Research fields
The research at Blekinge Institute of Technology ranges from humanities, business administration and health sciences to mathematics, spatial planning and engineering. Research fields and research groups are listed here in alphabetic order.
Applied health technology
Applied Health Technology is an interdisciplinary science involving many skills and includes studies of how health may be related directly or indirectly to the implementation and impact of technology.
The research is organised within the School of Health Science
Applied signal processing
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In this field researchers try to find new technologies and methods to extract information from different types of signals. The research is also about how methods may be used in industry.
The research is organised within the School of Engineering
Business administration and economics
The research in this field is focused on innovation processes in information economies. The research takes advantage of the universitys focus on information- and communication engineering.
The research is organised within the School of Management
Caring and nursing science
The research in this field is profiled towards the care of elderly, in particular cross-cultural care of the elderly and care of people with dementia.
The research is organised within the School of Health Science
Computer science
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Computer science at BTH has a focus on open distributed systems, in particular agent technology.
The research is organised within the School of Computing
Read more about computer science (DISL research group and CCS research group)
Computer systems engineering
Computer systems engineering has a focus on multiprocessors and real-time systems.
The research is organised within the School of Computing
Read more about computer systems engineering (CCS research group)
Digital Game Development
GSIL specializes in the ongoing development of theory, methods and practice in the design and development of game systems, interactive simulation and visualisation systems, digital fabrication, robotics and interaction concepts and technologies.
The research is organised within the School of Computing
Read more about digital game development (GSIL research group)
Humanities
Research in the humanities at BTH focuses on three areas of study: Literature and IT, Language and IT, and Postcolonial literature.
The research is organised within The School of Planning and Media Design
Read more about the humanities
Interaction design
Interacion design concerns the shaping of digital products and services with a particular emphasis on users and uses. The research in interaction design is performed at the School of Computing in collaboration with Malmö University.
The research is organised within the School of Computing
Read more about Interaction Design (GSIL research group)
Mathematics and statistics
The research in this field focuses on three main areas: Partial differential equations with applications, Discrete mathematics, and Statistics. In the centre ALGA, researchers work with Lie group analysis.
The research is organised within the School of Engineering
Mechanical engineering
The research in mechanical engineering focuses on product development and sustainability of society.
The research is organised within the School of Engineering
Read more about mechanical engineering
Public health science
The field of public health contributes with knowledge for the promotion of public health and preventive health work.
The research is organised within the School of Health Science
Read more about public health science
Radio communication
The research in this field is focused on novel design methodologies and efficient processing algorithms for future generation radio transmission, radio access, and radar technologies and systems.
The research is organised within the School of Engineering
Read more about research in Radio Communications
Software engineering
Software engineering at BTH has a focus on software architecture, software management and quality, performance and availability aspects, use orientation in software development and object-oriented technology.
The research is organised within the School of Computing
Read about software engineering, SERL research group
Spatial planning
The research in this field includes work on urban regeneration in industrial and residential areas, environmental impact assessment studies, computer-aided planning, transport studies, and conflict management in spatial planning.
The research is organised within The School of Planning and Media Design
Read more about spatial planning
Spatial development and planning
Research in this field is organised within the Centre for Spatial Development and Planning (CTUP), which is an international centre for planning.
Read more about the Centre for Spatial Development and Planning
Technoscience studies
The research in this field is based on ICT and gender research within technoscience. One of its characteristics is inter- and transdisciplinarity.
The research is organised within The School of Planning and Media Design
Read more about technoscience studies
Telecommunication systems
In this field researchers study the architecture of telecommunication systems and the capacity, security and quality of these systems.
The research is organised within the School of Engineering
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