Research projects

A multi-actor tool for creating and evaluating eco-innovations

Syftet var att etablera en agenda för forskning kring tre områden (gröna innovationer, kvalitet och livscykelanalys) samt att skapa arbetssätt för utveckling av miljövänligare...
Accelerated deployment of renewable energy: econometric models of innovation systems to determine...

The development of renewable energy technologies depends on many factors, and governments have a large variety of policy measures to stimulate the development and use of these...
Actor Based Life Cycle Assessment - towards green food chains for eco-products

The food industry and ecological products in particular is facing major challenges in the coming years, such as consumer demands, scale of food systems, reduction of waste and...
Adaptivt ledarskap för ökad innovationsförmåga - org. förutsättningar för självorganiserade team

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Swerea IVF AB (Private, Sweden) Volvo Group (Private, Sweden) Saab AB (Private, Sweden)
Advanced, High Performance, Polymer Lithium Batteries for Electrochemical Storage (APPLES)

This project aims to the development at an initial industrial level of an advanced, lithium ion battery for efficient application in the sustainable vehicle market. The basic...
After audit: Exploring post innovation audit actions

Recently, the innovation audit has been introduced, both in literature and in practice. An innovation audit is intended to provide a systematic review of a firm’s or a business unit’s...
AKTA - Automation of Kitting, Transport and Assembly

The choice of automation solution depends on the automation strategies of the company, as well as on parameters such as process layout, product complexity, routing- and recourse...
Aktionsforskning rörande utveckling mot en mer patientfokuserad cancervård

See Swedish site for more information.
An innovation policy framework and policy options for the development of biorefineries

The purpose is to investigate how different policy instruments contribute to the commercialization of future biorefineries and the production of renewable transport fuels in...
An innovative food supply chain for reduced waste through collaboration

Objective and Goal - FulfillmentThe aim of the project was to set up a consortium that cooperates with the goal of decreasing waste in the food chain from the raw material supplier to...
An model for packaging systems evaluation from a sustainability persepective in the automotive...

Current packaging systems used in the Swedish automotive industry should be challengeddue to the deployment of lean production and just-in-time concepts, and the implementation of new...
Analys av hur en renodlad beställarroll påverkar anläggningsbranschen

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Lund University (Academic, Sweden) Luleå University of Technology (Academic, Sweden) Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)...
Analysis and mitigation of cargo theft risk

This research project focuses on one of the most factual supply chain risks, namely, cargo theft. We focus on this issue because cargo theft is really a substantial problem in an...
Analysis Tool for calculating the environmental impact and efficiency of transport systems

How to measure and evaluate environmental impact. There is a great need to analyze the environmental impact and efficiency of goods transport systems. In this project, a tool will be...
Användbara data

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Nationella diabetesregistret (Other, Sweden)
Architecture for EurOpean Logistics Information eXchange (AEOLIX)

Supply chain visibility supported by easy access to, and exchange and use of relevant and abundant logistics-related information is an important prerequisite for the deployment of...
ASPIRE - Automation solutions for production deviation management

The complexity of production and logistics systems is often caused by frequent changes and dependencies among the many interacting systems. As a consequence and despite the systematic...
ASPIRE Automationslösningar för hantering av produktionsavvikelser

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (Academic, Sweden) Swerea IVF AB (Private, Sweden)
Assembling Social Industrial Ecology

The project is about developing cross-disciplinary collaborative arenas in the field of Industrial Ecology, a field with an overarching aim of ecological transformation of society. To...
ASTA – roles, rights n'duties

This project focuses on understanding what managing means in emerging types of inter-organizational collaborations. It is set in the context of the initial phases of establishing...
Att möjliggöra en övergång till bioekonomi: dynamik i innovationssystem och policy

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations SP Sveriges Tekniska Forskningsinstitut AB (Research Institute, Sweden) Lund University (Academic, Sweden)
Automated logistics services (pre-study)

The purpose of this pre-study is to identify regional and urban functions, flows and nodes where automated logistics services could create opportunities to improve both social...
Autonomous and Connected Trucks for Electric Distribution (ACTED)

Sweden’s goal of having a sustainable transport and a vehicle fleet totally fossil-free by 2030 has led to a number of initiatives to increase the use of electric vehicles. At the...
BatMan - förberedelse för förbättrad återanvändning av batterisystem

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Volvo Group (Private, Sweden) Qrtech AB (Unknown, Sweden) Volvo Cars (Private, Sweden)
Beslutsstöd för samhällets kritiska flöden

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations University of Gothenburg (Academic, Sweden) University of Gothenburg (Publisher, Sweden) Lindholmen science park AB...
BIM coordinator’s role and function as knowledge leader in construction processes

A current trend in the build environment is the effort to streamline construction processes towards a higher degree of standardization and industrialization, which challenges the...
Biofuels and land use - landowning

The project will investigate repercussions of increased demand for biofuels both on a conceptual level and in more details related to land titles.
Bio-LCA: Biodiversity indicators in life cycle assessments in forestry and agriculture

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) (Academic, Sweden) University of Skövde (Academic, Sweden) University...
Boosting research on sustainable battery technologies

See Swedish site for more information.
Born Global

Born Global is an accelerator program for ambitious Swedish startups that aspire to go global. Selected startups are guided towards a verified and scalable business model. The program...
BoStad2021

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations City of Gothenburg (Public, Sweden) CMB (Centre, Sweden) Framtiden (Other, Sweden)
Bring a Friend: a campaign to increase participation in the cervical cancer screening-program

In the project, conducted in the northeast part of Gothenburg, different stakeholders and professions in healthcare and the civil society collaborated in order to increase the Pap...
Business Model Changes

The project analyzes how firms manage their business model innovation processes. A business model innovation redefines the value proposition, its customer delivery or how the firm...
Business Prototyping

Business prototyping is a workshop series that seek to provide Chalmers researcher with hands-on guidance on how to develop startup-projects based on new technologies and research...
Capacity pooling in health care systems

See Swedish site for more information.
CBI Consortium for Business-driven Growth

The CBI Consortium for Innovative Growth is a project -- commissioned by the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (VINNOVA) -- that seeks to develop and diffuse methods...
Challenge Lab

Challenge Lab at Chalmers University of Technology is a challenge driven innovation and co-creation arena for a sustainable future. We design and implement innovative solutions to...
Changing roles in distribution systems

For information about the project, see the Swedish project page (in Swedish).
CiMMREC – Circular models for mixed and multi material recycling in manifacturing extended loops

This project is run on by RISE IVF where Martin works parttime. The research covers recycling loops of residual materials from automotive and manufacturing industry.
Circular material flows

Postdoc projekt
Circularis

Environmental sustainability and resource scarcity are urgent issues, and new ways of providing products and services are needed. Swedish companies need to learn about, and implement...
Circulate More

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Stiftelsen Chalmers Industriteknik (Private, Sweden) Linköping University (Academic, Sweden)
CIVIC - Construction In Vicinities: Innovative Co-creation

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Linköping University (Academic, Sweden) Lindholmen Science park, Closer (Other, Sweden) LEAD (Centre, Sweden)
Collaborative innovation for sustainable cities: An analysis of the urban innovation system in...

The aim of the project is to create a more profound understanding of the interaction between different actors in an urban innovation system, focusing on roles, responsibilities and...
Collaborative innovation in construction projects as means for strategic innovation in construction...

The objective of this research is to increase the understanding of how strategic and long-term innovation efforts can be organized, operated and co-created within a project-based...
Commercializing the Bio-based Economy: Pilot and Demonstration Plants in Innovation Policy and...

