On 30 May, 1.15-2.45 pm, Alicia Gutting will have her final seminar with the title “The Nuclear Rhine” in her doctoral education. It will take place at the division, in the big seminar room. Alicia’s discussant is Timothy Moss, Senior Researcher at the Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human-Environment Systems (IRI THESys), based at … Continue reading “Upcoming Events in Doctoral Education”
Tirza Meyer is a contemporary historian and a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Philosophy and History, who has come to devote her work to the ocean. After studying how the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea was negotiated, she is now dedicating her time to the question of how we have … Continue reading “Interview with Tirza Meyer: The Ocean – a contemporary history”
Please be warmly welcome to attend Klara Müller’s mid-seminar in doctoral education, here at KTH Campus on Monday April 24. The Qualitization of the Humanities: Changing Articulations of Research Quality “Placed at the intersection between research policy, STS and the history of humanities, the project aims to analyze quality articulations on both the micro-level and … Continue reading “Mid-Seminar: The Qualitization of the Humanities: Changing Articulations of Research Quality”
Right before the Easter holidays, Siegfried Evens, PhD-candidate in the NUCLEARWATERS-project, has written an exciting travelogue about his stay at Virginia Tech in the USA. Enjoy! Looking back on four months in Washington, D.C. By Siegfried Evens It has been a few months since I came back from my stay in the U.S. And … Continue reading “Glad påsk with a new travelogue!”
Nuna Marques, postdoctor at the Division and the KTH Centre EHL, attended a eco poetry reading during the Ecopoetry Workshop at the #APHELEIA 2023 seminar on Adaptation and Transformation: Community-based Practices in Mação, Portugal. Read his full performance below. at an ecopoetry workshop I was invited to say something about this poem as ecopoem. Here … Continue reading “Performing my ecopoem Dia do Não [Day of No] – Nuno Marques”
Mid-Seminar: Universities and innovation in Africa: Contemporary histories of innovation policy and practice in a selection of African universities Doctoral student: Domingos Langa Supervisors: Sverker Sörlin, KTH; Urban Lundberg, Dalarna University College; Erik Arnold, Technopolis; Teboho Moja, New York University Opponent: Charles Edquist, researcher and Holder of the Ruben Rausing Chair in Innovation Research at … Continue reading “Upcoming Mid-Seminar: Domingos Langa on Universities and Innovation in Africa”
By Gauri Salunkhe & Katarina Larsen This text was first published on the WaterBlog@KTH on 10 March 2023. The sun setting on our right in beautiful orange hues, water flowing calmly and gentle breeze on our faces. This was the tranquil atmosphere on Río Guapi on a Saturday evening in early October 2022, as we … Continue reading “Transdisciplinary co-creation on the river in search for more sustainable futures – fieldwork experiences with local fishing communities in Colombia”
Within one week we have two exciting seminars to invite you to! First out is Eglė Rindzevičiūtė who will give a talk on Scientific Prediction in the 20th Century on Friday March 13. On Monday March 20, Eglė will visit us in the role as discussion leader and opponent, when Achim Klüppelberg has his final … Continue reading “Mark your Calendars for Scientific Prediction in the 20th Century and From Water to Nuclear to Catastrophe”
Erik Isberg, doctoral student at the division, will discuss the progress of his dissertation at his final seminar on 13 March 13.15-15:00 (Stockholm time). The title of his seminar is “Planetary Timekeeping: Paleoclimatology and the Temporalities of Environmental Knowledge. 1950-1990”. Dania Acherman, Senior Scientist from the University of Bern, will act as discussant during the … Continue reading “Upcoming! Final Seminar on Planetary Timekeeping”
Andreas Roos, researcher at the Division and the EHL, active in the Harnessing the Heat Below our Feet-Project, has published a new book on 02 February 2023. Abstract Building on insights from ecological economics and philosophy of technology, this book offers a novel, interdisciplinary approach to understand the contradictory nature of Solar photovoltaic (PV) … Continue reading “New Book! Solar Technology and Global Environmental Justice by Andreas Roos”