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IVA's Smart Industry

Through IVA’s Smart industry project the Academy wanted to stimulate digital transformation in small and medium-sized enterprises by, for example, highlighting and sharing good examples. The project originates from Smart industry – a new industrialisation strategy for Sweden (Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications 2015) and mainly operated through the Smart Industry competition.

Digitalisation
Projects & programmes
Published: 29 June 2023Last Updated: 29 June 2023

Europe's role in the "Age of Electricity"

Fresh figures show that global electricity demand is accelerating, and that the world is standing on the threshold of "the age of electricity". This presents Europe with an opportunity to reclaim its leadership in the green transition and to secure its future — a chance we cannot afford to miss. That was the message from Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), during a fully booked seminar at IVA.

Energy & Resources
Spotlight articles
Published: 09 February 2026Last Updated: 11 February 2026
Birol at the podium

IVA's President: Some thoughts on Lifelong Learning

The need for continuous upskilling and reskilling of professionals – not least engineers – is growing rapidly, driven by technological transformation as well as major societal challenges such as climate change and a deteriorating security environment.

Swedish Futures
Words from the President
Published: 16 December 2025Last Updated: 15 December 2025
library aisle with books

IVA's President: Some thoughts on Technological Strength

If there is one thing that characterizes our time, it is how crucial technological strength has become to the success and prosperity, security, and influence of a country or region. Historically, it was natural resources or raw materials, but today almost everything revolves around technology.

Swedish Futures
Words from the President
Published: 10 February 2026Last Updated: 10 February 2026
weights in gym

IVA's President: Some thoughts on Strategic Indispensability

What constitutes the EU's strategic capital and how can we leverage this in our new world? You don't have to be the biggest and strongest in the world to be influential or strategically relevant. It is enough to be strategic and smart.

Swedish Futures
Words from the President
Published: 24 February 2026Last Updated: 24 February 2026
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IVA's President: Some thoughts on the times we’re in

It is never easy to analyze the present or to put events into context and perspective. But New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman recently proffered the idea that we are now living in the “Polycene” era – a time in which the world can no longer be understood in binary terms, but is shaped by many closely interlinked forces.

Swedish Futures
Words from the President
Published: 07 January 2026Last Updated: 08 January 2026
wind turbines and palm trees

What Sweden Can Learn from Ukraine’s Drone Industry

Sweden needs to reform its public procurement regulations and innovation system to better foster innovation and address future crises, according to a new study produced on behalf of IVA. The review examines how Ukraine has rapidly developed a dynamic drone industry in the midst of ongoing war.

Entrepreneurship
Publications
Published: 24 March 2026Last Updated: 24 March 2026
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“Lessons of history are almost completely useless!”

Joel Mokyr received the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in Stockholm on Wednesday – but visited IVA beforehand. Watch the film where Joel Mokyr and IVA’s President Sylvia Schwaag Serger, both professors of economic history, meet for a conversation about technology and growth.

Articles
Published: 15 December 2025Last Updated: 15 December 2025
people on stage

Global Outlook: Asia #2

Technology has now globally gained a prominent place in national economic policymaking. Innovation is something to protect; access to technologies such as high-end chips is something to contest.

Swedish Futures
Digitalisation
Research & Innovation
Global Outlook
Published: 15 September 2025Last Updated: 15 September 2025
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IVA's President: some thoughts on Infrastructure Investments

One year from now, voters will go to the polls in Sweden. I look forward to the election campaign, and as a representative of the world's first academy of engineering sciences, I have a message for the political parties: think big! Think beyond a single term of office. What we need now are big ideas to build Sweden for the future.

Words from the President
Published: 09 September 2025Last Updated: 09 September 2025
crossing roads from above

IVA's President: Some thoughts on Uncertainty

The World Uncertainty Index (WUI) has remained steady at an average of 30,000 over the past 17 years, with a temporary peak of 50,000 during the pandemic years. The latest index from October shows the remarkable figure of 122,000. The responsibility to take ownership of our own future is particularly important in times of great uncertainty.