In this multi-disciplinary research project we address the role of pilot and demonstration plants in realizing the biobased economy in general and different biorefinery concepts in...
Commercializing the Bio-based Economy: Pilot and Demonstration Plants in Innovation Policy and...

I detta projekt studeras den samhällsekonomiska betydelsen av pilot- och demonstrationsanläggningar inom bioraffinaderi- och bioenergiområdet, och speciellt sådana anläggningar som...
Contracts and management for flexibility and knowledge integration in tunnel projects

In Sweden as well as internationally, large infrastructure projects have been especially prone to large cost increases, delays, quality problems and conflicts. In these projects...
Conventional plastics from renewable raw materials - A sustainable alternative?

Base chemicals, such as ethylene, are of high importance to our society, e.g. in plastic. However, the fossil feedstocks that these chemicals are currently based upon are of limited...
Corporate Entrepreneurship/ Entrepreneurial Leadership Lab (CELL)

See Swedish site for more information.
Creative climates in science parks

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations AREA Trieste (Private, Italy) Lindholmen science park AB (Private, Sweden)
CUTS - Collaborative Urban Transport

Urban transport is rapidly becoming one of the major challenges of political leaders at city, regional and national level. Decision and planning processes in cities are extremely...
Decision support system for Warfarin therapy management

Decision support system for Warfarin therapy management: Approximately 150,000 patients are being treated with Warfarin in Sweden and the number is increasing steadily...
DEMO - Design Meets Open Innovation

This project focuses on how design theory and design methodology can stimulate open innovation practice and help in handling some of the challenges that often arise when multiple...
DEMO - Design meets open innovation

This project focuses on how design theory and design methodology can stimulate open innovation practice and help in handling some of the challenges that often arise when multiple...
Den nya svenska produktionsmodellen

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Mälardalens högskola (Academic, Sweden) Swerea IVF AB (Private, Sweden)
DENCITY

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Volvo Group (Private, Sweden) Göteborgs stad, Trafikkontoret (Public, Sweden) Älvstranden Utveckling (Public...
DenCity

DenCity develops innovative solutions for sustainable passenger and freight mobility in dense neighborhoods, with high standards of attractiveness, accessibility and sustainability...
Design in Innovation

The objective of this research was to identify how the design competence engages and facilitates the pursuit of radical innovation. The project investigated both leading design...
Design of materials preparation processes

The proposed project deals with the design and choice of efficient materials preparation processes in the automotive industry. The application of materials supply principles such as...
Design thinking and its contribution to innovation capabilities in large firms

Fulfillment The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of Design Thinking (DT) on large firms. It is the first part of a larger study dedicated to investigating how the...
Developing Capabilities for Innovation in Large Firms

Innovation is difficult, especially for large, established companies, which often are – very logical - organised according to an entirely different rationale than the one needed for...
Developing Innovation capabilities at Volvo Cars Phase 2

This project is a longitudinal study of Volvo Cars focusing on the development of capabilities for innovation. The research is building on our previous collaboration with Volvo Cars...
Developing the theory and practice of systematic business creation

The purpose of this project is to develop a better understanding of the theory and practice of systematic customer centered business creation. In particular by comparing different...
Development of a Procurement Big Data software and method.

The project investigates from a research perspective how to effectively utilize big data, predictive analytics and data science in procurement processes and decisions. It analyses...
Development of method and application on monetisation

The overall aim of the project is to provide companies and other actors with valuation factors for carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as well as for energy, that can be used in...
Development of methodology to communicate environmental damage cost data

Monetary valuation of environmental impacts is increasingly used as a basis for decisions in environmental and sustainability issues. Such data are especially valuable at goal...
DIgital business models for energy efficient goods transports (pre study)

The project aims to develop new knowledge on how technology is embedded in business networks to achieve energy efficient goods transports.
Digital Environment for Cognitive Inclusion (DECI)

The average human lifespan increase has significant impacts on healthcare organizations and on every aspect of citizens’ wellbeing. One of the main areas of intervention focuses on...
Digital Environment for Cognitive Inclusion (DECI)

The average human lifespan increase has significant impacts on healthcare organizations and on every aspect of citizens’ wellbeing. One of the main areas of intervention focuses on...
Digital model-driven physical retail and supply chain management (DM-Retail)

The project aims at identifying and describing opportunities in retailing supply chains for introducing digital modeling of consumers and products to increase value adding and...
Digitalization and energy conservation: Opportunities, barriers and business models to unlock...

Today, the pulp and paper industry is ready to absorb the energy efficiency opportunities brought forth by "digitalization" - the fourth industrial revolution. The...
Discontinuous Business Innovation

The project explored how established firms work with discontinuous innovation; innovations which change the way an industry functions. It was initiated when SCA realized that they...
Discontinuous Innovation in the Value Chain

This project aimed to explore the systemic effects of discontinuous innovation from a value chain perspective. It sought to understand what happens outside the boundaries of the...
Discontinuous Innovation Project

This research project is part of a European collaboration and is led by Professor John Bessant from the University of Exeter. It is aimed at strengthening participating companies’...
DREAMIT - Digital accesshantering i realtid för intermodala transporter

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Vänerexpressen AB (Private, Sweden) Tjörns Bilservice AB (Private, Sweden) Consenso (Private, Sweden) Hisingens Truck AB...
Driving Innovation through a higher purpose

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Truepoint Sweden AB (Private, Sweden) NCC (Private, Sweden) Axel Johnson AB (Private, Sweden) Elanders AB (Private...
Eco-innovation measures

Mapping environmental issues affecting R & D processes in large Swedish companies During the recent years environmental aspects have entered the business agenda. The purpose of...
Effektiv arbetsfördelning i byggnätverket

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet (Academic, Norway)
Efficient Maintenance for Sustaninable Transport Solutions (EMATS)

Objective and Goal: The main target is to derive the basis for new concepts for efficient maintenance of sustainable transport solutions. This is done through integrated information...
Electric traction motors in a circular economy

Electric vehicles require components that often contain expensive and potentially critical metals, limited in supply and without recycling, e.g. magnets for electric motors. To...
Electricity retailers and solar power diffusion: strategies and critical trade-offs

Higher diffusion of solar power in Sweden requires more actors to start producing and consuming solar power instead of other forms of electricity. The number of actors that offer...
ELIN: Energy efficiency of logistics services -- inside-out

New technology and regulatory mechanisms (e.g. economic, legal, knowledge based and societal) are predominated by an outside-in perspective on reducing climate impact of freight...
Energieffektiva transporter: förbättrar kundservice med samtidig reducerad energianvändning baserad...

See Swedish site for more information.
Energy cost and time efficient In-Plant materials supply systems

Theories and models are developed to facilitate design of in-plant materials supply systems with high performance in terms of efficiency, flexibility, ergonomics and support to...
Energy Efficiency Throughout the Value Chain - Working methods for increased competitiveness

The aim of the project is to develop methods for industry and disseminate information on how large Swedish companies can work with energy efficiency within the value chain. The...
Energy efficient transport

Energy efficient transport
Environmental and resource performance of the nanomaterials graphene and nanocellulose

The two nanomaterials graphene and nanocellulose have been hailed for their great usefulness in a number of applications, and are of high importance for the Swedish industry. Since...
Environmental impacts from and the organising of recycling – comparative case study for metal...

See Swedish site for more information.
Environmentally more effective organising of recycling – comparative case study for metal packaging...

See Swedish site for more information.
Evaluation: Scale Global

This project seeks to evaluate Scale Global with the goal of developing practically oriented entrepreneurship theories.
Examining the role of experts as knowledge facilitators in standardized and industrialized building...

