How to predict sales success of a computer game
9/21/2022 In a new study from the University of Skövde, the University of Virginia, and Lancaster University researchers have developed a model that the computer game industry can use to pre...
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Muriel Beser Hugosson will be the University of Skövde's next Vice-Chancellor
9/16/2022 The Swedish Government has decided that Muriel Beser Hugosson will be the University of Skövde's next Vice-Chancellor. She takes the position on 1 January 2023.
AR smart glasses provide a more flexible production
9/12/2022 Technological development is advancing rapidly, but our expectations of it are advancing even faster. In the production industry, it is especially clear, as it becomes increasingly...
Increases knowledge about vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure
8/31/2022 Cyber security research is about protecting our systems against digital threats, like ransomware. By identifying system vulnerabilities, you can prevent this type of threat. But – ...
Indian university visited Skövde
8/26/2022 Recently, the University of Skövde welcomed a visit from representatives from Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) in India. VIT has about 30 000 students and is a high ranked uni...
The University welcomes a record number of new international students
8/17/2022 On Monday, the introduction begins for the new international students who begin their studies at the University of Skövde. During the pandemic, the number of international students...
The University of Skövde forms a new European university
7/28/2022 Together with nine other universities in nine countries, the University of Skövde will form a new European university.
Maud came to the University for a pilot experiment
7/18/2022 Maud Contardo from France has been at the University of Skövde for a few months. Thanks to her receiving an Erasmus+ scholarship she has been able to carry out an experiment in cog...
University employee receives prestigious international award
6/28/2022 Bertil Thorvaldsson has devoted his life to the robotics industry. He has worked in Sweden, Germany and the USA, and created the RobotStudio software product. After many years at A...
Leire's final project provided employment with a Swedish company
6/21/2022 Already from a young age Leire Amenabar Echave knew she was going to study engineering. She began her studies in Spain and concluded them by studying at the University of Skövde. H...
New Hope for High-Risk Neuroblastoma Patients
6/7/2022 Neuroblastoma is cancer that primarily affects infants and young children. Low-risk variants have a high survival rate, but the high-risk variant has a mortality above 50 percent. ...
International students received diplomas from the Swedish Institute
5/30/2022 Every year, the Swedish Institute holds a ceremony to present diplomas to international master’s students who have completed their education while receiving the Swedish Institute S...
“Motivational interviews strengthen our personnel”
5/24/2022 Skövde Municipality’s student health service is being assisted by experts in cognitive neuroscience at the University of Skövde in order to develop skills and strengthen its person...
Making a virtual hug feel real
5/17/2022 A new lab is under construction at the University of Skövde. It will combine psychological experiments in consciousness research with VR technology. Will the scientists succeed in ...
Honorary Doctor Luciano Floridi gives talk at the University of Skövde
5/16/2022 The Italian philosopher Luciano Floridi was appointed an Honorary Doctorate in Informatics at the University of Skövde in 2020. On Friday May 20, he will come to Skövde and the Uni...
Tool to save biodiversity
5/11/2022 Researchers at the University of Skövde have developed an indicator that shows how good a landscape is at supporting and enhancing biodiversity. The indicator provides people such ...
More efficient processes when users perform BI analyses themselves
5/2/2022 When the amount of data and the use of Business Intelligence (BI) increases within an organisation, the BI Specialists do not have time to cover the needs of the business and the u...
Protective measures disrupt the University´s functions
4/26/2022 The University of Skövde gained knowledge about an attempt to spread harmful code in the University's IT-system. To prevent the IT-system, the University takes various protective m...
The University of Skövde is part of the Scholars at Risk network
4/19/2022 Scholars at Risk safeguards academic freedom around the world and works to provide protection for researchers and teachers who cannot be active in their home countries. The network...
Former students at PocApp Studios release new game
4/7/2022 The former Skövde students at PocApp Studios is proud to reveal that their new title, AlchiMerge, is currently soft launched in selected countries. The studio’s previous titles, Ca...
Valheim nominated for game award
3/22/2022 On March 23, the Game Developers Choice Awards will be presented at the huge games conference Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco. Our former students at Iron Gate St...
The University of Skövde is applying to form a European university
3/18/2022 The University of Skövde is applying to form a European university together with nine higher education institutions in nine countries. The application will be sent to the EU shortl...
