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On this page you will find news and information from Mid Sweden University, collected under the tag RESEARCH. This page is created based on the tag you clicked to get here.
There are 50 English pages and 50 Swedish pages that are tagged with RESEARCH. The content may vary depending on language.
46% of Swedes have access to a pair of hiking boots. Virtually everyone cares about the public right. And we spend 100 billion (!) A year on outdoor activities. It and much more came to light at...
How can the Earth's resources be saved by connecting more things to the Internet? It examines Professor Mattias O'Nils and his colleagues at the research center STC.
Exciting, fun and incredibly important - then Harriet Wallberg described how she looked at her assignment as university chancellor when she took office on June 1, 2014.
Kim Anderzon was - and still is - one of the country's most popular actresses. At the 2012 anniversary, she was appointed honorary doctor at Mid Sweden University. Other doctorate hats that year...
The name "Mitthögskolan" follows the school even 10 years after the university became a university. In 2014, the name "Mitthögskolan" was used in 61 articles online, mostly typing errors. There are...
Bank, insurance, pension, property and audit. In Sundsvall many people are employed in these industries - and so we want it to continue. Therefore, CER, Center for Research on Economic Relations, w...
When Anders Edholm started the Ski University in 1987, it was really only intended for girls. In those days, boys could get in through the sports platoon, but girls were not allowed to do the...
What places, situations and objects do children and young people regard as the most perilous ones? That is what the Research Friday mass experiment in 2012 – the Risk Profile – wanted to establish.
In order to get the researchers’ ideas out of their desk drawers – and to ensure that the research results would be of actual benefit – Mid Sweden University introduced Easy Access in 2011. We were...
The success of the Swedish national team in cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver made curious gazes turn to Östersund. What was it that we did up here that yielded such...
“Jesus said to them: ‘My wife…’” The text on an antique papyrus fragment has caused a great stir all over the world. Was the man married?
“Here, we will be able to conduct complete tests that are very close to reality!” says an ecstatic Mikael Bäckström. He is a professor and centre leader at Mid Sweden University’s newest research...
In the autumn of 2012, exciting things were happening at Sports Technology, the Department of Technology and Sustainable Development. In collaboration with the company Exmet AB, researchers were...
Every day, hundreds and sometimes thousands of people pilgrimage to two small American communities, Forks and La Push. These people are inveterate Twilight fans. They photograph the local school,...
In 2009, Mid Sweden University is again entrusted by the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education to continue to lead the Swedish PISA study.
On page 2 of Mid Sweden University’s Research Strategy for 2012-2016, it states, among other things, that “the research at Mid Sweden University should be of high academic quality and be relevant t...
“Bringing excellence together” is the motto of Mid Sweden University’s Risk and Crisis Research Centre (RCR). At the opening in 2010, national and international contacts in the field were invited –...
“Talking” paper with embedded digital information – that you need only touch for sound to flow out of printed speakers. The information technology of the future was already here in 2007!
Which posts do we share the most on Facebook? Which strategy is the most effective one during an election campaign? And how is an economic crisis covered in the media? The researchers at DEMICOM ha...
How can the earth’s resources be saved by more things being connected to the Internet? That is an issue Professor Mattias O’Nils and his colleagues at the research centre STC look into.
2 golds. 5 silvers. 4 bronzes. The cross-country skiers’ success at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics was historic. And it was at the Swedish Winter Sports Research Centre (SWSRC) in Östersund that th...
Mid Sweden University’s activities to create a profile for itself in outdoor recreation have been successful. Over the years, we have collaborated with the strongest outdoor industry trademarks in...
How many people can, in just four minutes, describe their research in a way that is both entertaining and easy to understand – standing on the stage of a rock club? Well, there is at least one...
With fanfares, singing, music and a gun salute from the Jämtland Field Artillery, Mid Sweden University’s new doctors, professors and honorary degree recipients were celebrated at the annual...
