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  • Curbing threats from forest and grass fires

    Silhouettes of people in the dark watching a wildfire.
    Photo: Caleb Cook, Unsplash
    Published Feb 05, 2024

    Forest and grass fires have become increasingly common. The research project FIRE is working to reduce the threats posed by these fires and is analyzing complex societal changes caused by climate, ele...

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  • The classroom gardener

    Pär Jönsson at the black board in a class room.
    While he holds the position of Head of the ITM school, Pär Jönsson's true roots are firmly planted in the classroom. Photo: Anna Gullers
    Published Jan 23, 2024

    Combining the philosophy of gardening with a touch of classroom magic, Pär Jönsson has recently been honored as the 'Teacher of the Year' at KTH. We sat down with the Head of the ITM school, who not o...

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  • Rent your wash – a new spin on laundry business models

    Photo: Pexels.
    Photo: Pexels.
    Published Jan 16, 2024

    Ever wondered if you really need to own everything in your home? Well, the future might have us washing clothes without owning washing machines. Researchers at KTH are testing a business model, pay-pe...

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  • KTH hosts CDIO Regional Meeting: Transforming Engineering Education

    KTH Campus, winter with snow
    Photo: KTH
    Published Jan 12, 2024

    Hosting the European/UK-Ireland CDIO Regional Meeting on the 8th - 10th January 2024, around 80 people attended the meeting at a snow covered KTH.

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  • Project unites construction titans to revolutionize shared housing

    Woman pointing on a whiteboard while two others watch.
    During the workshop, participants discussed, among other things, regulatory changes to facilitate shared accommodation.
    Published Jan 10, 2024

    In a series of workshops, the Delbo project will bring together influential actors in the construction sector to open up more shared housing in Sweden.

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  • KTH secures funding for Climate Compatible Growth

    Group picture
    Participants from a CCG workshop in Kenya about “Whole energy system model” in May 2023. KTH’s Agnese Beltramo and Roberto Heredia lead it together with two colleagues from the University College London.
    Published Jan 08, 2024

    KTH has secured extended funding for the Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) project*. The collaborative initiative, targeting effective energy sector policies in countries of the global south, has alread...

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  • Self-driving vehicles - Are we ready?

    Self-driving bus on a busy street
    A self-driving bus travelling a route in Barkaby, northern Stockholm (Photo: Mostphotos).
    Published Dec 20, 2023

    With more autonomous vehicles on our roads, road deaths are predicted to decrease. At the same time, the risk of both increased emissions and seriously impaired public health rises. A new KTH study of...

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  • Frauke Urban in panel discussion at COP28

    Two women i TV sending, interview.
    Professor Frauke Urban discussed the role of technology for achieving sustainable development.
    Published Dec 12, 2023

    Frauke Urban from KTH’s Department of Industrial Economics and Management (INDEK) participated in a panel discussion at the recent COP28 climate summit to discuss the interaction between academia and ...

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  • 11th Scandinavian Conference on System and Software Safety

    Published Dec 11, 2023

    60 participants, mainly from Swedish industry, gathered in Stockholm on 21-22 November for SCSSS 2023, co-organised by MMK's Fredrik Asplund.

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  • "Unleashing society's innovation capacity"

    Portrait Pontus Braunerhjelm
    “Sweden's economy is characterized by successful entrepreneurship and innovation. This is thanks to a reform agenda that has been gradually rolled out since the mid-1980s. The Swedish experience provides useful lessons for other nations, but now we need political measures to attract more talent,” says economics professor Pontus Braunerhjelm.
    Published Dec 11, 2023

    Keeping the entrepreneurial spirit in society requires new thinking in politics and business. So says KTH professor Pontus Braunerhjelm, who, with co-author Magnus Henrekson, has published a new book ...

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  • KTH dES publishes a new groundbreaking open-access course on clean cooking access modeling

    Cover page of the OnStove's course in the Opena Learn platform.
    Published Dec 08, 2023

    OnStove, the revolutionary geospatial clean cooking tool developed by the division of Energy Systems (dES) at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, takes a giant leap forward with the release of an open-...

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  • KTH Japan Day builds bridges through language, culture, and collaboration

    Participants at KTH Japan Day.
    Per Lundqvist, Pär Jönsson, Akiko Shirabe and other participants at KTH Japan Day.
    Published Dec 06, 2023

    When KTH Language and Communication together with the Embassy of Japan in Sweden arranged KTH Japan day November 27, a wide audience joined up – from fresh students to senior professors.

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  • Henrik Henriksson's visions form course at KTH

    Henrik Henriksson
    Henrik Henriksson.
    Published Dec 06, 2023

    In 2021, former Scania CEO Henrik Henriksson initiated a course at KTH in Sustainable Industry. Following the success of the course in the spring of 2023, which featured influential business leaders a...

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  • Researchers at INDEK granted SEK 5.9 million for project on circular economy

    Published Dec 05, 2023
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  • Challenge of living without a car

    A box bike in front of a bicycle garage, next to it several people are listening to speakers.
    Electrically powered cargo bikes were used by citizen scientists to replace cars. The picture is from a start-up event organised by the research project (Photo: Magnus Atterfors).
    Published Dec 04, 2023

    How hard can it be to live a car-free everyday life? Quite problematic if you have to juggle work and leisure activities. This was demonstrated when a number of households in southern Stockholm were c...

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  • INDEK shines at the ScAIEM annual conference

    A welcome picture at ScAIEM with Dr. Armaghan Chizaryfard and Dr. Adam Urhdin merged into it
    Published Dec 04, 2023
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  • Money to digitize the industry

    Published Nov 29, 2023

    Vinnova grants KTH and three other universities SEK 25 million for ADAPT – a new business model for industrial skills development.

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  • Project to boost machinery components' life

    Metallic surface with a machine tool working on the surface.
    Published Nov 29, 2023

    A new project aims to improve the lifetime of machine parts by utilizing advanced surface functionalization of components. Researcher Robert Tomkowski from the Department of Production Engineering is ...

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  • Researchers are granted 2.6 million SEK for project on recycling systems for solar panels

    Published Nov 14, 2023
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  • New Doctoral Position for Innovative Climate-Land-Energy-Water Systems Modeling

    Published Nov 14, 2023

    The Division of Energy Systems within the Department of Energy Technology at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), opens new Doctoral position focused on advancing integrated Climate-Land-Energy-Wa...

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