Seed projects on SUN

This one-year interdisciplinary seed project explores the development and social acceptance of seaweed-based packaging materials as a sustainable alternative to single-use conventional plastic.

Raw materials are one crux in the current efforts to address the issue of climate change. On the one hand, critical raw materials (CRMs) are central to move towards a low-emission and green economy.

The BRILiANT project aims to find a sustainable, biotechnology-based way to recover lithium from mining wastewater using salt-tolerant marine microalgae. As the demand for lithium grows for batteries and energy storage, there is a strong need for greener alternatives to traditional mining.

This interdisciplinary project investigates how political beliefs and value shifts influence policy change in Sweden’s energy sector— a key domain in the green transition.

This project aims to develop a proof-of-concept for a climate-adaptive forestry model that integrates Continuous Cover Forestry and Mixed Forestry with autonomous biomass collection and valorization of forest residues through a biorefinery concept.

To support sustainable development, two divisions with complementary expertise in biomass processing and battery technology (Energy Engineering) as well as mineral development (Applied Geochemistry) will collaborate to evaluate the feasibility, challenges, and potential of using biomass-derived elec...

The green transition is fundamentally reshaping industrial towns and communities, yet the social and cultural dimensions of this transformation remain underexplored.

Mine2Learn is a digital educational initiative focused on the full-scale implementation of a gamified e-learning platform that promotes holistic and sustainability-oriented education about the mineral value chain.