At the University, there are a range of research projects in a variety of topics.
Sectors such as manufacturing, transport, and energy, face challenges related to inefficiency, high emissions, and vulnerability to price fluctuations in the energy market. These companies need too...
This research project examines constructions of household preparedness. From an intersectional perspective, we investigate how class, gender, gender and functionality interact with preparedness...
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...
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 ...
How do we perceive individuals with a foreign accent or a regional dialect? And how do these individuals experience speaking with such linguistic variation? This project seeks to answer these...
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...
The project "Accounting and Auditing Transformation" aims to address the lack of comprehensive, nuanced, and systematic reviews of activities within accounting and auditing.
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.
By investigating lung function after an exercise test in -15°C among 16–19-year-old students at Swedish ski high schools, this study will, to our knowledge, be the most comprehensive screening stud...
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...
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...
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'...
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.
The aluminum current collector is a crucial component for various types of batteries. Al foil is used as current collector for LiFePO4 cathode in Lithium-ion batteries. While LFP is a suitable...
The research project AMIR (assessment of mental health and early intervention for refugees) aims to develop and evaluate methods for assessment and intervention of mental illness among refugees.
The project aims to determine prospectively whether atopy, asthma, ventilatory and lung function and use of asthma medication are associated with exercise performance capacity among elite athletes...
The main purpose of this project is to study how social, organizational, psychological, and physical factors affect employees and management in the public sector.
The project studies visual AI-generated disinformation and journalism.
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...
Despite the potential to create significant value for municipal residents through benefit realization in digitalization, up to 90% of digital initiatives fail. This research project aims to develop...
Composting and biochar production are two sustainable ways for the valorisation and recycling of organic wastes produced in northern Sweden, which can be combined and used synergistically to reduce...
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...
This project assesses whether a body oriented intervention can help to improve social well-being in individuals affected by child maltreatment who currently suffer from symptoms of posttraumatic...
Due to the cancellation of the Winter Olympics in Sweden and Jämtland, the focus and objectives of the project have been adjusted. The aim of the project is now to explore three major events in the...
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...
The project aims to design and investigate a novel cellulose-based filter material with high particle retention and low-pressure drop based on triboelectric effect. The developed material is though...
Our network aims to understand the causes and consequences of child abuse in different cultures. The project will generate knowledge to develop interventions to improve the mental and physical...
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...
In this research project, we want to gain knowledge about children and young people who live in foster care and their relationships with their network of origin.
The project contributes to the forest being used more sustainably through circular production of polyunsaturated fat and proteins via fermentation of wood sugar from sawdust.
Project Circular Biomass 3.0 is based on the future industrialization of Norrland and focuses on research in clean environment and sustainable local food and energy production.
In the context of sparsely populated mountainous regions, the aim is to address the question: How should a Co-Working Space (CWS) be designed physically, socially, and technologically to support...
Collaboration for better work-life connections by offering mentoring, meeting places, collaboration money and strengthening existing initiatives run by other actors.
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...
We are going to study schools’ student health teams’ conditions for working with students in need of special support. The study focuses the schools’ prerequisites to develop their work based on...
The purpose of the study is to demonstrate how an innovative and collaborative function for education can be designed to strengthen regional skills provision.
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 ...
The overall aim of the project is to use the Magnet Model as a starting point to develop methodologies and working methods to increase the leaders' abilities to create a sustainable quality culture...
The project focuses on how study visits can be developed to contribute to the teaching of science and technology. The development aims to increase students' experience of feeling at home in science...
Aluminum-based batteries are a promising candidate for next-generation batteries due to their high theoretical capacity, cost-effectiveness, and environmentally friendly features.
The BFI-2 is an updated and psychometrically better personality test than the original version. In collaboration with our students and the authors of the test, we are now developing the Swedish...
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 are transforming how individuals and businesses handle their financial transactions, making them faster, more convenient, and accessible. This shift enables seamless...
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...
