Research Partners

Research partners

Research done together with industry and society

From mining and construction machinery to aerospace, defence and civil preparedness — our projects are co-created with partners who bring real problems, data and test environments.

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Funding bodies

Co-funded by national and European programmes

Vinnova, the Knowledge Foundation, the Swedish Energy Agency, the European Union and others co-fund our joint research projects.

Ongoing projects

From pre-study to demonstrator

Explore the projects we are running with our partners right now.

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Our research is carried out in close collaboration with companies, public agencies and funding bodies. Partners take part in everything from student projects and thesis work to multi-year research projects and industrial PhDs.

Partners

Industry and public partners

  • AB Volvo
  • Actrify AB
  • Aerobase Innovations AB
  • Affärsverken i Karlskrona AB
  • Canadian Space Mining Corporation
  • Canadian Space Agency
  • Cstrider AB
  • Dynapac
  • Electrolux Professional AB
  • FM – Swedish Armed Forces
  • FMV – The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration
  • Gestamp
  • Gimic AB
  • GKN Aerospace
  • Länsstyrelsen (Blekinge & Skåne)
  • MSB
  • NCC Industry AB
  • NKT Cables
  • Peab Anläggning AB
  • Roxtec
  • Saab
  • Sandvik Coromant
  • Skanska Industrial Solutions AB
  • Sveriges Bergmaterialindustri SBMI AB
  • Tetra Pak
  • Trafikverket
  • Volvo Autonomous Systems
  • Volvo Cars Corporation
  • Volvo Construction Equipment
  • Volvo Group

Funding bodies

  • European Union
  • Knowledge Foundation
  • Region Blekinge
  • Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth
  • Swedish Energy Agency
  • Swedish Research Council
  • Swedish Transport Administration
  • Vinnova

Ongoing projects

2026Nordic Vehicle – Vehicle conversion – Triple Use of civilian vehicles for military ambulance transport | 20262026CEROC – Cstrider Multi-Ship Efficiency Remote Operations Centre | 2025-20262025Digitalt Kulturarv Sydost | 2026-20282025OREEL – ORE Enrichment enabled by E-Logistics | 2025-20282025MiSo – Optimization & Simulation Platform for Integrated Sustainable Mining | 2025-20262025AI Factory Blekinge | 2025-20272025Next Generation Production Process | 2025-20282025RE:CREATE – Strengthened design process in digital collaboration | 2025-20272025NATO Deeptech Innovation Academy | 20252025Simulation and visualisation of human factors and cognitive load | 2025-20282025DISTURB – Digitalt beslutstöd för storskalig utrymning | 2025 – 20262024Dual use innovation methodology for defense and marine innovation | KKS jubileumsdoktorand | 2025-20292024Tested – SOS | 2024-20272024Efficient Innovation Capability | 2024-20272024CONVERGE II | 2024-20272024Model-driven decision support naval mine-clearing | 2024-20262024COLLIDE-XR 2.0: A Cross-Atlantic XR Collaboration to Enhance Underwater Infrastructure Security | 2025-20262024CiSMA – Circular Steel for Mass Market Applications | 2024 – 20282024ADSUP – Advanced Contact Pattern Digitalization Set-Up for Stamping and High Pressure Die Casting Applications | 2024-20262024AXESS – Assessment in XR Environments for Sustainable Solutions | 2024-20272024PROSUCCO – PRO SUstainable Co-COnfiguration | 20242022RESIST – Regions for climate change resilience through Innovation, Science and Technology | 2023-20272022ISRU – Lunar mining and in-situ resource utilization | 2022-20232022Future Fossil Free Rock Loading Solution | 2022-2025This project focus on the system perspective and includes what a new disruptive machine concept and how energy infrastructure should be designed,…2020Investigation of the Product Design Process in Informal Microenterprises in Tanzania | 2021-Investigation of the Product Design Process in Informal Microenterprises in Tanzania2020Health and Sports Technology Initiative | 2020-2019MakerTruck | 2019-2019SUCCCE – Smart use of communication in complex care environmentsSUCCCE provides medical doctors and other health care staff with direct alerts from medical devices and adequate medical information concerning their patients…2019AVANS – Development of Second-Cycle MSc Programme in Mechanical Engineering | 2019-222015Marine Engineering | 2015 –2011Measuring Innovation Capability in Teams – MINT | 2011-2011Design for Wellbeing | 2004-