The overall objective of this project is to explore how organizations in the construction industry can develop industrialized processes that not only provide a more efficient...
Experimentellt entreprenörskap för praktik och policyutveckling

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Linköping University (Academic, Sweden)
Explore and exploit - of the need for ambidextrous capabilities in healthcare organizations

See Swedish site for more information.
Exploring and mitigating the environmental risk of hydrokinetic turbines

The project will study animal-turbine interactions and use the observations in refined collision risk models in order to assess the potential environmental impact on both turbine and...
Exploring different types of Innovation Ideas Network

This project examined business model innovation and product innovation, and where their original ideas derive from in companies’ organizations, by applying a social network...
Exploring Innovativeness in the Forest-Based Sector

This project investigated nine forest-related companies in relation to the creative climate, ability to take innovations to market, and need for renewal. The project involved...
Exploring key organizational competencies in Science Parks

– Understanding and enhancing alearning climate for creativity, innovation and change The project addresses organizational competencies in Science Parks and how management can...
Exploring linkages between startup creation and future growth in new technology-based Swedish and...

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Aalto University (Academic, Finland) Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM) (Academic, France)
Exploring the Organizational Capability for Value Innovation

This single case study investigated the process leading up to radical changes in the value proposition from an organizational capability perspective. The firm investigated was...
Facing the energy challenge: Innovative business models for renovation of buildings

The overall objectives of this research concern how innovative business- and decision making models for energy efficient renovation of buildings are created, adopted, and acted upon...
Flexibilitet under kontraktstiden
FoodPort Connecting Food Port Regions-Between and beyond

Food products, beverages and tobacco transport accounted for the largest share of European road tonne-kilometres in 2008, at over 15%. The food production relies heavily on road...
FoodPort Connecting Food Port Regions-Between and beyond

Food products, beverages and tobacco transport accounted for the largest share of European road tonne-kilometres in 2008, at over 15%. The food production relies heavily on road...
Fordonsanvändning i transportsystem för hållbar logistik

See Swedish site for more information.
Forum for cooperation – participatory research

This project concerns participatory research in the first phase of Forum för innovation inom transportsektorn, a new national forum for strategies in transport research and innovation...
Framtidens kommunikation för myndighetsanvändare
Framväxande digitala teknikers tillämpbarhet som plockstöd inom materialhantering

See Swedish site for more information.
Från idé till affär - framgångsrika innovationsprocesser inom samhällsbyggandet

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Weber Saint-Gobain (Private, Sweden) VVS-företagen (Private, Sweden) Development Fund of the Swedish Construction...
Från råmaterial till förnybar energi genom effektivt logistikflöde

See Swedish site for more information.
Freight transport in lanes dedicated for public transport - evaluation and concept development

The City of Stockholm, PostNord, Chalmers Technical University and Sustainable Innovation wish to examine if it can be advisable, under certain conditions, to allow freight transports...
Future of sharing schedule information in automotive industry supply chains using advanced data...

The project’s point of departure is generally low forecast/delivery schedule accuracies, with negative impact on tied-up capital, transport costs, volume flexibility and environment...
Future SME

FutureSME is a major cross-European project involving 26 partners from Ireland, UK, Italy, Turkey, Poland, Sweden, Czech Republic and Slovakia. With a budget of €8 million...
G4E - Gothenburg for entrepreneurs

G4E is part of the government's and HSV's special focus on three excellence training entrepreneurship: Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship and programs at Gothenburg and Lund...
Global Assembly Instruction Strategies (GAIS) 2

Companies are getting more and more global in order to be closer to the end-market. This put great demands in a well-structured information system. Earlier research shows that there...
Global Operations Network

Identification of critical factors and process innovations shaping and evolving future operations networks - key concepts in the cross industry project “Global Operations...
GNNC - Commercializing green nanotech in nordic construction

The goals of the project are: To identify key actors and emerging/potential national and Nordic knowledge bases in the cross-over fields of eco-efficient nanotechnology and...
GoINN

Chalmers and Gothenburg University and other key players linked to the universities interact within VINNOVA's Key Actor’s Program in the project named GoINN. Here collaborate...
Good governing of rural electrification processes in Eastern Africa – The importance of formal and...

The central concern of the project is that many rural electrification projects based on renewable off-grid electricity sources fail despite the fact that a) electrifying rural areas...
Good governing of rural electrification processes in Eastern Africa – The importance of formal and...

The central concern of the project is that many rural electrification projects based on renewable off-grid electricity sources fail despite the fact that a) electrifying rural areas...
Gothenburg Urban Freight Platform

The UFP works as a facilitator of academic research on urban freight within the context of the logistics competence center Northern LEAD at University of Gothenburg and Chalmers...
Governance for a high environmental quality of the Baltic Sea

The project focuses on On-site Sewage Systems (OSS), contributing significantly to marine eutrophication in the enclosed Baltic Sea. OSS is a case where individual actors (homeowners)...
Green Kaizen

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (Academic, Sweden)
Greening the Fleet – Sustainability Transitions in the Maritime Shipping Sector (Greenfleet)

GREENFLEET aims to analyse the opportunities and challenges associated with a transition from fossil-based fuels to low- or zero-carbon technologies. With a 'technological innovation...
Hållbara godstransporter i citymiljö

Hållbar stadsutveckling och transporter hanteras genom nya koncept för stadsdistribution för varor och passagerare. Urban transporter för människor och gods har snabbt blivit en av de...
Healthcare transformation in Region Västra Götaland

The regional council has adopted a common strategy for expanding proximity-based care, concentrating of healtcare for higher quality and accessibility, developing digital forms of...
High gravity hydrolysis and fermentation of lignocellulosic material for production of bio-fuels...

The search for sustainable production of 2nd generation biofuels is an ongoing effort. The aim is to substitute fossil-based transportation fuels with their renewable counterparts...
Hinder och drivkrafter för BIM i medelstora entreprenadföretag

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Jönköping University (Academic, Sweden) Jönköping University (Publisher, Sweden) Swedish Construction Federation...
How science is made socially useful

The purpose is to develop a methodology to trace the effects of academic R&D and to understand the systemic determinants of the magnitude and character of these effects. This can...
Hur kan Design Thinking bidra till innovationsarbete i svenska företag

Projektets syfte är att utveckla praktiskt tillämpbar kunskap om implementering av Design thinking i svenska företag. Detta åstadkoms genom att 1) utveckla kompetens om implementering...
Husmuttern Enklare vägar till jobb 2.0

Följeforskning av Husmuttern ABs utveckling av visuella digitala arbetsinstruktioner och säkra monteringsstationer för att skapa inkluderande utvecklande ekla jobb finansierat av...
ICT Roadmap

ICT Roadmap
Idéburet offentligt partnerskap (IOP)

A nonprofit public partnership between Göteborg municipality and seven nonprofit organisations (Röda Korset, Rädda Barnen, Göteborgs Räddningsmission, Bräcke Diakoni, Individuell...
Identifying Managing Ideas Discontinuous Business Innovation

This project aimed at investigating how firms work in order to identify and manage ideas that lead to discontinuous innovations. The contribution from this project was increased...
Implementering av ny lastbärare i ett befintligt tekniskt system

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Extendo (Private, Sweden) Holmen Skog (Private, Sweden) Boklunds Åkeri (Private, Sweden) JOAB (Private, Sweden) Tranås...
Improvement of sick leave processes

See Swedish site for more information.
Improvement of sick leave processes

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Centre for Healthcare Improvement (CHI) (Centre, Sweden)
Increased Availability of Environmental Data on Technical Processes

The purpose of this project is to increase the availability of environmental data on technical processes by structuring, documenting, and publishing existing data in the CPM LCA...
Increased collaboration within and across industries – a part of Innovative Jämtland/Härjedalen

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Montell&Partners Management Consulting (Private, Sweden)
Increased cooperation for sustainable urban development: a study of the decision process in...

