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- Extensive screen time impairs sleep in children and young people2024-06-27
Children and young people who frequently use digital media in their free time are more likely to suffer from impaired sleep, a negative body image and depression. However, gaming does not seem to …
- Saving Gustav III’s private archive2024-06-14
Immediately after the assassination of Gustav III in 1792, his private archive was transferred to Uppsala University Library. The archive, containing all the letters and documents saved by the king, …
- Researcher wants to see shared power over data of deceased2024-05-29
In 30 to 40 years, there will be more dead people than alive on Facebook. But who should have the right to this digital graveyard full of valuable data? This is one of the questions explored by …
- New and expanded database on the history of work2024-02-29
The Gender and Work (GaW) research and digitalisation project is launching a new version of its GaW database. At the same time, a wealth of new data from 1720 to 1880 will be made available to all …
- Research project about Artificial Intelligence on IVA's 100 list2023-05-17
The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) recently presented the research projects that have been selected for IVA's 100 list for 2023. Associate senior lecturer in public law at the …
- His algorithm aims for better age assessments2023-03-28
Can a computer analyse a picture of a face and decide how old the person is? Anders Hast thinks it can. He is currently developing an algorithm that is intended to determine a person’s age based …
- A unique collection of books from Copernicus and a few hairs2023-03-16
This year we celebrate the 550th anniversary of the birth of scientist Nicolaus Copernicus, who redrew our entire worldview. In connection with the jubilee, contacts between Uppsala University and …
- Bringing new research about forensic evidence to the courtroom2023-03-02
Are there better methods of assessing a person’s age, whether a person is lying, or whose DNA is at a crime scene? These are questions in some of the studies that will be carried out in the new …
- Major increase in conflict-related deaths2022-06-27
New data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) at Uppsala University show that at least 119,000 people died in organised violence in 2021. This is an increase of 46 per cent compared to the …
- She studies AI as existential media2020-04-30
How are we influenced when smart digital assistants, like Siri and Alexa, become part of our homes? And what happens when we begin to track deviating individuals through biometrics? “More research is …
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