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At the end of June, Halmstad University arranged an international summer school for doctoral students from four universities: Halmstad University, Aalborg University in Denmark, University of Oulu in Finland, and the University of Glasgow in the UK. For a week, researchers, doctoral students, and entrepreneurs gathered to take part in lectures, workshops, and field trips to shape a new generation of researchers.

The amount of businesses worldwide that are branching out to foreign markets to capture a greater market share has never been greater. In that process, rebranding is a crucial asset for a company’s expansion. This is shown by Manoella Antonieta Ramos da Silva, PhD student at Halmstad University, in her research. At the same time, there are different barriers in developed and emerging countries that must be overcome by businesses that aim to expand to other nations.

Stefan Byttner got his first computer already before he started school. It had a tiny light that flashed red when the computer processed something, and he heard the adults saying “look, the computer is thinking”. “That fascinated me. Can a machine think? What does that really mean?” says Stefan Byttner, Senior Lecturer at Halmstad University.

For two consecutive years, Halmstad University has offered an international crash course in public governance by order of the Swedish Institute. Last week, 30 participants from Western Balkans who are all actively working with or within public governance, were on campus in Halmstad with the purpose to contribute to further democratisation in their home countries.

What should the infrastructure and mobility look like in the cities of the future? This is what Vaike Fors, Professor of Design Ethnography, and her colleagues have been studying in the AHA II project. By promoting collaborations between the public sector and industry, while engaging municipal residents in the development process, new methods for future local transport solutions have been developed.

Hi there, Oscar Molina! Your research is about improving road safety using automated and connected vehicles. You recently presented the first demo within the SafeSmart project at AstaZero. Can you tell us a little about your research and the SafeSmart project?

In the fall of 2022, Halmstad University will present a new bachelor’s program named Applied Articifial Intelligence (AI). It is tailored for people who do not primarily have an interest in the engineering sciences, but who will be using AI in, for example, healthcare or energy innovation. One of the program’s creators is Verónica Gaspes, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Halmstad University.

For the first time, Getinge Sterilization Inc. offered a scholarship programme as a part of its deepening collaboration agreement with Halmstad University. In connection to the University’s annual graduation fair, Utexpo, the company granted three scholarships to commendable graduation projects within the field health innovation. The scholarship amount was in total SEK 100,000, of which one scholarship was worth SEK 50,000 and two SEK 25,000.

From traditional teaching to lifelong learning – everyone knows that we need to make the shift. But how? Pontus Wärnestål often grapples with that question.

Giving your teacher a gift may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think about corruption. However, research about reducing dysfunctional and corrupt practices in schools shows that informal social norms, even though carried out with good intentions, could result in unequal and discriminatory treatment of students.