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Leading with ideas

‘Leadership is the crux of a Mistra programme. Research for sustainable development is based on sustained leadership.´

These words open a new book about leadership in Mistra´s research programmes.

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2008-11-18

Laws for microorganisms


Different laws and regulations set limits for the application of useful microorganisms. An international picture of the current situation was provided at a course and symposium held under the auspices...

2008-11-15

Medicines in the environment affect frogs


Frogs are more sensitive to hormone-disturbing environmental pollutants than was previously believed. New research results from MistraPharma show that male tadpoles can have their fertility reduced, or...

2008-11-11

Transportation infrastructure threatens landscapes


Ecological connections are at risk of collapse and cultural value of being lost when new roads are built. These are the new findings from the research programme INCLUDE at the SwedishBiodiversityCenter...

2008-11-05

Micro-vessel for difficult water


One of Mistra´s idea-support grants will result in a mini submarine. With it, it will be possible to explore seas under ice sheets and glaciers... and even other planets.

2008-11-04

Waiting for the next President


The results of the US presidential election and its importance for the international climate negotiations were discussed at a seminar organized by the research programme CLIPORE. Everyone seems to...

2008-10-22

New heights for Urban Water


The research programme Urban Water took new form as its Mistra funding came to a close. The results will benefit society on broad fronts.

2008-10-20

New methods for environmental analysis


One of Mistra´s very first idea-support projects has developed methods for determining how to best use different so-called environmental-systems-analysis tools.

2008-10-17

Warm water washes machines


At LinköpingUniversity, so-called ultra-clean water is being tested — with success — as a new environmentally-friendly method of washing oily machine parts.

2008-10-13

Economics for the climate


Economic models and groundbreaking methods for calculating climate effects and societal costs were subject to discussion in a scientific seminar organized by Mistra-SWECIA.

2008-10-06

Evaluating environmental labeling


An evaluation of the environmental benefit of environmental labeling is underway in Mistra´s research programme Entwined. What is the potential, and does labeling provide guidance? Initial results...

2008-09-18

New products from DOM


The Mistra programme DOM — Domestication of micro-organisms — has progressed to the point of looking for business partners.

2008-09-15

Collaboration broadens the research field


Sustainable Investment Research Platform (SIRP), one of the sub-programmes in Sustainable Investments, has initiated collaboration with ASSET4, an analysis company with offices in Switzerland, the UK,...

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