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The University of Gothenburg has approximately 38,000 students and 5,900 employees. It is one of the major universities in northern Europe. We are also one of the most popular universities in Sweden – the University of Gothenburg has the highest number of applicants to many programmes and courses.

The University’s roughly 40 different Departments cover most scientific disciplines, making it one of Sweden’s broadest and most wide-ranging higher education institutions.

In an international perspective too, the University of Gothenburg is unusually comprehensive, with cutting-edge research in a number of dynamic research areas. Cooperation with Chalmers University of Technology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, society at large and trade and industry has been consistently strengthened and intensified over recent years, as have international contacts and collaborative projects with partners abroad.

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Connecting with the climate risks that could be faced by future generations could influence support for better policies now. Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock

Women favour climate actions that benefit future generations more than men – new study

Attitudes towards climate policies partly depend on a consideration of future, as yet unborn, descendants. Women tended to show more ability to think about how future generations could benefit.
An investment in a national school food program today is an investment in a stronger Canada tomorrow. (Shutterstock)

Beyond the cafeteria: The economic case for investing in school meals

From reducing families’ grocery bills to boosting the economy, school meals offer far-reaching benefits, fostering both immediate well-being and long-term economic prosperity.
Un ouvrier trie des bouteilles en plastique dans une usine de recyclage à Lagos. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP / Getty Images

Des produits chimiques dangereux trouvés dans des plastiques recyclés rendent leur utilisation dangereuse : des experts expliquent les risques

Les plastiques recyclés ne sont pas sûrs si les produits chimiques utilisés pour les créer sont nocifs.
Banjir dari badai seperti Irma di Florida dapat membanjiri sistem saluran pembuangan dan menyebarkan patogen dengan cara lain. Brian Blanco/Getty Images

58% penyakit menular manusia dapat diperburuk oleh perubahan iklim – kami menjelajahi 77.000 riset untuk petakan jalurnya

Jumlah terbesar penyakit yang diperparah oleh perubahan iklim melibatkan penularan melalui vektor, seperti yang disebarkan oleh nyamuk, kelelawar atau hewan pengerat.
Breakdown in local canal that led to micro-drought situation in Humpata (Huíla). Ruy Blanes

How not to respond to drought: lessons from Angola

Despite international and national responses to the drought, the situation is dire. The government’s response is a lesson in how not to deal with drought.
Las inundaciones provocadas por huracanes como Irma en Florida pueden saturar los sistemas de alcantarillado y propagar patógenos. Brian Blanco / Getty Images

El 58 % de las enfermedades infecciosas humanas puede empeorar con el cambio climático

Una reciente investigación confirma que las inundaciones, el calor extremo y otros peligros climáticos aumentan el contacto entre humanos y agentes patógenos y afectan a la capacidad del organismo para combatir enfermedades.
Flooding from hurricanes like Irma in Florida can overwhelm sewer systems and spread pathogens in other ways. Brian Blanco/Getty Images

58% of human infectious diseases can be worsened by climate change – we scoured 77,000 studies to map the pathways

It’s not just mosquitos. Flooding, extreme heat and other climate-related hazards are bringing people into contact with pathogens more often, and affecting people’s ability to fight off disease.
A specimen of Proscelotes aenea collected by Loveridge in 1918 in Lumbo, Mozambique, now kept at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. Licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Search for elusive skinks is filling gaps in Mozambique’s biodiversity data

Species distribution data – or a lack thereof – can have a major bearing on how a country’s Key Biodiversity Areas and protected areas are designated.

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