Game designer Karoline works in Iceland – but it all started in Skövde
2/16/2022 Karoline Forsberg grew up in Stockholm. But her studies in game development took her to Skövde, and then out into the world. She has worked in the USA, Sweden, England and Iceland,...
Seiedeh Nahid’s game development dream took her to Skövde
2/1/2022 Seiedeh Nahid Moosavi grew up in Iran. After studying Software Engineering, she realised she wanted to work with games and applied for the Game Development Master’s Programme at th...
New tissue technology can reduce waiting time for donor organs
12/14/2021 Vascular diseases (i.e. conditions affecting our blood vessels) affect millions of people worldwide. The waiting time for a donor organ can be long. For the past two years, the Uni...
“The flexible course structure was a deciding factor”
12/9/2021 Industry faces a major transition, placing tough demands on today’s leaders. To meet these challenges, Emmy Wixenius – a production planning manager at Scania – chose to study a co...
Digital parenting support in game form helps new parents
12/8/2021 Digital parenting support in the form of a game can help couples who are new parents get to know each other in a new way as parents. Research at the University of Skövde within car...
Preserving personal data privacy in machine learning
12/6/2021 Machine learning (ML) is one of the most common methods for analysing personal data. It is used in different domains such as e-commerce, health care and financial services. But res...
Mikael Wickelgren is Sweden's foremost automotive industry expert
12/1/2021 Mikael Wickelgren is perhaps the University of Skövde's most media-savvy researcher. Officially he is a "Senior Lecturer in Business Administration" and "Head of School of Business...
Strong figures for the University of Skövde’s research
11/15/2021 The University of Skövde’s research reaches out into the world, and has an impact. This is shown by the Swedish Research Council’s Research Barometer for 2021. According to the Res...
Lama's engineering project led to job at Volvo
11/11/2021 As a Bachelor’s Degree Project in Production and Electrical Engineering at the University of Skövde, Lama Awawda an exchange student from Spain, designed an electric motor. The res...
Skövde researchers investigate honey bee weight loss during winter
11/3/2021 Researchers from the University of Skövde have worked with Nordens Ark to investigate honey bees’ weight loss during the winter. This weight loss was generally low, and was compara...
Sweden Game Conference brought the Swedish games industry to Skövde
10/28/2021 For the first time, Sweden Game Conference was held both on-site at Arena Skövde and online on October 14-15. More than 600 participants visited the conference on-site and 200 part...
Occupational practitioners in Thailand studied course at the University of Skövde
10/27/2021 Employees of Swedish companies in Thailand were recently invited to participate in a three-day online course in Simulation for Decision Support at the University of Skövde. The cou...
Researchers survey invasive crab in Lake Vänern
10/26/2021 The University of Skövde has conducted a pilot study to establish the population of the non-native Chinese mitten crab in Lake Vänern. In the study, it emerged that, in recent year...
Josefin’s thesis about sustainable accessibility featured in international conference
10/25/2021 This spring, Josefin Kristensen was awarded the University of Skövde’s Diversity Scholarship for her thesis “Sustainable Accessibility from a User Experience Perspective”. But that...
The Swedish Minister for Culture learned about games in Skövde
10/22/2021 On Thursday 21 October, Sweden’s Minister for Culture, Amanda Lind, visited the University of Skövde. The visit was part of a visit to the Skaraborg region, and in Skövde, games we...
Sweden Game Conference is back in Arena Skövde
10/12/2021 Europe's leading conference for future and professional game developers and startups, Sweden Game Conference, is back on October 14-15 – both online and in Arena Skövde. This year'...
Record interest in DONNA DAY
10/7/2021 Gender equality in the gaming industry is an important issue. This is evident not least in the number of applications for DONNA DAY – two days where female game students and game d...
“I chose Skövde because I fell in love with the programme”
9/15/2021 Ricardo Parizotto Ribeiro from Brazil is studying Bioscience – Molecular Biodesign at the University of Skövde. He chose the University of Skövde because he instantly fell in love ...
Italian philosopher Honorary Doctor at the University of Skövde
9/13/2021 Luciano Floridi is a philosopher and co-founder of the research fields known as the philosophy and ethics of information. He works at the University of Oxford as Professor of Philo...
“Skövde struck me as the perfect place to kick start my career as a researcher”
8/31/2021 Boushra Dalile is from Syria and studied Cognitive Neuroscience: Mind and Brain - Master's Programme at the University of Skövde. She is now a PhD researcher at KU Leuven, Belgium.