The objective is to investigte effects from increased coorperation between involved parties in an urban development and renovation process in housing areas with extensive renovation...
Increased innovation capability through efficient development of integrated solutions

This project aims to improve companies' ability to organize and manage for efficientdevelopment of solutions that integrates products and services. Developing such solutions will...
Increased innovation capacity across organizational boundaries in healthcare

The target group of the project consists of organizations in in primary care, dental care, hospital care and elderly care whose main challenges include collaboration across...
Industralization of hybrid electric vehicle technology

A necessary step towards sustainable cities is hybrid- and electrified transport. The current vehicle industry must shift production towards hybrid- and electric power. A fundamental...
Influences and actors at the interface between socio-technical and ecological systems - the case of...

This research project aims at contributing with knowledge about influences on actors’ decisions and actions regarding on-site sewage systems. Such knowledge may be useful in planning...
Initial business models in new technology-based firms

One of the central motivations of this study is related to the fact that our knowledge about start-up firms and their growth has been somewhat dominated by scholarly work conducted...
Innomerge - uptime Business Models, Frugal and Reverse Innovation for Emerging Markets

Development of new business models for selling trucks on emerging marketsThis project addresses the challenges related to selling trucks in emerging markets, where the local...
Innomerge - uptime Business Models, Frugal and Reverse Innovation for Emerging Markets

Development of new business models for selling trucks on emerging markets. This project addresses the challenges related to selling trucks in emerging markets, where the local...
Innovation cooperation between small and large firms

The project is designed as an experience exchange and learning program between seven Swedish large companies, all of whom have developed working methods/organizational concepts to...
Innovation för en hållbar bioekonomi: Deltagande i OECD-projektet "Innovation för en hållbar...

Syfte och målProjektets mål är att skriva en fallstudierapport om hur befintlig raffinaderiinfrastruktur håller på att omstruktureras till bioraffinaderier. Projektet genomförs inom...
Innovation intermediation and adoption of digital computing by Swedish business

The project takes the concept of innovation intermediation as departure for a historical study of the integration of digital computer technology into Swedish business practices...
Innovations- och förnyelseförmåga inom och mellan vårdgivare

See Swedish site for more information.
Integrated and Replicable Solutions for Co-Creation in Sustainable Cities (IRIS)

The IRIS project supports the Lighthouse cities of Utrecht (NL), Göteborg (SE) and Nice Côte d’Azur (FR) and their Follower cities Vaasa (FI), Alexandroupolis (GR), Santa Cruz de...
Integrated logistics development for sustainability and competitiveness

The “Integrated logistics development for sustainability and competitiveness” project aims at increasing the operational efficiency and environmental sustainability within the...
Integrated sustainability assessment of tomorrow's battery concepts

Electric vehicles of today mainly use Li-ion batteries. At the research frontline new materials and concepts are developed in order to meet the demands of tomorrow: longer range...
Intellectual property management in digitalizing businesses

When industries digitalize new challenges and opportunities for intellectual property management (IPM) arise. The purpose of this research project is therefore to explore and explain...
Interactions between business, energy and innovation strategies in the pulp and paper industry

Society's transition towards a bio-based economy offers new opportunities for the Swedish pulp and paper industry. However, it is a challenge to develop new products and at the same...
Inventing a Shared Science Diplomacy for Europe (InsSciDE)

iThe European Commission calls for the development of effective science diplomacy (SD) for Europe. InsSciDE – Inventing a Shared Science Diplomacy for Europe – responds to this call...
ITS goods transports

A plausible strategy for reducing the freight transport-based negative influence on the physical infrastructure is to develop a resource efficient way of handling of goods. By using...
K3 - Knowledge Triangle

K3 is short for "knowledge triangle" and is a Chalmers-wide project to strengthen the collaborations between education, research and impact, also involving triple helix...
Karakterisering och livslängdsanalys av lasersvetsar med avseende på enskilda porer och...

När man lasersvetsar lättviktsmaterial, till exempel aluminium- och titanlegeringar, bildas ibland små porer. Tack vare deras små storlekar, så har de som individer låg inverkan på...
Karteller och handelspolitik: internationella avtal, utländska företag och liberalisering

Historisk forskning kring kartell- och konkurrenspolitik har upplevt ett uppsving. En orsak är tillgången till ett unikt källmaterial, nämligen de kartellregister som många länder...
KIVI - Kollaborativ Innovation: en Väg till ökad Innovationsförmåga

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Johanneberg Science Park AB (Private, Sweden) Miljöbyrån Ecoplan AB (Private, Sweden)
Knowledge Creation and Creativity in Lean Organizations

The purpose of the project “Knowledge Creation and Creativity in Lean Organizations” is to analyze how organizational resources act as prerequisites for knowledge creation. Our...
Kompetenscentrum för innovation och hållbar samhällsomställning

See Swedish site for more information.
Koordinering av FoEs – Forskarskola Energisystem

See Swedish site for more information.
Kostnadseffektiv lågvolym och högmixproduktion i Sverige genom flexibel automation (LoHiSwedProd)

Syfte och mål:Det långsiktiga målet är att stärka konkurrenskraften i framför allt små och medelstora företag i Sverige och göra dem mer hållbara i den globala förändringen från...
Kraftens Hus - from power to survive the power to live - Innovative service design for better...

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Region Västra Götaland (Public, Sweden) Regionalt cancercentrum Väst (Public, Sweden)
Kunskapsbaserad Produktutveckling

Projektet har syftat till att identifiera lämpliga arbetssätt som gör att man kan reducera kunskapsspill i komplexa produktutvecklingsorganisationer. `Lean´ i allmänhet syftar till...
Kunskapsspridning om innovation och förnyelse inom hälso- och sjukvård

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Region Västra Götaland (Public, Sweden)
LCA as a tool for the development of energy-efficient future cars

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Volvo Cars (Private, Sweden)
Learning to exercise: the role of upper-secondary schools for elite athletes in the development of...

See Swedish site for more information.
LEKA – Development of Innovative Capability at Volvo Cars

This is an intervention project concerning the understanding and development of innovative capability and new business models at Volvo Cars with a special focus on the importance of...
LENS - Logistics and Environment Research Network of Sweden

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Linköping University (Academic, Sweden)
Life Cycle Assessment of Electrified Vehicles

The scope of the project it to study the environmental impacts of electrification of road bound vehicles with life cycle assessment (LCA) as the main tool. The goal is to identify...
Life cycle data conversion to international standard

Availability of product-related environmental data is necessary to calculate the environmental impactof products and services. Sweden was an early adopter that already in the 90s to...
Life cycle data conversion to international standard

Goals/targets This project aims to develop a function that translates the data sets in CPM LCA Database to ILCD format. The aim is to thereby increase the availability of...
Life cycle environmental impacts of biofuels

Biofuels are seen as one of several technologies that can contribute to a sustainable society, less dependent on fossil fuels. During the 2000s, it has however become clear that...
Life cycle management – End-of-Life

The project investigates strategies to improve the life cycle sustainability performance of products through end-of-use management. The project process involves: understanding the...
Lignin Based Carbon Fibres for Composites (LIBRE)

The use of carbon fiber (CF) based composites is of growing importance in many industrial applications with the current global market estimated at $28Bn [ref 9]. However, the current...
Lithium Sulfur Superbattery Exploitating Nanotechnology (LISSEN)

This project is aimed to the identification and development of nanostructured electrode and electrolyte materials to promote the practical implementation of the very high energy...
Livscykelanalys av kollektivtrafik med elektriskt framdrivna bussar

