Ă–rebro University is a modern, broad-based university with internationally prominent research. There are approximately 17,000 students and 1,200 staff at our university.
Courses and study programmes are offered and research is pursued within a diverse range of subjects: psychology, humanities, law, economics, social sciences, science, engineering, healthcare, medicine, education, music, sports, hospitality, culinary arts and meal science. The university offers some 80 programmes on the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as well as some 700 courses.
Ă–rebro University cooperates with industry and commerce, local and regional governments and other organisations, both nationally and internationally.
Address:
SE_701 82 Ă–rebro
Phone:
+46-19 30 30 00
Head of public authority (President/Vice-Chancellor/CEO/DG):
Johan SchnĂĽrer
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11 October, 2022 - Ă–rebro universitet
Disturbances in the interaction of bile acids with the inborn microflora in the intestines can increase the risk of type 1 diabetes. This is shown in a new study on children’s’ first years of life. “We have gained new knowledge about how the disease begins to develop,” says Matej OrešiÄŤ, professor of medical science at […]
27 May, 2016 - Ă–rebro universitet
Today the figures for teenage girls who are feeling unwell are alarmingly high. Researcher Anna Duberg at Region Ă–rebro County in Sweden, has in her dissertation looked into the effects and experiences of the adolescent girls participating in an eight month long dance intervention. The dance was shown to function as an oasis from everyday stress for the participating girls.
22 January, 2014 - Ă–rebro universitet
The need to coordinate eye and hand drove the evolutionary development of the brain to a considerably greater extent than scientists previously believed, according to Matz Larsson, researcher and senior physician at Ă–rebro University Hospital, Sweden, who has published articles on this topic in Frontiers in Zoology and Brain, Behavior and Evolution.
23 September, 2013 - Ă–rebro universitet
Why don’t apes have musical talent, while humans, parrots, small birds, elephants, whales, and bats do? Matz Larsson, senior physician at the Lung Clinic at Ă–rebro University Hospital, attempts to answer this question in the scientific publication Animal Cognition.
10 June, 2013 - Ă–rebro universitet
A safer and healthier old age – that is the aim of GiraffPlus, an international project led by researchers at Örebro University, Sweden. With a focus of developing sophisticated aids for the elderly in close collaboration with the intended users, the project is now about to test the new technology in real homes.
20 November, 2012 - Ă–rebro universitet
Young girls can dance their way to better mental health. Symptoms like depression, stress, fatigue, and headaches are alleviated with regular dancing. This is shown in a study run by Anna Duberg, a physical therapist at Ă–rebro University Hospital and a doctoral candidate at Ă–rebro University in Sweden. Regular dance training can thereby be regarded as a strategy for preventing and treating low spirits and depression. Dance also brings enhanced self-esteem and a greater capacity to deal with everyday problems.
5 December, 2011 - Ă–rebro universitet
A new study at Ă–rebro University in Sweden shows that children with ADHD have nearly 50 percent less of a protein that is important for attention and learning. The finding may mean that there are other biochemical disturbances in the brains of individuals with ADHD than was previously believed.
30 November, 2009 - Ă–rebro universitet
An apparatus that converts sound to vibrations makes it possible for individuals who are deaf and blind or severely hearing impaired to perceive and recognize sounds with their skin. The method, which can also be adapted for infants, has been developed by engineering researcher Parivash Ranjbar, who is submitting his findings in a new dissertation at Ă–rebro University in Sweden.
27 April, 2009 - Ă–rebro universitet
A dissertation at Ă–rebro University in Sweden brings to light Major weaknesses in feminist social theories. They are untenable, far too undeveloped, and laden with insoluble internal problems of logic.
12 October, 2004 - Ă–rebro universitet
The citizens of the formerly communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe are satisfied with democracy as a form of government but dissatisfied with way the democratic system is working. This has been shown in a doctoral dissertation by political scientist Jonas Linde at Ă–rebro University in Sweden. Linde has found a gap between support for the principles of democracy and how the political system is working in practice.
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P.O. Box 1035, SE-101 38 Stockholm, expertsvar@vr.se
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