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Research on energy-efficient paper manufacturing receives award

Björn Sjöstrand, Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, has been awarded the Early Career Investigator Award for his research on energy-efficient paper manufacturing.

Mozhgan Hazhemzehi, doktorand i kemiteknik

Research for sustainable, environmentally friendly papermaking

Papermaking often requires additives to achieve desired properties, such as the strength of the paper. New research shows that this can be solved in an, as of yet, untested way.

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The Climate Long Game: An urgent call for an action research agenda

In a recently published perspective article in the prestigious journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers put forward an agenda for integrated climate catastrophe assessment, emphasizing the need for in-depth understanding of climate change induced mass human mortality and even extinction.

Ali Mohammadi, senior lecturer in environmental and energy systems

WoodPro creates sustainable value addition from forest residues

Bio-based resources from well managed forests play important roles in transition to a sustainable society. In WoodPro, the research team will explore new processing chains that convert forest residues to high-value industrial chemicals and soil amendment products.

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... Professor of Energy and Environmental Technology. Your research on packaging and food waste is currently gaining much international attention. What is this research about?

Text coaching promotes healthy habits

Coaching via text messages can contribute to healthier habits and a better sense of well-being according to a study together with Friskvården i Värmland.

Björn Sjöstrand, senior lecturer in Chemichal Engineering.

Forest industry waste shown to have added value

Research shows that certain properties in pulp made from selected parts of spruce trees can have more added value than previously believed. Specific properties, such as the rigidity and elasticity of the paper product, vary depending on which parts of the spruce trees or other kinds of wood that are used when producing the pulp.