A second round of catalysts

2025-03-20

Participants at the pre-inauguration conference co-creating research ideas

A second round of catalyst grants has now been awarded from UUniCORN. Researchers from all three disciplinary domains will be funded to develop programmatic ideas, ranging from changes in the labor market to planetary health.

UUniCORN is now expanding its research network and continues to build a community around societal transistions through a second round of catalyst grants. Six projects have been awarded between 100,000 and 400,000 SEK to develop and expand networks, write research proposals, articles and conduct pilot studies. A total of 23 applications were submitted from various departments.

- It is inspiring to see the great interest, variety and engagement of the submitted proposals, says UUniCORN director Mats Målqvist.

The submitted proposals came from all three disciplinary domains and covered many new areas of goal conflicts. Some project gorups have alreday started their work and the rest will follow shortly, announcing and sending invitations to network activities.

Facts

The following researchers have been granted funding for the development of UUniCORN:

Emma Elfversson (Dept. of Political Science) and Kristine Höglund (Dept. of Peace and Conflict Research) - The dilemma of forced evictions in rapidly growing cities: Housing insecurity and the politics of urban transition
Oskar Nordström Skans (Dept. of Economics) - Forming a National Research Cluster on AI, Structural Change, and the Future of Work
Sarah Dickin (Dept. of Women's and Children's Health) - Navigating goal conflicts to promote planetary health justice
Anders Sjögren, Emma Elfversson, Anna Jarstad and Johanna Söderström (Dept. of Political Science) - Governing Goal Conflicts in Sustainability Transformations: Strategies for managing competing interests in land use and access
Fouad El Gohary and colleagues (Dept. of Civil and Industrial Engineering) - Public Attitudes and Acceptance in the Energy Transition – An Interdisciplinary Approach
Claudia Teutschbein (Dept. of Geosciences) - Water, Energy, and Food Security in the Face of Climate Challenge

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Read more about the projects on the Research page