LIGHTer Academy Phase 3
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan - Institutionen för Teknisk Mekanik, Hållfasthetslära |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 21 050 000 |
| Project duration | October 2020 - June 2025 |
| Status | Ongoing |
| Venture | Strategic Innovation Programme on Lightweight |
Purpose and goal
LIGHTer Academy is a national sustainable network of researchers within academy, research institutes and industry that collaborates within the area described in the LIGHTer agenda.The aim of LIGHTer Academy is to increase the competence and collaboration in research within the area of lightweight structures and materials, to meet future challenges and to create interdisciplinary research activities which address the large societal challenges by working towards disruptive innovations that promote radical improvements in national and international collaborations
Expected effects and result
The application driven basic research performed within LIGHTer Academy is generic and focuses on the strategic challenges within lightweight technologies targeting sustainability, energy and resource efficiency and societal change. Expected effect is a network, a multidisciplinary team, that together formulates new research opportunities, publish papers in international journals and act in the international research environment
Planned approach and implementation
LIGHTer Academy involves researchers from industry, research institutes and universities that meet in workshops, seminars and dedicated smaller meetings with the aim to forward the research through research and international collaborations. Our Key Performance Indicators steers towards developing new interdisciplinary research and co-publishing results in international journals and conferences.