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A Lifelong Learning about Food Transitions
Emrah Karakaya, photo: Jannis Politidis Published Mar 13, 2024Emrah Karakaya is an associate professor of industrial dynamics and sustainable business models. In his research, he explores how industrial sectors – for example energy and food – change over time an...
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Hello there, Rebecka Milestad!
Rebecka Milestad, foto: Fredrik Persson Published Feb 20, 2024Rebecka Milestad is an agronomist, doctor in rural development and docent in environmental strategies research. Milestad conducts interdisciplinary research from a systems perspective on farm and food...
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Cities can produce more food using circular systems
Urban farming. iStock/lena_volo Published Feb 15, 2024Climate change, population growth, and urbanization increase the need for alternative and sustainable solutions for producing food. At the same time, cities have become less and less self-sufficient a...
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Collaboration investigating wheat bran for better-tasting fibre
Morphology of wheat bran, the outer layer of the wheat grain rich in dietary fibres and antioxidants Published Jan 26, 2024Lantmännen (Swedish agricultural cooperative), KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm University, and Lund University are collaborating to investigate the structure of wheat bran using the ForMA...
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Food at KTH Africa Days
Published Jan 17, 2024During KTH Africa Days, collaboration in and with Africa for KTH's faculty members and students was highlighted. On Tuesday the 16th the conference focused on food systems with two seminars focusing o...
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KTH FOOD postdoc position
Published Dec 19, 2023KTH FOOD is recruiting a postdoctor in sustainability of food innovations.
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KTH-researcher recieves Formas-grant for food project
Christofer Lendel. Foto: Peter Ardell, KTH Published Dec 12, 2023Christofer Lendel and his research group at KTH are studying how proteins can be used as building blocks in new types of materials. It can range from artificial silk and environmentally friendly plast...
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KTH dES publishes a new groundbreaking open-access course on clean cooking access modeling
Published Dec 08, 2023OnStove, 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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Porridge Lunch Highlights the Importance of Heritage Cereals and Dietary Fibers
Published Dec 06, 2023On Tuesday, December 5th, KTH FOOD hosted a Porridge lunch with talks on the theme heritage cereals, whole grains, and dietary fibers. The popular event aimed to explore the significance of these elem...
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Successful dissertation on urbanisation
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Reduced climate impact on the menu
From next year, KTH will introduce a new food standard for meals ordered through catering (Photo: Mostphotos). Published Nov 28, 2023From next year, the food ordered for meetings, events and representation will have WWF's One Planet Plate labelling as standard - this is to reduce KTH's climate footprint per meal in line with KTH's ...
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KTH researchers receive ERC Synergy Grants
Stefania Giacomello (left) and Danica Kragic Jensfelt. (Photo: Karin Nedler/SciLifeLab and KTH) Published Nov 08, 2023Stefania Giacomello and Danica Kragic Jensfelt part of international teams awarded two ERC Synergy Grants on intestinal diseases and transfer smells digitally
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Collaboration in focus at KTH FOOD’s first stakeholder meeting
Published Oct 31, 2023The KTH FOOD centre held its first stakeholder workshop with partners including municipalities, business organisations, non-governmental organisations, foundations and research institutes. The aim of ...
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Hello there, Björn Kjellgren!
Björn Kjellgren Published Sep 26, 2023Björn Kjellgren is an Associate Professor at KTH Language and Communication, with a PhD in Sinology and experience as a researcher in Social Anthropology. He is currently working to further KTH’s edu...
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Ready, set, go for the "Over & Oat" project
Published Sep 15, 2023New research project aims at innovative food ingredients and focuses on creating high-value residual products that today is used as animal feed and fertilizer.
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Hello there, Luca Urciuoli!
Published Sep 05, 2023Luca Urciuoli conducts research in the area of supply chain management, and explains that the waste in the food sector is enormous and a challenge we have not managed to overcome yet. He adds that foo...
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KTH FOOD on the Circular Gastronomy Challenge jury
Rebecka Milestad. Photo: Fredrik Persson Published Sep 01, 2023Rebecka Milestad, deputy director of KTH FOOD, has been appointed as a jury member for the sustainability award Circular Gastronomy Challenge. The prize is awarded to people or organizations within th...
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New life for discarded food
Francisco Vilaplana and his research team are developing new ways of how side streams in food production can be useful in the food of the future. (Photo: Magnus Glans) Published Aug 16, 2023Will the next generation’s food be made from today’s waste? A team of researchers at KTH is looking into new ways of dealing with unused waste products in the agriculture and food sectors.
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Hello there, Samer Sawalha!
Published Aug 15, 2023Samer Sawalha is conducting his research on environmentally friendly technologies for refrigeration and heating, an important part in the food system, enabling preservation and increased lifetime of f...
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Student field study: how coffee beans can lift farmers out of poverty
Filip Borgström (center) and David Sigge (right) together with coffee farmer Aphiwat Sukphong's employee. Published Jun 21, 2023KTH students David Sigge and Filip Borgström spent two months in Thailand as part of their degree project in industrial economics. They looked at if and how farmers could increase their income in a su...
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