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Implement your research outside of academia

Research funders increasingly expect the research they fund to make a difference or benefit society. As a researcher at Malmö University, you will receive tailored support to help you utilise your research-based knowledge based on the needs and conditions of your project.

Explore, co-create and collaborate at Storm Innovation Hub

Storm is a resource for everyone working or studying at Malmö University. We encourage new ideas and creativity, offer support within design and concept development and develop methods and tools to drive Malmö University’s innovation and utilization work forward.

SOCIETAL IMPACT LAB

Societal Impact Lab is an idea development lab for researchers at Malmö University. The lab aims to promote researchers’ work with utilisation, aiming for their research results to be implemented and disseminated in society for sustainable long-term societal benefit.  

Patient and nurse in a healthcare environment.

Cancer also affects family members – prompting new model for tailored support

A cancer diagnosis is hard for the person affected, but family members also need to be considered and supported. In a new thesis, Maria Samuelsson has developed a model for how relatives of patients with colorectal cancer can be helped with the trauma.

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Mau Holding invests in company developing rapid diagnosis of skin diseases

Malmö University is investing in medical device patches set to be used in the diagnosis of inflammatory skin diseases and, potentially, in the future, skin cancer. It is being developed by Sensach AB and is currently being tested for contact allergies in a hospital environment.

From left to right: Sanne Mårtensson, CEO of Swedbanks Ägarstiftelse Skåne, Jens Henriksson, CEO Swedbank, Kerstin Tham, Vice-Chancellor Malmö University, Björn Bergman, chairperson Swedbanks Ägarstiftelse Skåne.

New lab to meet societal challenges through research

Malmö University will establish a Societal Impact Lab in partnership with Swedbank’s Owner Foundation Skåne. The lab, which is a one-year idea development programme, has the objective of harnessing the University’s research for sustainable long-term societal benefit to tackle societal challenges.

The team behind Pharmista Technologies AB

Closer to reusable pregnancy tests

The first business Malmö University’s holding company invested in, the life science company Pharmista Technologies AB, has received four million Danish kroner to be able to produce a prototype of a pregnancy test that will be able to be used multiple times.