by Elisa Privitera (Lizzy), C. M. Lerici Foundation Fellow My story with Sweden started around two years ago. It was a scorching and sunny summer. I had just gotten my Masters Degree that explored the creation of a community laboratory that sought to regenerate a historical and neglected district in Catania—my hometown in Sicily—when my … Continue reading “From Sicily to Sweden: Lessons in History and Environmental Humanities”
Author: Lize-Marié van der Watt About a decade ago, a handful of humanities and social science scholars joined an international conference to commemorate 50 years since the signing of the Antarctic Treaty. They were part of an Action Group (est. 2006) within the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), delivering papers to a small audience … Continue reading “Connections at the End of the World”
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Sverker Sörlin, professor of environmental history at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, has been awarded the prestigious Horizon 2020 European Research Council Advanced Grant of €2.5 million (US$3 million) for the project “The Rise of Environmental Governance: A history of the contemporary human Earth relationship”. Read all about it here: Three ERC … Continue reading “Three ERC humanities grants in three years for KTH – University World News”
Ecological concepts and their acronyms can obstruct understanding of complexity by providing seemingly simple and certain descriptions of the natural world. Their use requires a balanced approach. Our researcher Susanna Lidström, currently positioned in Scripps San Diego, recently got published in Nature Ecology & Evolution together with Andrew F Johnson. Follow this link for open … Continue reading “Article by Andrew F. Johnson and Susanna Lidström in Nature Ecology & Evolution”
Linus Salö [Version in English appears below] För språket eller för kunskapen – varför sammanfatta forskning på svenska? Universitet är betydelsefulla på flera olika vis, och den kunskap de producerar har många olika publiker. Det är en central utgångspunkt för projektet Making Universities Matter, som jag är en del av. Själv är jag är sociolingvist. För … Continue reading “For language or for knowledge – varför sammanfatta forskning på svenska?”
Division researhcer Katarina Larsen together with Division doctoral student Johan Gärdebo recently got published in the International Journal of Enginering, Social Justice and Peace. Follow this link to read all about it: Retooling Engineering for Social Justice: The use of explicit models for analytical thinking, critical reflection, and peer-review in Swedish engineering education | International Journal … Continue reading “Paper written by Katarina Larsen and Johan Gärdebo published!”
KTH will play an important role in the consortium, created under the coordination of professor Pascal Griset of Sorbonne Université and Director of the Institute of Communication Sciences (CNRS). Nina Wormbs and Miyase Christensen will be a part of this Horizon 2020 project that kicks off now in January. The project consists of 14 research … Continue reading “Launch of The InsSciDE Project”
Considering the current state of global and American affairs re the environment in general and climate in particular, I think we can humbly hope that this special issue has come out when it did to contribute to the debate about mediating and narrating environmental issues through popular communication (from film, music and literature to FB, news and TV). /Miyase … Continue reading “Environmental Themes in Popular Narratives “
I regn, blåst och midnattssol har KTH-forskare testat nya instrument och undersökt hur människor hanterar bortglömda platser på Svalbard. Swedish article with Dag, Camilla and Lize-Marie from the division among others. Please follow this link to read more: I polarexpeditionens fotspår | KTH Magazine
