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A group of researchers, including Markus Fiedler at Blekinge Institute of Technology, BTH, has studied the phenomenon of video conference fatigue, or “Zoom fatigue” and concluded that both age, gender and personality play a role in how tired you get. For example, they note that young, introvert women are affected more than others. However, there […]

The Health and Sports Technology Initiative, a project linked to BTH, is one of only two Swedish initiatives mentioned in the European Sportstech report 2022. The project’s global relationship manager Stina Lundgren Högbom’s engagement was also highlighted. The Health and Sports Technology Initiative project aims to make the county of Blekinge a hub for technological […]

BTH was honoured to welcome Professor María Isabel Pozzo from the National University of Technology in Argentina, who visited us in March to discuss a potential long-term relationship and cooperation between the two universities. Dr. María Isabel Pozzo is a professor and researcher from the National Technological University, the National University of Rosario and the […]

BTH researcher Henrik Ny urges Sweden’s transport politicians to initiate an independent rapid investigation that compares different future scenarios for high-speed ground transport. According to him, magnetic trains could provide the best customer benefit, be best for the national economy and give the least environmental impact. In addition, this could provide an export opportunity for […]

It is with great sadness and horror that we follow the Russian invasion of Ukraine. BTH stands behind the democratic values that are now at stake and we support statements from, among others, the Swedish Association of Higher Education Institutions and the European University’s Association. We will take action on the Swedish government’s call to immediately […]

In January, BTH was welcomed as one of the new members of the European University Association (EUA) alongside six other universities. The EUA represents over 850 universities and works with EU policies on higher education and research in Europe. As a member, BTH will be able to participate in activities and mutual-learning events alongside other university […]

BTH’s security researchers invites you to the second of three seminars about the recent cyberattack on the Ukrainian government agencies. This time, we will focus on three malicious components used in the cyberattack. As the second seminar in the series: “Vulnerability of modern society exemplified with large cyber-attack against Ukraine”, Dr. Alexander Adamov will devote […]

BTH researcher James Ayers was recently awarded the AASHE Sustainability Award for his licentiate thesis in which he investigates the efficacy of academic sustainability programmes in developing sustainability competencies among students. The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) recently announced their Sustainability Awards winners. BTH researcher James Ayers is one of […]

BTH’s security researchers invites you to an exclusive and cutting edge seminar about the recent cyber attack on the Ukrainian government agencies. This seminar will focus on the events of 13 January 2022, when several Ukrainian government networks were subject to a destructive cyber attack. With help of information from sources proximity to the investigation […]

This week, nearly 50 new Indian students were welcomed to BTH. The students come from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad in India, which BTH has a long standing integrated cooperation with.   The students begun their studies in their home country three and a half years ago and they will now complete their studies with a […]