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Digitalisation – an enabler of future welfare services

Digitalisation leads to fundamental changes and opens up new possibilities for how to design welfare services. To improve how services are delivered, politicians and other decision-makers need to raise their knowledge and awareness of digitalisation's opportunities and risks.

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

Prince Daniel's Fellowship

Prince Daniel's Fellowship is run by the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) in collaboration with Honorary Chairman H.R.H. Prince Daniel, with the aim of inspiring more young people to see entrepreneurship as an alternative and dare to take the step to start their own business.

Entrepreneurship
Projects & programmes
Published: 27 June 2023Last Updated: 27 June 2023

IVA’s prize for science in journalism

IVA's prize for science in journalism was awarded in the years 2015-2023 to reward a scientific approach in the media and excellent journalism in science, technology, innovation and entrepreneurship.

Published: 27 June 2023Last Updated: 27 June 2023

IVA’s 100 List

Between 2019 and 2024, IVA’s 100 List was published annually to shine a spotlight on cutting‑edge research with the potential to create real value — whether through commercialisation, new business and methods, or positive societal impact. In 2026, an enhanced and updated version of the list will be launched.

Research & Innovation
Published: 28 June 2023Last Updated: 28 June 2023

Schools for Our Times

IVA project (2019-2024) aimed at promoting the development of Swedish schools so that they meet the long-term knowledge needs of students and society, and consolidate Sweden’s position as a knowledge nation.

Skills Supply
Projects & programmes
Published: 27 June 2023Last Updated: 27 June 2023

Reports

IVA believes in humanity’s capacity to contribute positively to society through the engineering and economic sciences. Our contribution includes producing reports, knowledge bases and policy proposals within the relevant areas. All our reports are reviewed by experts.

Published: 27 June 2023Last Updated: 27 June 2023
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The Two As in STEAM

A vision of art, design and the humanities as the Nordic region’s next competitive advantage. Essay written for IVA as part of Swedish Futures - a vision for Sweden as a country of technology and innovation by 2035 - by IVA Fellows Martin Nilsson Jacobi and Anna Valtonen.

Swedish Futures
Essay
Published: 31 March 2026Last Updated: 31 March 2026
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Why a Swedish quantum agenda?

A race is under way in quantum technology, a field of research and innovation that is predicted to revolutionise the future development of computers, secure communications and a more efficient energy supply. Several Swedish research bodies have now drawn up an agenda setting out how Sweden can secure its place on the technological train. Per Delsing has been involved in this work.

Research & Innovation
Spotlight articles
Published: 28 March 2023Last Updated: 28 June 2023
Inside of a quantum computer

The pursuit of green steel

Sweden wants to be the first in the world to produce fossil-free steel on a large scale, revolutionising the iron and steel industry, which today accounts for 7 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. But how well is Sweden placed against the global competition? We asked Anders Werme, Associate Professor of Production Technology with a focus on the mining and steel industry.

Energy & Resources
Spotlight articles
Published: 09 May 2023Last Updated: 28 June 2023

IVA’s Gold Medal 2022: Victoria van Camp – an innovator for sustainable industry

Victoria van Camp, who holds a Master’s in mechanical engineering and a PhD in machine elements, is a business leader from Kalix whose career has seen her become an inspirational powerhouse in the drive to transform Swedish industry for a sustainable future.

Articles
Published: 22 September 2022Last Updated: 28 June 2023
HM The King presents the Gold Medal to Victoria van Camp

Minalyze awarded for smart digitalization of the mining industry

Minalyze wins IVA's Smart Industry 2023 Business Competition. The company has developed advanced digital technologies as a basis for a world-unique offering that strengthens the mining industry's ability to collect and visualize geological data.

Digitalisation
Articles
Published: 11 October 2023Last Updated: 23 May 2024

IVA’s Gold Medal 2023: Annica Bresky – innovation leader with the forest as a tool

Civil engineer Annica Bresky, supported by her personal motto "The future grows in the forest", has led the development towards making the forest industry an important part of the solution to fighting climate change and strengthening biological diversity.

Articles
Published: 26 September 2023Last Updated: 26 September 2023

IVA's 100 List 2023: Swedish innovations with great potential

A new environmentally friendly light source that can complement and in some cases replace LED lights, automatic AI monitoring of train tracks and an innovative solution for sampling in case of sepsis. These are examples of some of the research projects that have been selected for this year's 100 list.

Research & Innovation
Articles
Published: 10 May 2023Last Updated: 29 June 2023

New list: research projects with high potential for business and societal benefit

The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) is now presenting this year's 100 list of research projects deemed to have great potential to benefit through commercialization, business and method development or societal impact. The focus is on technology in the service of humanity.

Research & Innovation
Articles
Published: 10 May 2022Last Updated: 29 June 2023

IVA project expands collaboration between South Korea and Sweden

On 19-20 April, the 2023 Korea-Sweden R2B Forum will be held in South Korea's capital Seoul, a brand new meeting place for the utilisation and commercialisation of research in collaboration between Sweden's and South Korea's innovation systems. The concept is inspired by IVA's Research2Business initiative and IVA's 100 list, and IVA participates as a partner in the forum.

Research & Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Articles
Published: 16 March 2023Last Updated: 24 May 2024

IVA Fellow Anne L'Huillier awarded Nobel Prize

IVA Fellow Anne L'Huillier is awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physics “for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter”. Anne L'Huillier, Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) since 2012, shares this year's Nobel Prize with Pierre Agostini and Ferenc Krausz.

Research & Innovation
Articles
Published: 03 October 2023Last Updated: 03 October 2023

An evening to celebrate the art of engineering sciences

During IVA's 104th Annual Meeting, more than 600 guests gathered in Stockholm's city hall to celebrate the art of engineering sciences. We welcomed new fellows, awarded gold medals and listened to the President's address Progress in Research and Technology.

Articles
Published: 01 November 2023Last Updated: 07 November 2023

Conditions for new nuclear power

The government wants to invest heavily in new nuclear power in order to achieve the climate goals and transition to a fossil-free society. But what are the conditions for building new reactors in Sweden in the near future? What is technically possible and what will it take to convince people to invest? More facts and less opinion are needed here to make wise decisions, says Fellow of IVA and former CEO of Vattenfall Lars G Josefsson.

Energy & Resources
Spotlight articles
Published: 24 November 2022Last Updated: 28 June 2023

IVA's privacy policy

Royal. The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) uses personal data in its day-to-day operations. This Privacy Policy explains what personal data we process, how and why it is processed, and how we protect your rights and fulfil our obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Published: 27 June 2023Last Updated: 24 April 2025

How are Swedish companies coping with record inflation and war?

The world is in a turbulent economic situation. In Sweden, inflation is at its highest in over 30 years. Central banks are raising their interest rates, while war and conflicts are interrupting the supply of critical input goods for industry. We are in a situation that may affect Swedish companies in many ways for a long time to come, says Annika Winsth, Chief Economist at Nordea and Fellow of IVA.

Building & Construction
Spotlight articles
Published: 22 August 2022Last Updated: 28 June 2023