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On Friday 9 January, Michaela Castellanos defended her doctoral thesis "How am I Supposed to Read this Whale? Allegorical and Counter-Allegorical Strategies in Cetopoetic Narratives" at Mid Sweden University in Sundsvall.

Friday 9 January 2026

On January 13 at 13:00, Soheib Takhtardeshir will post his doctoral thesis "VAE-Driven Compression of Light Field Images through Disentangled Latent Modeling and Perceptual Quality Assessment" in Computer Engineering at the library, campus Sundsvall.

13.00–13.30

Sundsvall

SMHI has issued weather warnings in parts of the region, which affects Campus Sundsvall. The University's crisis management team is monitoring developments and checking in on the situation on an ongoing basis.

Thursday 8 January 2026

Welcome to two days highlighting the growing collaboration between Västernorrland and Trøndelag – a cross-regional effort focusing on the development of sustainable materials and chemicals, as well as the green industrial initiatives in Ånge.

21 January – 22 January

CER's PhD student Ammarah Tariq maps whether mandatory sustainability reporting increases EU companies' transparency regarding their sustainability work and the results are reported in the article "Mandatory Sustainability Reporting and the Disclosure-Performance Gap: Insights from the EU Directive"

Wednesday 7 January 2026

Welcome to a public defense of doctoral thesis in Computer Engineering with Soheib Takhtardeshir who will present his thesis "VAE-Driven Compression of Light Field Images through Disentangled Latent Modeling and Perceptual Quality Assessment ".

09.15–14.00

Sundsvall

We at the schedule function would like to remind you that we still lack schedule information for study period 4 (course periods 7 and 8).

Wednesday 7 January 2026

Welcome to Anita Atrena's dissertation on 23 January, when she defends her doctoral thesis "Breaking up the boreal: the role of forest fragmentation for wood fungi and lichens" in Biology.

10.15–13.00

Sundsvall

On January 12, at 14.00, all invoices has to be handled and fully approved by the department head.

Wednesday 7 January 2026