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Cable breaks in the Baltic Sea part of a bigger challenge

Recent incidents involving severed internet cables under the Baltic Sea have highlighted the vulnerability of today's digital infrastructure. However, protecting internet cables is just one piece of the much larger challenge of building more resilient solutions for the entire digital infrastructure that our society depends on. Achieving a comprehensive solution requires many efforts and solutions, according to cybersecurity expert Johan Malmliden and IVA Fellow Daniel Akenine, both involved in IVA's Resilient Digital Infrastructure project.

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Published: 11 February 2025Last Updated: 11 February 2025
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Open AI research the only way forward

Recently, the US non-profit Future of Life Institute called on all ‘AI labs’ around the world to take a six-month break in the development of advanced AI technology. How good an idea is it to pause the development of AI, and what should this break involve? We asked IVA Fellow Sara Mazur.

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Published: 11 April 2023Last Updated: 28 June 2023

Insufficient EU support for Ukraine

One year on from Russia’s invasion, Ukraine is a country in need of huge support from the outside world, and not just in military form. It is already estimated that the costs of rebuilding the country will be many times higher than the value of the entire Ukrainian economy. And the help that the EU is currently providing is far from sufficient. So says Torbjörn Becker, Director of the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) at the Stockholm School of Economics, and Fellow of IVA.

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Published: 24 February 2023Last Updated: 28 June 2023

IVA spotlight on: EU's goals for critical metals and minerals

Last week, the European Parliament and the European Council agreed to pass the Critical Raw Materials Act, the EU's plan to secure the future supply of critical raw materials. This includes rare metals that could be crucial for Sweden's and the EU's ability to keep up with the green and digital transition. Researcher and IVA member Magnus Ericsson is one of the initiators of IVA's ongoing project 'Roadmap for Metals and Minerals,' which aims to provide answers on how the goals in the EU's plan can be achieved.

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Published: 20 November 2023Last Updated: 06 December 2024

Third Swede in space important door opener

IVA member Anna Rathsman is present when Marcus Wandt takes off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on Wednesday to become Sweden's third astronaut in space. In her role as Director General of the Swedish National Space Agency, Anna Rathsman has been the spider in the web to make everything work. The mission could be a door opener for tomorrow's engineers and space researchers.

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Published: 16 January 2024Last Updated: 27 November 2024
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Challenges of extracting rare earth elements

Just after New Year, LKAB announced that it has made the largest rare earth discovery in Europe to date. The elements are vital for building batteries, wind turbines and other technology that can enable a rapid transition to a fossil-free society. However, extracting the in-demand elements comes with some major challenges that need to be resolved, according to Jenny Greberg, Vice President Technology at LKAB and a Fellow of IVA.

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Published: 14 February 2023Last Updated: 18 August 2023

New launch site makes Sweden a major space nation

Europe’s first satellite launch site has now been inaugurated – and it is Swedish. Just in time for Sweden’s presidency of the EU, Friday 13 January saw the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new launch site at Spaceport Esrange outside Kiruna. As the first of its kind in Europe, this marks a major step towards making Sweden a more significant space nation globally, says Anna Rathsman, Director-General of the Swedish National Space Agency and Fellow of IVA.

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Published: 13 January 2023Last Updated: 28 June 2023

Cyber attacks a growing threat to Swedish business

Much publicised cyber attacks and Russian displeasure at Sweden’s NATO application have brought the issue of cyber security to the fore. In the run-up to this autumn’s elections, several authorities have already noticed increased foreign influence activity. And the threat is growing not only towards the state, but also towards Swedish companies. Many are not well equipped, says cyber security expert and IVA Fellow Anne-Marie Eklund Löwinder.

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Published: 27 June 2022Last Updated: 28 June 2023

Sverige tränar cyberförsvar med världens bästa

Nyligen deltog Sverige genom Försvarsmaktens försorg i världens största övning i cyberförsvar Locked Shields. Tillsammans med 4000 deltagare från ett 40-tal länder fick representanter från Försvarsmakten och flera svenska myndigheter, organisationer och företag möjlighet att samarbeta för att vässa det svenska cyberförsvaret. Ledare för det svenska laget var cybersäkerhetsexperten och IVA-ledamoten Patrik Fältström.

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Published: 03 June 2024Last Updated: 03 June 2024

Satsning på digitalisering av svensk industri växlar upp

I januari växlar satsningen på forsknings- och innovationsprogrammet Avancerad Digitalisering upp. Med nästan dubblade anslag från forskningsmyndigheten Vinnova kommer minst en miljard per år satsas för att driva på den digitala omställningen av svensk industri. Ett nödvändigt steg om Sverige ska hänga med omvärlden. Det säger Pontus de Laval, programmets ordförande som också är IVA-ledamot.

