16 Dec 2025
WISE supports solar cell research
Research on organic solar cells at Karlstad University is advancing with support from WISE.

15 Nov 2024
-Very exciting to see so many WISE-related research projects recognized for their potential to impact Swedish industry and society, says Magnus Svensson, director of Industry Cooperation and the WISE Research Arenas (WIRA).
This year’s list highlights 103 research projects, including 18 projects from Chalmers University of Technology, 31 projects from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 5 projects from Linköping University, 8 projects from Luleå University of Technology, 3 projects from Stockholm University, 9 projects from Lund University, and 4 projects from Uppsala University.
Each year, IVA’s 100 List focuses on pressing themes such as digitization, sustainability, crisis preparedness, and technology at the service of humanity. The 2024 edition focuses on innovation through interdisciplinarity, with topics spanning society and welfare, infrastructure, deep tech, smart industry, circular economy, resource and energy efficiency, green and blue industries, and new business models.
WISE is proud to share that seven WISE researchers have been recognized on this year’s list for their outstanding contributions to sustainability and their potential to create meaningful societal impact.
–Very exciting to see so many WISE-related research projects recognized for their potential to impact Swedish industry and society. Over the past year, WISE has initiated the first WIRAs, which we hope will increase academic-industrial interaction, and launched the proof-of-concept call. These two initiatives are expected to provide more research projects with opportunities for commercial success and, most importantly, reduce the time needed for their adoption in Swedish industry and society, says Magnus Svensson, director of Industry Cooperation and WISE Research Arenas (WIRA).
-We are very excited and deeply honored that Nobula has been featured in the 100 IVA 2024 list! This recognition is a testament to the hard work, passion, and dedication our team has poured into making sustainable glass 3D printing possible. Being named alongside so many fantastic innovators inspire us to keep pushing boundaries within the additive manufacturing community, says Natalia Fijol, WISE postdoctoral researcher at KTH and Nobula. Natalia along with her co-workers and her supervisor Michael Fokine, who works at Nobula and is a WISE researcher, are listed in IVA’s 100 List.
The 100 List is a cornerstone of IVA’s Research2Business (R2B) initiative, a long-term effort to foster collaboration between researchers, businesses, and society. By bridging these sectors, IVA aims to strengthen Sweden’s international competitiveness and promote sustainable innovation.
–We are excited that our research is recognized on IVA’s 100 List. We work in a truly interdisciplinary setting at Chalmers, in collaboration with the team at KTH, to realize these multifunctional composites we call structural batteries, says Leif Asp, Professor in Material and Computational Mechanics at Chalmers University of Technology and WISE researcher.
To learn more about IVA’s list and how to apply please visit: https://www.iva.se/en/what-iva-does/distinctions/ivas-100-lista-eng/
Leif Asp, Chalmers University of Technology, https://wise-materials.org/project/graphene-enhanced-structural-battery-composites-for-future-energy-storage/
Michael Fokine, KTH The Royal Institute of Technology, https://wise-materials.org/project/sustainable-fabrication-of-advanced-photonic-components-through-glass-3d-printing/
Peter Samuelsson, KTH The Royal Institute of Technology
Herik Pedersen, Linköping University, https://wise-materials.org/project/e-cvd-dry-electrodeposition-for-more-sustainable-chip-production/
Feng Gao, Linköping University, https://wise-materials.org/project/stable-organic-transport-materials-for-next-generation-solar-cells/
Johanna Rosén, Linköping University
Lars Hultman, Linköping University, https://wise-materials.org/project/eco-deposition-to-create-novel-multifunctional-coating-materials/
16 Dec 2025
Research on organic solar cells at Karlstad University is advancing with support from WISE.
15 Dec 2025
On February 2, 2026, WASP and WISE will launch a joint call for proposals for five-year NEST projects.
11 Dec 2025
“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.
5 Dec 2025
“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.
28 Nov 2025
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.
Picture credit: Tobias Sterner, Bildbyrån
25 Nov 2025
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.
20 Nov 2025
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!
17 Nov 2025
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.
12 Nov 2025
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.
11 Nov 2025
“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.
