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Recently, the conference Dialogical Bodies was held at the Swedish School of Textiles at the University of Borås. It was an interactive conference focusing on artistic research.

Can a body be a chair, a road sign, or perhaps an ice cream? Faseeh Saleem has recently completed his PhD studies and in his research, he challenges conventional desig...

Smart textiles have the potential to revolutionise healthcare. In his doctoral thesis in textile technology, Emanuel Gunnarsson presents unique solutions to the bottleneck that has long inhibited the market.

The new Stelec project, funded by the EIC Pathfinder funding programme, enables basic research in textile technology. These include major technological breakthroughs in three ...

A new digital inkjet printer, with this new equipment in the research lab with the digital printing facilities, it is possible to go even further in research and in...

Currently, it is estimated that only one percent of world’s textile waste is recycled into new textiles. Now these conditions can be improved, thanks to a new research project coordin...

As our population is getting older and healthcare demands continue to rise, it’s crucial to find efficient and easy-to-use rehabilitation methods. By combining textile innovation and neuromusc...

From collaborations between individual companies, universities, or organisations to entire textile ecosystems. The hope is that the Swedish and Finnish circular textile ecosys...

It has now been announced who will be honoured with the title of Honorary Doctor: Former Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson, entrepreneur and investor Staffan Hillberg, and Professor Xianyi Zeng of ENSAIT, Uni...

Professor Amit Rawal, from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, will be the twenty-ninth holder of the professorship. This honour means that he w...

The research on sustainable menstrual protection has received two early Christmas presents: the Spacerpad Lilibet is ready for sale, and new funding from Vinnova ensures the contin...

Several of the university's researchers have once again been included in a prestigious international ranking of the most cited researchers in the world. This list was drawn up by researchers at Stanford ...

Doctoral students from several European universities visited the University of Borås to learn more about the unique properties of textiles.

The book is a critical reflection on the power of fashion in modern society and the role that marketing and marketers play in the process of defining, creating and preserving fashion, b...

Using colour in art and design has been a subject of interest and fascination for centuries. You are welcome to attend a public lecture by Marjan Kooroshnia, Associate Professor of Textile Design, where s...