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The logistics future in an uncertain world: NOFOMA 2024 lands in Stockholm
Published Feb 05, 2024The 36th edition of the NOFOMA conference will be hosted by KTH Royal Institute of Technology and the Swedish Defence University in June 2024. We caught up with organisers Per Skoglund and Luca Urciuo...
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Curbing threats from forest and grass fires
Published Feb 05, 2024Forest and grass fires have become increasingly common. The research project FIRE is working to reduce the threats posed by these fires and is analyzing complex societal changes caused by climate, ele...
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The classroom gardener
Published Jan 23, 2024Combining the philosophy of gardening with a touch of classroom magic, Pär Jönsson has recently been honored as the 'Teacher of the Year' at KTH. We sat down with the Head of the ITM school, who not o...
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Rent your wash – a new spin on laundry business models
Published Jan 16, 2024Ever wondered if you really need to own everything in your home? Well, the future might have us washing clothes without owning washing machines. Researchers at KTH are testing a business model, pay-pe...
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KTH hosts CDIO Regional Meeting: Transforming Engineering Education
Published Jan 12, 2024Hosting the European/UK-Ireland CDIO Regional Meeting on the 8th - 10th January 2024, around 80 people attended the meeting at a snow covered KTH.
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Project unites construction titans to revolutionize shared housing
Published Jan 10, 2024In a series of workshops, the Delbo project will bring together influential actors in the construction sector to open up more shared housing in Sweden.
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KTH secures funding for Climate Compatible Growth
Published Jan 08, 2024KTH has secured extended funding for the Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) project*. The collaborative initiative, targeting effective energy sector policies in countries of the global south, has alread...
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Self-driving vehicles - Are we ready?
Published Dec 20, 2023With more autonomous vehicles on our roads, road deaths are predicted to decrease. At the same time, the risk of both increased emissions and seriously impaired public health rises. A new KTH study of...
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Frauke Urban in panel discussion at COP28
Published Dec 12, 2023Frauke Urban from KTH’s Department of Industrial Economics and Management (INDEK) participated in a panel discussion at the recent COP28 climate summit to discuss the interaction between academia and ...
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11th Scandinavian Conference on System and Software Safety
Published Dec 11, 202360 participants, mainly from Swedish industry, gathered in Stockholm on 21-22 November for SCSSS 2023, co-organised by MMK's Fredrik Asplund.
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"Unleashing society's innovation capacity"
Published Dec 11, 2023Keeping the entrepreneurial spirit in society requires new thinking in politics and business. So says KTH professor Pontus Braunerhjelm, who, with co-author Magnus Henrekson, has published a new book ...
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KTH dES publishes a new groundbreaking open-access course on clean cooking access modeling
Published Dec 08, 2023OnStove, the revolutionary geospatial clean cooking tool developed by the division of Energy Systems (dES) at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, takes a giant leap forward with the release of an open-...
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KTH Japan Day builds bridges through language, culture, and collaboration
Published Dec 06, 2023When KTH Language and Communication together with the Embassy of Japan in Sweden arranged KTH Japan day November 27, a wide audience joined up – from fresh students to senior professors.
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Henrik Henriksson's visions form course at KTH
Published Dec 06, 2023In 2021, former Scania CEO Henrik Henriksson initiated a course at KTH in Sustainable Industry. Following the success of the course in the spring of 2023, which featured influential business leaders a...
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Researchers at INDEK granted SEK 5.9 million for project on circular economy
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Challenge of living without a car
Published Dec 04, 2023How hard can it be to live a car-free everyday life? Quite problematic if you have to juggle work and leisure activities. This was demonstrated when a number of households in southern Stockholm were c...
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INDEK shines at the ScAIEM annual conference
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Money to digitize the industry
Published Nov 29, 2023Vinnova grants KTH and three other universities SEK 25 million for ADAPT – a new business model for industrial skills development.
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Project to boost machinery components' life
Published Nov 29, 2023A new project aims to improve the lifetime of machine parts by utilizing advanced surface functionalization of components. Researcher Robert Tomkowski from the Department of Production Engineering is ...
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Researchers are granted 2.6 million SEK for project on recycling systems for solar panels
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