School of Architecture and the Built Environment
Our research and educational programmes relates to the future of our society; how cities, buildings and infrastructure will be designed and built, how institutions and regulatory systems should be developed to produce a good living environment, and how to provide good development conditions for business.
The School of Architecture and the Built Environment is comprised of six departments and seven centres for advanced research.
The School of Architecture and the Built Environment is one of five schools at KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
Departments
Competence centres
- Centre for Anthropocene History
- Centre for Transport Research Environment with Novel Perspectives (TRENoP)
- Centre for Future Seafood, Blue Food
- Centre for Traffic Research (CTR)
- KTH Center for total defence
- KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory (EHL)
- Road2Science
- Sustainable Finance Lab
- WaterCentre@KTH
International expert brings new perspectives on crime prevention
Sweden has strong conditions for developing new evidence-based approaches to crime prevention. This is the view of Kate Bowers, Professor at University College London (UCL) and one of the world’s lead...
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Digitalisation, climate and young people key priorities in partnership with the City
The partnership between KTH and the City of Stockholm continues to develop. Tina Karrbom Gustavsson recently had her appointment as Partnership Director extended for a further two years, which she see...
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Sandra Swart, putting Anthropocenes in a bigger picture
Sandra Swart has been a visiting professor of the Anthropocene at KTH's Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment since the beginning of 2025. It has given her a chance to, as she put...
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- International expert brings new perspectives on crime prevention
8 Oct 2026
- Digitalisation, climate and young people key priorities in partnership with the City
7 Oct 2026
- Predicting the impact of automatic and unmanned train operations on railway main lines
7 Oct 2026
- Per Högselius and Sverker Sörlin contribute to "Snabbtänkt 2026" on the election
24 Sep 2026
- KTH researcher Prosun Bhattacharya to receive two GSA awards
23 Sep 2026
Calendar
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Public defences of doctoral theses
Friday 2026-10-09, 14:00
Location: F3 (Flodis), Lindstedtsvägen 26 & 28, Campus, public video conference
Video link: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/61997128146
Doctoral student: Arlind Dervishaj , Hållbara byggnader
2026-10-09T14:00:00.000+02:00 2026-10-09T14:00:00.000+02:00 Enabling concrete reuse through digital workflows for a circular built environment (Public defences of doctoral theses) F3 (Flodis), Lindstedtsvägen 26 & 28, Campus, public video conference (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)Enabling concrete reuse through digital workflows for a circular built environment (Public defences of doctoral theses) -
Licentiate seminars
Friday 2026-10-09, 14:30
Location: V3, Teknikringen 72, Stockholm
Video link: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/67658048255
Doctoral student: Michelle van Ardenne , Transportplanering, K2 Centrum, Urban Mobility Gourp
2026-10-09T14:30:00.000+02:00 2026-10-09T14:30:00.000+02:00 The potential of personalized travel information in public transportation (Licentiate seminars) V3, Teknikringen 72, Stockholm (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)The potential of personalized travel information in public transportation (Licentiate seminars) -
Public defences of doctoral theses
Friday 2026-10-16, 14:00
Location: F3 (Flodis), Lindstedtsvägen 26 & 28, Stockholm
Video link: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/61368049154
Doctoral student: Erik Ljungberg , Historiska studier av teknik, vetenskap och miljö
2026-10-16T14:00:00.000+02:00 2026-10-16T14:00:00.000+02:00 Computing Trees (Public defences of doctoral theses) F3 (Flodis), Lindstedtsvägen 26 & 28, Stockholm (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)Computing Trees (Public defences of doctoral theses)