News archive 2014
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Nobel laureates meeting with researchers and students
Sofie Björklund and David Wigren are both chemistry students at Örebro University. When two of this year’s Nobel Prize winners in chemistry visited the university, Sofie and David were given the opportunity to put some questions to the laureates.
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Funding for international research on spinal cord injuries
The Swedish Research Council has awarded Koustuv Dalal, senior public health science researcher at Örebro University, a three-year research grant of 750,000 SEK to develop a prevention programme for sufferers of spinal cord injuries in Bangladesh. A...
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Nobel Prize winners in chemistry to Örebro University
This year’s Nobel Prize winners in chemistry – Stefan W. Hell, Eric Betzig and William E. Moerner – are coming to Örebro University on 14-15 December. During their visit, they will be shown round the university’s prominent chemistry research department....
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International students happy with Örebro University
Örebro University gets praise from international students studying here. In a recent survey presented by the student portal StudyPortals, Örebro University receives more than 9+ points on a scale from one to ten.
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Predictors of Kidney Failure in Middle Age Found in Teenagers
Kidney failure later in life can be predicted based on measurements taken in adolescence, according to a study by Swedish researchers at Örebro University published in the November issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.
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New global association of leading centres of advanced gender studies
"This is an important step that widens the international platform of gender studies", says Örebro Professor Liisa Husu on the new association the International Research Association of Institutions of Advanced Gender Studies, RINGS. It was formally...
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Two-generation gender equality study shows career benefits
Couples in a research experiment launched in the 1970s shared the responsibility for home, family and work equally. Now, 30 years later, a follow-up study by Swedish researchers at Örebro University shows that the couples' strive for equality was...
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Children not eating enough fruit and veg
Less than every fourth child in Europe have enough fruit and vegetables included in their daily diet, a study by Swedish researchers at Örebro University and Karolinska Institutet shows. The findings are a part of an EU-funded study and are presented in...
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Rewarding collaboration despite differences
International collaboration between different universities often involves studying certain conditions and circumstances in the respective countries and comparing the results. This however does not necessarily have to be the case. In working together with...
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The tool that sidestepped Arab censorship
Arab Internet users are critical of the fact that major Western enterprises provide totalitarian regimes with technology that enables Internet surveillance and censorship. They also have a different point of view in terms of the type of content that...
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Global journalism in the digital age
Digital surveillance, privacy and journalism. These issues were in focus during Global Journalism Day at Örebro University. - The key question is how we can create information technology that we trust and that deserves our trust, said Google's Nicklas...
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Robin the robot helps take care of 94-year-old Italian Grandma Lea
At 94, Grandma Lea could not live alone anymore but wanted to stay at home. In our ageing society, many elderly people are in the same situation. Robotics offers a safe and affordable solution. An EU-funded team @giraffplus has developed the GiraffPlus...
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New grant gives robotics research an edge
A 36 million SEK funding grant from the Swedish Knowledge Foundation in combination with industry contributions will allow researchers from two successful robotics fields at Örebro University to join forces to create a new research profile named Semantic...
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Baranda honorary doctor at Örebro University
Dr Yolanda Bergel Sainz de Baranda, Professor of Private Law at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain has been conferred an honorary doctorate at Örebro University, Sweden. The conferment took place during Örebro University's 15th annual academic...
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Professor Willem M de Vos honorary doctor at Örebro University
Professor Willem M de Vos, Chair of Microbiology at Wageningen University, Professor of Molecular Microbiology, Helsinki University, Finland, and Finland Academy Professor of the Finnish Academy of Sciences, has been conferred an honorary doctorate at...
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New possibilities when robots move freely
Robots today require static environments to operate efficiently, navigating with the help of wires in the floor or reflectors on the walls. But this is something that researchers at Örebro University want to change. In an article in The International...