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  • Research project focusing on the aging population of the Baltic region


    Last year, Professor Anita Björklund Carlstedt at the Department of Rehabilitation, School of Health and Welfare, was invited as one of several experts to the project for Sustainable Working Life (SWL). Nine countries round the Baltic Sea are involved in the project which is run by the Baltic Sea Labour Forum and funded by the European Social Fund (ESF). The project has now presented the first policy briefs that have been made public.

  • New research about the balance between innovation and operational activities


    How can small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises focus on innovation in parallel with their daily operations? This question has been investigated in the research project Innovate – a collaboration involving a group of researchers from the School of Engineering (JTH) and Jönköping International Business School (JIBS) at Jönköping University as well as six regional companies.

  • “The Jönköping model”: The Rescue Services work with suicide prevention can be vital


    In Jönköping County, the Rescue Services (Räddningstjänsten) has a wider role when it comes to work with suicide prevention compared to other regions in Sweden. Their efforts can be lifesaving, according to a new study carried out by researchers at the School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, who, in collaboration with the Public Health Agency of Sweden, have investigated the so-called "Jönköping model".

  • Customer dialogue increasingly important for companies


    The interaction with followers on social media is becoming increasingly important for organizations. Thomas Cyron, Jönköping International Business School, shows that customer relations cannot be ignored in his dissertation "How organizations incorporate insights from stakeholder communication: The role of media and modal affordances".

  • Amjad Al-Musaed at JTH is editor-in-chief of a book on sustainable urban planning


    Amjad Al-Musaed, researcher and Assistant Professor at the School of Engineering (JTH), is the editor-in-chief and co-author of the book "Sustainability in Urban Planning and Design". The book is written by 54 researchers from universities around the world.