Research in collaboration in health innovation
Collaboration between different parts of the welfare system and civil society is necessary to meet complex health challenges. The focus area Health Innovation creates meeting places and forums for collaboration and dialogue between academics and stakeholders and partners from industry and public sector.
Collaborate with the University’s researchers
The University's research adds value, drives innovation, and develops society. The research has a high societal relevance and contributes to solving societal challenges, often in close collaboration with external actors. Research, education, and collaboration enrich each other and create vital and international knowledge arenas.
Innovation and collaboration arenas
Leap for Life is Halland's joint investment in an innovation arena for information-driven care. It merges ambitions and activities within Halmstad University, Region Halland, all municipalities in Halland and regional and national business community in a joint effort to change and develop healthcare.
At Halmstad University, there are a number of other innovation and collaboration arenas with significance for the Health Innovation profile area. Here, researchers, students and external collaborators meet in both dialogue and projects.
The following research programmes are part of focus area Health Innovation

Research projects within focus area Health innovation
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The outdoor programme ‘Friskare framtid’ (Healthier Future) is run in collaboration between the event venue ‘Vinnalt event’ and Österledsskolan school in Oskarström, a town 17 km northeast of Halmstad
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The ADAAI project focuses on the implementation and use of AI-assisted digital assistants in care organisations. It aims to generate knowledge on organisational and leadership conditions for
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There are great hopes that artificial intelligence (AI) will contribute to dealing with many of the challenges that healthcare in Sweden is dealing with today. The project has the potential to promote
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Children and young people with disabilities are often less physically active than their peers. This research project explores barriers and opportunities to increased participation in sport and
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In the context of health promotion work and improvement work in healthcare, a number of different projects and development work are carried out. Often these are driven by commitment to the business,
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Artificial Intelligence Radiology (AIR): A copilot tool for quantitative assessment of lung diseases
The AIR project aims to assist radiologists in longitudinal assessments of lung diseases. Purpose and goal The AIR project aims to assist radiologists in longitudinal assessments of lung diseases. Its
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BALANCE is a European project that promotes young people’s health by combining everyday lifestyle habits with values such as inclusion, collaboration and engagement. Through inspiring role models,
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The Swedish healthcare system is of high quality but is characterised by inequality, persistent waiting lists, poor cost control and reforms that are often implemented without a sufficiently holistic
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The research project is Region Kronoberg’s initiative to develop more integrated, proactive and person-centred care. Local authorities and the region are working together and using data to improve
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This research aims to delve deeper into stakeholder relationships, roles, expectations and interdependencies when collaborating in data quality management when developing AI-based Clinical Decision
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The project is carried out in collaboration with companies and primary care facilities in the south of Sweden. It is designed around a set of empirical cases of implementation and/or adoption of
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The purpose of this national project in collaboration with the National Sports Association is to follow, for four years, elite sports students’ experience of a dual career, i.e. to combine elite
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The overall aim of the project is to generate new knowledge about real-world implementation and use of AI applications for automation of administrative work in healthcare, how professional roles
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The antidepressant clinical effect of ESK has been demonstrated in several randomized studies, but research on patient experiences is limited and there are few studies focusing on treatment
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Problematic school absenteeism contributes to pupils leaving compulsory school with incomplete grades or upper secondary school without an upper secondary school diploma. School absenteeism has
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Equine-assisted therapy has shown the potential to contribute to increased awareness and genuine change in the individual with good results even in the case of serious and lasting mental illness, such
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Equine-assisted therapy for children and young people at risk of developing permanent mental illness
The project aims to describe experiences of equine-assisted therapeutic activities for children and young people between the ages of 7 and 18, with signs of mental illness that are at risk of
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The project aims to create a framework to support implementation of AI- applications in healthcare settings. The framework will help healthcare organizations to plan and prepare for AI implementations
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In today’s society, globalisation and migration affect people’s lives in many different ways. For those who move to a new country, the transition can bring both opportunities and significant
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The aim of this project is to explore health-promoting factors that support a sustainable study and working life in the fields of care, nursing, and social work, both during and after professional
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The implementation of innovations in healthcare is challenging, especially when innovations are applied to healthcare services for patients living with long-term and complex conditions that require
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Healthcare data interoperability is widely recognized as an important enabler of digital transformation in healthcare, yet it remains challenged by fragmented technical, organizational, regulatory,
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The overall objective of this project is to raise elite coaches' awareness of Orthorexia Nervosa (ON), enhance early detection, and foster healthier, more sustainable elite sport participation for
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Research shows that young people and young adults with mental illness do not have access to or do not receive satisfactory and effective support measures when they seek help for their problems. To
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The project is a six-year follow-up to the doctoral project “ No pain, no gain – pain, quality of life and performance among young people at sports-focused compulsory schools”, which was completed in
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In the spring of 2020, the world was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic (C-19), which affected the lives of many people. School education was clearly affected and for students at sports-oriented high
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Sleep disorders are a risk factor for ill health, both physical and mental, and there is a need to raise awareness of the importance of sleep at regional, national, and international levels. Focusing
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SAFE is a research project conducted in collaboration that investigates how AI can be used as support in preventive work to reduce the occurrence of falls in healthcare. The project aims to create
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental condition in children that involves difficulty concentrating, hyperactivity and impulsivity to varying degrees depending
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The research project will investigate what values and resources exist in young people's social relationships and networks, how these can be reliably measured, and then examine what the connections
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The project investigates the individual and societal impacts of youth sports participation in Sweden, focusing on health, behavior, and school performance. Although youth sports participation is
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Participation in organized sport can promote both health and well-being among participants. To increase the chances of positive health outcomes from organized sport, it is important to create
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This is a national innovation environment for scientific evaluation and implementation of precision health in cancer established based on the performance of clinical trial pilots. Summary In Sweden,
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Traditional sports and esports share many qualities and characteristics. The potential value and benefits (e.g., positive youth development) of esports are also increasingly recognised. Nevertheless,
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Since the publication of the European Commission’s White Paper on Sport, there has been an increasing interest in dual careers (DC), referring to the combination of an athletic career with studies or
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This project, focus on how local, professional and institutional arrangements shape and are shaped themselves by, how healthcare professionals and other actors view, experience, and work with various
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UserInvolve is a collaboration between Swedish universities, the organised user movement and welfare actors in the field of mental health. The purpose is to increase knowledge about involvement and
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It is essential that blood sampling and other healthcare procedures involving children are carried out as gently as possible. Virtual Reality (VR), in the form of VR experiences and VR games, has been
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Health-related school subjects in Sweden address different health topics, including healthy eating. Healthy eating is something that many people aspire to, mainly for health reasons. However, even the
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The collected research shows a continued negative trend for mental health among young people in Sweden. It is extremely urgent to try to reverse the trend, which from a societal perspective would
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The overall aim of the project is to study, develop and evaluate the implementation of support for children's participation in care processes. Several sub-projects and doctoral projects are included