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Never before in modern times have men and women shared housework as equally as they do today. This is mainly because women spend considerably less time on housework than they did just 20 years ago. At …

Anders Kaliff, professor of archaeology at Uppsala University, has been granted funding from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) for his research programme Från mjölk till mjöd – indoeuropeisk matkultur i …

Gravitational waves from the instant immediately following the Big Bang can teach us more about how the universe is structured. For example, we might be able to get a better idea about what dark …

It is once again time for the annual Uppsala Light Festival (Allt ljus på Uppsala). From 6 to 22 November, 13 installations by Swedish and international light artists will transform the city centre. …

Uppsala University is not only internationally renowned for its research, but also for a long list of innovations emanating from its research. It’s now time once again to nominate next year’s …

Grades from compulsory school determine which pupils are accepted into popular upper secondary programmes. A new thesis from Uppsala University shows that pupils at for-profit independent schools …

Home tests for early detection, identifying people with a genetically increased risk, better treatments and new medicines. Tobias Sjöblom’s cancer research covers a broad field. Alongside his own …

The game Warhammer 40K is set in the future and has millions of players worldwide. Karl Berglund will be exploring the literature and reading culture surrounding the game together with Camilla Wallin …

Where does Uppsala University stand when it comes to fiction? Lately, Uppsala and its University seem to have become the new Midsomer, where an unusually high number of fictional crimes and misdeeds …

S chool absenteeism poses a major challenge, both from an educational and a legal perspective. This is one of the conclusions in the thesis ‘Between duty and right – A legal perspective on school …