When the Washington Post phoned Mats Tinnsten, he was truly surprised. – I never would have guessed that our research on the Stradivarius violin would have such an impact!
On 22 September 2006, Mid Sweden University arranged its first Annual Celebration. Twelve new professors and five new doctors were celebrated with great splendour. Bengt Saltin and Bodil Malmsten...
At the Annual Celebration in 2008, a six-time world champion in biathlon and a research-focused graduate engineer were awarded honorary doctoral degrees by Mid Sweden University.
In February each year, the RUN Parliament is held. It is a highly appreciated initiative by Mid Sweden University. It brings chief education officers, school politicians and teacher trainers from o...
In May of 2014, a hard-to-beat record was set at the Furniture Making and Building Crafts Programme at the Wood Academy in Kramfors.
2009 was the year when Mid Sweden University got two new, exciting programmes: the Criminology Programme and the Risk and Crisis Management Programme.
Through the reform of higher education in 1977, both the University College of Sundsvall/Härnösand and the University College of Östersund were founded, as well as ten other new university colleges...
In 2003, the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education approved Mid Sweden University’s application for the right to award Master’s Degrees in all fields of study, as well as the Degree of Maste...
The discussions concerning a deeper collaboration between the University College of Sundsvall/Härnösand and the University College of Östersund picked up momentum in the autumn of 1990 and the...
After a two-and-a-half year long process, Mid Sweden University finally got its own Psychology programme, which was a source of relief and happiness to everyone involved. The following year, the...
In order to strengthen Mid Sweden University’s profile in the fields of tourism, winter sports and outdoor life, Skarp Åre was started. The one-year education was popular and it was offered by the...
Statistics can be interpreted in many different ways. For example, in 2005, we could see that the number of students who had graduated from Mid Sweden University had suddenly increased to 1557, whi...
A large number of Mid Sweden University’s students are distance students and we are one of the largest providers of distance education in the country.
A computerized, lifelike model of a human – one that can imitate our behaviour and our reactions. It sounds like science fiction, but it became very much a reality at Mid Sweden University’s nursin...
Aside from being the President of the Swedish Sports Confederation, Karin Mattsson Weijber has also been a member of the Mid Sweden University Board since 2007. This means that she has been on the...
Kristina Persson is a former member of the Mid Sweden University Board and the former County Governor of Jämtland, and she was involved in the work to achieve full university status. Today, she is ...
Anders Söderholm has been the Vice-Chancellor of Mid Sweden University since 2008 – that is seven out of the first ten years. Here, he talks about his view on the future development of the universi...
Around the turn of the century, Mid Sweden University made some important investments in additional professors, doctoral students and doctoral studies. The third application for full university...
– Not all ideas result in a company. It is just as important that the researchers and students develop as entrepreneurs, and that they learn to let loose their drive and creativity, says Juliana...
In October of 2014, Mid Sweden University received the happy news that we would be one of six universities with the right to offer the National School Leadership Training Programme.
The film summarizes a part of all that has happened during our ten years as a university. It begins with a message from biathlete and honorary doctor Magdalena Forsberg, who sends us a greeting fro...
The nursing education in the County council of Västernorrland had a modest beginning. In 1894, the County council decided to admit one nursing student to the hospital in Härnösand every six months,...
How could Prince Daniel let the pregnant Victoria climb a steep ladder – in high heels? A royal visit to Mid Sweden University provoked strong reactions in the German tabloids.
In 2013, around 50 international experts assessed 28 research subjects and seven research centres at Mid Sweden University. When ARC13 (Assessment of Research and Coproduction) was done, it was don...
Forest, forest, forest. In Mid Sweden University region, there are plenty of forests. Therefore, it is logical that the hub of forest industrial research, FSCN, is located here. The research centre...
A complementary application for full university status was submitted to the government in December of 1999, after the measures suggested by the panel from the Swedish National Agency for Higher...
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