"International education has expanded my experiences and perspectives"
8/24/2021 Faith-Grace Ameku grew up in the United Kingdom, with Ghanaian parents. For the last couple of years, she has been studying Biomedicine at the University of Skövde. Her favourite t...
The University welcomes new international students
8/18/2021 On Monday, the introduction starts for the 160 new international students who will begin their studies at the University of Skövde this autumn. – We are very happy that so many hav...
New tool to protect electricity networks against cyber-attacks
8/16/2021 Harmful cyber-attacks on electricity networks can have devastating effects on socially important functions. Researchers at the University of Skövde are therefore developing a proto...
Employers curious about Ahmed´s Global Swede award
8/10/2021 Ahmed Mohamed from Egypt studied the Master´s programme in Molecular Biotechnology at the University of Skövde. During his two years in Sweden as an international student he was aw...
Being an exchange student in Skövde – feels like a nice dream
8/2/2021 Trinidad Sánchez Montoya came to Skövde as an exchange student for half a year. After one semester she decided to extend her stay in Sweden and continue to study at the University ...
One semester in Skövde was not enough for Paula
7/26/2021 Paula Camargo Romera from Spain was supposed to study at the University of Skövde for one semester, but extended her stay in Skövde to a whole year. – The lifestyle here and the c...
Shanghai student back in Skövde for the third time
7/19/2021 When students go overseas to study they usually do it for a semester or for a year. But that is not the case for Kaiyuan Yang from Shanghai. She is back at the University of Skövde...
From Russia via Skövde to Berlin for former Global Swede winner
7/15/2021 Sergey Redyuk studied Data Science Master´s programme at the University of Skövde and was awarded University of Skövde´s Global Swede in 2018. He now lives in Berlin and looks back...
Lena Mårtensson becomes adjunct professor in Australia
6/23/2021 Lena Mårtensson, professor at the University of Skövde, becomes an adjunct professor at the University of Queensland in Australia.
“I have been lucky to call Skövde my home for the past three years”
6/23/2021 Veera Jokinen from Nokia in southern Finland has studied at the University of Skövde for the past three years. – I chose to study Biomedicine in Skövde due to the interesting cours...
The University of Skövde is advancing in forecasting research
6/21/2021 On June 27-30, a large, international conference on forecasting is taking place. A key figure behind the conference is the Skövde professor Nikolaos Kourentzes who wants to help co...
Seven guidelines for a successful OSS project
6/8/2021 Within businesses and organisations, there is a major need for governance and strategies in order to successfully engage in open source software projects. The LIM-IT research proje...
The University of Skövde starts the autumn semester in a hybrid mode
6/2/2021 Hybrid education until October 3. Then regular teaching on campus for the rest of the semester. This is the University of Skövdes' plan for the autumn semester 2021.
Christian from Canada is this year’s Global Swede
5/25/2021 Christian Norrie from Canada is studying the final semester of the Master’s programme Data Science at the University of Skövde. On 28 May, he will receive the Global Swede award fr...
Refined AI mimics human reasoning
5/5/2021 By allowing artificial intelligence (AI) to mimic the reasoning employed by human experts, AI methods can be improved and their acceptance broadened. This is seen in new research f...
Robots find the meaning of life in Cobots
4/29/2021 With the goal of becoming part of the startup program at Science Park Skövde, Adam Wallberg and Sanna Wallberg Ylvén moved to Skövde and started studying game development at the Un...
Sweden Game Conference led Valheim's Lisa to Skövde
4/22/2021 Sweden Game Conference catched Lisa Kolfjords interest regarding Skövde’s growing game development community. After her studies at the University of Skövde, she began the journey t...
The hormone that can program fetuses to better health
4/14/2021 Daughters of women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are more likely to be diagnosed with the same syndrome. It can cause several health problems and make pregnancy more diffic...
Research: Reusing virtual models saves time and money
4/8/2021 In today’s manufacturing industry, there is a lot of talk about Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing and digital twins. The role of virtual models has been highlighted with the emergi...
Researcher from Skövde awarded multi-million grant for marine project in Norway
4/6/2021 There are more than 7,000 different species of marine invertebrates worldwide, of which around 250 are found in Norway. But there are large gaps in our knowledge of these, not to m...
Is blockchain technology the solution to Sweden’s electricity challenges?
3/31/2021 The nation’s electricity market has long been the subject of a vociferous and impassioned debate in Sweden. Escalating electricity prices in the north, very low prices in the south...
