Research at Uppsala University
History of human antibiotic use written in the oral bacteria of wild brown bears
25 August 2021. An international team of researchers used historical museum collections to study the effects of huma ...
How research can encourage us to cycle instead
19 August 2021. How do you get to work in the mornings? Transport currently accounts for 25 per cent of GHG emission ...
Philippine ethnic group has most Denisovan DNA
13 August 2021. The Philippine ethnic group Ayta Magbukon has the highest proportion of genes from our extinct relat ...
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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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Anomalous Aryans? Western Scientific Racism and the Ainu as a “Lost White Race,” 1868-1941
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Research project from 2020-12-01 to 2022-12-31
At the height of Western imperialism, scientific racism was integral to the execution and justification of the colonial project around the globe. For many Europeans and Americans, military superiority ...
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Give me my perspective - Traces of the race biologists into the Sámi people´s home
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Research project from 2017-01-01 to 2019-12-31
This is an artistic research project focusing on the Institute of Racial Biology in Sweden, a state funded institute 1922-1958 - and its effects on the Indigenous Sámi people. The overall objective is ...
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Changing Climate Histories: Institutionalising Swedish Transnational Climate Knowledge 1950–2000
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Research project from 2021-01-01 to 2023-12-31
This project historicises institutions studying climate change during the second half of the twentieth century and their role in reinterpreting and politicising the concept of ‘climate’. I focus on the ...
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Co-Constituting Indigenous/Academic/Artistic Knowledges and Understandings of Land-, Water-, Body-, and Lab-scapes
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Research project from 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Co-Constituting Indigenous/Academic/Artistic Knowledges and Understandings of Land-, Water-, Body- and Lab-scapes?, Uppsala Oct. 10-12, 2012, 50-60 participants. The workshop is related to the VR financed ...
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Cycles of Cycling: Practices and Socio-Technical Transitions in Urban Transport
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Research project from 2013-07-01 to 2016-06-30
Contemporary discussions about technology and sustainability often focus on innovation as the exclusive realm of new technology. The proposed project will instead examine the rise, decline, and partial ...
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The Swedish Patent Database, 1746-1975
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Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2021-12-31
The purpose of this research project is to build a fully searchable, publicly accessible database for all Swedish patents covering the period 1746-1974 (ca. 400,000 patents). No such database exists today ...
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Economic history of the senses: The economization of smells, sounds, tastes, colors, and tactilities during the industrial breakthrough in Sweden
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Research project from 2020-01-01 to 2023-12-31
Inspired by the expanding field of sensory history the project sets out to study the role of sensoric perceptions in industrial product development in Sweden in the era of industrialization. Many of the ...
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Indigenous Climate Change Studies: Indigenous Expertise meets Western Technological Design and Innovation
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Research project from 2017-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Overall aim of this supra- and crossdisciplinary project is to analyze sociotechnical aspects of human security and sustainability in regard to climate change as well as to make an contribution to the ...
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Káfastallat
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Research project from 2016-01-01 to 2017-12-31
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Living without oil?! Rethinking relations with lands and waters with Indigenous Land Based Expertise for a transition towards a fossil free welfare society
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Research project from 2019-12-01 to 2022-12-31
The project aims at bringing forth Indigenous peoples’ Land Based expertise and innovation along with discussions on visions of a welfare society independent of fossil fuels, while respecting and promoting ...
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Masters of flavour: Food invention in high-industrial Sweden
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Research project from 2017-01-01 to 2019-12-31
The aim of the project is examine how science and engineering transformed food flavour in Sweden from the 1930s to the 1970s, the so-called "high-industrial" period in which the food industry developed ...
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RE-Claimings, Empowerings, Inspirings: Researching and exploring by, for and with indigenous peoples, minorities and local communities
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Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2013-12-31
The symposium will focus on discussing the cultural heritage and culture which is commonly denominated as ?Sámi culture/ cultural heritage?, often considered to be of importance to a very limited number ...
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The Reform Technocrats: The Strategists of the Strong State, 1930-1980
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Research project from 2012-01-01 to 2014-12-31
Skapandet av välfärdsstaten intar en central roll i den gängse bilden av efterkrigstidens Sverige. Genom att betona den roll som en särskild grupp av "strateger" kom att spela i planeringen och uppbyggnaden ...
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Rivers, resistance and resilience: Sustainable futures in Sápmi and in other indigenous peoples? territories
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Research project from 2012-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Overall aim of this supradisciplinary research project is to analyze the sociotechnical aspects of human security, sustainability for, resistance and resilience of indigenous peoples in (post)colonial ...
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Safe and Sustainable Energy Futures in Sápmi: Assumptions and Actions - Visions and Decisions
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Research project from 2017-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Overall aim of this supradisciplinary research project is to analyze socio-technical aspects of climate change mitigation policies, human security, safety and sustainability in regard to Indigenous peoples ...
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Research spotlight: The coronavirus
New method for discovery of antiviral drugs
2 August 2021. The current COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for methods to identify new or repurposed dru ...
Helpline important for older people during the pandemic
8 July 2021. For many older individuals, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the loss of daily anonymous contac ...
The national COVID-19 Data Portal turns one year old
3 June 2021. The national Swedish COVID-19 Data Portal was launched one year ago to support researchers in utilis ...
Lectures
Uppsala University’s researchers share their knowledge in public lectures. Every year, the University is visited by leading researchers and influential people from around the world. At Uppsala University, you can hear Nobel laureates, researchers, authors, politicians and many others give lectures. Here we present some of the most prominent, annually occurring lectures at Uppsala University.