Environmental Strategies Research (fms)

What can a sustainable society be like? What can we do today to approach a sustainable development? How can we measure environmental impacts of products, services and other systems?

These are questions the Division of Environmental Strategies Research (fms) are working with.

Our aim is to develop solutions for, knowledge on and debate around strategic environmental problems. This is primarily done through multi-disciplinary research. fms' research focuses on the interconnections between environmental issues, technological developments and societal change.

Researcher's message survives media frenzy

 KTH:s employee magazine Campi interviews Josefin Wangel on the consequences of sudden media attention.

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Environmental impacts of a design magazine

Mohammad Ahmadi Achachlouei conducted a life cycle assessment of the Swedish interior design magazine Sköna Hem, in print and tablet version.

Mohammad Ahmadi Achachlouei
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Surviving the Anthropocene: Towards Global Sustainability

On 13 December 2012, the Division of Environmental Strategies Research (fms) and KTH-Sustainability arranged an open seminar. Invited speaker was Professor Will Steffen, Executive Director of Climate Change Institute at The Australian National University, and senior research fellow at Stockholm Resilience Center.

Interview with Will Steffen and seminar presentation

E-waste recycling – at whose expense?

Computers, tablets and mobile phones are all popular consumer products. The lifespan of these devices is usually short, between two to four years. Shakila Umair, researcher at KTH, travelled to Pakistan to see how these common electronic devices are dismantled and recycled. She investigated the harsh living conditions of people working with e-waste.

Dismantling e-waste
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