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Centre for sustainable urban development opens in Gothenburg

[8 Feb 2010] A new international centre for sustainable urban development, Mistra Urban Futures, recently opened in Gothenburg. The centre will start five pilot projects in 2010, of which one will concern decision making processes for sustainable urban and regional development.

Report explains declining school performance

[8 Feb 2010] Housing segregation, making schooling a community matter, special teaching groups, individualisation and the right to freely choose which school to attend are factors explaining why Swedish school children perform worse than 20 years ago according to research at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

People out and about make cities secure

[4 Feb 2010] Young people who have experienced threats and violence feel more insecure than others in urban public spaces, especially when alone. This is one conclusion reached in a new doctoral thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Research award puts focus on future malaria prevention

[3 Feb 2010] The Faculty of Science at the University of Gothenburg has presented the recipient of their third annual Faculty of Science Research Award. The winner of the SEK 250 000 prize is a chemist whose research may eventually help prevent the spread of malaria.

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