ProActS – Promoting resource efficiency, co-creative Actions, and Innovation for Sustainable transition
The research programme ProActS (Promoting resource efficiency, co-creative Actions, and Innovation for Sustainable transition) takes a broad and multidisciplinary approach to sustainability issues. The goal is to positively contribute to societal developments in sustainability and circularity. The research includes environmental, social and economic sustainability.
ProActS tackles challenges regarding, for an example, energy, water, food and climate change. The programme is part of the University's focus area Smart Cities and Communities. It aims to explore and solve societal problems related to using resources in a circular way.
The research programme brings together researchers in business administration, energy engineering, environmental science, humanities, information technology, innovation sciences and social sciences from all of the University's faculties. The research includes environmental, social and economic sustainability and is carried out in close collaboration with the surrounding society.
Research questions
The programme addresses the following questions:
- How can resource and energy efficiency solutions co-created with relevant stakeholders promote sustainable transition?
- By what governance principles and policies, circular business models, and digital solutions, may sustainable transition be facilitated, supported, and achieved towards smart cities and communities?
- What barriers and drivers exist for a societal transition towards circularity and what solutions could be used to overcome barriers and strengthen drivers?
Four central themes
The research programme is centered around four themes.
- Resource and energy efficiecy
- Cocreating and facilitating circularity
- Governance principles and policies
- Digital solutions for smart cities and communities
Ongoing projects
Accelerating sustainable agrobiomass for biogas
Co-cReating vAlue For enTrepreneurial engagement in Ukraine (CRAFT)
Creating a joint Infrastructure for Dialogue, Research and Advocacy between Europe and Africa
DHC Academy – Green and digital skills for smart district heating and cooling networks
Empowering Halland: A Strategic Approach to Business Renewal
Evaluation of the Ranagård low-temperature district heating network
FORMILL – new revolutionary biomaterial from waste material with unique scale-up process
Interorganizational agility – mutual adjustment in digital ecosystems (Galago)
Optimizing future wetlands for the provision of multiple ecosystem services
SAFE – safe and sustainable processes in Swedish agriculture
Seventy possibilities for future district heating
Solar farming in our agricultural landscape
Soldriven fjärrvärme med groplager för svenska förhållanden
SpeedUpArena Halland – towards sustainable materials and circular business models
Startup Jungle – live strategy modeling for accelerated development of startups in incubation
Surfaces for sustainable engineered wood products – WOODsurf
VIVACE – Visibility of Value Networks for Circularity and Eco-efficiency
Participating researchers
School of Business, Innovation and Sustainability
Christa Amnell, Lecturer
Mohammad Saeid Atabaki, Postdoctoral Position
Helge Averfalk, Senior Lecturer
Henrik Barth, Senior Lecturer
Tiedo Behrends, PhD student
Johannes Berglind Söderqvist, Lecturer
Jasmin Borgert, PhD student
Mike Danilovic, Professor
Henrik Gadd, Senior Lecturer
Mei Gong, Senior Lecturer
Fawzi Halila, Professor
Anna Hansson, Senior Lecturer
Jeaneth Johansson, Professor
Niklas Karlsson, Senior Lecturer
Arvid Karsvall, Lecturer
Antonia Liess, Professor
Johan Lind, Lecturer
John Lindgren, Senior Lecturer
Alina Linden, PhD student
Ludvig Lindlöf, Senior Lecturer
Marie Mattsson, Professor
Martin Melin, Senior Lecturer
Erik Möllerström, Senior Lecturer
Lucia Naldi, Professor
Henrietta Nilson, Senior Lecturer
Heidi Norrström, Senior Lecturer
Cintia Oliveira Carvalho, Postdoctoral Position
Senad Osmanovic, PhD student
Fredric Ottermo, Docent
Urban Persson, Professor
Sara Pourmorshed, PhD student
Fazle Rahi, Senior Lecturer
Olga Rauhut Kompaniets, Senior Lecturer
Sabina Rebeggiani, Senior Lecturer
Luis Sánchez Garcia, PhD student
Per Servais, Visiting Professor
Johanna Sjöstedt, Docent
Mohsen Soleimani Mohseni, Senior Lecturer
Per-Ola Ulvenblad, Senior Lecturer
Pia Ulvenblad, Docent
Sven Werner, Senior Professor
Adel Younis, Senior Lecturer
Ghazal Zalkat, Postdoctoral Position
Robert Ågren, Lecturer
School of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences
Emilia Aldrin, Docent
Danielle Cudmore, Senior Lecturer
Linnea Gustafsson, Professor
School of Information Technology
Oscar Amador Molina, Associate Senior Lecturer
School of Health and Welfare
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Docent and Research Programme Leader
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Professor and Deputy Research Programme Leader