Former Skövde students behind the global success Valheim
3/25/2021 At the University of Skövde, we are very proud of the developer Iron Gates' enormous success with the game Valheim. Several of the people behind the global success have studied Gam...
The University of Skövde and the County Administrative Board are mapping the importance of woodlands
3/11/2021 Many of the species in our forests are currently under threat from modern forestry techniques. The University of Skövde and the County Administrative Board are now working together...
DONNA is Working to get More Women into the Game Industry
3/8/2021 The game industry is a male-dominated industry. The DONNA network, founded at the University of Skövde, works for equality in the game development educations and the game industry....
Research: Visualisation Techniques that Help Us Understand the World
3/4/2021 Large amounts of data are constantly being collected, with the intention of understanding the world and, quite often, to make predictions about it. Elio Ventocilla, PhD Student at ...
Hereditary nerve disease linked to a 7,000-year-old genetic mutation
2/10/2021 An international collaboration in which the University of Skövde has participated has led to publication in the prestigious magazine Brain. The research presented highlights, among...
Successful Studio Ludum ends with a fresh start
2/4/2021 The innovation project Studio Ludum has, with computer games as its driving force, supported young gaming-interested people, who neither work nor study, to start or resume studies ...
How worried should we be about the new coronavirus variants?
1/26/2021 New virus variants of Covid-19 are reported daily in the media. But how dangerous are the new virus mutations and how afraid should we be of them? Kristian Vlahovicek, visiting Pro...
Explains how research and game development are linked
1/21/2021 Henrik Engström, Professor of Informatics at the University of Skövde, recently published the book Game Development Research. In this book, he compiles and describes research on ga...
Searching for invasive species in Vänern, Sweden’s largest lake
1/21/2021 Researchers from the University of Skövde will do a feasibility study with the aim of taking an inventory of invasive alien crustaceans in Lake Vänern, the largest lake in the Euro...
Research: Helping businesses to redesign their factories
1/13/2021 Sweden’s manufacturing industry has a long history, but today’s existing factories find it difficult to compete with new factories that are being built, such as those in China, for...
Limited opening hours at the Library and Student Affairs Office
12/22/2020 The Covid-19 situation forces the University of Skövde to limit the opening hours of the University Library and and Student Affairs Office.
The Swedish Research Council supports project on digital health promotion in schools
12/15/2020 A more sedentary life and a diet high in sugar have created public health problems in low-income countries - heart disease has become increasingly common in the population. To help...
Game development alumnus Karoline won game award
12/10/2020 Karoline Forsberg studied Game Development - Design at the University of Skövde during 2010-2013 and works as a Senior Gameplay Designer at the British game studio nDreams. She rec...
Juhee maps migration intentions in Western Africa using machine learning
12/8/2020 In 2016, Juhee Bae from South Korea came to Sweden as a post-doc to apply visualisation in AI. Her goal is for people to understand machine learning better by explaining data model...
International award for professor at the University of Skövde
12/4/2020 Susanne Durst, professor of Business Administration at the University of Skövde, has received international attention for her research. “How far have we come with the study of know...
Hopes to find new therapeutic tools for heart failure
12/3/2020 Benyapa Tangruksa is doing her Master’s in Infection biology at the University of Skövde and is a part of an important collaboration project that hope to find new therapeutic tools...
Serious Games took Vania from Peru to Skövde
11/18/2020 The University of Skövde has students from all over the world. One of those who traveled the farthest to study is Vaina Castagnino, who in 2018 moved from Peru to Skövde to study t...
Can animals help us understand how to interact with robots?
10/26/2020 The international conference RO-MAN recently awarded Erik Lagerstedt, doctoral student in informatics at the University of Skövde the RSJ/KROS Distinguished Interdisciplinary Resea...
Research: Facilitating collaboration between humans and robots
10/22/2020 Human-robot collaboration – it may sound like science fiction, but it has now become a reality. Patrik Gustavsson is a research student at the University of Skövde, and has develop...
Karoline Forsberg - finalist in the Women in Games Award
10/20/2020 Karoline Forsberg studied Game Development - Design at the University of Skövde during 2010-2013 and currently works as a Senior Gameplay Designer at the British game studio nDream...
Sweden Game Conference focuses on companies and students
10/19/2020 This year's Sweden Game Conference will be held in a slightly different format. The event has been slimmed down, and most of it will be digital. Much focus is on game development s...
