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From linear to circular – with the help of RISE

We are well on the way to consuming all of the world’s resources. In Sweden, we live as if we had four planets at our disposal. A circular economy in which our devices have a longer working life and are better utilised is part of …

Global trends are creating new conditions

The world is changing and global trends are changing the conditions for countries, communities and markets around the world. The need to transition to a sustainable development entails challenges – as well as opportunities – for b…

“Picture the city as a giant, shared smartphone!”

Digitalisation and smart cities make our lives easier; however, for a city to be truly smart requires a common platform and coherent digital services.

Digitalised schools – more than simply programming and source criticism

The Swedish Government has decided that all Swedish schools must be digitalised. Students must learn to programme and to critically review online news; however, the greatest demand for change is being faced by the schools themselv…

Skola Hemma supporting learning at home

When the coronavirus threw the education system in Sweden into disarray at the start of 2020, a collaborative project called Skola Hemma (Eng: School at Home) was launched by the Swedish National Agency for Education, the Swedish …

Is it possible to control how a moisturizer should feel on your skin?

How does your moisturizer feel when you apply it to your skin? Does it feel thick or thin, does it absorb quickly or does it stay on your skin? How your moisturizer feels is an intrinsic property the formulation, a careful selecti…

Carbon footprint of low-alcohol beer a third of wine

Men’s ‘alcohol footprint’ is nearly twice that of women’s, despite the fact men drink more beer and, generally speaking, beer is better than wine when it comes to the environment. The reason for this disparity is the amount of alc…

Pit water can be purified naturally with high quality

Wastewater from process industries has long been difficult to purify without producing large amounts of waste in the form of sludge and other by-products. By taking a more circular approach where the water is purified using natura…

“We should view runoff as a resource”

Urban runoff has traditionally been handled via underground pipelines. However, due to urbanisation and climate change, we must now instead build open blue green infrastructure solutions in our cities that divert runoff locally. U…

Lignin on the ascendancy with Swedish technology

Thanks to the naturally-occurring substance lignin, we will be able to reduce our future use of oil and coal.  The substance can be obtained using an acclaimed Swedish technology that not only extracts lignin but also enables…

How the pandemic will affect our cities

Has the coronavirus outbreak put paid to urbanisation? Probably not, but one thing is clear – the pandemic has certainly changed how we look at our cities and what they need to contain for a good life.

How to make critical infrastructure resilient

The corona epidemic has subjected areas of our critical infrastructure to severe strain, raising the issue of how we should be designing infrastructure to withstand the unexpected and, indeed, if this is even possible. We invited …

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