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Volvo Group (Private, Sweden)
Load factor project

Full project title: Increased transport efficiency through better utilisation of loading capacity The aim of this project is to compile existing knowledge, to carry out awareness...
LOGINN

LOGINN - Logistic Innovation Uptake aims at co-ordinating and supporting RTD projects in the logistics area to improve their capabilities to bridge the gap between pilot...
LogiNord - Logistics in Nordic Fresh Food Supply Chains
LogiNord - Logistics in Nordic Fresh Food Supply Chains

Food is essential to all humans. Being able to provide food in an efficient and safe manner is therefore one of the most significant tasks in society, and the food sector constitutes...
Logistics for life

Logistics for life brings together leading logistics companies, technology providers and research organizations working on innovative ICT solutions to ensure long-term sustainability...
LOGistics INNovation uptake (LOGINN)

The LOGINN CSA aims at co-ordinating and supporting RTD projects in the logistics area to improve their capabilities to bridge the gap between pilot implementation and marketable...
Longitudinal Study of Capabilities for Innovation at Volvo Cars – phase 2

This research study will build on our previous collaboration with Volvo Cars on the broad theme Developing Capabilities for Innovation. The focus for this study will still be to...
Making Sense of the Megajoules: Improving Energy Use Calculations in Life Cycle Assessment of energy...

This project aims to provide methodology and recommendations for the assessment of energy use in life cycle assessment (LCA) to allow for relevant comparisons of different energy...
Management Index. Measuring quality maturity

See Swedish site for more information.
Management, Economics and IP Law of Open Distributed Innovation (MELT)

Management, Economics and IP Law of Open Distributed Innovation (MELT): The “MELT-Project” – melting management, economics, law and technology. A project within VINNOVA’s program...
Managing Green Innovation

This project utilized an explorative approach to ascertain how firms are managing the ambition of innovating with a significant increase in environmental performance. The research...
Managing Networked Innovation

This was a cooperative research project with SCA Hygiene Products. It investigated how innovative ideas are created in networks, and how informal structures are established and...
Managing Open Innovation

Although much has recently been published on open innovation, little knowledge has been gained on how to manage open innovation beyond the star case studies that have characterized...
Managing Open Innovation

Although much has recently been published on open innovation, little knowledge has been gained on how to manage open innovation beyond the star case studies that have characterized...
Managing turbulence in production and supply networks

The aim of the project was to develop new knowledge about what type of turbulence (=large and fast fluctuations in organisations´ environments) Swedish manufacturing firms deal with...
Managing Value Creation and Appropriation ICT Integration for Business Renewal

This was a PhD thesis project funded by CBI. The project investigated how large Swedish manufacturing companies try to create value and appropriate financial returns by renewing...
Managning strategic change in public facilties management organizations

Ett stort antal fastigheter i behov av förnyelse tillsammans med ambitiösa energi- och klimatmål har tvingat kommunala fastighetsförvaltare att omvärdera sina befintliga verksamheter...
Mapping Key Steps in Lithium-ion Battery Production to Evaluate Their Contribution to the Life Cycle...

Current research with life cycle assessment (LCA) shows that li-ion battery production constitutes a significant cause of environmental impact from electrified road vehicles, owing to...
Markanvändning inom jord- och skogsbruk och dess konsekvenser för klimatmålen, biologisk mångfald...

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) (Academic, Sweden)
Matching Skills

Studies public procurement of consultancy services as an issue of matching client competencies with competencies among architectural and engineering consultancy firms. A questionnaire...
Mätning av produktivitet i ombyggnad och renovering

Ombyggnad och renovering har stor betydelse för branschen, men det saknas bra arbetsplatsorienterade produktivitetsmått. Målen är här att kartlägga och analysera praxis för...
Meeting place wind power technology, development and industrialisation

Within the context of a larger project supporting Swedish Wind Power Technology Centre, Environmental Systems Analysis is pursuing a sub-project on the dynamics in the global wind...
Methods for measuring productivity change and programme impact

Supporting the ‘Bygginnovationen’ national programme for innovation in construction. The project sevelops methods for measuring pro¬ductivity change and for studying the short and...
Methods for measuring productivity change and programme impact

Supporting the Bygginnovationen II national programme, methods for measuring productivity change and for studying the short and long term impact on productivity are developed here...
Mistra Environmental Nanosafety

The Mistra Environmental Nanosafety program aims to build, through interdisciplinary research, knowledge to promote responsible use of nanotechnology in a sustainable society. The...
Mistra EXPLORE - Exploring the opportunities for advancing vehicle recycling industrialization

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Sveriges bilåtervinnares riksförbund (Non Profit, Sweden) Eklunds bildelslager AB (Private, Sweden) Volvo Cars (Private...
Mistra REES – Resource-Efficient and Effective Solutions

REES – Resource-Efficient and Effective Solutions based on circular economy thinking is a 4-year program run by a consortium of leading Swedish universities, large and small companies...
MISTRA-REES - Resource-Efficient and Effective Solutions

In our resource-constrained world the urgency of accelerating transition from linear to circular economy is more pressing than ever. Continuing reliance on the shrinking resource base...
Mixed Methods for the Biography of a Street: Useable Pasts for Urban Mobility Transitions

See Swedish site for more information.
Mot en mer patientfokuserad och sammanhållen cancervård

See Swedish site for more information.
NanoSphere: Centre for interaction and risk studies in Nano-Bio-Geo-Sociotechno-sphere interfaces

The rapid and promising advancement of nanotechnology (NT) require a concomitant expansion of the knowledge about risks - human, ecological and societal - related to nanomaterials...
National challenges for industrialising energy technology in global innovation systems

Avoiding catastrophic climate change requires a global energy transition, which opens up for the emergence of novel industries. This project focusses on the question of how a nation...
National Transdisciplinary Centre of Excellence for Integrated Sustainable Renovation (SIRen)

The national research centre aims at radically changing national renovation practice through collaboration, participation and holistic views on sustainability and strengthening...
Network Grow Nordic

The Grow Nordic project aims to strengthen the network between the technical universities in Stockholm (KTH), Gothenburg (Chalmers), Copenhagen (DTU) and Trondheim (NTNU). The project...
New networks of power: on the emergence, diffusion and impact of alternative electricity system...

Rapidly falling costs of small-scale power generation, energy storage and information technology may induce a transition in the electricity system. In one future scenario...
New Nordic Ways to Green Growth (NOWAGG)

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations University of Eastern Finland (Academic, Finland) Fridtjof Nansen Institute (Research Institute, Norway) Aarhus...
Next Generation Leadership

One of the most striking things that came out of the research with the book “Higher Ambition: How Great Leaders Create Economic and Social Value” was the extent to which the CEOs we...
Novel processing routes for effective sewage sludge management (ROUTES)

See Swedish site for more information.
Off-peak city distribution - phase 1

Urban distribution constitutes a large part of the daytime traffic in cities contributing to congestion. Reversing the perspective, freight vehicles are delayed due to congestion...
Off-peak city distribution, research stage 1

The research project studies ´Off-Peak city logistics´, and aims to: 1) create new knowledge by studying the effects and results of ongoing trials and test new solutions, 2) identify...
Ökad transporteffektivitet genom bättre utnyttjande av lastkapacitet

Projektet syftar till att sammanställa befintlig kunskap, utföra kunskapshöjande forskning och sprida kunskap för att öka möjligheten att utnyttja potentialen för miljöförbättringar...
Okanagan Bioregion Nutrient Management Project

The Okanagan Bioregion Nutrient Management Project aspires to map nutrient flows in the Okanagan Bioregion for the current and future agricultural production and resource management...
Open Innovation Markets

