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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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Compact living helps reach climate targets
What is a reasonable size of a home if we are to be in line with climate goals? Sustainability researcher Pernilla Hagbert will investigate this in a study (Photo: Josefin Backman) Published Jan 29, 2025Swedes should live smaller - for the sake of the climate. But how cramped are we willing to live? Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology will investigate this in a study on the limits of our...
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Yue Wang has received an IAWS award for excellence in PhD research
Published Jan 14, 2025Dr. Yue Wang, KTH Building Materials, was recently awarded by the International Academy of Wood Science (IAWS) with third place in the 2024 Doctoral Dissertation Prize. This is a prestigious award giv...
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Three SEED researchers have received the Formas Career Grant for Early-career Researchers
Pexels Published Nov 14, 2024Three young researchers from Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering (SEED) have received the Formas Career Grant for Early-career Researchers. The funded research...
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To compete globally, Europe’s seafood farmers may get boost from AI research
“We are trying to find ways to be more and more competitive," says Fredrik Gröndahl, director of the Blue Food Seafood Centre. Several AI projects are in the works, with the aim of boosting competitiveness in the global sea farming industry. (Photo: Charlotte Rosell ) Published Nov 13, 2024In the global seafood market, European aquaculture could expect a boost from AI solutions developed by researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
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Sustainability in focus when this year's best upper secondary school projects were awarded
Published Oct 03, 2024For the second year in a row, upper secondary school pupils have been able to compete in the ‘Sustainable Generation’ competition for the best upper secondary school project in sustainable development...
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Digital urban form models for a strengthened urban planning practice
Published Sep 26, 2024The project Digital urban form models for a strengthened urban planning practice has been granted funding from Formas and Smart Built Environment, Strategic Innovation Programme. The project in...
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Gia Destouni is awarded the Baltic Sea Award
Professor Georgia Destouni is awarded for her research on the Baltic Sea. Photo: SU/Ingmarie Anderss Published Sep 26, 2024Professor Georgia (Gia) Destouni has been awarded the Baltic Sea Award for her significant research contributions and guiding efforts to combat eutrophication in the Baltic Sea.
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Moving Boundaries: Human Sciences and the Future of Architecture and Lighting Design
Published Aug 08, 2024The fourth edition of Moving Boundaries: Human Sciences and the Future of Architecture, is an intensive 12-day course and conference, which will take place in Stockholm, Sweden from August 12-20 and t...
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New method against summer plague
A new method to collect the algae and sanitize the water during algal blooms (Photo:Mostphotos) Published Jul 03, 2024A new method to combat algal bloom has been developed at KTH and will be tested this summer in the waters off Klintehamn and Tofta on Gotland. "We will trawl up accumulations of cyanobacteria ...
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From idea to implemented bridge concept in public space
Bifrost wooden bridge in Uddebo, Tranemo municipality Published Jun 19, 2024In Norse mythology, Bifrost is a bridge or rainbow that leads from Midgård, where humans live, up to heaven, where the gods reside. Today, it is the name of an innovative, implemented bridge concept w...
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Architecture students turn abandoned building into a public social space
The Studio DKV 67 exhibition opened on 23 May. Published Jun 14, 2024KTH Studio DKV has transformed an abandoned building on Drottning Kristinas väg 67 into an architectural testbed for new ethics.
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Citizens' Assembly on Climate presents its results
Published May 20, 2024Sweden's first Citizens' Assembly on Climate, initiated by Fairtrans, a multidisciplinary research programme funded by Mistra, has completed its work. Sverker Sörlin, Professor of Environmental Histor...
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Urban Planning alumnus Tanmoy Bari awarded Alum of the year
Tanmoy Bari, co-founder of Greenely and KTH's Alum of the Year 2024 Published May 14, 2024Innovator Tanmoy Bari has been named the KTH Alum of the Year 2024. He came up with the idea for the Greenely energy platform while studying the Degree Programme in Civil Engineering and Urban Managem...
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Healthy greenery – a matter of justice
Having access to the nature you need becomes a question of justice when many people have to share a few areas. The picture shows Vitabergsparken, Södermalm, Stockholm (Photo: iStock). Published Apr 09, 2024Access to green space is important for both mental and physical well-being. But is it equally available to everyone? Sara Borgström, KTH, together with colleagues at Stockholm University and the Unive...
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KTH's Property Development and Agency deemed high quality by UKÄ
Published Mar 14, 2024The Swedish Higher Education Authority (UKÄ) has evaluated ten Swedish real estate agent educational programmes. KTH's bachelor's programme in Property Development and Agency is one of only three prog...
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KTH and Region Stockholm focus on collaboration and knowledge exchange
Vision picture Hammarby Kanal, Luma (Picture: Stockholm Region) Published Mar 07, 2024Daniel Jonsson, researcher at the Department of Urban Planning and Environment, has been appointed to continue as Partner Director for Region Stockholm. He shares his views on the role and its importa...
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KTH and the City of Stockholm strengthen their collaboration
Photo: iStock Published Feb 22, 2024Tina Karrbom Gustavsson, professor at the Department of Real Estate and Construction Management, has just been appointed as the new Partner Director for KTH's strategic partnership with the City of St...
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How all of Europe can get green electricity
“Our study shows that it is possible to get rid of carbon dioxide emissions by switching to a renewable energy system,” says Anders Wörman, professor and research leader (Photo: Christer Gummeson). Published Feb 14, 2024Sun, wind and water are enough to supply Europe with electricity. In a study, researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology have shown that it is possible to replace fossil fuels with a renewable e...
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Newly started policy lab: KTH assists municipalities with climate adaptation under deep uncertainty
Hydropower station opens its gates fully after major problems with high amounts of rain. Photo credit: iStock, Gerhard Pettersson. Published Feb 01, 2024Flooding, drought, and water scarcity – how can Swedish municipalities manage risks and uncertainties associated with a changing climate? In a newly launched project – Robust Climate Adaptation Gävleb...
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