Completed projects

2024RECS – Resilience in electricity & charging systems | 2024-20252023CONVERGE | 20232023DemoCreate | 20232022Model Driven Development and Decision Support | 2013-2022Digital and sustainable product-service systems development via model driven approach in conceptual phase2022Virtual Production Studio Lab | 2022-20242022VaViM – Validation of virtual models used for simulation of autonomous vehicle systems | 20222021ASPECT – A System for Electric and Connected Transport Solutions | 2021-20242021TRUST-SOS – TRUSTed – Site Optimisation Solutions | 2021-20242021I-Stamp – Intelligent and sustainable stamping processes using hybrid control strategies together with process monitoring | 2021-20242021Ligth2Sustainable – Kompetenscenter för pressnings- och formningsteknologi | 2021-20222021Net based education for Digitalisation and Industry 4.0 – NU4DI | 2021-20232021eTWIN – Digital-Twin enabled Transition into Electromobility and Autonomy in Construction Equipment | 20212020PREDICT | 2020-20242020Electric infrastructure creation | 2020-2021Electric infrastructure creation – The goal is to demonstrate technology solutions to be able to operate larger infrastructure construction 100% emission-free by…2019Blekinge Teknikaccelerator | 2020-2022Samverkansparterna vill med projektet göra en kraftsamling i Blekinge för att bidra till att näringslivets förmåga till ekonomisk förnyelse ökar.2018STARK – Skattning Tidigt av fysisk förmåga för Alla och Riktat stöd ger Kunskap och minskad fallrisk senare i livet | 2018-20192018Center of Excellence – stamping (förstudie) | 2018-20192017LighTEST – Testbeds for future production of lightweight products using smart material solutions | 2017-20202017Test-Arena Blekinge | 2017-20202016Kortare ledtid genom avancerade verktygsstrukturer med fokus på plåtformning | 2017-Projektets syfte är att minska ledtiden för pressverktyg genom ökad leverantörssamverkan och forskning2016Social Inkludering och Tillväxt i Blekinge | 2016-2018Syftet är att starta en inkubator för arbetsintegrerande sociala företag i Blekinge2014STOSIP – Strategic, Tactical and Operational implementation of Sustainability into the Innovation Process | 2015-20182014ExDin III – Expertnätverk i diagnostik | 2015-20172014VITUM – VIrtual TUrbine Module demonstrator | 2014-20172013SåNätt – Collaboration as Enabler for Light Weight Vehicles | 2011-20132013FI-STAR – Future Internet Social and Technological Alignment Research | 2013-20152013WIESD – Women at the forefront of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development | 2013-20142013Decision Support for Sustainable Value Chains – DecSUS | 2010-20132013BESST – Breakthrough in European Ship and Shipbuilding Technologies | 2009-20132012Strategic Research Agenda: LEADING INNOVATION: en nationell agenda för organisering och ledning av och för innovation | 2012-20132012Strategic Research Agenda: Blue Energy | 2012-20132012Makerspace Youth | 20132012Center for Tele Medicine – Sustainable Products and Services within E-health and Tele Medicine | 2010-20122012Wave Power System Development | 2010-20122012PrimCareIT – Tele-conferencing to fight social and professional isolation | 2012-20142011Quality of sandwich composites and composite-steel joints in response to fatigue, impacts, explosions, and design parameters | 2011-20132011A Directive Sonar | 2009-20112011Dynamics in Metal Cutting | 2009-2011