Global trends indicate that the knowledge development process is changing and is based on a higher level of cooperation between large companies, small companies and other actors in...
Operationalization, evaluation and control of quality when procuring care

Public procurement is normally performed through a bidding process where the price is the dominant evaluation criterion. The understanding of how quality is operationalized and...
Organic Chemicals Emitted from Technosphere Articles

ChEmiTecs is a research programme funded by the Swedish EPA. The programme's goal is to improve the understanding of emissions of organic substances from articles and to clarify and...
Organisational Capabilities for Life Cycle Management

Traditionally, environmental management has been conducted from the perspective of an individual corporation. But environmental life cycle management (LCM) is instead about having a...
Organisering av innovation och förändring i mediebolag

Målet är att ´samtidigt studera och stödja innovativa initiativ i en grupp medieföretag när de försöker förändra sig för att klara av stora förändringar i industrin´ Genom...
Organizing and Renewal in Media Companies

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Stampen Media Group (Private, Sweden)
Organizing of the Maritime cluster in Western Sweden

This project has aimed to understand the current state of organizing and collaborating in the maritime cluster in West Sweden, in order to deepen the knowledge about what role such an...
Organizing of the Maritime cluster in Western Sweden

This project has aimed to understand the current state of organizing and collaborating in the maritime cluster in West Sweden, in order to deepen the knowledge about what role such an...
Patents and innovation for growth and welfare (PEX)

Patent and IP issues have been raised to high political and industrial management levels in different parts of the world. The Swedish Government decided in 2004 to appoint a special...
PhD Study Anne Elerud Tryde - Exploring Idea Management Systems for Innovation

The focus is on understanding how large organizations can support the generation and implementation of innovative ideas, and become more innovative. The research draws on both front...
PhD Study Ingo Rauth - Design Thinking Adoption in Large Organizations

The research is on the use of Design Thinking (DT) in large organizations and how it affects their ways of innovating. DT is considered a concept that enables human-centered...
PhD Study Sara Fallahi - Business Model Changes

The research is mainly about business model innovation in established firms, with a particular focus on barriers and drivers for the implementation of new business models in such...
PhD Study Yashar Mansoori - Entrepreneurship as a Method

The research interest centers around the interplay between entrepreneurial methods and entrepreneurial processes, how they guide and inform each other, why entrepreneurs deviate from...
Photon Fission & Fusion: Beyond the Limits of Conventional Solar Energy Technologies

The aim is to develop new technology that drastically increases the possibility to exploit the full energy spectrum of sunlight, applicable to existing and future solar energy...
Platform-based digital shoe retail (DigitalRetail)

The objective of the DigitalRetail project is to introduce a digital product fitting platform across a network of retailers to revolutionize the physical retail business model. The...
Policies for Life-Cycles, an Integrated Assessment (POLICIA)

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations IVL Svenska Miljöinstitutet AB (Research Institute, Sweden) University of Gothenburg (Academic, Sweden) University of...
Policymakers’ capacity to develop a sustainable bioeconomy

Many of the Swedish attempts to develop advanced bioeconomy solutions, such as smart biofuels, green chemicals and materials from forestry raw materials, have stagnated at the...
Policy-Relevant Indicators for National Consumption and Environment (PRINCE)

The PRINCE project aims to develop a sound and repeatable methodology to monitor the environmental impacts of Swedish consumption, both inside and outside Sweden's borders, using the...
Potentiella nettoreduktioner av växthusgasutsläppen från användning av nordeuropeiskt proteinfoder i...

See Swedish site for more information.
Power Take-Off System for a Subsea Tidal Kite (PowerKite)

The PowerKite project will design, build and deploy a power take-off system (PTO) for novel tidal energy collector concept, the Deep Green subsea tidal kite. The overall objective of...
Practising green futures? Ecopreneurship and Social entrepreneurship in a Circular Economy

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Linköping University (Academic, Sweden)
Procurement for Sustainable Innovation in the Built Environment

This five-year Formas-funded project will establish a strong trans-disciplinary platform for research and innovation related to procurement in construction, facilities management and...
Procuring and managing design for infrastructure projects

Large physical infrastructure projects are complex, lengthy endeavours usually initiated on a political level and managed by public clients. Many important decisions are made in...
Production and Profitability improvement in Serbia Enterprises by adopting Lean Thinking Philosophy...

The wider objective of this project is the development of partnership between universities and enterprises in order to improve practical aspect of Bologna process implementation in...
Productivity and sustainable refurbishment

In project based organizations, project performance is often measured as deviations from original plans. Within the construction industry, performance is measured at different levels...
Productivity and sustainable refurbishment

In project based organizations, project performance is often measured as deviations from original plans. Within the construction industry, performance is measured at different levels...
Productivity measurement in building refurbishment

Building refurbishment is of great importance for the industry, but workplace oriented productivity measurement is lacking. The goal here is to map and analyze the practices of...
Produktionslyftet

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Jönköping University (Academic, Sweden) Jönköping University (Publisher, Sweden) Swerea IVF AB (Private...
Professionalization and institutional change: a study of an emerging sustainability profession

Due to the sustainability agenda there are today signs of a reconfiguration of practices and institutions in the construction industry, which in turn gives rise to changed...
Profiting from addressing environmental problems

This project explores the strategies for appropriating public value utilized by firms that provide offers that are differentiated on environmental performance. The study employs both...
Program för ledare av samverkande innovation

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Johanneberg Science Park AB (Private, Sweden)
Prospecting Secondary Raw Materials in the Urban Mine and Mining Waste (ProSUM)

The ProSUM project will establish a European network of expertise on secondary sources of critical raw materials (CRMs), vital to today’s high-tech society. ProSUM directly supports...
Providing Renewable Energy Technologies to Productive Use for Rural Electrification (STEEP-RES II)

STEEP-RES – a multidisciplinary research project on opportunities and barriers for increased utilization of renewable energy sources in East Africa. The project aim is to conduct...
Providing Renewable Energy Technologies to Productive Use for Rural Electrification (STEEP-RES II)

STEEP-RES – a multidisciplinary research project on opportunities and barriers for increased utilization of renewable energy sources in East Africa. The project aim is to conduct...
Public administration beyond New Public Management? Co-creating patients, inter-organizational...

Many healthcare challenges are organizational in nature. Traditional healthcare organization and private sector influences (New Public Management, NPM), have contributed to a...
Public administration beyond New Public Management? Co-creating patients, inter-organizational...

Many healthcare challenges are organizational in nature. Traditional healthcare organization and private sector influences (New Public Management, NPM), have contributed to a...
Purchasing of transport services

Chalmers University of Technology, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute and University of Gothenburg are developing a transport research database based on a survey what will...
Quality and procurement of elderly care

Upphandling av äldreomsorg i Sverige är starkt präglat av en statisk syn på kvalitet. Förfrågningsunderlagen i upphandlingar innehåller ofta flera hundra detaljerade ska-krav som är...
REACH – Real-time access management in intermodal freight transport system

This project aims to enable advanced, digital interaction in real-time between infrastructure/facility and vehicle in order to increase efficiency in intermodal freight transport...
Realize: Realizing resource-efficient recycling of Vehicles

Under these themes, the work packages are targeted at practical needs at all levels of recycling activities. They encompass a range of scope from technology development and testing to...
Recycling of metals from spent Li-ion batteries

The purpose of the present project is to generate fundamental knowledge for resource efficient thermal recycling methods for today’s and tomorrow’s lithium ion batteries. Recycling of...
Reglering och strategier : Internationella karteller under 1900-talet

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations University of Gothenburg (Academic, Sweden) University of Gothenburg (Publisher, Sweden)
Research Cooperation between Sweden and the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) – Renewable Energy...

