Water Resources Group

Water Resources at SEED focuses on understanding and addressing the complex interactions between climate change, land use, and global water systems. Our research explores the availability, quality, trends, and dynamics of water resources, and how they interact with the atmosphere, ecosystems, oceans, forests, and society across different scales, from local to global.

We use innovative methods, combining diverse datasets, advanced modeling, AI tools, and participatory methods to study complex coupled natural and social systems. The work aims to promote sustainable water science, engineering, and management for decision-making in urban and rural development.

Key research areas include hydrological responses to climate and land-use changes, risk assessments of water-related disasters, nature-based solutions, forest resilience, and smart city applications. In parallel, the group conducts cutting-edge studies on fluid flow and solute transport in fractured bedrock, critical for nuclear waste management and infrastructure safety. We also contribute to the activities of the WaterCentre@KTH, a collaborative hub that connects researchers, industry, policymakers, and civil society. The group’s interdisciplinary approach aligns with KTH’s mission to lead in sustainable engineering and carbon-neutral societies.

Lab leaders:

Lab members:

Amir Rezvani , PhD student
Arya Vijayan , Post doc researcher
Bo Olofsson ,Professor emeritus
Elisie Kåresdotter , Post doc researcher
Hongyu Duan , PhD Student
Ioannis Iakovidis , PhD student
Jan-Olof Selroos , Adjunct professor
Jordi Sanglas Molist , Industrial PhD student
Jung-Ching Kan , PhD student
Marlon Vieira Passos , PhD student
Maryam Zamzami , PhD student
Massoud Behboudian , Post doc Researcher
Prosun Bhattacharya , Professor
Sara Anamaghi , PhD student
Solmaz Khazaei Moughani , PhD student
Vladimir Cvetkovic, Professor Emeritus

Projects

Climate-Neutral Cities: AI-Driven Sustainable Spatial Planning: Advancing Climate-Neutral Cities through Digital Innovation

CrisAct: Hydro-climatic hazard, risk, and crisis management in Sweden 

LandEX: Improving Landscape resilience by integrating measures to adapt and mitigate hydrological EXtremes  

Puddle Jump: Contributes to “joined up” thinking about hydrological and other ecosystem services (ES) that can be provided by small artificial waterbodies. 

ReForMit: Understanding and Securing the Resilience of Forest-Based Climate Change Mitigation 

LEGACY:Unravelling the legacy of historical, emerging, and future groundwater pollution to the ocean  

CASCADE: Combining Advanced Systems for Climate Adaptation and Disaster Enhancement in Stockholm 

DeepAqua, Revolutionizing the quantification of surface water changes with deep learning funded by Digital Futures 

DeepFlood: Enhancing large scale flood detection and mapping using PolSAR, metaheuristic, and deep learning algorithms 

 NATURANCE: Nature for Insurance, Insurance for Nature  

AI-powered knowledge integration to Carbon-neutral Cities 

Deep Reinforcement Learning and Large-Scale Simulations 

BeFo: Modeling of grouting in fracture networks with alternative rheological models  

SVC: Hydrogeochemical impacts on hydropower dams 

SKB & Amphos 21: Modeling fluid flow and solute transport processes in rock fractures