Duvkom - Digitization of the education system in the municipalities
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Research Projects
At the University, there are a range of research projects in a variety of topics.
Ongoing Research Projects
Gender equality integrated administration
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The museum - a didactic room
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Accessible and Inclusive Nature-Based Tourism: Promising Practices of Universal Design in Sweden
The purpose of this project is to determine the level of access to different types of Swedish recreational outdoor environments (e.g., mountainous and forested areas, winter- and summer destination...
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...
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...
AI Competence
The project will increase knowledge, recruit and build competence in Artificial Intelligence in Västernorrland and Jämtland / Härjedalen through targeted recruitment efforts to Mid Sweden Universit...
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...
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.
AMPeRe
The AMPeRE Project, Industrialization of Additive Manufacturing, through multi-purpose post-PRocEssing, is a business-driven initiative focusing on post-processing, specifically for powder bed fusi...
Antenna systems for smart wells
The project aims to jointly design a smart and energy-efficient sensor system to observe water level in wells. The focus is to design an antenna solution that is easy to integrate in manufacturing...
At the fringes of crisis management: Informal aspects of crisis management
This PhD project studies crisis management from a practice theory perspective to capture informal aspects of crisis management.
Athlete monitoring in elite cross-country skiing: monitoring training and health to improve performance
Athlete monitoring can be the key to success. It can show how the body responds to exercise, what works and what does not.
Augmented Sports
Sports are constantly evolving and impose new demands on equipment and technology while creating opportunities to develop new sustainable products and services.
Being pregnant during the corona pandemic
Many have seen great changes in their everyday lives during the ongoing pandemic, and changes in maternal health care routines are of particular importance for pregnant women and their partners. Th...
BioChemCat - Integration of chemical catalysis with industrial biotechnology for biomass utilization
In our project, new innovative renewable products from the Swedish forest are being developed in a green, modern and sustainable way.
Biomore
This project creates, synthesizes, and disseminates new knowledge for society, academia, and industry on how increased biomass demands can be met while improving the overall land use sustainability.
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...
BIOTOUR
The European Tourism Research Institute (ETOUR) at Mid-Sweden University is a partner of the BIOTOUR project led by Prof. Peter Fredman at Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU).
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...
Cello
The research group in Surface and Colloid Engineering has received funding for the research project Cello. The research is funded from Vetenskapsrådet.
Sustainable solutions for cross-border events
This pilot project aims to strengthen the networking and knowledge exchange between Mid Sweden University and Nord University. The project partners will work on creating the preconditions for the...
Custody transfer of children in foster care
Discourses and dilemmas in the social services investigations. The ambition is to contribute with a norm-critical perspective and, through this, method development in the social services' work with...
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...
De-normalizing harassment and (threats of) violence in the hospitality workplace
The overall purpose of this project is to identify and analyze the strategies employed in order to prevent and deal with sexual and racist harassment and (threats of) violence in the Swedish...
Developing a conceptual understanding in mathematics
The purpose of the project is to develop a better understanding of what a conceptual understanding entails, and to use this understanding to develop principles for teaching and for students’...
DIGIKON –information values in bankruptcy administration
Corporate bankruptcies are generally associated with large losses and societal costs In the event of bankruptcy, large amounts of information are lost that so far have not been able to be valued in...
Digital solution to a digital problem – Can mobile filming be used as a method to counter harassment online?
The purpose is to develop a material through a visual method for social change, based on young people's experiences of harassment on social media (as victims and/or perpetrators), ie a method to...
Digital textbooks in practice
The study focuses on students' learning and motivation in science education and mathematics teaching with the aim to find critical factors for successful teaching with digital teaching aids. Both...
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...
DRIVE
Rapid structural transformation takes place in green transports and the growth rate is very high in the green energy sector. To meet tomorrow's demands for green energy and green transport, we are...
EcoMat - Ecofriendly sustainable strong materials
The aim of the project is to develop knowledge on how to modify paper manufacturing and pulp manufacturing process to produce fossil-free functional packaging materials.
ECWA-NOR
The ECWA-NOR project aim to ensure the quality of our water bodys through analysis and tracking of the E.coli bacteria and eDNA.
