Articles about social innovation

Social entrepreneurship needs stronger support organizations

2021-06-18 Social entrepreneurship in Sweden has performed relatively well during the pandemic. But companies need more support from umbrella organizations and policy makers. These are the conclusions in an inte...

Social innovators in civil society – important but underfunded

2021-06-13 Sweden has a long tradition of civil society developing innovative solutions to societal challenges. But public investments in innovation go mainly to commercial actors.
– A national investment fund ...

Their research contributes to a circular food industry

2021-05-21 Researchers at Luleå University of Technology have initiated a project that aims to develop an economically sustainable business model that contributes to the circular in the food industry. For compan...

Collaboration Grants 2021- Social Innovation

2021-01-26 To stimulate and enable collaborative projects aimed at solving societal challenges, the Innovation Office is now announcing collaborative checks within the theme of social innovation.
Closed 10 Ma...

Projects in the Arctic create a cross-border platform

2020-10-29

Dialogica - an interactive conversation application in a computer game environment

2020-10-28 Dialogica is an application that is developed to help people with speech difficulties to express themselves in in-depth conversations via graphic avatars.

Innovators of the Year 2020 - for the benefit of many people

2020-10-21 The Innovator of the Year 2020 Employee of the Year award goes to Ulrika Rova, Professor of Biochemical Process Engineering. The Innovator Student of the Year award goes to David Sundvall and his brot...

He came up with his winning business idea in the shower

2020-09-17 One day three years ago, when Tommie Lögdahl was standing in the shower, it struck him how much plastic packaging that is consumed in the bathroom. "It's not sustainable," he thought, and began to pon...

WalkAbout - social interaction in 3D

2020-09-15 The goal of the WalkAbout project is to investigate opportunities to help children in vulnerable groups communicate more easily and better via computer game-like environments in 3D.

Social innovation for an inclusive working life

2020-08-19 Luleå University of Technology has conducted a study on social innovation for an inclusive working life, based on lessons learned from the European Social Fund. The study includes an overview of past ...

Large research grant for Active school transport

2020-07-02 The project Active school transport at Luleå University of Technology has been awarded a total of SEK 15.8 million. With 17 collaborative partners and funding from, among others, Vinnova, researchers ...

Want to spread old knowledge about reindeer slaughter

2020-05-20 In a new project within Interreg Sápmi, an innovative education is being developed to make small businesses in the reindeer industry more competitive and attractive.

Five projects are financed with collaboration checks

2020-03-19

Unique snow igloo was inaugurated at the university

2020-02-28 The inauguration of this year's igloo building, designed and built by students at Luleå University of Technology, attracted both students and the general public. The igloo will now be open and availab...

Research anthology on social innovation

2020-02-12 In order to provide an overview of current research on social innovation in Sweden, an anthology is written by researchers from different universities and disciplines.

Design for a sustainable future

2020-01-22 Researchers in Industrial Design at Luleå University of Technology are developing a digital service that will motivate people to make climate-smart choices in everyday life.

Unique research project on rehabilitation

2019-08-28 Maria Larsson- Lund, professor of Occupational Therapy at Luleå University of Technology, has been awarded SEK 4, 5 million from the Kamprad Family Foundation. The funds will be used for a research pr...

Innovative inclusion in the civil society working life

2019-06-13 This research project aims to increase knowledge about efforts by Swedish civil society organizations to promote an inclusive working life, in terms of social innovation. This includes new methods for...

Great interest in conference on social innovations

2019-04-25 How can we create sustainable innovations that solve societal challenges? It was the focus when 140 participants met at Luleå University of Technology during the conference Social Innovation in North ...

Awards to alumni and innovators

2018-11-07 – Studying space engineering at Luleå University of Technology is the best thing I have done. Dare to follow your dreams and your heart!, said a proud Ella Carlsson Sjöberg when she accepted the award...

Model for visualizing the value of social innovations

2018-06-29 The project develops a model to verify and visualize the social, economic and environmental value ​​that social innovations create for people, organizations and society. It is jointly developed by inn...

Collaborate to strengthen the social innovation system

2017-12-15 Luleå University of Technology is one of five Swedish universities in a new collaboration for creating a national knowledge platform for social innovation.

Social innovation at a technological university

2017-11-26 The project explores how a technological university can develop knowledge and innovation that enhances a socially sustainable society. A selection of practical examples from the university's various i...

Social innovation in Norrbotten

2017-11-26 The project Identifies and analyzes practical examples of social innovation in Norrbotten, developed by organizations, companies or public authorities. These innovations consist of new goods, services...

Social innovations that address societal challenges

2017-04-21 Malin Lindberg, Professor at Industrial design conducts research on innovations of a different kind, namely social innovations.

Place-innovative City Centers

2017-04-19 The project "Attractive city center through place-innovative synergies" aims to develop new knowledge and concepts about existing and potential synergies between place-based components, processes and ...

Transformative Innovation Support

2016-11-18 Transformative Innovation Support is a guide to support social innovations/innovators and improved social sustainability of all kinds of innovations. It can be used by all kinds of innovation promoter...

Civil society innovation

2016-10-08 Luleå University of Technology studies not-for-profit organizations' innovative solutions to societal challenges.

Social innovation in the Church of Sweden

2016-09-25 Luleå University studies social innovation in the Church of Sweden, on the local, regional and national levels. The aim is to identify and analyze examples of social innovations and their potential to...

Place Innovation in tourism

2014-12-15 The project aims to explore and develop place innovation as a theoretical and practical concept to further develop the tourism industry in northern Sweden. The project is managed in collaboration betw...

Social innovation studies

2014-12-11 Luleå University of Technology studies and supports social innovation, in terms of innovative ways to meet societal challenges and to improve people's wellbeing, inclusion and empowerment.

Gender-equal social innovation

2014-01-19 The project explores methods for gender-equal social innovation, i.e. innovative solutions for improved gender awareness and gender equality in organizations and society.

Published:27 February 2016
Updated: 11 October 2019
By:IT
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