Programmet innebär varvad doktorandutbildning för 6 doktorander med tanzaniska och svenska handledare inom: - havsbaserad energi- förnybaraenergimarknader - elnätskontroll ...
Resenärskampen

I Resenärskampen uppmuntras allmänheten att bidra med nya idéer och innovationer. Syftet med tävlingen är att hitta genomförbara lösningar som kan användas i Västra Götalandsregionens...
Resource efficient planning for competitive production networks - Phase B

The construction and recycling industry are typically part of large production netw orks consisting of activities generating production, distribution and consumption. Still...
Resource recycling from sanitation to farming systems to regenerate soil and land: identifying...

Recent years have seen increased efforts to improve resource recycling from sanitation to farming systems, notably through phosphorus recovery in the existing wastewater...
Resurseffektiv planering för konkurrenskraftiga produktionsnätverk (RePlan)

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Optilon (Private, Sweden) NCC (Private, Sweden) Ragn-Sells (Private, Sweden) Linköping University (Academic...
Retail shopping and the last mile transport: past, present and future transformations

This project focus on retailing and the so-called last mile transport of the supply chain, i.e. the transport of goods from the point of acquisition (e.g. the store) to point of...
Road to transition? Gender analysis of energy- and environmental politics 1971-1991

Like in the rest of the western world, energy has been an issue in public, especially discussed and handled by men. This was also the prevailing order during the 1970s and '80s. Based...
Rural market formation at the base of the pyramid

This project explores how SKF can make business at the “base of the pyramid” (BoP) and contribute to the development of rural markets, improved local livelihoods, and poverty...
Sendsmart

Målet med Sendsmart har varit att utveckla, testa och demonstrera innovativa tjänster och system med internationell framgång för hållbara godstransporter i storstadsområden inom...
Setup of f3 data network for Well-to-wheel (Method and) LCI data for fossil and renewable fuels in...

Acquisition and publication of LCI data with best available information on production and use of fuels for transport (well-to-wheel). Focus is on biofuels available on the Swedish...
Shippers perspective on Slow Steaming

The studies on technical validity and quantification of the impact of slow steaming on the ships’ fuel consumption and emissions thoroughly establish the environmental merits of slow...
Shippers perspective on Slow Steaming

The studies on technical validity and quantification of the impact of slow steaming on the ships’ fuel consumption and emissions thoroughly establish the environmental merits of slow...
Short rotation forestry – biofuel production in harmony with environmental goals

This pilot project investigates the possibility to produce biomass equivalent to between 14 and 42 TWh per year in Sweden, through coppice and pollarding (short rotation forestry) on...
Short Sea Shuttle Concept

The main idea behind Short Sea Shuttles is in scheduled and reliable container service between one main port, The Port of Gothenburg, and a number of smaller–satellite ports on a...
SINO-BRT

Projektet syfte har varit att genomföra en förstudie för att utveckla eco-innovativa koncept för BRT i Kina. Projektets mål har varit att öka kunskapen om BRT i Kina och identifiera...
SMART PM - Sustainable Manufacturing by Automated Real-Time Performance Management

Every manufacturing company measure and control production performance with a system of KPIs. The aim of the SMART-PM project is to investigate and demonstrate new ways of collecting...
Smedpack

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Innventia (Unknown, Sweden)
Societal Engagement in Science, Mutual learning in Cities (SEiSMiC)

The European Research Area is targeting efforts in research and innovation on thecurrent challenges faced by society. These challenges are complex, multidimensional and require the...
Spårbarhet inom livsmedelsindustrin, en modell och fallstudie

See Swedish site for more information.
Strategic innovation agenda for Solar electricity

Objective and GoalAlong with an increased need for a transition towards renewable energy production and falling prices on PV modules, the market for solar electricity has grown...
STRATEGO – Production strategies as support for competitiveness in SMMEs

STRATEGO is a Vinnova project carried out in cooperation with School of Engineering, Jönköping University, and five manufacturing companies during the period 2010–2012. The purpose...
Structures for digitalized information handling and planning in construction (DigiPlan)

Due to global competition and a boom in the construction industry, have companies involved in construction projects streamline their resource utilization. The VINNOVA-funded RePlan...
Suburban logistics - efficient use of infrastructure

The increasing urbanization and the expected regional expansion planned in the metropolitan regions in Sweden leads to to major transportation challenges. Improved transport...
Suburban logistics - efficient use of infrastructure (pre-study)

Objective and Goal: The purpose of this pre-study is to investigate the potential of improving the efficiency of suburban logistics (freight transport operations into and around urban...
Supplier choice and green innovations in construction projects

How contractor routines for selecting goods suppliers affect the balance between radical and incremental green innovations in construction projects.The work is based on interviews...
Supply chain planning and design

The project is formed around a PostDoc position within the Transport Area of Advance at Chalmers, and is part of research in a larger program on supply chain planning in turbulent...
Supporting sustainability transition in the energy sector with innovative design training?...

Complex societal challenges related to e.g. energy, climate, safety and health require creativity and multi-disciplinary collaboration to be handled, but for organizations as well as...
Sustainability and cost efficiency in supply chains

How lean production philosophy can be combined with demands on sustainability considerations. A large number of changes are now taking place in order to adopt the lean production...
Sustainable collection, aftermarket and recyling of lithium-based car batteries

The project aims at generating knowledge essential for the development of a sustainable system for collection, aftermarket and recycling of lithium-based car batteries (LBB) which...
Sustainable plastic use by managing uncertainties for the market actors

If Sweden's use of plastic is to be sustainable, plastic recycling and use of recycled plastic need to increase. A key in this is to reduce risks and uncertainties for companies that...
Sustainable Resource Efficient Business Performance Measurement Systems (SuRE BPMS)

Virtually every company have implemented some kind of Business Performance Measurement System (BPMS) with the purpose of monitoring production and business performance and to execute...
Sustainable supply chain planning strategies

The project focuses on various aspects of supply chain planning (e.g. sales and operations planning, demand planning, information sharing, supplier relationship management) in...
Sustainable Urban Transports -SUT

Sustainable city development and transports are addressed through new concepts for city distribution for goods and passengers.Urban transport for people and goods is rapidly becoming...
SWEDPROD Produce in Sweden

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations The Swedish Food Federation (Private, Sweden) IF Metall (Public, Sweden) Anebyhusgruppen (Private, Sweden) Swerea IVF AB...
System innovation for societal challenges: A strategic knowledge platform

Syfte och mål:Projektet fokuserar på policyinstrument som sorterar under begreppet systeminnovation, hur de kan utformas, implementeras och utvärderas. Projektet är organiserat som en...
Systemanalys av HCT-införande på väg

Målet med projektet är att öka kunskaperna om vilka systemeffekter ett eventuellt införande HCT (High Capacity Transport) på väg kan få, det vill säga vilka effekter införande av HCT...
Systems Perspectives on...

A platform for learning about systems issues “Systems perspectives on...” is an outcome of Chalmers Energy Initiative. We set out to make a truly cross-disciplinary effort to assess...
Technical and behavioural change for a more sustainable textile life cycle

See Swedish site for more information.
Technology-based start-ups as engines for renewable energy

The proposed project aims to develop knowledge about how start-up companies establish themselves in network structures and function as engines for renewable energy. Start-ups are...
Tekno-ekonomisk analys och Business Prototyping för forskargrupper

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Institute for Management of Innovation and Technology (IMIT) (Academic, Sweden)
TEMPO - Transport Efficiency Measurement system for Practice/Operations

Picture: professional smilers by Erich Ferdinand on Flickr (CC-BY) This project aims at identifying and validating a set of KPI:s for measuring transport efficiency in a goods...
Tetramax

TETRAMAX is a Horizon 2020 innovation action and will provide an implementation of the European Smart Anything Everywhere (SAE) initiative in the domain of customized and low-energy...
The attributes of physical internet as a new approach to increase energy efficiency of logistics...

