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Open AI research the only way forward

Recently, the US non-profit Future of Life Institute called on all ‘AI labs’ around the world to take a six-month break in the development of advanced AI technology. How good an idea is it to pause the development of AI, and what should this break involve? We asked IVA Fellow Sara Mazur.

Research & Innovation
Digitalisation
Spotlight articles
Published: 11 April 2023Last Updated: 28 June 2023

New launch site makes Sweden a major space nation

Europe’s first satellite launch site has now been inaugurated – and it is Swedish. Just in time for Sweden’s presidency of the EU, Friday 13 January saw the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new launch site at Spaceport Esrange outside Kiruna. As the first of its kind in Europe, this marks a major step towards making Sweden a more significant space nation globally, says Anna Rathsman, Director-General of the Swedish National Space Agency and Fellow of IVA.

Building & Construction
Spotlight articles
Published: 13 January 2023Last Updated: 28 June 2023

Cyber attacks a growing threat to Swedish business

Much publicised cyber attacks and Russian displeasure at Sweden’s NATO application have brought the issue of cyber security to the fore. In the run-up to this autumn’s elections, several authorities have already noticed increased foreign influence activity. And the threat is growing not only towards the state, but also towards Swedish companies. Many are not well equipped, says cyber security expert and IVA Fellow Anne-Marie Eklund Löwinder.

Digitalisation
Spotlight articles
Published: 27 June 2022Last Updated: 28 June 2023

IVA's President: some thoughts on AI

When the 2025 edition of the Global AI Index is released after the summer, I hope Sweden will have made a significant climb from last year’s ranking of 25th. The United States topped the list in 2024 (no surprise there), followed by China.

Words from the President
Published: 20 May 2025Last Updated: 23 June 2025
circuit board with letters AI

Textiles – from waste to resource by 2030

The demand for fibres is expected to increase by 150 percent by 2050. This type of increase is not sustainable in the long term, as most of the fibres today are synthetic and come from fossil-based raw materials and water-intensive cotton. This IVA report focuses on the challenges in the textile sector – and on possible pathways forward.

Energy & Resources
Reports
Published: 12 January 2020Last Updated: 17 August 2023

Textile sustainability from a consumer perspective

This report has been produced as a separate appendix to the earlier report on resource-effective textiles produced within the framework of IVA’s Resource Effectiveness and the Circular Economy project. This report was written by Malin Viola Wennberg in her role as Communications Manager for the eight-year cross-disciplinary research programme called Mistra Future Fashion 2011–2019.

Energy & Resources
Reports
Published: 29 July 2020Last Updated: 16 August 2023

Resource effectiveness through shared space in Sweden

Sharing space and existing offices is necessary in a sustainable society. A sector report from the IVA project Resource Effectiveness and the Circular Economy (ReCE).

Energy & Resources
Reports
Published: 07 February 2020Last Updated: 16 August 2023

She is set to transform the world’s oldest academy of engineering sciences

Today, Newspaper Dagens Industri publishes an interview with IVA's incoming CEO, Sylvia Schwaag Serger. Here you can read an excerpt from the interview about driving forces, choices and visions.

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

Call for proposals for IVA's 100 list 2024

Research should benefit business and society. This is the background to IVA's 100 list, which highlights current and promising research projects. We are now looking for candidates for the 2024 100 list, the sixth in a row. The theme is innovation through interdisciplinarity.

Research & Innovation
Articles
Published: 16 May 2024Last Updated: 16 May 2024

IVA's President: some thoughts on China

While Europe is fully preoccupied with President Trump’s various initiatives, a very deliberate movement is under way in another corner of the world—namely, China’s scientific and technological advancement.

Words from the President
Published: 22 April 2025Last Updated: 25 June 2025
Chinese flag

IVA's Great Gold Medal 2024: Anne L'Huillier

Swedish-French Anne L'Huillier is the physicist and Nobel Prize winner who, against all odds, has succeeded in revolutionizing the possibilities of seeing into the world of atoms and molecules.

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

Innovation the Swedish way

No other country has produced as many revolutionary innovations per capita as Sweden. In the book Innovation the Swedish way, produced at the initiative of IVA, authors Eva Krutmeijer and Henrik Berggren delve into the structures that created Sweden’s favourable innovation climate. Read four of the chapters here!

Research & Innovation
Articles
Publications
Published: 26 January 2023Last Updated: 02 June 2023

"United, swift and wise" IVA's President comments on the EU Commission's roadmap

Today, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, presented the five-year plan for the EU's future competitiveness. "It is absolutely crucial for the future of our continent that the European Commission vigorously addresses competitiveness issues," says Sylvia Schwaag Serger, President of IVA.

Articles
Published: 29 January 2025Last Updated: 30 January 2025
Sylvia Schwaag Serger in white shirt

IVA's 105th Annual Meeting

Many thanks to all fellows and friends of IVA who contributed to the festivities during this year's evening in honour of the art of engineering sciences!

Articles
Published: 29 October 2024Last Updated: 30 October 2024
All guests during the banquet in the Blue Hall

FoU-barometern 2022

Företag uppger att de har allt svårare att hitta personal till forskning och utveckling (FoU). Särskilt utmanande är det att hitta mjukvaruutvecklare och ingenjörer inom elektrifiering. Men på det stora hela har Sverige ett bra klimat för att bedriva forskning och utveckling. Det visar IVAs FoU-barometer 2022, som är den fjärde i ordningen.

Research & Innovation
Reports
Published: 22 November 2022Last Updated: 30 November 2022

Rätt förutsättningar ger framgångsrikt intraprenörskap

Medarbetare med rätt kompetens, en tillåtande kultur och tillräckligt med tid för produktutveckling. De är de viktigaste faktorerna för att företag ska bli mer intraprenöriella, säger Erik Ekudden, CTO på Ericsson.

Entrepreneurship
Research & Innovation
Articles
Published: 14 September 2021Last Updated: 22 December 2022

Staten måste ta större ansvar för digitalisering av välfärden

Digitaliseringen av välfärdstjänsterna går för långsamt. Det hotar både kvalitet och tillgänglighet inom vård, skola och omsorg. Staten behöver därför skapa en struktur som stimulerar privata och offentliga aktörer att höja tempot i arbetet. Det slår Kungl. Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien (IVA) fast i en ny rapport.

Digitalisation
Articles
Published: 21 June 2022Last Updated: 23 November 2022

Rapport: Naturvetenskaps- och teknikprogrammet – för vem och var?

En jämförelse mellan kommuner och över tid. I rapporten presenteras statistik om elever som läser naturvetenskaps- och teknikprogrammen på gymnasiet. Rapporten återger statistik på nationell, läns- och kommunnivå.

Skills Supply
Reports
Published: 16 February 2023Last Updated: 16 February 2023

Rapport: Närsamhället och bildning

Initiativ för ökad lärarförsörjning och lärares professionella kompetensutveckling. En rapport från delprojektet Lärare, Industri, Välfärd inom IVAs projekt Skola i Tiden.

Skills Supply
Reports
Published: 06 September 2022Last Updated: 06 December 2022

Röster om framtidens välfärd

Filmade intervjuer med fem medlemmar i styrgruppen för IVAs projekt Digitalisering - möjliggörare i framtidens välfärd. Ta del av reflektioner kring kompetensutveckling, arbetsmiljö, digitaliseringens möjligheter, hur visioner ska bli till verklighet och nödvändigheten av ett starkt ledarskap.

Digitalisation
Articles
Published: 20 June 2022Last Updated: 23 January 2023