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2013-12-09

Örebro University is expanding Sweden’s most attractive chemistry programme

Sweden's most applied for Bachelor's programme in chemistry is expanding. Örebro University is developing its successful initiative further by complementing its chemistry programme, specialising in forensics, with a Master's degree programme in environmental forensics. Read more

Dawei Geng

2013-10-25

International award to environmental researcher

Dawei Geng, doctoral student in chemistry at Örebro University, Sweden, has received the prestigious Otto Hutzinger Award for his presentation at an international environmental conference in Daegu in South Korea. He was awarded for the development of a new method with which to analyse environmental pollutants. Read more

Håkan Stattin.

2013-09-04

Prestigious prize to Håkan Stattin

Håkan Stattin, professor in psychology at Örebro University has received the prestigious William T. Preyer Award for Excellence in Research on Human Development. Stattin and his late wife, Professor Margaret Kerr, are rewarded for their internationally recognised research on child and youth development. Read more

2013-09-03

Groundbreaking event at Örebro University

The first sod is today being turned to mark the construction start for a new building at Örebro University. Among other things, the facility will house Örebro University School of Business and a new, large assembly hall. The cost for the development project is estimated to 270 million SEK and it is due for completion by the summer 2015. Read more

2013-08-14

Coordination of the hand – a significant driver of the brain’s development

The body's need for eye and hand coordination has played a significant role in the evolution of the brain, more so than previously believed, research suggests. These findings by Matz Larsson, researcher at Örebro University and Örebro University Hospital, Sweden, were recently published in the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft's journal Frontiers in Zoology. Read more

Lauree Tilton-Weaver

2013-07-10

Why do adolescents engage in self-injury?

A new study from Örebro University, Sweden, shows that up to 20 per cent of high school adolescents, at one time or other, inflict self-injury. It is a clear indication that some youths are not coping very well with life. Read more

2013-06-05

Smart homes technology tested in Örebro

A safer and healthier old age – that is the aim of GiraffPlus, an international project led by researchers at Örebro University, Sweden. Read more

Lauree Tilton-Weaver

2013-05-13

Well-meant but misleading advice to parents

Parents of teenagers are often given the advice to keep a check on their children – ask what they are doing, where they are, and who they are with – and to steer them away from deviant peers in order to avoid problems. And when parents find out their children are with problematic peers, interrupt the friendships. But it is not as straightforward as it sounds. This kind of advice may in fact have the opposite effect, says Lauree Tilton-Weaver, a psychology researcher at Örebro University, writing in the journal Developmental Psychology. Read more

2013-02-18

Örebro University host to new WHO centre for safety promotion

Örebro University is joining the World Health Organisation's (WHO) network for injury prevention and safety promotion. A collaboration agreement has been signed under which the university will offer communities, on a national as well as international level, advice and assistance in the field of injury prevention and safety promotion. Read more

2012-12-21

Honorary Professor in Sofia

On 11 December, Professor Ivan Kalaykov of Örebro University, Sweden, was made Honorary Professor of the Technical University in Sofia, Bulgaria. Ivan Kalaykov has been professor of computer science, specialising in automatic control systems, at Örebro since 2004. He worked at the university in Sofia between 1974 and 1997 and has maintained contact ever since. Read more