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Published: 22 December 2023Last Updated: 22 December 2023

Företag och lärosäten avgörande för Sveriges försvarsförmåga

Svenska företag och lärosäten sitter på kunskaper, resurser och innovationskraft som är avgörande för Sveriges förmåga att klara framtida kriser och krig. Det menar flera tunga forskare, politiker och ledare som samlats på IVA för att diskutera hur det svenska totalförsvarets behöver utvecklas för att kunna hantera morgondagens eventuella hot.

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Published: 27 February 2024Last Updated: 27 February 2024

IVA spotlight on: Sweden's digital infrastructure must be strengthened

Sweden’s digital infrastructure must improve its ability to withstand disruptions, crises, and conflicts. This could be crucial for our ability to maintain critical societal functions and for the competitiveness of the business sector. In the newly launched project ‘Resilient Digital Infrastructure,’ IVA will map out what is required to create world-class digital infrastructure.

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Published: 05 November 2024Last Updated: 27 November 2024

Sweden remains at the top of the EU's innovation countries

The other week, the EU's annual list of Europe's top innovation countries, the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS), was published. For the second year in a row, Sweden ranks second on the list, behind Denmark. It is a pleasing position, but there are concerns, says Björn Ekelund, Fellow of IVA and Corporate Research Director at Ericsson.

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Published: 12 August 2024Last Updated: 27 November 2024
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IVA spotlight on: Swedish technology paves the way for offshore wind power

Offshore wind power on a large scale has long been identified as one of the solutions for achieving the green transition. Swedish technology now makes it possible to build vast networks of offshore wind farms that can deliver electricity to multiple countries simultaneously. This is explained by IVA Fellow Mikael Dahlgren, Senior Principal Lead Engineer at Hitachi Energy, who has been involved in developing the solutions that make this possible.

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Published: 20 June 2024Last Updated: 27 November 2024

The pursuit of green steel

Sweden wants to be the first in the world to produce fossil-free steel on a large scale, revolutionising the iron and steel industry, which today accounts for 7 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. But how well is Sweden placed against the global competition? We asked Anders Werme, Associate Professor of Production Technology with a focus on the mining and steel industry.

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Published: 09 May 2023Last Updated: 28 June 2023

Why a Swedish quantum agenda?

A race is under way in quantum technology, a field of research and innovation that is predicted to revolutionise the future development of computers, secure communications and a more efficient energy supply. Several Swedish research bodies have now drawn up an agenda setting out how Sweden can secure its place on the technological train. Per Delsing has been involved in this work.

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Published: 28 March 2023Last Updated: 28 June 2023
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Conditions for new nuclear power

The government wants to invest heavily in new nuclear power in order to achieve the climate goals and transition to a fossil-free society. But what are the conditions for building new reactors in Sweden in the near future? What is technically possible and what will it take to convince people to invest? More facts and less opinion are needed here to make wise decisions, says Fellow of IVA and former CEO of Vattenfall Lars G Josefsson.

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Published: 24 November 2022Last Updated: 28 June 2023

How are Swedish companies coping with record inflation and war?

The world is in a turbulent economic situation. In Sweden, inflation is at its highest in over 30 years. Central banks are raising their interest rates, while war and conflicts are interrupting the supply of critical input goods for industry. We are in a situation that may affect Swedish companies in many ways for a long time to come, says Annika Winsth, Chief Economist at Nordea and Fellow of IVA.

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Published: 22 August 2022Last Updated: 28 June 2023

Så påverkar Riksbankens räntesänkningar svenska företag

För andra gången på kort tid har Riksbanken sänkt styrräntan. Sänkningarna är de första på åtta år, och det kan bli fler under året. Det är en utveckling som kan få stor betydelse för många svenska företag. Det säger två av IVAs ledamöter, Annika Winsth, Nordeas chefekonom, och Fredrik Sjöholm, professor i nationalekonomi och vd för Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN).

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Published: 27 August 2024Last Updated: 27 August 2024
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Bråttom att möta ökat cyberhot

Den stora it-attacken mot den finska it-leverantören Tietoevry visar hur sårbart och beroende vårt samhälle är av fungerande it-system. Det aktualiserar att mer behöver göras för att stärka säkerheten. I februari invigs Sveriges nya cybercampus, som var ett av de förslag som IVA presenterade i projektet Cybersäkerhet för ökad konkurrenskraft förra året. Flera viktiga åtgärder är på väg att genomföras, men mycket återstår. Det menar Håkan Buskhe, IVA-ledamot och styrgruppsordförande för projektet.

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Published: 29 January 2024Last Updated: 29 January 2024