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Blekinge Institute of Technology and Associate Professor Henrik Ny have recently been appointed to organize the 26th International Conference on Magnetically Levitated Systems and Linear Drives, Maglev2024, to be held September 2024 in the cities of Malmö and Copenhagen. The International Conference on Magnetically Levitated Systems and Linear Drives is the world’s most prestigious academic […]

BTH are happy to announce that two new collaboration agreements have been signed by BTH’s Vice-Chancellor Mats Viberg. One with the National Technological University in Argentina and one with Chang Gung University in Taiwan. The agreements open up for future student exchange and teacher mobility as well as collaborative research projects between BTH and the […]

Lindéngruppen extends its cooperation with Blekinge Institute of Technology on sustainable development. The collaboration with BTH began with Lindéngruppen’s founder Ulf G Lindén – born in Karlskrona, Blekinge – who had an important role in the establishment and early development of BTH. Long-term strategic collaboration on sustainability More recently, Lindéngruppen has cooperated with BTH on […]

BTH was honoured to welcome the Vice-Chancellor of Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), Dr. Erold Naomab, and the Advisor of the Vice-Chancellor, Mr. Klemens/Awarab. During their visit to BTH, they met with Vice-Chancellor Mats Viberg to discuss the future relationship between the two universities.  The Vice-Chancellor of NUST, Dr. Erold Naomab and the […]

Blekinge Business Incubator together with BTH provides a great opportunity to kick-start your Deep Tech idea. Deep Tech Challenge is a competition for students, staff, and researchers with a connection to BTH. The goal is to fund and support your idea with the mission to create a successful deep tech company in Blekinge! Take the […]

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 […]