The research project aims to explore and understand how municipal debt counseling can effectively help households at risk of overindebtedness. The project increases our understanding of how...
This project explores whether a single session of a body oriented psychotherapeutic intervention (somatic experiencing) has a positive impact on perceived social safety.
How do we perceive emotions in others and ourselves in different languages? And how does this affect our relationships, decision-making, and the way we manage our emotions?
We want to contribute to a more equal and fairer sports movement that includes people with intellectual disabilities, movement and visual impairment.
How do home care employees act when they meet older users with suspected high consumption of alcohol? Involved municipalities and MIUN create a research-based, effective, and working model to provi...
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...
This is a project in collaboration with Härnösand municipality and Technichus Science Center with the aim to increase knowledge about gifted students, their needs and prerequisites for development...
Our project explores the dynamic interplay between heart rate, oxygen uptake and performance during endurance exercise. We aim to discover how different intensities affect the immune system,...
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...
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...
DigiNära is initiated in response to the challenges facing Swedish healthcare. There is an urgent need to streamline and make healthcare more accessible and secure, where technological development...
Feeling in your own words is a project where we inventory words and expressions related to emotions and mental (un)health.
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...
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,...
This study examines how landlords, social services, and the Enforcement Authority collaborate during the eviction process in Östersund. Through 12-15 semi-structured interviews, including 8-10 with...
Bioremediation by composting offers a sustainable nature-based solution to remediate polluted fiberbanks sediments, converting them into a safer and stable product for reuse as a soil amendment or...
This project explores the conditions of globally displaced older refugees and outlines the implications for social work as a human rights profession.
The project "From current to new location: Attractiveness as a basis for regional development" aims to study factors that affect the attractiveness of places and thus give the municipality improved...
The project "From current to new location: Attractiveness as a basis for regional development" aims to study factors that affect the attractiveness of places and thus give the municipality improved...
The project "From current to new location: Attractiveness as a basis for regional development" aims to study factors that affect the attractiveness of places and thus give the municipality improved...
The project "The Urban Vision as a Starting Point for Attractiveness" aims to contribute to regional development by identifying obstacles and opportunities for skills supply.
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...
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...
The project aims at developing and improving team-based methods and ways of working to create functional teams and a sustainable quality culture in collaboration with the municipality of Sundsvall.
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...
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...
At Mid Sweden University, a research project is underway where buildings in rural areas will be highlighted through good examples. The aim is to share sustainable adaptations of buildings to spread...
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...
The goal is to create opportunities to analyse and develop through a long-term investment in a joint graduate school in two phases. deeper knowledge and new ways of working around the digitalisatio...
The project, which has been granted just over SEK 10 million, will last until 2026 and aims to contribute to regional and local development, by developing and improving research and innovation...
The main goal for this project is to strengthen the development and innovation capacity of small and medium-sized forest companies and networks. The project also aims to promote sustainable...
This project focuses on special healthcare leadership teams (SSL) and what happens if/when the organization of SLL is conducted through hybrid solutions due to societal disruptions.
This project investigates performance and well-being when hybrid work is scheduled in a 3:2 model with office sharing between two organizations. The employees have access to office premises three o...
The project examines whether it is possible to take water from a watercourseand use surplus heat from hydrogen production to heat up the water, thereby killing the crayfish plague spores, and thus...
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.
The aim of the project is to get an understanding of outdoor events values as recreational and tourism arenas to build up social networks, bonding and bridging different groups of communities, and...
IMMERSE aims to transform remote operations with technologies for augmented and immersive experiences, targeting the Aurora region's challenges and skills shortages. Its goal is to improve the acce...
IMPHET is a strategic investment in Västernorrland that aims to strengthen the research and development of advanced materials and manufacturing processes for sustainable energy applications.
The aim of the project is to develop the teaching of science subjects in comprehensive school so that pupils' interest in science can be maintained and developed.
The project aims to establish a new national infrastructure for the visualization and analysis of scientific data. This new infrastructure will provide researchers with access to expertise and...