DONNA DAY - networking for a more equal gaming industry
10/16/2020 On October 21, it's time for the fourth annual DONNA DAY – a network meeting for female game students and developers. As networking is central to DONNA DAY, the day will be held as...
Research: Reducing the risks involved in mobile devices
10/13/2020 It has become common for many people to use their mobile phone for both private and work purposes. This can pose risks for companies, as it becomes less clear who owns what informa...
Research: A more structured approach to information security
10/6/2020 All organisations possess large amounts of information. However, without knowledge of how information is to be classified, there is a risk that information will fall into the wrong...
Charlotta and Cinikka bring Covid-19 care to the lecture hall
9/7/2020 During the spring, the university teachers Charlotta Göthe and Cinikka Arthursson left the lecture hall for work in intensive care during the pandemic. They are now back at the Uni...
Digital Human Modeling on the agenda
8/31/2020 The virtual human is central at DHM2020, Digital Human Modeling Symposium, which is now taking place in Skövde. The virtual human is used, among other things, to evaluate workplace...
No ordinary introduction for international students
8/21/2020 On Monday August 24, the University introduction for this autumn's new international students will begin. But there will be no regular introduction at the start of this semester. T...
Precautions taken to make campus as safe as possible
7/9/2020 The University is going back to campus based education from this autumn, after the Swedish government lifted the restrictions (introduced in March, due to Covid-19), in June. We h...
Students have their say on remote studies
6/9/2020 How have the new studying arrangements worked for students at the University of Skövde? Over the course of a few weeks in May, the University conducted a survey to find out how the...
Victor Igelmo is this year's Industrial Engineering Student
6/2/2020 Victor Igelmo, a student at the Intelligent Automation Master's Programme, received the award "Industrial Engineering Student of the Year" on May 28 during Production Engineering D...
Lizzy Okogie is the University's Global Swede
5/28/2020 This year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Global Swede Award goes to Lizzy Okogie at the University of Skövde. Lizzy Okogie, from Nigeria, is studying her last year on the Infect...
University of Skövde climbs in rankings – gets four out of five stars
5/5/2020 Every year, The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education, STINT, produces an index that shows how international Swedish universities are. T...
New publication research the neonatal onset syndromes on epileptic encephalopathy
4/29/2020 Homa Tajsharghi, Professor of Biomedicine at the School of Health Sciences at University of Skövde is focusing on rare diseases & neurogenic disorders in her latest publication in ...
University of Skövde recruits American robotics expert
4/22/2020 Robots are becoming increasingly important in our daily lives. Robots are commonly used, for example, to cut our lawns and to clean the floors in our homes. Maurice Lamb is a Senio...
Gaming brings communities in the Baltic Sea region together
4/1/2020 Three years ago, Lissa Holloway-Attaway, Associate Professor in Media Arts, Aesthetics and Narration, and Björn Berg Marklund, Senior Lecturer in Informatics, both at the Universit...
Bioinformatics expert to University of Skövde
3/16/2020 Kristian Vlahoviček is a new international guest professor at the University of Skövde, financed by The Knowledge Foundation. During two years, he will be working part time at the ...
Open Day cancelled
3/12/2020 The University of Skövde has, due to the government’s decision regarding major gatherings, decided to cancel the Open Day at the University on Saturday March 14.
Minister of Higher Education and Research visited the University of Skövde
3/4/2020 Recently the Minister of Higher Education and Research in Sweden, Matilda Ernkrans, visited the University of Skövde. During the day the Minister visited the University’s technolog...
Welcoming of new international students
1/16/2020 This week we welcome new international students to the spring semester at the University of Skövde. The students come mostly from Asia, the USA and Europe.
Multimillion investment in sepsis research by the Knowledge Foundation
12/17/2019 A research project at the University of Skövde devoted to future sepsis diagnostics has been awarded SEK 2.6 million by the Knowledge Foundation. "This is great news, and it means ...
Skövde students win Sweden’s biggest game awards
12/12/2019 On 1 December, the Swedish Game Awards were held as part of Dreamhack at Elmia in Jönköping. As in many previous years, students from the University of Skövde were nominated in sev...
Kävrestad’s book wins SISA award
12/11/2019 Congratulations to Joakim Kävrestad, Lecturer in Information Technology at the University of Skövde, who has won the 2019 SISA Educational Award for his textbook.
