3 Oct 2023
A new WISE fellow in Nanoporous materials for sustainable solutions
“When I told my former supervisor about the WISE start-up package, he described it as the scientific equivalent of winning the lottery!”
19 Jan 2023
Magnus Svensson has been the director of the WISE Research Arenas (WIRA) since the establishment of WISE in 2022.
Magnus is an experienced program and project manager with a long history of working with strategic planning and execution to achieve long-term goals in the research and development business.
What is WIRA?
The WISE Industrial Research Arenas (WIRA) seek to identify physical places outside academia, where universities and industry can jointly explore materials science for sustainability. For example, WIRA may address issues regarding how to recover waste from certain industrial process, or how to replace a toxic substance or material in a given product, etc. The main goal is to help to connect fundamental science with the needs of industry and society regarding sustainability. In particular, WIRA prioritize developing projects that directly benefit Sweden’s competitiveness.
How will WIRA be formed?
It is a long process. During 2023, there will be a lot of dialogs with different industries to identify problems and challenges affecting these industries that can have a potentially large impact on society. WISE fellows and researchers will participate as well in these discussions to ensure that goals and boundaries are defined jointly, arising from mutual interest. It is important to stress that WIRA should not be understood as commissioned research. One requirement is that each WIRA should have at least 3 non-academic partners. By the end of 2023 it is expected that at least one WIRA is proposed to the WISE Board and activities will gradually increase 2024 and onwards.
What type of companies/industries will be targeted?
We strive for a balance between large companies and small and medium-sized enterprises to be able to drive new ideas faster and increase the competitiveness of Sweden on materials science.
How does WIRA contribute to accomplishing the goals of WISE?
WISE’s main goal is to use material science to reach a sustainable future. WIRA will establish environments in which industrial and societal problems and challenges related to sustainable materials and technologies can be addressed by researchers from universities and industry together. In this way, need-driven research, for example new green technologies to store energy, has the possibility to reach society much faster.
3 Oct 2023
“When I told my former supervisor about the WISE start-up package, he described it as the scientific equivalent of winning the lottery!”
22 Sep 2023
“Twisted or planar?” is the question Assistant Professor at Lund University and WISE faculty member, Maning Liu, and his colleagues explore in their new article.
20 Sep 2023
The projects call opens on 20 September.
31 Aug 2023
Welcome Meeting 2023 sparked networking and exciting discussions. On 28-30 August more than 200 WISE researchers and distinguished guests gathered at Vildmarkshotellet in Kolmården, outside of Norrköping.
25 Aug 2023
We are happy to introduce Martin Månsson, one of our great speakers at WISE Welcome Meeting, August 28-30.
24 Aug 2023
We are happy to introduce Professor Olof Karis, one of our great speakers at WISE Welcome Meeting, August 28-30.
22 Aug 2023
We are happy to introduce Professor Tomas Kåberger, one of our great speakers at WISE Welcome Meeting, August 28-30.
21 Aug 2023
We are happy to introduce Professor Cecilia Persson, one of our great speakers at WISE Welcome Meeting, August 28-30.
17 Aug 2023
Yury is one of our speakers at the Welcome Meeting conference, August 28-30.
15 Aug 2023
Magda is one of our speakers at the Welcome Meeting conference, August 28-30.
29 Jun 2023
WISE (The Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability), the largest single investment ever in materials science in Sweden, which is carried out at seven of Sweden’s leading research universities, is now establishing national research infrastructures.
(Byline Thor Balkhed, Linköping University)
21 Jun 2023
Daniel Simon is American and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. He has a PhD in Physics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he first entered the world of organic (bio)electronics.
20 Jun 2023
WISE and WASP open a joint call on June 20. Up to 30 million SEK will be invested in the projects, financed by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation.
7 Jun 2023
Out of the 49 applications submitted to the WISE-ip1 call, 28 projects were finally approved and will be funded by WISE and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW).
25 May 2023
49 applications were submitted in the first industrial PhD and Postdoc call from which 28 projects (14 PhD & 14 Postdoc) have been granted funding.
23 May 2023
Petronella Norberg has been the Program Coordinator of WISE since the establishment of WISE in 2022.
17 May 2023
One of the first WISE Fellow recruitments is Matias Kagias.
11 May 2023
WISE is very proud to have outstanding Guest Professors participating in the program. We are happy to introduce Prof. Mikhail Katsnelson. Prof. Katsnelson head of Theory of Condensed Matter group at Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
5 May 2023
WISE is very proud to have outstanding Professors participating in the program. We are happy to introduce Prof. Sheng Guo from Chalmers University of Technology.
4 May 2023
The first call for WISE Industrial PhD student and Postdoc projects is now closed. WISE received in total 49 applications from a broad spectrum of companies, ranging from start-ups to some of the largest industries in Sweden.
2 May 2023
WISE is very proud to have outstanding Professors participating in the program. We are happy to introduce Prof. Karin Lundgren from Chalmers University of Technology.
27 Apr 2023
The WISE research program is advancing rapidly. Recruitment initiatives for different positions are taking place and the research projects at our partner universities will be up and running shortly.
21 Apr 2023
Cooperation between industry and academia – necessary to handle large challenges in society.
31 Mar 2023
The first call for WISE Industrial PhD student and postdoc positions opens 1 April.
29 Mar 2023
More than 100 people from the WISE community, as well as industry representatives, gathered in Stockholm on 22-23 March at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA) for the first-ever WISE Dialogue.
21 Mar 2023
We are happy to introduce Jonas Weissenrieder, one of our speakers at the WISE Dialogue conference, March 22-23.
16 Mar 2023
We are happy to introduce Maria Åstrand, one of our speakers at the WISE Dialogue conference, March 22-23.
15 Mar 2023
We are happy to introduce Stefan Månsson, one of our great speakers, to present at WISE Dialogue, March 22-23.
13 Mar 2023
We are happy to introduce Anneli Kruve, one of our great speakers, to present at WISE Dialogue, March 22-23.
8 Mar 2023
Anna Delin is full professor at KTH since 2011. She leads a research group with focus on magnetic and quantum phenomena in materials.