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This working paper examines Sweden’s Covid-19 vaccine procurement and distribution strategy as part of the SCANVAX project on Nordic vaccine diplomacy. Drawing primarily on a review of news media, parliamentary records, government reports and other documentary sources, the study analyses how Sweden worked to procure Covid-19 vaccines to cover the needs of Swedish residents, as well as how Sweden e

There is an ongoing shift in the Swedish welfare state, characterised by an increased datafication. The increasing reliance on data as a means of predicting citizens’ behaviour not only transforms the way the welfare state is organised, but also the very notion of welfare. As a response to a growing discussion on inaccurate welfare payments in Sweden, the Swedish Payments Agency (UBM) was establis

This cross-country study examineed perceptions of maintenance for coated wooden cladding in residential buildings across Norway, Sweden, and Germany. As timber cladding gains popularity in European homes, understanding expectations around cleaning, recoating, and replacement intervals becomes increasingly important. An online survey gathered responses from over 3,000 participants aged 18–89, rando

Bio-based insulation materials, such as wood fibre, are gaining attention for their low embodied energy, biogenic carbon storage, and potential to leverage moisture-heat interactions to reduce building energy demands. An unexplored phenomenon that might influence their thermal behaviour is moisture sorption hysteresis, where moisture content depends on whether the material is adsorbing or desorbin

Mot bakgrund av ett mer osäkert geopolitiskt omvärldsläge, ökad digitalisering och klimatrelaterade risker har frågor om energisystemens försörjningsberedskap fått ökad betydelse. Fjärrvärme utgör en samhällskritisk funktion av svensk energiförsörjning och spelar en central roll i klimatomställningen, samtidigt som systemen präglas av tekniska beroenden, komplexa leverantörskedjor och organisatoriAgainst the backdrop of an increasingly uncertain geopolitical environment, growing digitalization, and climate-related risks, issues concerning the security of energy supply have gained greater importance. District heating constitutes a critical societal function within Sweden’s energy system and plays a central role in the climate transition. At the same time, district heating systems are charac

The present work aims to provide an in-situ inspection methodology for prestressed concrete bridges with post-tensioned cables (PT bridges). The adoption of non-destructive techniques (NDT), already widely employed in other engineering fields, is proposed, providing reliable information with a relatively low impact on the existing infrastructure. For each of the specific inspection topics (i.e. ca

For the experimental assessment of concrete material properties, estimating compressive strength is crucial for the calculation of structural safety and optimising testing campaigns. However, the optimal number of tests required to comply with a target reliability while balancing effort has rarely been analysed in the past. This work introduces an approach combining statistical modelling and uncer