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.
Elite performance in cross-country skiing and biathlon
Cross-country skiing and biathlon involve complex combinations of physiological, technical and mental qualities. These research projects, through collaborations with the Swedish Ski Association and...
Encountering patients in home care- nurses´ perspective.
Nurses working in home care often encounter patients with multiple diagnoses in an unpredictable environment, which may cause ethical and emotional challenges and influence nurses´ daily work. The...
Encounters with patients in forensic inpatient care
The purpose of the project is to gain a deeper understanding of encounters of patients with mental illness in forensic psychiatric care from nurses's perspective.
ENM-NSP Eco-nanocellulosic materials
This research project will focus on eco-friendly engineering on ligno and nanocellulosic materials for new sustainable products.
Entering the labor market - the social services perspective
In this study we want to identify how social services develop internal and external collaboration for partnerships to facilitate entering the labor market integration and reduced income support.
Enterprise Architecture in small municipalities
The purpose of the project is to explore the conditions for a municipality-wide work in the area of Enterprise Architecture in the municipalities of Härnösand and Timrå. The goal is for the study t...
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...
Experiences of bereavement groups – from significant others’ perspectives
Bereavement support can be provided once or at several occasions after the death of a loved one. To find persons who suffer from complicated grief can be meaningful for health care.
Extreme weather events and public support for climate change policy
Climate change is expected to lead to an increase in extreme weather events, such as heat waves, hurricanes, and extreme rainfall. I this project, we investigate how extreme weather events influenc...
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...
FoamFiber
FoamFiber will use nanocellulose-cellulose composites to replace fossil plastic products, in order to meet the major climate challenges in today's society.
Foodtech
In a sustainable world, we need to change our food industry and find alternative ways of producing, consuming and communicating food.
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.
FORIC - Forest as a Resource Industrial College
FORIC is our industrial research school for PhD students. FORIC's full name is Forest as a Resource Industrial Research College. The research school is funded by Knowledge Foundation and we coopera...
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...
Get it right from the start - methods for co-creative design
All people have the right to participate on equal terms in society, regardless of functional ability. Sweden's joint ambitions in the issue provide a clear direction for how our societies should lo...
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...
Head injuries in Swedish Ice hockey and the associated risk regulation regime
My thesis concerns risk in the form of head injuries within Swedish ice hockey and associated long-term health effects.
Hipemacell - High performance materials from cellulose fibres
This project combines state of the art scalable catalysis on cellulosic fibres with sustainable engineering.
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'...
Housing, integration, and labor
A comparison of Sweden's larger cities shows that, in segregated housing areas, income levels are lower and health risks for the residents are higher. Where you live also proves to be of great...
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...
Hyperborean
How is airway health influenced by physical activity in cold environments? This is the main question for this research project that started in 2015.
Hyperlocal media and their democratic significance
Not long ago, traditional media, also known as legacy media, were the only ones that produced journalism. This project takes a closer look at the so-called “hyperlocals”–independent media companies...
Increased quality and efficiency in healthcare chains
The overall aim of the project is to create new knowledge on how efficiency and quality in the healthcare chain can be improved with a specific focus on leadership, continuity of care, safety...
Increased safety in freediving by preventing blackout
Identifying physiological markers that can be used to predict hypoxic “blackout” in freedivers
Industrial symbiosis for competitive food production in Härnösand
The municipality of Härnösand make investments in promoting development for companies, not at least in food industry. For several years, the municipality are working on the establishment and...
InfoViz
This project focus is to reinforce and renew the competence in Information Visualization and Visual Analytics.
Investigation of heavy metals including mercury within fiber banks of Västernorrland by using X-ray fluorescence (XRF) technique to improve environmental safety precautions/ foot print
The aim of this project is to investigate the presence of inorganic pollutants in the fiber bank areas of SCA Östrand, Sweden. The objective is to determine the concentration of mercury (Hg) and...
IoT for Smart snow removal
Snow removal costs Sweden's municipalities about 1.5 billion per year. The goal of the project is to collect data, develop analysis methods and look at business development to streamline and increa...
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.
