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On trans-national connections of the Swedish public pension system: creative documentation and learning as a form of climate action
The project addresses the socio-environmental footprints of personal savings in Sweden, deemed the sector with highest per capita source of emissions in the country, yet less visib...
Beyond zoonotic disease transmission: Bushmeat, ontology, and human-animal-nature relations
Transmissions of infections from wild animals is the most significant threat to global health. Activities related to the handling of bushmeat has been related to virulent disease o...
Insular Illegal Trade: War and Nature in the North Atlantic World, 1760-1820
During the belligerent period 1760–1820, centres for illegal trade appeared in the High North Atlantic. The purpose of this 3-year project is to explore the creation and repercussi...
Addressing “Diseases of Despair”: A Data-Driven Approach to Enhance Preventive Social Work with Risky Substance Users
Research Problem and Specific QuestionsThe high rate of substance-use mortality among young adults in Sweden has drawn comparisons to the "Deaths of Despair" phenomenon in the US....
Less oxygen for better cognition - EPO for cognitive aging
As the demographic shift towards an older population accelerates, identifying approaches for preserving and restoring cognition in old age is of unprecedented importance. The proje...
The impact of class size on educational mechanisms, health, and teacher hiring
This project aims to understand how class size impacts educational mechanisms, health and teacher hiring. The project´s first study combines detailed administrative and survey data...
Novel pharmacoepidemiological methods for surveillance of medical drug use in pregnancy – for improved safety for mothers and infants
Research problem and specific questions: Most prescription drugs lack enough evidence on their safety for use during pregnancy. Post-marketing studies commonly focus on few selecte...
Reverse engineering viral factories
The main intracellular manifestation of viruses is the factories they set up to mass-produce viral genomes for new virus particles. For positive-sense RNA viruses, these factories...
Man up! Open up? Teenage boys’ interpretations of social media content about mental health
Research problemStudies indicate that boys who suffer from mental health problems are less likely to seek help from traditional caregivers and more likely to turn to social media....
TreeGlue: fully wood-based adhesives for sustainable wood composite
Our currently commonly used wood adhesives are made from toxic compounds derived from fossil-based precursors, leading to problems in waste management and environmental pollution a...
Specifying the association between substance abuse and schizophrenia, with a focus on adolescents and young adults
Schizophrenia, a highly impairing disorder, shortens the life expectancy by 15 years and has the highest per-person socioeconomic burden among all psychiatric disorders. Substance...
Carceral Craft: the material of oppression or expression?
This project investigates the potential for oppression, as well as expression, in textile crafts made in carceral contexts. Drawing on alternative records to sources typically rese...
Surviving The Apocalypse: Modelling Multi-Scalar Impacts And Legacies Of An Ancient Mega Disaster on Human Life-Worlds, Technologies And Demography
Archaeologists and historians traditionally frame impacts of environmental catastrophes in terms of societal collapse versus cultural resilience. This project moves beyond simplist...
Fair and Square: An Interdisciplinary Study of Algorithmic Discrimination in Healthcare
Research problem and specific questions Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing healthcare by automating tasks that previously required expert knowledge. The benefits are n...
Adapting to temperature extremes in pregnant women and infants: past trends and future scenarios (PRoMEThEUS)
Research problem and specific questionsNon-optimal or extreme temperatures negatively affect public health and well-being. Their detrimental impacts are unevenly distributed, with...
Digital welfare technology and the transformation of care work. New ways of working and leading in elderly care
Research problem and specific questions Digital welfare technologies (DWTs) are increasingly discussed and employed as a solution in response to societal challenges associated with...
Becoming aware of our own body: unravelling the computational and neural mechanisms of bodily self-awareness
How does our sense of self arise in our subjective experience, and why does it feel so effortless to distinguish between the information that comes from the outside world and the i...
AI in Surgery: Coordination, Accountability, and Trust
There is a lack of foundational knowledge about medical staff’s experiences of working with AI. This project focuses on surgical practice, an area rapidly affected by the AI develo...
Dynamics of eco-anxiety: How young people cope with eco-anxiety in different contexts to maintain mental health and engage in environmental action over time
Climate change and other environmental problems increasingly cause eco-anxiety, especially in young people. While this is a rational response to existential crises and often drives...
Co-producing pathways for a sustainable and just food system transition in Sweden
Negative environmental impacts of food production, consumption and waste must be reduced to reach global environmental goals. However, due to complex interconnections between food...