High androgen levels during pregnancy increase the risk of PCOS for several generations
12/3/2019 Daughters of women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) are five times more likely to be diagnosed with PCOS as adults, and the generational transmission is driven by high andro...
Focus on bioprinting for Skövde researcher in Canada
12/3/2019 Jonas Christoffersson is a postdoc in Bioinformatics at the University of Skövde and is currently working in Canada. Working together with a team of researchers in Vancouver, Jonas...
University’s research wins awards at American Heart Scientific Sessions
12/2/2019 The University of Skövde's research has received two awards at the American Heart Scientific Sessions in Philadelphia. At their conference, research conducted by us together with c...
Donna Day – national meeting for female game developers
10/15/2019 The University of Skövde and Sweden Game Conference celebrates women in game development. On October 15 and 16, the DONNA network welcomes over 50 gamedev students to workshops, le...
Award for research about human robot collaboration
9/25/2019 Wei Wang, Associate Senior Lecturer in Automation Engineering at the University of Skövde, has been awarded the Best Paper Award in ICMR 2019 conference in Belfast. – I feel proud,...
Warm welcoming of 200 new international students
8/27/2019 On Monday, August 26, the new semester started for all new international students at the University of Skövde. This year, about 200 new international students are beginning their s...
Successful cooperation between Swedish and Chinese students
8/8/2019 For the first time, the University of Skövde has given a summer course in game development together with two Chinese universities. In just a few weeks, this cooperation has resulte...
Collaborative stem cell research develops safer pharmaceuticals
5/28/2019 Researchers who engage with the wider community are able to facilitate an exchange of knowledge that can have a major impact on society. Gustav Holmgren at the University of Skövde...
A study of well-being in patients receiving care at home
5/27/2019 Mobile integrated care is a care model developed in Skaraborg, and it has become a national role model. In the research project "Mobile integrated care in Skaraborg", researchers w...
Global Swede Award to Ahmed Mohamed
5/22/2019 Ahmed Mohamed from Egypt is studying the final semester of the Master's programme in Molecular Biotechnology at the University of Skövde. Yesterday, he was in Stockholm to receive ...
Warm welcoming of inclusive game
5/17/2019 A game that is playable for everyone, designed in a way that even visually impaired can play it. That is the concept behind the game app "Frequency Missing", developed at the Unive...
New Pilot Study Within the Project Smartdiagnos
5/10/2019 Now the Smartdiagnos instruments POC and LAB for rapid sepsis diagnostics are installed in the molecular lab in Skövde. A pilot study on whole blood will be performed now in May.
Study reveals a brain marker for angry dreams
4/16/2019 Researchers have identified a pattern of brain activity that reflects anger experienced during dreaming, according to a new study of healthy adults published in The Journal of Neur...
Research on biological diversity receives grant from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
2/13/2019 The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has issued a grant to Senior Lecturer in Ecology Annie Jonsson at the University of Skövde for 4.8 million Swedish kronor for her projec...
What does a smart city of the future look like?
2/12/2019 IPSI, the industrial research school at the University of Skövde, had the pleasure of hosting Professor Enrique Alba of the University of Málaga. For half a day, Professor Alba spo...
Tortalk – text-to-speech available for students and employees at University of Skövde
1/23/2019 TorTalk lets you listen to all text you can see on your computer screen. The text-to-speech application is now available for download for students and employees at the University o...
Indoor walking – a potential for enhanced interplay with Alzheimer´s patients
1/9/2019 With the tool “Let´s have a walk” it is possible to take an indoor walk, and at the same time get the feeling of grass or snow under one´s feet. The tool has been tested on seniors...
Finnish seniors tested prototypes
12/7/2018 A magic mirror, custom handles, an assistant robot and indoor walking on snow and grass. These were some of the prototypes tested during the BaltSeanior field tests in Finland, whe...
One Step Towards the Game that Adjusts to Your Emotions
11/13/2018 Researchers at the University of Skövde have “trained” a neural network that can detect the emotional state of a person playing a computer game with the help of an ordinary web cam...
AI Can Solve Challenges in the Steel Industry in a New Research Project
10/25/2018 The University of Skövde, Sandvik, and SSAB are involved in a new research project, with financial support from the Knowledge Foundation and support from the Swedish steel producer...
Gaming and Politics in Focus for this Year's Sweden Game Conference
10/15/2018 What does gaming and politics have in common? A lot! It is time for one of Sweden's largest gaming conferences and exhibitions in Skövde – Sweden Game Conference. This year's theme...
