Wrapping up and planning ahead

Sofia Jonsson

, 2022-12-19

This year is soon coming to an end and we are looking back on many memorable happenings, publications and events at the Division. Many you can find in the four newsletters that have been sent throughout the year: Division Newsletters

But as always, in parallel with wrapping up the old year – the new year is also in planning. In 2023 we look forward to some big changes. New projects on Carbon Transnationalism, The EHL will become a KTH Centre and the Division will get a new head. On top of that the administration at KTH is merging into a new organization and we have a new President! Luckily some things are kept as they have been though and one of those is our Higher Seminar series.

This coming spring we look forward to learn more about Nuclear-Water, political ecology and the research seminar as a community of practice. We have four doctoral students that are planning for their final seminars, and three additional that plan for their mid-seminars. Some of the seminars will be held on zoom, but most of them are on site in our own environment. Check out to full schedule here – some updates will come to it – and please drop by if you are in the neighborhood: Higher Seminar Spring 2023

Save the Date: The EHL becomes a KTH centre!

Achim Klüppelberg

, 2022-12-12

Join us for a joyous celebration of the Environmental Humanities Laboratory’s past decade of activities and the launch of its new start as a KTH centre. The afternoon will consist of recapping the many activities of the EHL since its start in 2011/2012 under the leadership of Director Marco Armiero (“Wasteocene“) and hosting a roundtable on the purpose, importance, and future of environmental humanities research, in Sweden, Europe, and worldwide.

If you are interested who was involved during the last decade in the EHL’s activities, check out this list.

Join us for an afternoon of reflections, sharing, and discussions, followed by a mingle. Mark your calendars!

Time & Place

Thursday 2023-01-26 15.00 – 19.00 (Stockholm time)

Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment Teknikringen 74D, plan 5
S-11428 Stockholm

Katarina Larsen interviewed in Guapi, Colombia

Achim Klüppelberg

, 2022-12-06

Katarina Larsen, researcher at the division, has recently been on a field trip to Colombia. While being in Guapi, a fishing town on the westcoast of the country, Katarina was interviewed by the Facultad de Minas de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia about the work of the Swedish delegation of the Econavipesca project (Sida funded) on-site. According to delegation member and KTH-student Gauri Salunkhe “The project aims to empower and uplift fishing communities in the municipality of Guapi by developing and implementing more sustainable artisanal fishing practices throughout the value chain.” Co-creation between locals and researchers as well as the role of women for change were prominent topics discussed both during the visit and in the interview.

Check out the interview here!