Research at Uppsala University
New biomarkers can lead to breakthrough in diabetes research
18 February 2021. With the discovery of two new biomarkers, Olof Eriksson, researcher in translational imaging, may le ...
Producing more sustainable hydrogen
12 February 2021. Hydrogen for energy use can be extracted in an environmentally friendly way from water and sunlight, ...
The professor wanting to contribute to peace on Earth
25 January 2021. Isak Svensson is, as he describes it, a product of the Department of Peace and Conflict Research. Si ...
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Here you will find all research projects at Uppsala University funded by the main Swedish funding bodies. The search feature is based on the SweCRIS database.
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SWE-2012-131: The Gendered Political Economies of Coca versus Cocaine in Chapare, Bolivia
Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31
This project explores local understandings of the radically higher degree of transfer of surplus value from peasant families through illicit versus licit commercialization of coca and the gendered dimension ...
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Disassembling the power of high-carbon imaginaries
Research project from 2021-01-01 to 2024-12-31
The overall purpose of this project is to critically examine and better understand how powerful carbon-intensive imaginaries can be disempowered – either realigned or dismantled - to accelerate low-carbon ...
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Managing the digital transformation of physical space
Research project from 2018-11-15 to 2021-02-28
Purpose and goal: This project is a quest to understand some of the inherent values of spatial experiences in the context of interactions between human actors and their organizations. The objective is ...
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Att välja utbildning. En experimentell studie av elevers val till gymnasiet
Research project from 2015-01-10 to 2016-11-01
Syftet med projektet är att undersöka elevers preferenser (stated preferenses, SP) för akademiska, geografiska och sociala faktorer som är centrala vid val av gymnasieskola. För det första avser projektet ...
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Climate change and transformations of financial risk
Research project from 2016-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Climate change and the management of financial risk – the risk, that is, of financial loss – are defining challenges of our era. Yet little is known about how financial practice is being reshaped in light ...
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The Political Economy of Swedish Investments in the Spanish Housing Market and its impacts on Urban Social Sustainability
Research project from 2020-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Swedish investors are not only key stakeholders shaping urban social sustainability in Sweden, but they also shape urban social sustainability abroad. Indeed, Swedish investors not only operate in the ...
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Intermediation, place and value creation: Exploring the processes and spaces of ‘curation’
Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2017-12-31
By linking producers and consumers, intermediaries such as brokers and gatekeeper have always been important market actors. Yet, the processes and spatial dynamics of intermediation are evolving in the ...
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Just the right trip? Estimating demand for public transport using cell phone geolocation data.
Research project from 2018-10-01 to 2021-09-30
Planning of public transport routing and route frequency as well as urban planning with the incentive to increase individuals´ access to school, care, care, recreation and work, etc., have traditionally ...
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MOBILITY IN THE URBAN LANDSCAPE – a joint NECTAR summer-school / Regional Science Academy ABC meeting in Uppsala, June 2017
Research project from 2016-11-01 to 2016-11-30
The MOBILITY IN THE URBAN LANDSCAPE – a joint NECTAR summer-school / Regional Science Academy ABC meeting in Uppsala, June 2017 Is a conference with the aim of bringing junior and senior researchers from ...
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SWE-2012-124: Agriculture, Health and Scientific Homecomings: A study of internationally-trained scientists that return to Zimbabwe, Uganda and Ghana
Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Science is widely seen as one of the key ingredients for finding new solutions to perennial development challenges in Africa. Many hopes and investments rest upon the young African scientists that undergo ...
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Searching for sustainable alternatives in a time of crisis
Research project from 2018-07-01 to 2021-06-30
The aim of this project is to discuss housing alternatives in relation to the provision of socially sustainable housing and, crucially, to assess the viability of said alternatives. The project will focus ...
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Research spotlight: The coronavirus
Limited transmission of COVID-19 from open schools but teachers were affected
12 February 2021. Most countries introduced school closures during the spring of 2020 despite uncertainty regarding th ...
New clues to how SARS-CoV-2 infects cells
8 February 2021. The molecular details of how SARS-CoV-2 enters cells and infects them are still not clear. Researche ...
Interdisciplinary collaboration provides new answers about immunity after Covid-19
8 January 2021. Only weeks after the coronavirus reached Sweden, blood samples were taken from more than 2,000 emplo ...
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