{"id":1077,"date":"2023-01-09T15:28:39","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T14:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/itm-management\/?p=1077"},"modified":"2023-01-11T10:25:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T09:25:04","slug":"skyrocketing-housing-costs-at-kth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/itm-management\/2023\/01\/skyrocketing-housing-costs-at-kth\/","title":{"rendered":"Skyrocketing housing costs at KTH"},"content":{"rendered":"

In English further down.<\/p>\n

Skyh\u00f6ga hyreskostnader p\u00e5 KTH<\/h2>\n

K\u00e4ra kollegor, v\u00e4lkomna tillbaka till jobbet! Jag hoppas att ni alla har haft en bra ledighet med familj och v\u00e4nner!<\/p>\n

N\u00e4r vi g\u00e5r in i det nya \u00e5ret st\u00e5r vi inf\u00f6r det faktum att Akademiska Hus som KTH hyr kontor och laboratorier av, har aviserat skyh\u00f6ga kostnader, fr\u00e4mst orsakade av inflationen. Dessutom vet ni ju alla elen f\u00f6r n\u00e4rvarande \u00e4r mycket dyr. Vi m\u00e5ste d\u00e4rf\u00f6r f\u00e5 kontroll \u00f6ver kostnaderna samtidigt som alla medarbetare naturligtvis ska ha en \u00e4ndam\u00e5lsenlig arbetsmilj\u00f6.<\/p>\n

Som tur \u00e4r har vi p\u00e5 ITM redan b\u00f6rjat vidta \u00e5tg\u00e4rder. I juni 2022 flyttade ITM-ledningen och kommunikationsgruppen till Sing-Sing f\u00f6r att dela lokaler med HR-teamet, och drog samtidigt ned p\u00e5 kontorsytorna. Under h\u00f6sten har \u00e4ven ITM:s \u00f6vriga administration under ledning av Christina Carlsson flyttat f\u00f6r att minska lokalytan genom att fler delar kontor. Detta har fr\u00e4mst varit m\u00f6jligt p\u00e5 grund av den nya arbetssituationen, d\u00e4r man kan f\u00e5 en \u00f6verenskommelse om att arbeta hemifr\u00e5n en del av veckan om arbetsuppgifterna till\u00e5ter en s\u00e5dan l\u00f6sning. Ut\u00f6ver detta har varje prefekt under h\u00f6sten inlett diskussioner om hur de kan minska sina boendekostnader, ett arbete som samordnas av Bj\u00f6rn Laumert.<\/p>\n

H\u00e4r m\u00e5ste jag n\u00e4mna ett viktigt beslutet \u2013 och ett gott exempel \u2013 som tagits av ledningen vid Institutionen f\u00f6r l\u00e4rande (LES) under ledning av Arnold Pears. Strax f\u00f6re ny\u00e5r tog de beslutet att fram\u00f6ver flytta hela institutionen till Brinellv\u00e4gen 66. Detta \u00e4r en viktig pusselbit som b\u00e5de hj\u00e4lper ITM och KTH. IPU och EGI beh\u00f6ver inte alla sina nuvarande utrymmen. P\u00e5 sikt kommer KTH att kunna sluta hyra hela hus f\u00f6r att inom n\u00e5gra \u00e5r minska de totala hyreskostnaderna p\u00e5 KTH. F\u00f6rutom de ekonomiska f\u00f6rdelarna med flytten av LES m\u00e5ste det betonas att institutionen f\u00f6r f\u00f6rsta g\u00e5ngen kommer att ha all verksamhet utom Vetenskapens Hus p\u00e5 samma plats. Detta kommer givetvis att f\u00f6rb\u00e4ttra samarbetet inom institutionen men \u00e4ven med n\u00e4rliggande institutioner.
\nI alla dessa v\u00e5ra flyttprojekt involverar vi b\u00e5de personal och skyddsombud f\u00f6r att s\u00e4kerst\u00e4lla att arbetsmilj\u00f6n blir optimal.<\/p>\n