This 2017 pre-study aimed to map the potential for increased energy efficiency related to dry ports by mapping the existing logistics services and energy inefficiencies in the current...
The Disruptive Nature of Electronics

This project has looked into how and why digital technology has turned out to have disruptive effects in many industries. It drew upon an extensive study of the Facit archives in...
The Feature Leadership Study

The research performed within this project explores an organizational design used within 3P (Volvo AB), which aims to assure the customer influence over the innovation process.
The Fifth Fuel - Energy Efficiency Through Effective Freight Transport in Sustainable Urban Areas

Policies, new technology (e.g. vehicles, fuel) and intermodal transport are insufficient to tackle the high environmental targets of urban freight transport. Considerable excess...
The FRAM Centre for Future Chemical Risk Assessment and Management Strategie

FRAM is a multi-disciplinary research centre focusing on chemical mixtures/chemical pollution on ecosystem services that are provided by rivers, lakes and coastal areas. The centre...
The Future of the Laundry

Human behaviour in laundries causes massive wastage of textiles, water and electricity, and avoidable climate and aquatic pollution. Models of consumer behaviour in laundries are...
The Hidden University: The Military Research Institutes as Knowledge Producer in Cold War Sweden

The aim with the project is to examine the role of the military research institutes as knowledge producers in Cold War Sweden. Swedish military research during the period was a...
The importance of rights allocation for sustainable environmental technology development

The purpose of this project is to make a critical review of the importance of different types of rights (property rights, patent rights, license rights, pollution rights) allocation...
The iSurvey

CBI aims to produce research findings that are actionable and relevant for the industrial community. While CBI has developed a vast network into that community, there are no available...
The limitations of process orientation in healthcare - alternative forms of organization based on...

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations University of Skövde (Academic, Sweden) University of Skövde (Publisher, Sweden)
The medication process – a DFSS project

The overall aim of this project is to improve health care processes and increase patients’ perceived quality by application of systematic quality tools. The research area concerns the...
The movement heritage: paths and trails in sustainable and inclusive heritage management

Landscapes which appear as wilderness or nature are often rather shaped by culture. They contain comprehensive traces and remains from different kinds of movement. These traces...
The psychology of scarcity and abundance

Long-term growth requires that the economic resources are efficiently managed and that ecological and social resources can be sustained. Realistic policy calls for a deeper knowledge...
The Reform Technocrats: The Strategists of the Strong State, 1930-1980

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The role of innovation functions for innovative product development in large firms.

Innovation is difficult, especially for large, established companies, which often are – very logical - organised according to an entirely different rationale than the one needed for...
The role of logistics in efficient construction processes: consequences for costs, quality, and...

Well-functioning logistics is crucial for the efficiency of the construction industry with regard to cost, quality, and sustainability: The costs for logistics and transportation...
The roles of intermediaries in the transition to a sustainable energy system

Investments in renewable electricity production (RES-E) are often faced with problems concerning financing, permits, knowledge about the technology etc. The research project...
Time Data Management for Smart Factories

See Swedish site for more information.
Towards circular business models in the manufacturing industry

Mats Williander at Viktoria Swedish ICT and the Center for Business Innovation (CBI) at Chalmers has been carrying on a project for several years related to how companies within the...
Towards Improved Interactions in the Two-Way Flow of Risk-Related Chemical Information - The Cases

The use of chemicals in daily products is immense. Increased insights into the flows of information about chemicals, from producers to users and vice versa, may lead to reductions of...
Transport Efficiency and Environmental Application Living Lab.

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Scania (Private, Sweden) PosTrack (Private, Sweden) Bring Express (Private, Sweden) Hogia (Private, Sweden) Volvo Group...
Transportbrott

See Swedish site for more information.
TRransparent Underground STructure (TRUST) - Management

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Luleå University of Technology (Academic, Sweden)
Twinning for Industrial Sustainability (TRUST)

The TRUST project aims to boost research excellence in the area of INDUSTRIAL SUSTAINABILITY by increasing the scientific and technical capacities. This will allow to support and...
Understanding food value chains and network dynamics (VALUMICS)

The overall objective of the VALUMICS project is to provide decision makers throughout food value chains with a comprehensive suite of approaches and tools that will enable them to...
University entrepreneurship: The case of university spin-offs in a network perspective (USONET)

This project deals with university spin-off companies and how they establish themselves in business networks. The aim is firstly to map how university spin-offs establish themselves...
University entrepreneurship: The case of university spin-offs in a network perspective (USONET)

This project deals with university spin-off companies and how they establish themselves in business networks. The aim is firstly to map how university spin-offs establish themselves...
Upgrading of renewable domestic raw materials to value-added bulk and fine chemicals for a biobased...

In this project, a novel biorefinery concept will be developed, wherein domestic renewable raw materials in the form of forestry residues (GROT) and micro-algae are converted into an...
Urban Freight Plattform (PLUS-G)

Aim: to establish a stronger focus on urban freight within the context of Northern LEAD at Chalmers and University of Gothenburg, by: • Improving the interaction between the existing...
Using design for practices for developing innovation capabilities in firms

Recently, researchers are acknowledging design as a potential avenue for improving innovativeness in firms. One approach held forward is Design Thinking (DT), promoted by...
Utformning av processer för effektiv materialkonfigurering

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Scania (Private, Sweden) Volvo Group (Private, Sweden) Volvo Cars (Private, Sweden) VBG GroupTruck Equipment AB (Private...
Utilizing connected vehicle data in future aftermarket supply chain planning

The project develops and assesses new ways of using connected vehicle data in automotive aftermarket supply chain planning. This includes developing and evaluating new ways of...
Utveckla innovationsförmåga i det framväxande ekosystemet kring självkörande fordon

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Utveckling av en forskningsagenda inom öppen innovation med fokus på aktionsforskning

Syftet med projektet ar att starka samarbetet mellan svenska och internationella forskare inom oppen innovation och att oka kompetensen kring metodik och publicering av oppen...
Utveckling av en forskningsagenda inom öppen innovation med fokus på aktionsforskning

Syftet med projektet ar att starka samarbetet mellan svenska och internationella forskare inom oppen innovation och att oka kompetensen kring metodik och publicering av oppen...
Utveckling av ledarförmåga för entreprenörskap och innovation i transnationella företag

Projektets mål var att bidra till en förbättring av förmågan att leda entreprenöriella initiativ och innovationsprojekt i det stora företagets sammanhang. För att nå detta mål har...
Utveckling av logistiska affärsmodeller

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Value appropriation for environmental innovations

Schedule: 2010-10 – 2013-01 The aim of this project is to investigate the challenges and opportunities related to the commercialization of (partial) solutions to environmental...
Virtual Robust Design and Simulation

The overall aim is to create a framework for virtual robust design (RD) that supports ecological and economical sustainability. The project will cover an over-all company level as...
Why is not climate science taken for real? Studies of climate change denialism

Despite the consensus within climate science that global warming is occurring, that human actions are a prime contributor, added to the global political visibility of the issue...
WindChoir - Tool for strategic planning by assessing the cumulative environmental impact of wind...

Large-scale expansion of wind power means that new and large areas are used. Localization of new parks depends partly on the physical and infrastructure conditions of the landscape...

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