The Areas of Advance Award has been presented since 2010. The award was established in order to highlight Chalmers initiatives where interdisciplinary collaboration contributes to solving the big challenges of the future and strives towards a sustainable society.
The award is specifically aimed at challenge-driven interdisciplinary collaborations in research, education and innovation with the potential to make a real difference on the way to a more sustainable society. Particular importance is attached to collaborations that manage to straddle traditional disciplinary boundaries and have substantial existent or potential public benefit.
Awarded for Digital Twins that bring research and practice together
Anders Logg and Minna Karstunen receive the 2026 Areas of Advance Award for their work with the Digital Twin Cities Centre. It brings together mathematics, computer science, architecture and civil engineering in digital models that can provide a better basis for planning and building the cities of the future.