this project, we will develop an...
Small businesses and Covid-19 - leaders' lessons for future crises
The aim is to investigate how small businesses in Europe during the Corona crisis handled government support and issues related to work environment, health, rehabilitation and work/family balance....
STORE - Electrical energy storage
Society is transitioning from fossil energy to green alternatives. As a result, the need to store energy from, for example, solar panels, wind power and electric cars is increasing. This project ai...
Strategic climate communication
The project will produce new knowledge about how climate strategies and goals can best be communicated at local level in municipalities and implemented in practice.
Strategic communication in public administration
The project concerns strategic communication in public administration in a Swedish context.
Strategies for increased reading motivation among students in K-6
This research- and development project aims to develop and try methods, tools, and strategies to increase students' interest in reading. The project is carried out in collaboration with staff at Bö...
Striving for magnet standard in nursing homes – a pilot project
The purpose of this project is to identify, describe, test, and evaluate how nursing homes and community health care can become an attractive and learning workplace that, like certified magnet...
Students' health and learning in compulsory school for pupils with intellectual disabilities and student health teams
Children and young people with intellectual disabilities are a vulnerable group and do not have the same preconditions for learning as other children. This can lead to physical, mental, social...
Study focusing on evaluation of the effects of positive behavioral support in two schools in Sundsvall's municipality.
In order to reduce problem-creating behaviors in the classroom and at school, increase academic results and create favorable conditions for study peace, a common basic view is needed among the staf...
Support during dementia
The prevalence of dementia diseases is increasing worldwide with advancing age and growing populations. In Sweden alone, which currently has a population of approximately 9 million people, there ar...
Supporting adoption of climate-smart solutions with lab-based experimental social science
The aim of this project is to stimulate adoption of climate change mitigation solutions in tourism and hospitality sector by identification and experimental testing of innovative sustainable busine...
Sustainability and additive manufacturing - a future area of strength
The project's goal is to bring together expertise in sustainable development and additive manufacturing so that Mid Sweden University can add important knowledge to the area and position itself as ...
Sustainable and innovative cellulose-based materials and products (SusChemCell)
The project is based on innovative and environmentally friendly chemistry engineering for the treatment of wood and cellulose that enables the creation of sustainable products and innovations of th...
SUSTAINGOV
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SYNERGIES: Enhancing the sustainable integration of wood biomass production with other ecosystem services
The aim of the project is to enhance the sustainable production of wood biomass, interlinking current research efforts started in partnering Nordic and Baltic countries.
Teachers and Dyslexia
The project aims at understanding different types of knowledge teachers (including university lecturers, in-service and pre-service teachers) have about dyslexia i.e., knowledge, diagnosis and...
Test-bed: Roll-to-Roll coating of graphene composites
To take the step from lab scale research to demonstration of pilot production and then on to product and product development, a test-bed is needed for coating of graphene composites with large-scal...
The effect of competition class, course profile, and system mass on performance in para-nordic skiing
The project includes measurements from world championships that are analyzed using various calculation models to investigate how classification, course profile and athlete mass affect the finishing...
The Female Athlete
Healthy women of reproductive age have a natural hormonal cycle, the menstrual cycle; they can also become pregnant and give birth. This affects sport in various ways. The project aims to improve...
The IDE project - influence, participation and empowerment for young people with intellectual disabilities
Young people with intellecutal disabilities (ID) have poorer conditions for good health, participation in society and influencing their lives. How can participation and influence for young people...
The impact of the rifle while skiing in biathlon
How does the rifle affect the biathlete and is it possible to develop the sport-specific training in order to perform better?
The integration and evaluation of a lifestyle program to persons with mental illness
The program that is used in this project has been designed based on the studies of two dissertations. This has provided a person-centered lifestyle program in group for persons with mental illness...
The news media, online disinformation and democracy in this digital era
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Together for increased school attendance
This is a project in collaboration with Ånge municipality in accordance with the collaboration agreement. The project aims to promote school attendance and prevent school absenteeism.
Total defence and volunteers in the Region Jämtland Härjedalen
The purpose is to look at volunteers for the Total defense concept, especially regarding volunteers and drones.
Tourism Enclaves
In this research, we discuss and overview the nature and basic ideas related to enclaves and enclavisation processes in tourism development and tourist consumption.
Transforming cities and towns to sustainable food systems through urban gardening
This research project focuses on barriers and possibilities for increased community gardening in small and medium-sized towns in Sweden. We particularly explore the potential of using community...
VEM - Effective and efficient impact assessment in transport planning
The research project 'Effective and efficient impact assessment in transport planning' (VEM) is a transdisciplinary project.
Ventos Terrae: Recognising conflict -potential and –resolution efficiency in windpower
The aim of the project is to develop a tool for an improved interaction between various groups in planning and design of a sustainable wind power development.
WELDVISI - Visualization of the welding process for cognitive support
The project aims to create a prototype of a new sensor-based support system with cognitive feedback to the operator in real time. Physical data shall be recorded via sensors in a handheld tool and...
What about the boys? An action study focusing on boys' school results in St Olof's school.
The specific purpose of the project is to increase the merit values of of boys in particular, at the selected school and to give the teachers an increased didactic competence improve teaching for...
Wind power establishments and experience values in nature areas: holistic perspective and assessment tools
This project will enhance research methods and strategies for transparent and balanced decision-making in the development of wind power establishments. The focus will be on the juncture between win...
Work without jobs: A study of gig economy workers' existence
The project will provide empirically grounded knowledge about gig economy work and workers in Sweden. The overall purpose is to contribute to the development of strategies and policies to facilitat...
Working conditions and conditional work — critical studies of organizational conditions for reduced fragmentation of academic work, AVA
The project will highlight how fragmentation of academic work is controlled in documents and processes and how it is perceived in different subjects within the university, and based on it provide...
Sustainability in Mid Sweden University everyday life – HIMUV
With this project, we want to increase knowledge of sustainable development among all university employees and thereby give them the opportunity to contribute to Mid Sweden University becoming an...