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  • 9.6 Million SEK to the School of Health and Welfare


    The Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, Forte, has in granted funding of SEK 9.6 million for two projects at the School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University.

  • International scholars gather for Image Schema Workshop


    On 24-25 March, Jönköpings AI Lab (JAIL) at the School of Engineering, Jönköping University, hosted The Sixth Image Schema Day workshop attended by a group of scholars from all over Europe, and from research areas as diverse linguistics, art, design, robotics, and computer sciences. The topic was Image Schemas – a recurring structure within human cognitive processes that helps us organize and understand the physical world. It was the first time the workshop has been held in Sweden and the aim was to bring together scholars to network, present research and find new collaborations for future research.

  • Graduate school to promote digitalisation in healthcare


    Jönköping University (JU) is taking forward a new knowledge collaboration for heath innovation and is now looking for comapnies that want employees to participate in a graduate school and become PhDs.

  • Amjad Almusaed editor-in-chief of a book on sustainable cities


    Amjad Almusaed, Assistant Professor at the School of Engineering (JTH), Jönköping University (JU), is the editor-in-chief of the book "Sustainable Housing". It analyzes problems and opportunities in creating sustainable cities and finding new solutions in urban environments.

  • Managing the contradictions of industrial organizations


    Today’s industrial organizations are complex and contradictory workplaces, says Annika Engström, new Associate Professor at the School of Engineering, Jönköping University. They struggle to efficiently manage the daily workflow while at the same time renew to be competitive. Familiar knowledge is challenged by the new and unexplored, planned activities are upset by unforeseen events, and hierarchical structures clash with cross-functional collaborations. How can today’s leaders create work organizations that meet the challenges and develop for the future?

  • Professor Sangeeta Bagga-Gupta guest editor of a reputable journal


    Sangeeta Bagga-Gupta, professor of pedagogy with an interdisciplinary background at the School of Education and Communication, Jönköping University, is guest editor for the new double issue of the prestigious international research journal Bandung: Journal of the Global South .