As the theme for my blog this week, I have chosen two different examples of international collaboration within the sustainability area. On Monday and Tuesday 27-28 September, we organised a fourth joint workshop on the theme of sustainable development, together with Tokyo University, Stockholm University and the Karolinska Institute. This year’s conference addressed five different … Continue reading “Broad discussions and sustainable solutions”
A very large part of research done at KTH is undertaken by research students. This is not least the case for the proportion of published research articles that are written by research students. This is not unique to KTH and probably applies to most universities in Sweden. However, with the recently completed Research Assessment Exercise … Continue reading “Research + Education = Third Cycle Education?”
Society is engaged in a heated debate about whether we should return to offices after the pandemic. Should we go back to how things were before Covid-19? Should we continue to work from home and enjoy the benefits of greater flexibility and efficiency that many people feel this has brought? Or can we organise an … Continue reading “The digital workplace at home”
What conceptions do we have about knowledge? I have observed this question from a specific perspective during work to integrate knowledge about Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, into first and third cycle education at KTH. In discussions about education and learning, words such as fundamental, broader or deeper, often appear in descriptions of various kinds … Continue reading “The core of knowledge?”
In an article on the KTH website, we commented on the significance of the latest and sixth climate assessment report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In that post, we pointed out that the news flow is increasingly focused on the various threats that can be linked to global warming. One example … Continue reading “With focus on solutions”
