Ola Svensson’s fascination with fish began as a child at home, gazing at the aquarium. This interest grew into a lifelong curiosity about how evolutionary processes shape life in our ecosystems – and eventually led him into research. Today, he is Professor of Ecology and specialises in how fish reproduction and sexual selection drive speciation and adaptation in nature.

In the village of Seglora, south of Borås, lies a multi-generational home where new professor Anita Pettersson lights the evening fire in the small wood stove in the evenings. She gets comfortable in front of the flames as she reads doctoral theses. But becoming an academic and researcher was not in her plans when she finished lower-secondary school.

Mats Tinnsten has decided to leave his position as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Borås. He is leaving this role in order to pursue other things in life.

Water is one of our most valuable resources. Yet removing all the substances found in wastewater – such as nitrogen, phosphorus and organic acids – is both costly and energy intensive. Now, a new doctoral thesis shows that an unexpected hero may play a starring role in the future of water purification: Nordic microalgae.