(S)VINN – Designing away waste
In summary, this research project focuses on 1) investigating people's perceptions about waste and how it is managed, and 2) to reduce waste for preventive purposes before it even arises.
Research Projects
At the University, there are a range of research projects in a variety of topics.
Ongoing Research Projects at STC
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
Archival Respositories in Härnösand
At Saltvik in Härnösand, the Swedish Tac agency will establish a new archival repository. Together with the municipality of Härnösand, a pilot research study is initiated to identify the...
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.
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...
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.
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 and Innovation Development for Enterprises (BID4E)
BID4E will specifically target SME entrepreneurs who seek to transform their business models by building competences towards utilizing digitalization and, by doing so, aim to exploit international...
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...
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.
Cultural and creative industries – local and regional development perspectives
This purpose of this project is to study the cultural and creative industries and how this sector creates opportunities for regional and local development.
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...
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...
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 Tools in English Language Teaching and Learning
This project within English Linguistics seeks to collate information about digital tools and provide examples of how they can be used as effective devices for English language teaching and learning...
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...
Dimensions of e-participation: A review of the literature and current practices in the Swedish digital government
The purpose of this project is to generate a critical overview of tools for digital participation in the public sector.
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...
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.
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.
Enhancing Entrepreneurship in Rural Areas through Local Food Systems
Despite their relatively low proportion of total agricultural output, Local Food Systems (LFS) are growing in popularity worldwide. Research demonstrates that LFSs directly contribute to regional...
ENM-NSP Eco-nanocellulosic materials
This research project will focus on eco-friendly engineering on ligno and nanocellulosic materials for new sustainable products.
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...
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...
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...
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 - 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...
FRAMGRAF II
Within project FRAMGRAF II, the goal is to demonstrate a technology for graphene coating of stainless steel powder for additive manufacturing of components with improved mechanical and tribological...
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...
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...
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.
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 Emergency Operation Center
Covid-19 has forced Swedish emergency responders to work remotely using the Internet. But how should this work be conducted if the Internet or electricity is disrupted?
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.
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...
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
Information driven Forest Industry - prestudy
This prestudy will bring together forest industry actors in industry, network actors and academia in order to develop a strategic initiative that will accelerate the use of AI-based information to...
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...
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.
Light field as an enabler of multi-view surveillance and photographic VR
This project aims to investigate a compression method that considers the perceived visual quality at necessary processing speeds for consumer industrial application such as multi-view surveillance,...
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.
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.
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.
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...
Mathematical problems for conceptual understanding
The overall aim of this project is to contribute to the development of mathematics teaching in upper secondary school. The project focuses on the design of mathematical problems, and how various...
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.
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...
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
NeoPulp is a Research Profile with a vision to build a pioneering research profile in fibre behaviour during pulping and papermaking processes.
New perspectives on tourism, events and regional development
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 ...
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.
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...
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.
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.
Performing Interspaces: Social Fluidities in Contemporary Theatre
Drawing on theatre studies, sociology and geography, the book delivers the transdisciplinary perspective needed to evidence the significance of performance for society and community at a time when,...
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...
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.
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 .
Public affairs in Sweden
The project explores public affairs and lobbying in a Swedish context.
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...
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...
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 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...
Rural resilience: Ethnographic perspectives on voluntary practices in rural Norrland
The aim of this three-year ethnographic project is to study the concrete practices and emic understandings of rural voluntary practices in Swedish Norrland.
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...
Students' health and learning in special school 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...
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 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 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.
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...
Transgressing occupational choices
How do young people look upon the choices they have regarding their future working life? Does it differ between Sweden and Norway and between men and women?
Trust-based governing within social services
The study focus on how trust-based governing plays out in an organisation as well as how a digital social media platform can be utilized for organisational learning.
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.
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...
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...