10 Nov 2025
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
6 Nov 2025
The inauguration of the WISE Additive node at Linköping University (LiU) took place this week, marking an important milestone in the development of Sweden’s research infrastructure for additive manufacturing and soft electronics for sustainability.
Picture by Thor Balkhed, Linköping University
3 Nov 2025
The Guest Professor (GP) program is one of WISE’s recruitment and outreach activities, designed to foster international research collaborations and support the development of our students.
27 Oct 2025
The Wallenberg Centre for Quantum Technology (WACQT) and the Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability (WISE) have launched a new call for proposals — now open for applications!
23 Oct 2025
“Our society is increasingly dependent on technology. Take smartphones, for example: our entire lives are stored in them. Yet most of us are unaware of how energy-intensive their production processes are, how toxic or scarce some of the materials used in these devices can be, or how poorly many technologies are designed for recycling”, says WISE Guest Professor Federico Rosei at LTU.
22 Oct 2025
The Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability (WISE) seeks a Director of Sustainability to lead and develop the initiative’s strategic sustainability efforts.
20 Oct 2025
“I think it is important to observe and learn from nature. Nature does not waste. What one organism discards, another uses as energy. The key question for us is how we can minimize and reuse our own waste, how we can create more with less”, says WISE Guest Professor Alexander Bismarck from University of Vienna.
16 Oct 2025
We’re thrilled to kick off the WACQT-WISE Pilot Call 2025 with an inspiring webinar.
14 Oct 2025
—Quantum phenomena and materials science have once again demonstrated unique phenomena with the potential to benefit society, says Professor Olle Eriksson at Uppsala University, WISE Co-Director and Chair of the Nobel Committee for Physics.
9 Oct 2025
In a world increasingly powered by lithium-ion batteries—from smartphones to electric vehicles—the race is on to find cleaner, smarter ways to recover this critical metal.
Photo taken by Retain.
3 Oct 2025
On 2 October 2025, Chalmers University of Technology officially inaugurated its new additive manufacturing infrastructure: AM@Chalmers and the Chalmers WISE Additive node.
3 Oct 2025
The Wallenberg Centre for Quantum Technology (WACQT) and the Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability (WISE) are launching a new call to spark collaboration at the cutting edge of research.
2 Oct 2025
—Imagine a world where vehicles, buildings, and even everyday devices become self-powering, seamlessly merging structure and storage. This is the vision of structural power composites. Structural power composites open the door to a future where every part of a product contributes not only to its form and strength, but also to its function as an energy source, says WISE Guest Professor Madhavi Srinivasan from Nanyang Technological University.
25 Sep 2025
-Our role is to act as a bridge between PhD students, postdocs, and WISE Research School management. We receive questions and concerns both from students and postdocs as well as from the RS management, which we bring to our meetings for discussion, says Yamini Portes, chairperson of the WISE Student Council and PhD student at Stockholm University.
24 Sep 2025
Join us for the 6th Machine Learning Meets Materials Science Seminar, part of the WISE–WASP initiative! Mark your calendars: October 1 at 10:00!
24 Sep 2025
We’re pleased to announce that registration is now open for the AM4Life/WISE Additive Autumn School on the theme “Post-processing in AM and Surface Engineering.”
24 Sep 2025
We are pleased to welcome Professor Johan Hjelm, WISE Guest Professor at Lund University (LU), and Professor Yury Gogotsi, WISE Guest Professor at Linköping University (LiU), for a joint digital event on October 2, 2025, from 15:00 to 16:00.
17 Sep 2025
At WISE, we love to share the stories of the people driving science forward. Meet Professor Chao Zhang, an Associate Professor at Uppsala University who is passionate about reimagining the future of energy.
10 Sep 2025
–Materials science can never be done in “vacuum.” By this I mean that sustainability and circular economy must be considered from the very beginning, and this requires collaboration. No one can be an expert in everything, says WISE Guest Professor Mari Lundström from Aalto University.
2 Sep 2025
On September 11, 2025, from 15:00 to 16:00, WISE (Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability) will host a special guest professor lecture featuring two leading international researchers in materials science.