Photo: Ingvar Karmhed NEWS 2010-06-17 Lars-Erik Liljelund – Mistra’s new CEO At an extra meeting today, June 17th 2010, Mistra’s Board of Directors elected to appoint Lars-Erik Liljelund as Mistra’s new CEO. Liljelund comes most recently from the position of Director General...

Photo: Olof Olsson RESEARCH RESULT 2010-06-16 Board members of Swedish companies with criminal convictions are common Almost 90 percent of companies listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange have at least one board member who has been convicted of a crime. Companies with several board members who have been convicted of...

RESEARCH RESULT 2010-06-11
U.S. Navy to Attack the Barnacle
The small Gothenburg company I-Tech received a visit from U.S. Naval Officials in search of alternatives to copper-based antifouling paint. The American sailors were enthusiastically impressed by Selektope, which forces barnacle larvae to release and escape from the painted hull. If all goes...


RESEARCH RESULT 2010-06-07
ProEnviro results: Green Heat is pure magic
There is magic being practiced in Eslöv. Behind the doors of neighbors HJ Mek and Magnetic Components, cool technological development is in the works as both companies add a revolutionary new business to their established ones. It's all about Green Heat.


NEWS 2010-05-25
Download or order Mistra’s 2009 annual report!
The annual report is full of interesting articles. 2009 was an intense year and Mistra could report about important news every month. They are all collected in the report.


RESEARCH RESULT 2010-05-20
Mistra Project Manager Praised by the King
On May 12, Hanna Härelind Ingelsten, project manager of the Mistra program E4, received a scholarship of 75 000 SEK from the King himself.  She was one of 19 fellows who received monetary awards from the Foundation of King Carl XVI Gustaf's 50th Birthday Foundation for Science, Technology...


FUNDINGS 2010-05-12
Experts Praise Mistra Arctic Futures
Mistra has decided to invest in social science research centered on the Arctic. The decision is well-substantiated thanks to an international planning team’s work developing the basis for the call.


FUNDINGS 2010-05-10
Mistra Arctic Futures to Build Networks of Researchers with International Connections
Mistra announces a new program with an emphasis on social science. The vision is that using scientific knowledge, policy makers and those living in the Nordic countries will contribute their ideas to sustainable development in the Arctic—for the benefit of society.


RESEARCH RESULT 2010-04-29
High Hopes in the UK for MASE’s Beneficial Bacteria
The research program MASE has developed a bacterium that repels one of golf courses’ worst enemies: snow mold.  With promising results achieved in Sweden there are now major field experiments being conducted in Great Britain. The outcome can be crucial for the bacteria’s future and...

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