This project aims to identify, experimentally test, and promote the adoption of sustainability-oriented guiding practices at cultural heritage sites. The project is empirically grounded in the...
IRS TransTech will focus on international collaborative research projects that, in addition to solving specific research questions, will increase knowledge on industrial transformation, especially ...
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...
LEGITIPREP is a three-year project that aims to increase knowledge about legitimacy in crisis areas and how trust in the authorities is affected by it.
The project "Lifelong learning and organisational development" is a continuation of the now completed project Industry Development in Banking and Insurance through Flexible Lifelong Learning (BUFFL...
The aim of this project is to broaden the scope of competence, to see possibilities across borders, and not let preconceptions limit the view. We study: (1) how employers conceive of competence, wh...
In this program, we map and examine how local labor market programs can contribute to increase the inclusion on the labor market.
The overall vision of LoLiPoP IoT is to develop Energy Harvesting/micro-power management solutions for Wireless IoT edge devices that enable long battery life sensors to be retrofitted on, in or ne...
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...
The purpose of this project is to clarify how mathematical problems can be designed to support high-achieving students' development of the various mathematical competencies that constitute...
The project contributes to a deeper understanding of which mathematical knowledge can be visualized through diagnostic tests. Mathematics diagnostics are common, but little is known of the...
Development of improved CTMP with even sulfonate distribution at fiber level using new XRF analysis.
A new XRF analysis develops high yield pulp with even sulfonate distribution at fiber level for improved renewable packaging.
Mistra Sport & Outdoors is a Swedish research and collaboration programme aiming to generate knowledge and solutions to increase sustainability in sport and outdoor recreation.
The electrically insulating properties of cellulose are already used in transformers today. The same properties can also be used in a new invention: the triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG). In a TEN...
The main objective of the research school is therefore to increase competence and capacity for research on the development, implementation, and dissemination of digital health technology solutions.
NeoPulp is a Research Profile with a vision to build a pioneering research profile in fibre behaviour during pulping and papermaking processes.
We want to investigate which working conditions are required for doctors and nurses to perceive their workplace as attractive.
Additive Manufacturing (AM) offer attractive possibilities for design optimization and production of limited series of components. These aspects fit perfectly some industrial and economical sectors...
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 ...
The overall purpose of the project is to obtain an in-depth knowledge of nurse’s experience of encounters with people with anorexia nervosa.
In recent years municipalities in Sweden, as well as internationally, have installed public outdoor gyms, in order to encourage its inhabitants to an active and healthy lifestyle.
The aim of Östersund CCI is to increase knowledge about conditions under which cultural and creative industries (CCI) can lead to place development, mainly in the peripheral areas of Europe, but al...
In this project we study the heterogeneous population's knowledge, willingness and conditions to communicate and deal with major societal disturbances.
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...
Physical activity is of importance for people's health. The implementation of physical activity on prescription (PAP) has been ongoing for 20 years. Yet, significant disparities exist among the...
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 is an interdisciplinary research network founded by academics based in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences in early 2020.
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...
School Age Educare Centres [SAEC] are included in the Swedish Educational System and are predominantly locally integrated within the school. The purpose of the project is to investigate possibiliti...
The overall purpose of the feasibility study is to identify factors and map the conditions for how an attractive new residential area can be created in Söråker in Timrå municipality.
Each year, approximately 115,000 children are born in Sweden, and about one in five pregnant women experience childbirth-related worry or fear. In this project, we validate a questionnaire assessin...
A salutogenic perspective in working life aims to create a balance between the individual's abilities and the demands made from the employer. We investigate how employees experience their own...
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...
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...
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...
Our project aims to deepen the understanding of Impostor Phenomenon (IP) by validating the Clance Impostor Phenomenon Scale (CIPS) in a Swedish context and developing ACT-based interventions, both...
