26 Aug 2026
Welcome Meeting 2026 a Great Success
That’s a wrap on Welcome Meeting 2026 – what an amazing event! The Welcome Meeting was a great success, bringing together around 90 participants for an inspiring and engaging day.

21 Mar 2023
We are happy to introduce Jonas Weissenrieder, one of our speakers at the WISE Dialogue conference, March 22-23.
Jonas is a professor in Materials Physics and director of the Materials Platform at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. He is one of the principal investigators awarded with one of the WISE PhD projects (WISE-ap1) to start in 2023.
During the WISE dialogue, he will talk about one the chief challenges associated with the transition from fossil resources to production of sustainable synthetic fuels, which is a requirement to mitigate the effects of climate change. The realization of ‘green’ synthetic fuels is contingent on scientific breakthroughs within heterogeneous catalysis. He will discuss how single-atom catalysts (SAC), or isolated metal ad-atoms on a support, may present a solution.
Jonas will present on March 23 during the WISE Dialogue conference 2023 in the morning section, which will place at The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm (KVA).
26 Aug 2026
That’s a wrap on Welcome Meeting 2026 – what an amazing event! The Welcome Meeting was a great success, bringing together around 90 participants for an inspiring and engaging day.
26 Aug 2026
The second day of the WISE Welcome Meeting opened with an inspiring keynote lecture by distinguished Professor Dipankar Das Sarma, who introduced new PhD students and postdocs joining WISE to a fascinating class of materials: halide perovskites.
21 Aug 2026
What if yesterday’s waste could power tomorrow’s technologies?
21 Aug 2026
The call for the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW) Proof of Concept Grants in Materials Science for Sustainability 2026 opens on September 1, 2026.
20 Aug 2026
WIRA-SuPRA is a collaborative platform where academia and industry work together to develop the next generation of sustainable plastics and coatings.
19 Aug 2026
CircuLab is a research infrastructure (Research Technology Platform, RTP) funded by WISE and Stockholm University for the synthesis, processing and application of sustainable materials through integrated AI-driven workflows.
18 Aug 2026
Looking for fresh research perspectives and the opportunity to connect with leading experts? Join us online for the upcoming WISE Invited Professor Lecture on 10 September 2026, from 3:00–4:00 pm […]
18 Aug 2026
From Italy to Germany and now Sweden, Cecilia Bruschi’s academic journey has been driven by a passion for chemistry and materials research.
17 Aug 2026
“We ask ourselves not only what is scientifically possible today, but also what advances are needed to bring these technologies closer to commercialization”, says WISE Fellow and Assistant Professor Lizhou Fan from Linköping University.
10 Aug 2026
Jiayao Duan is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Stockholm University, working with Prof. Erica Zeglio. His research is about developing organic electronic materials for bioelectronics, with a growing focus on sustainability and degradability.
7 Aug 2026
What if the next generation of medical implants could safely dissolve in the body once they’ve done their job and be produced with minimal environmental impact?
3 Aug 2026
On 24 – 25 August, the WISE Community will welcome its newest members to the WISE Welcome Meeting 2026 at Vildmarkshotellet in Kolmården.
25 Jun 2026
Magnus Berggren, Director of WISE, will assume the role as the Executive Director of Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation from 1 January 2027. As a result, he will step down as Program Director of the WISE program and remain at Linköping University on a part-time basis.
23 Jun 2026
“Sustainability is the central theme of my research. Rather than focusing only on performance, we aim to develop technologies that are sustainable from the materials level all the way to manufacturing and end-of-life”, says Magdalena Titirici, Professor at the Imperial College London and WISE Invited Professor.
23 Jun 2026
WISE-affiliated researcher, Professor Ergang Wang at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, is coordinating a new EU-funded project, SPECTRA, to develop groundbreaking technologies that use solar energy to transform plastic waste into valuable resources. The project also involves Professor Moyses Araujo at Karlstad University, another WISE-affiliated researcher, as a partner.
22 Jun 2026
Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has increased the searchable framework budget with an additional SEK 265 million to the Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability (WISE), marking a significant expansion of the programme.
12 Jun 2026
Imagine opening a juice box made from materials designed with deeper scientific insight into how they behave at the smallest scales.
4 Jun 2026
“My best advice is simple: think before you buy. Many of the products we purchase today ultimately end up very quickly in our waste streams”, says WISE co-Director for Sustainability, Niclas Svensson.
3 Jun 2026
When Zhejian (Jerry) Cao joined the WISE programme in 2023, he was already exploring a promising research direction. What followed was a journey defined by intellectual freedom, interdisciplinary growth, and a clear path toward academic independence
29 May 2026
Don’t miss to register for the upcoming WISE Invited Professor Lecture on 4 June 2026, from 3.00–4.00 pm CET.
28 May 2026
A new research platform for advanced tribological measurements was inaugurated on May 26 at Luleå University of Technology.
27 May 2026
“We want to influence the way electric vehicles are designed and built so multifuctional possibilities are integrated in the design from the beginning”, continues Prof. Leif Asp from Chalmers University of Technology and WISE-afilliated researchers.
26 May 2026
The May WISE Study Trip brought doctoral students and postdocs to Jönköping.
26 May 2026
The call for KAW Proof of Concept Grants in Materials Science for Sustainability will open soon
25 May 2026
The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has published the call text for the 2026 Proof of Concept Grants in Materials Science for Sustainability is now available. The call opens September 1, 2026, and closes October 15, 2026, at 13:00.
24 May 2026
“Undertaking my PhD under the WISE framework has been a wonderful opportunity and positive experience thus far. It has connected me with a strong network of outstanding researchers and provided a collaborative environment focused on solution-oriented research for a more sustainable future,” says Patrick Korir, PhD student at LTU and Höganäs.
19 May 2026
A successful partnership between CelluXtreme, KTH, and WISE is redefining what sustainable materials can achieve and deliver.
13 May 2026
“The most valuable aspect of this program was meeting different people and understanding different aspects of research”.
11 May 2026
Join us for the 9th Machine Learning Meets Materials Science Seminar, part of the WASP–WISE initiative! Mark your calendars: May 20 at 10:00!
11 May 2026
Don’t miss to register for the upcoming WISE Invited Professor Lecture on 4 June 2026, from 3.00–4.00 pm CET.