Limiting, enabling, and shaping of Civil society organisations work in a Swedish context
This thesis aims to analyze how civil society organizations (CSOs) work is shaped, limited, and enabled in a Swedish context. As an empirical area, it focuses on the work CSOs do to help refugees a...
Litium-ion batteries
Researchers at FSCN research centre have developed high-capacity batteries using a novel nanomaterial.
Living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) stage III or IV
Living with COPD disease stage III or IV has a major impact on a person's everyday life.
Local Immigration and Integration Policy
This book project sets out to study local migration policy in Sweden before, during, and after the European migrant crisis of 2015.
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...
MEDIADELCOM
Critical exploration of media related risks and opportunities for deliberative communication: development scenarios of the European media landscape.
Mid Sweden Craft Brewing Lab (feasibility study)
The aim of this feasibility study is to investigate the possibilities of establishing the Mid Sweden craft brewing laboratory.
MiLo — environment in the control loop
Climate change, pollution and noise have a major impact on society. In this project, researchers with new technology want to measure environmental parameters over large areas, which creates...
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.
Model for perceived value for the residents of Sundsvall
The municipality of Sundsvall has a desire to investigate how the residents of Sundsvall experience what the municipality delivers.
Motivation for learning in younger children
In recent years, the upper secondary school has reported low throughput, a high proportion of students with incomplete grades and a lack of motivation. Many actors (parents, student organizations,...
Multifunctional landscapes
This project developed new solutions for meeting increased demands of biomass for food, energy, and other biobased products, at the same time as conditions for biodiversity and multiple ecosystem...
Nanogenerators
The society of today is moving away from fossil based energy towards renewable sources.
Narratives of the modern era. Picture postcard practices in Sweden 1900–1920.
The aim of the project “Narratives of the modern era” is to study the social meanings afforded by the multi-modal postcard practice in the emerging Swedish modern society 1900–1920.
NeoPulp
A new research profile will enable new markets for fiber products from the forest and help the forest industry to broaden the use of fiber-based materials with resource-efficient processes. The...
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 ...
Norm-critical perspectives in the social work with older transgender adults
The research project examines different perspectives within the framework of social workers' treatment of older transgender adults in Sweden. Special focus is norm-critical aspects.
Nurse´s experience of encounters with people with eating disorders
The overall purpose of the project is to obtain an in-depth knowledge of nurse’s experience of encounters with people with anorexia nervosa.
Nurses and nursing students experiences from the pandemic
The corona pandemic provides a unique opportunity for researchers to explore experiences from healthcare during the ongoing pandemic. The project will follow the nurses and nursing students to...
Opportunity horizons - an experimental and exploratory collaboration between academia and culture
This collaboration project consists of a joint exploration of long-term opportunities for collaboration where we want to establish and explore conditions, frameworks and activities for collaboratio...
Pacing strategies for improved skiing performance in biathlon
The skiing speed is continuously developed in biathlon. But in which part of the course do you win against the other competitors, or where do you lose? This project aims to find out this.
Parasport and inclusive exercise
People with physical and intellectual disabilities are less likely to participate in sport activities and are less physically active than their counterparts. This project aims to investigate...
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.
Perspective on Accessibility - The Relationship Between Infrastructure and Regional Development
The purpose of the study is to investigate the relationship between the transport system (including all modes of transport and infrastructure) and regional development with a special focus on...
Planning for the impact evaluation of a crime prevention strategy
In this project, Örnsköldsvik municipality's action plan against the use of illegal drugs at a young age is evaluated.
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 humor
The PhD project of Sara Ödmark concerns the role of the professional comedian in societal debate.
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...
Possibilities and limitations in School Age Educare Centres physical learning environment
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...
Prevention of children’s disruptive and antisocial behavior: Situation analysis and evaluation of current interventions
This research project aims to find methods to counteract the trend where children are increasingly cared for by the social services in municipality of Örnsköldsvik .
Professional ambitions and organizational practices
In this project we investigate how well social workers' values, ambitions and professional ideals can be transformed into practice within the framework of various welfare organizations where social...
Public affairs in Sweden
The project explores public affairs and lobbying in a Swedish context.
