Animals and nature for better mental health – facilitating rural entrepreneurship
There are many rural entrepreneurs who can provide health-enhancing nature experiences for individuals with mental health problems. But the barriers to running such businesses are many. So how can the difficulties be overcome? Researchers, entrepreneurs, doctors and politicians discussed this at a webinar earlier this week.
NEW RESEARCH | Radical innovation in 19th century Sweden – lessons for today’s transition
What did radical innovation and entrepreneurship mean when Sweden industrialized? Using a parish in Jämtland in the 19th century as a starting point, historians at Mid Sweden University have clarified the development – and what we can learn.
BOOK TIP: Ethical dilemmas in entrepreneurship education (open access)
Entrepreneurship is a growing subject in colleges and universities around the world, but with this growth comes ethical dilemmas.
In The Ethics of Entrepreneurship Education, Kyle Jensen explores the challenges that teachers, investors and mentors, for example, face when dealing with student entrepreneurship.
HELLO THERE! Karin Berglund – new professor of sustainable business at Örebro University – “Don’t want to get frustrated”
With around 10 years left in her working life, she decides to leave Stockholm University.
Karin Berglund longs to work more closely with the local community.
On January 1, 2025, she will start her professorship in sustainable business at Örebro University.
NEW RESEARCH | How social innovations work to save the environment
Most social innovations are developed to address social inequalities or to bring marginalized groups into the labour market. More rarely do we hear about social initiatives designed to save the environment and climate. What characterizes them?
Voices on the upcoming Research and Innovation Bill 2024: MATS BENNER “I would have liked a bolder approach”
He is a sociologist and professor of research policy at Lund University.
Mats Benner has previously been Director of the Research Policy Institute and Rector of the School of Economics at Lund University.
Minister on the upcoming Research and Innovation Bill 2024: “A powerful step up”
At the end of 2024, the Research and Innovation Bill will be presented, which will form the basis of the government’s research, innovation and higher education policy for the next four years.
What can we expect?
Esbri asks the Minister for Education, Johan Pehrson.
Voices on the upcoming Research and Innovation Bill 2024: BIRGITTA BERGVALL-KÅREBORN “Higher education institutions need a bigger budget for a long-term perspective”
She is a professor of informatics and has conducted research on digital platforms and crowdsourcing.
Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn has worked in academia her entire career – today she is Vice-Chancellor at Luleå University of Technology.
Voices on the upcoming 2024 Research and Innovation Bill: EUGENIA PEREZ VICO – “The world is not necessarily better off with more excellence”
Eugenia Perez Vico is an associate professor of information science at Halmstad University and an expert on research policy.
She studies the role of research and researchers in societal transitions, something she has also worked with specifically at several authorities – including the innovation agency Vinnova.
BOOK TIP | Government and capitalism in the same boat
Can the business sector, government and society at large work together to tackle global challenges such as climate change, cybersecurity, disease, food security and education? In the book Venture Meets Mission, the authors argue that it is possible.
