FoU-barometern 2019

Flera av Sveriges stora FoU-tunga exportföretag oroas av bristen på AI-kompetens. Krafttag krävs om inte svensk industri ska halka efter. Fyra av tio företag uppger också att det generellt är svårt eller mycket svårt att rekrytera FoU-personal i Sverige. Det visar IVAs första FoU-barometer.

Rapport: Så klarar det svenska samhället klimatmålen

Delrapport från projektet Vägval för klimatet: Sverige måste öka omställningstakten och investeringarna i klimatneutrala lösningar om klimatmålen ska nås.

Små och medelstora företags digitala utveckling 2017-22

Under åren 2017–2019 besvarade deltagarna i IVA-projektet Smart industris B2B-forum ett antal frågor om var de befann sig på sin digitaliseringsresa. Våren 2022 följdes dessa upp genom en digital enkät med huvudsakligen samma frågeställningar till samma målgrupp. Svaren ger en indikation på den utveckling som skett på området under denna, relativt sett, korta period.

Nycklar till ökad attraktivitet och konkurrenskraft

Vad krävs för att Sverige, en liten exportberoende ekonomi, ska fortsätta att vara ett land med mycket högt välstånd? Vad ska locka individer att arbeta i Sverige och bidra till vårt välstånd? Vad kommer att avgöra om företagen Väljer att göra sina satsningar här?

Rapport: Idédriven stadsplanering – positiva utvecklingsspiraler

IVAs projekt Framtidens goda stad belyser i sin fjärde delrapport vilka drivkrafter som påverkar stadsutvecklingen. Rapporten är en idéskrift där städers transformation står i fokus och där framgångsfaktorer pekas ut.

Forskarutbildning: En nyckel till svenskt nyföretagande och industriell innovation

IVA’s Business Executives Council

The Business Executives Council roots IVA in the business community, making it an essential part of the Academy. The members make a strong contribution to the work of the Academy, and have considerable scope to influence issues in areas such as business, education and research policy.

IVA’s Student Council

The Student Council is a meeting place for socially engaged engineering and economics students who want to help develop ideas for Sweden’s future, by taking part in IVA’s discussions and work.

Meet AI Researcher, Professor Yoshua Bengio

Science & Society Forum 2024

Resilient Digital Infrastructure

The overall goal of the project is to contribute to Sweden's digital infrastructure being able to measure up to the most advanced countries in the world in terms of capacity, quality and security. The project brings together different perspectives to come up with concrete and feasible proposals for action that strengthen the resilience of the digital infrastructure.

Digitalisation – an enabler of future welfare services

Digitalisation leads to fundamental changes and opens up new possibilities for how to design welfare services. To improve how services are delivered, politicians and other decision-makers need to raise their knowledge and awareness of digitalisation's opportunities and risks.

IVA’s prize for science in journalism

IVA's prize for science in journalism was awarded in the years 2015-2023 to reward a scientific approach in the media and excellent journalism in science, technology, innovation and entrepreneurship.

Steering Committee and expert groups

Steering Committee and expert groups for IVA's project Reserch2Business.

Why a Swedish quantum agenda?

A race is under way in quantum technology, a field of research and innovation that is predicted to revolutionise the future development of computers, secure communications and a more efficient energy supply. Several Swedish research bodies have now drawn up an agenda setting out how Sweden can secure its place on the technological train. Per Delsing has been involved in this work.

IVA spotlight on: Sweden's digital infrastructure must be strengthened

Sweden’s digital infrastructure must improve its ability to withstand disruptions, crises, and conflicts. This could be crucial for our ability to maintain critical societal functions and for the competitiveness of the business sector. In the newly launched project ‘Resilient Digital Infrastructure,’ IVA will map out what is required to create world-class digital infrastructure.

Re-election of Marcus Wallenberg as Chair of IVA and Election of 41 New Fellows

Today, Marcus Wallenberg was re-elected as Chair of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA). Additionally, the Assembly of the Academy elected 41 new Swedish and international fellows – prominent researchers and experts from both the private and public sectors.

Sweden remains at the top of the EU's innovation countries

The other week, the EU's annual list of Europe's top innovation countries, the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS), was published. For the second year in a row, Sweden ranks second on the list, behind Denmark. It is a pleasing position, but there are concerns, says Björn Ekelund, Fellow of IVA and Corporate Research Director at Ericsson.

IVA's 100 List 2023: Swedish innovations with great potential

A new environmentally friendly light source that can complement and in some cases replace LED lights, automatic AI monitoring of train tracks and an innovative solution for sampling in case of sepsis. These are examples of some of the research projects that have been selected for this year's 100 list.

The right strategy at universities yields more sustainability entrepreneurs

How do we create the right conditions to stimulate entrepreneurship with an emphasis on sustainability in university-adjacent environments? IVA’s Entrepreneurship Academy has sought to answer this question by interviewing researchers, educators and other key individuals at six Swedish universities. Here you can read the results, which are part of a broader, Nordic-Baltic study presented in June 2022.