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How to bring a country back from economic collapse – the Zimbabwe experience

Events
Published: 01 July 2024Last Updated: 01 July 2024

Research and Innovation

Research and innovation are key to competitiveness and prosperity – and require collaboration between the worlds of academia and business. Successful collaborations on research results that lead to innovations and business development strengthen Sweden’s competitiveness and contribute to positive social development.

Research & Innovation
Published: 14 June 2023Last Updated: 14 June 2023
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Building and Construction

In the field of building and construction, IVA applies a broad perspective and systems thinking to subjects such as the cities of the future and sustainable construction.

Building & Construction
Published: 14 June 2023Last Updated: 14 June 2023
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Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurs are the drivers of progress towards the businesses of the future. IVA inspires and creates the conditions for more people to become entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurship
Published: 14 June 2023Last Updated: 14 June 2023
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European life science competetiveness: Why IP is fundamental

On the occurrence of the EU presidency, we place the spotlight on suggested EU-legislations affecting IP-rights in the life science industry. With examples from the Swedish life science arena, we show the importance of IP-protection in the journey from academic research to products and therapies for patients.

Research & Innovation
Events
Published: 24 May 2023Last Updated: 15 May 2023

NTA Digital

Within NTA Digital, digital learning materials are developed for the school development program Science and Technology for All (NTA), which is aimed at students and teachers from pre-school to year nine.

Skills Supply
Digitalisation
Projects & programmes
Published: 29 June 2023Last Updated: 29 June 2023
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Prince Daniel's Fellowship

Prince Daniel's Fellowship, run by the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) in partnership with Prince Daniel, aims to inspire more young people to see entrepreneurship as an option and take the leap in starting their own business.

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

IVA's President: Some thoughts on Academic Freedom

It is the time of year when our sister academy, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, announces the Nobel Prize winners, and as always, it is both inspiring and gratifying to see how the world turns its focus to science during Nobel Week. In an era when facts and science are being questioned at the highest levels, it feels perhaps more urgent than ever to celebrate science and the advances it brings to humanity.

Swedish Futures
Words from the President
Published: 07 October 2025Last Updated: 08 October 2025
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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
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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

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

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's Gold Medal 2024: Gerteric Lindquist

As CEO of the energy technology company NIBE, Gerteric Lindquist has been involved in putting Sweden as an energy technology nation on the world map.

Articles
Published: 10 September 2024Last Updated: 11 September 2024

Resource Effectiveness – Circular Economy. Subproject: Mobility

Resource use is an existential issue that impacts the climate and biodiversity. We therefore need to avoid unnecessary transport, coordinate necessary transport and increase capacity utilisation and utilisation rates to achieve a climate efficient and resource-effective society. Data sharing is of key importance.

Energy & Resources
Reports
Published: 17 December 2019Last Updated: 17 August 2023

Industrial robot performs cello piece composed for IVA by Jacob Mühlrad

Listen and watch as an industrial robot performs a cello piece specially composed for IVA by the world-renowned composer Jacob Mühlrad, in a film recording from the performance at IVA’s Annual Meeting in October. Also, meet the robotics researcher and composer Fredrik Gran, who programmed the cello-playing robot.

Digitalisation
Research & Innovation
Articles
Published: 19 December 2024Last Updated: 19 December 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

Global Foresight in a Shifting Geopolitical Landscape

Research & Innovation
Events
Published: 14 November 2025Last Updated: 14 November 2025
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Konung Carl XVI Gustafs 50-årsfond för vetenskap, teknik och miljö

IVA-ledamöter, medlemmar i IVAs Näringslivsråd och andra verksamma inom forskning, teknisk utveckling och företagande, inbjuds att föreslå IVA lämpliga mottagare av stipendier från Stiftelsen Konung Carl XVI Gustafs 50-årsfond för vetenskap, teknik och miljö för år 2026.

Published: 05 November 2024Last Updated: 25 November 2024

IVAs Guldmedalj 2019 - Daniel Ek och Martin Lorentzon

Styrelseordförande Daniel Ek och civilingenjör Martin Lorentzon tilldelas IVAs Guldmedalj för att ha skapat företaget Spotify som i grunden förändrat musikindustrin och stoppat piratkopieringen. De har som innovatörer och entreprenörer byggt ett av få (möjligen det enda) europeiska techbolag som lyckats mäta sig med kinesiska och amerikanska giganter.

Articles
Published: 22 October 2019Last Updated: 20 June 2023

Flera forskningsprojekt från IVAs 100-lista utvalda till Silicon Valley

Sex forskningsprojekt från IVAs 100-listor är utvalda till Vinnovas exklusiva inkubatorprogram REACH i Silicon Valley. Det är lika många som förra året och dubbelt så många jämfört med året innan. Alla projekten bedöms ha stor potential att kommersialiseras och komma till nytta.

Research & Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Articles
Published: 09 October 2023Last Updated: 09 October 2023
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