Swedish Futures
Words from the President
Published: 18 November 2025Last Updated: 18 November 2025
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IVA’s Gold Medal 2025: Daniel Stenberg

From Huddinge to the Moon. Through his work with open-source software, Daniel Stenberg has built a technological foundation that quite literally reaches into space. With curl, he has created a tool that has become an indispensable part of digital communication – not only on Earth, but also between our planet and other celestial bodies.

Articles
Published: 21 October 2025Last Updated: 21 October 2025
Daniel Stenberg

IVA's President: some thoughts on Sweden's Innovation Status

Two rankings recently confirmed Sweden’s distinction as an innovative country. Last week, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published its Global Innovation Index 2025. In this ranking, Sweden stood fast in second place, maintaining the position it has held in recent years.

Swedish Futures
Words from the President
Published: 23 September 2025Last Updated: 23 September 2025
Swedish flag

IVA's 106th Annual Meeting Festivities

Many thanks to all fellows and friends of IVA who contributed to the festivities during this year's Annual Meeting - an evening to celebrate the art of engineering sciences!

Articles
Published: 29 October 2025Last Updated: 30 October 2025
IVA logo projected on wall in City Hall

Contact us

Would you like to get in touch with someone at the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA)? Here you’ll find all staff members at IVA’s office in Stockholm, along with current address, billing, and contact details.

Published: 24 May 2023Last Updated: 24 May 2023

Seminarium: Kvalitet - en svensk paradgren?

Excellens nämns allt oftare som en nyckel till svensk konkurrenskraft, men vad betyder det? Är excellens bara ett nytt sätt att benämna kvalitet, eller är de två begreppen förutsättningar för varandra? Och framför allt: hur står sig Sverige idag i internationell jämförelse – är vår kvalitetsstämpel intakt eller krävs nya insikter och insatser?

Research & Innovation
Events
Published: 27 June 2025Last Updated: 27 June 2025
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Seminarium: Internationella organisationer – viktigare än någonsin

Att samarbeta internationellt är viktigare än någonsin, men gör vi det i tillräckligt stor utsträckning? Hur ser det internationella samarbetet ut, vilken roll har samarbetsorganisationerna och hur kan samarbetet utvecklas för att bli effektivare och nå större genomslag?

Events
Published: 13 June 2025Last Updated: 13 June 2025
Flaggor mot blå himmel

Nya geopolitiska hot, Sveriges Nato-inträde och en omvärld i förändring

Frukostmöte på IVA med Försvarshögskolans rektor Robert Egnell och Håkan Buskhe, IVAs Näringslivsråd.

Events
Published: 18 December 2024Last Updated: 18 December 2024
Försvarshögskolans fasad med svenska flaggor

Hur kan kraftvärme bidra till framtidens elsystem?

Hur kan kraftvärmen i Sverige användas för att balansera den varierande elproduktionen från sol och vind? I Sverige har vi cirka 4500 MW installerad eleffekt i våra kraftvärmeanläggningar, men endast en liten del utnyttjas för detta ändamål.

Energy & Resources
Events
Published: 31 March 2025Last Updated: 31 March 2025
stickkontakter

Grundskolan måste förbereda fler för naturvetenskapliga utbildningar

Sveriges konkurrenskraft är beroende av att fler utbildar sig inom STEM, men i stället ser vi att andelen unga som väljer den inriktningen på gymnasiet minskar. Enligt ny forskning kan en förklaring vara vaga och otydliga kursplaner där matematikens betydelse för förståelse och engagemang har underskattats. Välkommen till ett seminarium där vi tittar närmare på grundskolans betydelse för matematik, naturvetenskap och teknik.

Skills Supply
Events
Published: 24 September 2024Last Updated: 24 September 2024