Pulp & Paper Professionals
Pulp&Paper Professionals is a project that aims to advance knowledge of industrial professionals within the area of pulp and paper technology. The project started in july 2020 and runs for two year...
Putting out Fires: A Multiple Streams Analysis
What happens after we put out the (forest) fire? Are we prepared for the next one? This project will investigate whether and how crisis preparedness and management, as a policy sector at the local...
Quality in preschools
The aim of the project is to develop methods and ways of working to create consensus on what quality in preschool is and to develop the skills of preschool principals to work with systematic qualit...
Quality of life during pregnancy
Pregnant women find themselves in a specific state - a condition that is not a disease but neither a normal state for a woman's health. In this study, we examine how pregnant women experience their...
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...
REACTION
REACTION will build the first worldwide and European 8-inch SiC wafer pilot line facility for power technology. The project will re-set European competitiveness, rearranging worldwide factories...
Reduced climate footprint at winter destinations by "boosting" sustainable food choices
The project objective is to study consumer and producer choices of food in the Swedish hospitality sector and how these choices can help reduce negative climate related effects.
Remote Timber - Robust and safe systems for remote-controlled timber loaders
The work on timber terminals around Sweden will be streamlined by developing new technology for remote control of loaders. In the research project "Remote Timber", the goal is for the same operator...
Renewable packaging materials - Impregnation depth measurements for pulping industry using synchrotron
This is a project within the Treesearch collaboration. The goal is synchrotron measurement for validation of a prototype pilot for on-site sulphonation measurements.
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 entrepreneurship in times of crisis
The project RoBust aims to increase knowledge about conditions and needs for change within the tourism and small-scale artisan food industries due to societal crises. The aim is further to highligh...
Rumors
In various types of events, rumors arise because of different ambiguities. They often receive a great deal of attention in the media or in the general discussion among people. Rumors often arise as...
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.
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...
Segment
This research project contains process modelling and full-scale evaluation of new segment design in a refiner for paper industry.
Silicon-graphene electrode composite for lithium-ion batteries
In this research project we will produce upscalable electrode composite of silicon and graphene for lithium-ion batteries.
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....
Smart land use for green growth
This pre-study aims to investigate opportunities for regional stakeholders to conduct “smarter” land-use, with higher profitability and lower environmental impact, based on new technology and found...
SQMA Measurement Index
This SQMA-SIQ funded project is conducted in collaboration with researchers from Chalmers University to examine the use and effectiveness of the SIQ management index (MI) that was designed to suppo...
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...
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...
The COVID-19 pandemic and mental health
How is our mental health affected by the COVID-19 pandemic?
The diary from Kågeträsk in Västerbotten – an editing project
The aim of this editing project is to publish a peasant diary from a farm in Kågeträsk in Northern Västerbotten in a critical edition.
The Female Athlete
Healthy women of reproductive age have a natural hormonal cycle known as the menstrual cycle (MC). The MC affects female athletes in a variety of ways and this project aims to improve the applicati...
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 power grid of the future
The project is about developing different methods to manage the consequences that arise with increased expansion of renewable energy in electricity grids.
The Skiers Metabolome Project
This exploratory research project aims to identify novel biomarkers of health and performance among elite cross-country skiers.
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.
Tourism in Contested Space
This project focuses on the role of tourism in the highly contested Israeli-Palestinian context.
Veteranisation of pine - active management to create lost key elements for biodiversity in boreal forests
In this project we develop restoration methods to create ecologically important dead wood structures that are now very scarce in managed pine forests.
VRoom – Virtual reality as a door opener
Virtual reality (VR) can create the opportunity to take part in experiences outside of what is possible in physical reality. The world's highest roller coaster can be experienced without a trip to...
WAYA
Developing of a program regarding rest and outdoor recreation as a support to health and well-being of young cancer survivors.
What About Teachers´ Shortage
Many countries in Europe suffer from the same problem when it comes to lack of qualified teachers. To handle the situation, a new network is now being created, funded by the Swedish Research Counci...
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...
Youth and organized politics - a member study of the Swedish parliamentary parties' youth associations
This project examines the political parties youth organizations' and their role as a way into politics, something that has not been studied to any great extent. In this project, we intend to reduce...