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Stockholm Water Prize Laureate Günter Blöschl visits KTH
KTH Climate Action Centre's Director Francesco Fuso-Nerini, WaterCentre@KTH's Director Zahra Kalantari, Professor Günter Blöschl and KTH's President Anders Söderholm Published Sep 10, 2025Professor Günter Blöschl, Vienna University of Technology and University of Bologna, held a seminar at KTH Campus on 28 August, the day after he received this year's Stockholm Water Prize from HM the ...
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Where the Wind Blows
Published Sep 08, 2025Thomas Harbøll Schrøder, Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment, will defend his doctoral thesis on Wednesday 10 September 2025.
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Nordic energy informatics conference in retrospect
Published Sep 08, 2025The Nordic Energy Informatics Academy Summer School and Conference 2025 (EIA Nordic 2025) was hosted by the Division of Sustainable Buildings, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, ABE/KT...
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Diasporic Welfare Landscapes: Transformative Histories of the Million Program
Published Sep 02, 2025Chero Eliassi Sarzeli, Division of Architecture and Culture, Department of Architecture, will defend her doctoral thesis on Friday 12 september 2025.
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Mainstreaming Sustainable Consumption: Practices, Perspectives, and the Case of Food
Published Aug 18, 2025Vishal Parekh at the Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, will publically defend his doctoral thesis on 26 September 2025.
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Smart Design, Control, and Optimization of Thermal Energy Storage
The Juvelen building in Uppsala. Photo: Skanska Published Aug 12, 2025Amirmohammad Behzadi at the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, will publicly defend his doctoral thesis on 28 August 2025.
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Trees important for lowering outdoor temperatures in cities
Published Jun 26, 2025Surface temperatures in a city are affected by trees. This is shown by measurements that researchers Ulla Mörtberg, professor of energy systems analysis and environmental assessment, and Elina Merdyms...
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Violent crime linked to wealth gap in richest countries
A new study shows that fighting crime at the local level would have a better chance of success if a country’s income inequality was reduced. (Photo: Tim Larson) Published Jun 18, 2025Economic growth in developed countries can lead to more violent crime if an income gap between wealthy and poor citizens doesn’t narrow, a new study shows.
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KTH launches new centre for total defence
The new KTH Centre for Total Defence will take an active responsibility in building knowledge and capacity to meet the threats and challenges of the future. Photo: Mostphotos Published Jun 18, 2025Amid increasing security challenges and a changing geopolitical landscape, KTH is establishing a Centre for Total Defence with the aim of coordinating, developing and highlighting research and educati...
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An inspiring afternoon with the Centre for Traffic Research
Mikael Iivari, Kristine Bull Sletholt, Jeffery Archer and Wilco Burghout. Published Jun 17, 2025The Centre for Traffic Research (CTR) initiates, coordinates, and conducts research and development in the modeling and analysis of traffic processes. On the CTR Day on June 11, the research undertake...
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UN Global Goals in focus when upper secondary school projects were awarded
Published Jun 16, 2025For the third year in a row, upper secondary school students have competed in “Sustainable Generation”, an initiative from KTH's School of Architecture and the Built Environment and the Företagsam Fou...
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KTH project secures major funding to make climate-neutral cities a reality
Amir Rezvani, Zahra Kalantari and Jessica Page Published Jun 16, 2025Urban areas contribute to more than 60 percent of global greenhouse emissions. With cities around the world tackling climate change and extreme weather events, a research initiative at KTH Royal Insti...
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Successful book launch event at SEI for Stockholm and the Rise of Global Environmental Governance
Published Jun 03, 2025In a new book published by Cambridge University Press, Sverker Sörlin and Eric Paglia from the KTH Division of History of Science Technology and Environment analyze the rise of global environmental go...
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KTH and Skanska tackle society's challenges together
Examples of Skanska's projects: Högaliden wind farm, Electrolux' headquarters, final repository for short-lived radioactive waste in Forsmark and Subway extension, Nacka. Photos and illustrations from Skanska Published May 07, 2025Since the beginning of the year, Fredrik Johansson has been KTH's partnership manager for Skanska. The ambition is to strengthen collaboration in both education and research to maximize the benefits o...
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Leveraging novel data sources for travel behavior modeling
Amnai Jaafer during her public defence Published Apr 23, 2025Amani Jaafer is a new doctor at the Department of Urban Planning and Environment, Division of Transport and Systems Analysis. She publicly defended her doctoral thesis in Transport Science on Thursday...
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KTH researcher Zahra Kalantari Frontiers Planet Prize 2025 national champion
Photo: Frontier Planet Prize, David Callahan/KTH Published Apr 22, 2025Zahra Kalantari, professor in environmental science and engineering for sustainability in the Anthropocene at KTH, has today on Earth Day 2025 been named Frontiers Planet Prize 2025 national champion....
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Building safety from the ground up
Gunilla Franzén, who has been awarded an honorary doctorate at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, works to ensure that the foundations of a building - soil, rock and water - are up to scratch. (Photo: Private) Published Apr 14, 2025Through pioneering work, she has contributed to increased safety in our built environments - from houses to roads and bridges. Gunilla Franzén, geotechnical safety expert, has been awarded an honorary...
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WaterCentre as a bridge-builder – strengthening collaboration between KTH and the City of Stockholm
WaterCentre's Director, Professor Zahra Kalantari, andJonas Althage from the City of Stockholm Published Apr 09, 2025On a Friday in early April, researchers from KTH and officials from the City of Stockholm met for a collaboration meeting at the City of Stockholm's premises on Fleminggatan. The purpose of the meetin...
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Sverker Sörlin receives the Axel Hirsch Prize 2025
Image by Erik Abel, Volante Published Mar 31, 2025Sverker Sörlin, Professor in Environmental History at the Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment, has been awarded the Axel Hirsch Prize 2025, together with Anders Burman and Danie...
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From efficiency to sufficiency: results from the first four years of Mistra Sustainable Consumption
Published Feb 03, 2025The research programme Mistra Sustainable Consumption involves around 20 researchers and societal partners who explore how sustainable consumption can become more mainstream. During the first phase, t...
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