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Articles about social innovation

Collaboration Grants 2021- Social Innovation

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 March 2021.

Less waste in the fishing industry makes the Baltic Sea healthier

Raw materials from the food industry are not utilized in an efficient and ecologically sustainable way. In a pilot project on social innovation at Luleå University of Technology, in collaboration with Guldhaven Pelagiska AB in Kalix, the researchers will develop an economically sustainable business model so that more fish species and a larger proportion of each fish can be sold as food instead of ending up in biogas plants.

Projects in the Arctic create a cross-border platform

Dialogica - an interactive conversation application in a computer game environment

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

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 brother Kristian Sundvall.

He came up with his winning business idea in the shower

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 ponder on how to make a refill bottle for soap and shampoo. Since then, the alumnus from Luleå University of Technology has received a number of awards for his business idea and innovation, most recently from the SKAPA foundation.

WalkAbout - social interaction in 3D

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.

Large research grant for Active school transport

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 Stina Rutberg and Anna-Karin Lindqvist will develop the concept. "The vision is that 80 percent of children should use active school transport", says Anna-Karin Lindqvist, associate professor.

Want to spread old knowledge about reindeer slaughter

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

Unique snow igloo was inaugurated at the university

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 available for booking during the rest of the winter season.

Design for a sustainable future

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

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 project on digital rehabilitation through the Health Care Guide 1177.
– It is a unique project that, in a first step, is aimed at people affected by stroke, she says.

Innovative inclusion in the civil society working life

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 creating job opportunities and improving the working conditions for disadvantaged groups.

Great interest in conference on social innovations

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 on April 25.

Awards to alumni and innovators

– 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 Alumni of the year at Luleå University of Technology, a title she shares with Jonas Gustavsson.

Collaborate to strengthen the social innovation system

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

Social innovations that address societal challenges

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

Place-innovative City Centers

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 stakeholders.

Place Innovation in tourism

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 between researchers, industry and society.

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