The purpose of this project is to contribute with knowledge of how to improve pass rate for mathematics courses at engineering programs. Pass rate for mathematics courses is a problem that is...
Can tourist taxes and other fees make it possible to reinvest tourism revenues in host communities, to protect nature, finance maintenance, and strengthen local culture and economy?
The aim of the project is to promote accessible and regenerative tourism and to enhance the well-being of entrepreneurs in the project area by building networks and clusters, developing courses,...
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...
The research project aims to study how COVID-19 challenged the Nordic countries' crisis management systems and, through lessons, promote the development of crisis management in the Nordic countries...
Giving birth is a major life event, often in the most positive regard. Sadly, some have a traumatic birth experience instead. In this project, we are developing and evaluating a multidisciplinary...
RIDE is a research environment with expertise in digitalization, politics and public administration that collaborates on analyses and theory development on inclusion, diversity and competencies for...
With the entry into government of right-wing populist parties, issues of democratic backsliding are actualized, especially in relation to communicative and media landscaping. We examine communicati...
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...
During crises, rumors and unconfirmed information are common, as there is usually a lack of information, especially at the beginning of an event. This project deals with concerns and rumors during...
The project aims to enhance safety at worksites and prevent workforce-related accidents by proposing a workforce location management system that detects people, vehicles, assets, and potential...
Maintenance of winter roads and airports requires large amounts of expensive and environmentally harmful chemicals. SENAVIS will conduct research in sensor technology for optical measurement of the...
Sexual health and freedom from violence among young people are the goals of a regional initiative to implement the SEXIT (SEXual Identification Tool) within the Student Health Services at the...
The project aims to create collaborative arenas for the exchange of experience around a way of working with labor market inclusion called Beskæftigelses Indikator Projektet (BIP).
The project concerns strategic communication in public administration in a Swedish context.
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...
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...
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...
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...
To foster sustainable urban development, Sundsvall Municipality, in collaboration with Mid Sweden University, is pioneering in nature-based and climate-neutral solutions for the remediation of...
Sundsvall CCI is a project aiming towards producing knowledge around the value of the the cultural and creative industries for place development, particularly in peripheral European regions and in...
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...
This research project focuses on optimizing the sulfonation process in CTMP to enhance fiber bonding and sustainability. By using advanced synchrotron-based X-ray fluorescence, it aims to refine...
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.
The purpose of the project is to increase knowledge and the ability to forecast how investments in the transport system affect regional development in the short and long term for different location...
Social service dogs as a resource in municipal operations, how does it work?
that examined various ways of measuring training load during endurance training in ski high school students.
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...
How does the rifle affect the biathlete and is it possible to develop the sport-specific training in order to perform better?
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...
This project aims to compile and analyze experiences – in the form of a knowledge bank – from the Integration Network of Västernorrland during the period 1985-2024. The analysis will serve as the...
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Through innovation, economic calculations and service design, the project aims to investigate, describe and follow further development of the team’s working methods at nursing homes for elderly...
Focusing on the crucial yet overlooked role of coworkers in achieving organizational sustainability, this project explores the complex interplay between ambitious goals and practical implementation...
The research examines how municipalities ensure systematic quality in education from policy to the classroom. Focus includes describing the quality management model, supporting processes for...
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.
In this research, we discuss and overview the nature and basic ideas related to enclaves and enclavisation processes in tourism development and tourist consumption.
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...
More international researchers and improved opportunities for companies in the region to recruit internationally—these are a couple of the goals as Mid Sweden University launches an acceleration...
The project develops secure and robust wireless networks for remote areas in the Aurora region. Through AI and cybersecurity, reliable communication solutions are created that strengthen the...
The research project 'Effective and efficient impact assessment in transport planning' (VEM) is a transdisciplinary project.
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.
In this project we develop restoration methods to create ecologically important dead wood structures that are now very scarce in managed pine forests.
A project with focus on supporting, and promoting rest, recreation, and spending time in nature as support for health and wellbeing among young cancer survivors.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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