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A personal guide to leadership
Published Apr 10, 2013Sleep on it. Keep calm and never try to mislead anyone. When Mats Ericson, the former Vice-Chancellor of the Swedish National Defence College, writes about his personal experiences with leadership, he...
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KTH duo realizing vision for Russian tech centre
Published Apr 03, 2013They regularly shuttle between meetings in Boston and Moscow, and stay in constant contact with teams on both sides of the Atlantic; but the pay-off for Mats Hanson and Kristina Edström is seeing a ne...
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Anti-stress campaign cranks up
Published Mar 26, 2013Why does getting proper sleep make you smarter? How can you protect yourself against stress? Why are there so many overachievers at KTH? These are the subjects of three upcoming lectures, starting Apr...
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Seek help before hitting the wall
Published Mar 26, 2013As a newly-appointed research leader, Wouter van der Wijngaart was becoming more stressed each day. One morning he woke up on the verge of tears. He recognised the symptoms from colleagues who had "hi...
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Relief for foreign researchers' housing woes
The accommodation situation in Stockholm leads to problems for the KTH foreign researchers. (Photo: Emilia Bergmark-Jiménez) Published Mar 20, 2013Third-cycle student Zanyar has lived at three temporary addresses in a single year, and maintaining a residence in Stockholm for himself and his wife has been a constant struggle. He has sent hundreds...
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Studying together for success
Published Mar 13, 2013Peer teaching is the path to success for new students. They learn the university's study techniques much quicker, which lowers the dropout rate and improves the pass rate. This has been the experienc...
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New funding for students and young researchers
Published Mar 05, 2013KTH has set up a new fund for awarding scholarships and grants to students and young researchers. The donation-based fund received a large additional contribution through an initiative taken by KTH's ...
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Algebra at KTH inspires upper-secondary students
Published Feb 27, 2013Fun, stimulating and different. “This is where we can learn to understand the concept of mathematics and not just how to use it.” This is the opinion of a number of upper-secondary students who, by ta...
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British Labour leader sees KTH Innovation as a “global model”
British Labour leader Edward Miliband visits with students at KTH Innovation on Tuesday. (Photo: Per Myrehed) Published Feb 20, 2013In an official visit on Tuesday to KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, British Labour Party leader Edward Miliband toured one of Europe’s most successful innovation centres, which he calle...
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President announces candidacy for three more years
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KTH mathematician praised in U.S. Congress
Published Feb 12, 2013It's not every day that the subject of mathematical research is raised in the United States Congress. But a California congressman recently praised KTH Professor Mats Boij's ground-breaking work in ma...
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Students share IT learning model with African universities
Javier Lara Peinado has developed a control system for smart grids with his classmates. (Photo: Christer Gummeson) Published Feb 07, 2013There should be real projects that make a real contribution to society, says Björn Pehrson, professor of telecommunication systems. For more than 20 years he has involved his students in IT projects t...
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KTH-professor on the ArXiv Member Advisory Board
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”A bit more self-reflection wouldn’t hurt”
In Sweden we have, for better or for worse, a pragmatic attitude to China, says sinologist Björn Kjellgren. (Photo: Christer Gummeson) Published Jan 24, 2013The increasing collaboration between KTH and China raises many questions. Not least considering the differences between the countries' attitude towards freedom of speech online. Obviously, KTH cannot ...
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Employee benefits on the new web portal
At the beginning of this year, KTH is launching a new service for employee benefits. Here is a Swedish demo version of the web portal. Published Jan 10, 2013In the spring, KTH's employees will gain access to a new web portal where all information pertaining to employee benefits is compiled. At the same time, new benefits are also being introduced. The big...
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Administrative department moves to new KTH building
Ankie Brundin is moving from her own office to an open-plan office environment. She looks forward to sharing the same workspaces her colleagues, she says on a visit to the new, as-yet-unfurnished premises. (Photo: Marc Femenia) Published Jan 04, 2013From January to February, the president and university administration will be moving into a building that was previously a Red Cross hospital. As a result, most of KTH’s administrative personnel will ...
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Forgotten researchers improve the ranking
The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) can reap great rewards from the increasing importance of university ranking, says Per-Anders Östling, an expert on ranking systems. (Photo: Marc Femenia) Published Dec 18, 2012This year KTH climbed more than 40 places on two of the most important global ranking lists. But in order to achieve the ranking goals more researchers need to produce world-class articles and KTH mus...
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Jesús Azpeitia broke with tradition and became teacher of the year
“I take the time to build social relations. It always pays off in the end,” explains Jesús Azpeitia Seron, teacher of architecture. (Photo: Christer Gummeson) Published Dec 10, 2012He well and truly broke with traditions. When Jesús Azpeitia Seron took over the Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture, he gave the students freedom to make their own choice of building to design...
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"Being a professor more fun than expected"
Malin Selleby once wanted to become a ceramist. As a professor at KTH she is performing research on metallic material such as steel and cemented carbides. (Photo: Håkan Lindgren) Published Dec 06, 2012Having a career in academia was not at all part of her plan. Perhaps a Degree of Licentiate. Nevertheless, Malin Selleby is now being inaugurated as professor of Computational Thermodynamics and notes...
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'Paper cups don't exactly scream credibility'
Elinor Falkman from the Energy Platform challenges the conference organisers of the KTH to create the most environmentally friendly events possible. This will improve KTH's credibility, she suggests. (Photo: Christer Gummeson) Published Dec 04, 2012If KTH is to become credible in environmental matters, it needs to practice what it preaches. Or more precisely, what it researches. This is the view of the Energy Platform's management, which decided...
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