New Honorary Doctors Lecture on the Importance of a True World Image
10/10/2018 The New Honorary Doctors of the University of Skövde, Anna Rosling Rönnlund and Ola Rosling, have been awarded their honorary doctorates at the University of Skövde.
The Mexican Ambassador to Sweden Impressed by University Innovation
10/8/2018 Last week, the University of Skövde hosted a visit by the Mexican ambassador Agustín Gasca Pliego. – I am impressed to see that a municipality with 50,000 citizens is able to offer...
Personality differences between the sexes are largest in the most gender equal countries
10/2/2018 The self-rated personalities of men and women differ more in more gender equal countries, according to recent research from the University of Gothenburg, University West and the Un...
Hanna is the student who makes the Pride Parade happen
9/24/2018 For the longest time, it looked as if this year's Skövde Pride would be cancelled. Fortunately, Hanna Forsling, a student at the University of Skövde, wanted that to change.
New findings on the muscle disease Laing early-onset distal myopathy
9/24/2018 New avenues are now being opened for future treatment of Laing distal myopathy, a rare disorder that causes muscles in the feet, hands and elsewhere to atrophy. In a study publishe...
University of Skövde - French Etienne's first choice
9/17/2018 The university's gaming research stands out and gets attention from western France. When Etienne, a student of engineering, was looking for a traineeship, his choice fell on the Un...
Skövde-based researcher invited as expert to EU
9/14/2018 The University of Skövde has conducted successful research in open source software and open standards. EU is investigating these fields and Björn Lundell, Professor of Computer Sci...
New instruments for blood poisoning save lives
8/30/2018 The progression of sepsis, or blood poisoning, is very quick. A person's condition can become life threatening in just a few hours. Today, blood culture is the method used to diagn...
Fall semester begins for international students
8/27/2018 On Monday, the international students at the University of Skövde start their fall studies. 150 students from all over the world have gathered in their new home town of Skövde. Rea...
Happier dreams in a peaceful mind
8/24/2018 A new study by researchers from the University of Turku, Finland and the University of Skövde, Sweden shows that people with more peace of mind in the waking state have more positi...
Ambassador visits University of Skövde
8/13/2018 On Wednesday, the University of Skövde hosted a visit by the Ethiopian ambassador, Professor Merga Bekana. The programme included a presentation of the University and the present c...
New collaboration with American university
6/13/2018 In a new collaboration with the University of Illinois, College of Medicine, in Rockford, IL, American medical students will get an opportunity to learn more about the Swedish welf...
University of Skövde announces new honorary doctors: Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund
6/11/2018 Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, has called their book Factfulness one of the most important books of our times. And the book is at the top of the sales charts in Sweden. The auth...
New Research May Lead to Faster Product Development
5/28/2018 When developing new products there are usually an array of specifications to be met. For example, maximum measurements, weight, and shape. The challenge is often how to optimize on...
New Method Can Reduce Maintenance Costs by 40 percent
5/16/2018 Industry production can be complicated and many factors are in play, for example, when some machines stop working. But a better decision support system, where multiple sources of i...
Sergey Redyuk is Global Swede 2018
5/9/2018 Sergey Redyuk, student of Master’s programme in Data Science, is University of Skövde’s Global Swede for 2018. The annual recognition of Global Swede is a joint initiative by the M...
The European Week in Focus at the University of Skövde
5/9/2018 During May 5 - 9, Skövde Municipality joins in on the European Week. During the week, the international students at the University of Skövde will visit several schools and other pl...
Gaming Students and Researchers Going to China
5/2/2018 Just a few years ago, gaming was an interest of a select group in the world’s largest country. But with the arrival of the cell phone in combination with a change of attitude, Chin...
Sitting comfortably?
3/9/2018 Researchers at the University of Skövde work in close collaboration with the vehicle industry to develop a software that assists design engineers to improve physical ergonomics in ...
Yohannes Will Teach Mathematics Abroad
2/27/2018 Imagine having the world as your work place, and you are able to do what you enjoy the most? For Yohannes Tadesse Aklilu, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at the School of Engineerin...
Researcher from Skövde Keynote Speaker at UN Conference
2/19/2018 Why do some businesses and organizations survive and evolve through crises, while others fold? This question is asked by Stefan Tengblad, Professor of Business Administration at th...