F\u00f6r min egen del b\u00f6rjade jag det nya \u00e5ret den 2 januari med att direkt dyka ner i det som r\u00f6r min undervisning, genom att betygs\u00e4tta tentor och planera f\u00f6r de kurser som ska ges b\u00e5de v\u00e5ren och h\u00f6sten 2023. Det k\u00e4ndes faktiskt riktigt h\u00e4rligt att f\u00e5 ordning tidigt, s\u00e5 att det \u00e4r l\u00e4ttare att planera mitt administrativa arbete f\u00f6r det kommande \u00e5rret. Jag hade \u00e4ven ett m\u00f6te med en av mina gamla industridoktorander f\u00f6r att planera f\u00f6r hans disputation i mars. Jag \u00e4r s\u00e5 glad \u00f6ver att ha f\u00e5tt chansen att vara en del av hans l\u00e5nga resa (och naturligtvis alla mina andra studenters resor) f\u00f6r f\u00e5 sin examen. Det ger mig verkligen en energikick att se dem lyckas!<\/p>\n

Jag vill ocks\u00e5 n\u00e4mna att vi anordnar ett ledarskapsevent denna vecka d\u00e4r vi bjuder in alla enhetschefer, prefekter och administrativa chefer. Vi kommer givetvis att diskutera hur vi ska hantera hyreskostnaderna. Dessutom kommer vi att diskutera utfallet av en ny rapport om genusbaserad utsatthet (*deltagarnas heml\u00e4xa inf\u00f6r evenemanget) under ledning av \u00c5sa-Karin Engstrand fr\u00e5n INDEK.<\/p>\n

Slutligen, kom ih\u00e5g att ett nytt \u00e5r inte bara inneb\u00e4r nya utmaningar utan ocks\u00e5 nya m\u00f6jligheter!<\/p>\n

\/P\u00e4r J\u00f6nsson, skolchef ITM<\/p>\n

*Genusbaserad utsatthet och sexuella trakasserier i svensk h\u00f6gskolesektor<\/p>\n

Skyrocketing housing costs at KTH<\/h2>\n

Dear colleagues,<\/p>\n

Welcome back to work! I hope that you all had a great holiday with family and friends!<\/p>\n

As we enter the new year it is a fact that Akademiska Hus, from who KTH rents offices and laboratories, have announced skyrocketing costs mainly caused by the inflation. Besides this fact, all of you know that the costs for electricity currently are very high. Thus, our organization needs to take actions to get a control of the costs while at the same time make sure that our personnel has an appropriate working environment.<\/p>\n

Luckily, we have started to take actions. Already in June 2022, the ITM management and the communication group relocated to the sixth floor in Sing-Sing and moved in with the HR group while we at the same time cut office spaces. During the fall, the ITM administration under the leadership of Christina Carlsson has also relocated to decrease the office area by having personnel sharing offices. This has mainly been possible due to the new working situation, where you can get an agreement to work from home part of the week if the working tasks allows for such a solution. Besides this, each department head has during the fall initiated discussions how they can decrease their housing costs coordinated by Bj\u00f6rn Laumert.<\/p>\n

Here, I must mention the very important decision and good example made by the management at the Department of Learning led by Arnold Pears. Just before the new year they decided that they will initiate a project to move to Brinellv\u00e4gen 66. This represents a very important piece of a puzzle that helps ITM as well as helps KTH. The IPU and EGI departments do not need all their current spaces. Then, in the long run KTH will be able to stop renting whole houses in order to decrease the total housing costs at KTH within a few years. Besides the economic benefits of the move of LES, it must be stressed that the department will, for the first time, have all activities except for \u201cVetenskapens Hus\u201d at the same location. This will, of course, improve collaborations within the department but also with the nearby located departments.<\/p>\n

I will stress that in all these relocation projects we have and we will involve both personnel as well as the safety health representatives in order to make sure that the working environment will be optimum.<\/p>\n

In my case, I started the new year on January 2 by directly diving into teaching by grading exams and planning for courses to be given in both the spring and the fall of 2023. It actually felt really great to get organized early, so that it is possible to better plan my administrative work for 2023. I also had a meeting with one of my old industrial students to plan for his defense in March. I am so happy to have had the chance to be part of his long journey (and of course all my other students’ journeys) to study to become a PhD. It really gives me a new boost of energy to see them succeed!<\/p>\n

I also want to mention that we organize a leadership event this week where we invite all unit leaders, department heads and administrative heads. We will, of course, discuss how to deal with the costs for offices and laboratories. In addition, we will discuss the outcome of a new report on gender-based vulnerability (*participants home work to read before the event) under the guidance from \u00c5sa-Karin Engstrand from INDEK.<\/p>\n

Finally, remember that a new year not only means new challenges but also new opportunities!<\/p>\n

\/P\u00e4r J\u00f6nsson, Head of the ITM School<\/p>\n

* Survey study: Genusbaserad utsatthet och sexuella trakasserier i svensk h\u00f6gskolesektor<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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