Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability

On February 2, 2026, WASP and WISE will launch a joint call for proposals for five-year NEST projects.

“Ce-based systems continues to surprise us in their unique physical and chemical properties, and the current discovery certainly should be placed under WISE thematic area Discovery, with hope to become a key ingredient in applications for sustainability”, says Prof. Eriksson from Uppsala University and WISE co-director.

“For us it is important to work with sustainable materials and make sure that we manufacture them employing low-energy processes. We think from the beginning what elements we are going to use -their availability, price, recycling possibilities, etc.”, says Professor Thelakkat.

The Uppsala node of the WISE Additive Research and Technology Platform (RTP) was officially inaugurated this week, marking a significant step in strengthening Sweden’s national research capacity in additive manufacturing.

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Energy storage is one of the great scientific challenges of our time. To move toward a more sustainable society, we need batteries that are not only efficient but also environmentally responsible.

Join us for the 7th Machine Learning Meets Materials Science Seminar, part of the WASP–WISE initiative! Mark your calendars: November 26 at 10:00!

Uppsala University’s WISE Symposium series will spotlight cutting-edge sustainability research on November 26, 2025, with a webinar dedicated to the environmental aspects of additive manufacturing.

On December 4, 2025, from 15:00 to 16:00, Uppsala University will host a WISE Guest Professor Lecture featuring Professor Julie Beth Zimmerman and Dr. Sandrine Lyonnard, both WISE Guest Professors at the university.

“This talk explores the emerging   frontier of biotechnology in enabling greener battery technologies, specifically through  biohydrometallurgy and bio-based materials, ” says Prof. Srinivasan Nanyang from the Technological University (NTU), Singapore.

As part of WISE’s Guest Professor (GP) program — one of our key initiatives to foster international collaboration and enrich student learning — we are delighted to welcome Professor Mette Rica Geiker from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) to Chalmers University of Technology.

Picture by Ann-Marie Thoresen at Statens Vegvesen