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  • Jean-Baptiste Thomas
    Jean-Baptiste Thomas in front of fresh sugar kelp that is drying post harvest on the West Coast
    Hello there, Jean-Baptiste Thomas!
    4 May 2023

    Thomas' research aims to contribute to a resilient, sustainable and low carbon blue bioeconomy.

  • Coconuts and lemons in the foreground on a countertop in the lab. Behind them, two scientists.
    Peter Olsén and Céline Montanari, researchers in the Department of Biocomposites at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, say the new wood composite uses components of lemon and coconuts to both heat and cool homes. (Photo: David Callahan)
    Coconuts and lemons enable a thermal wood for indoor heating and cooling
    30 Mar 2023

    A building material that combines coconuts, lemons and modified wood could one day be enough to heat and cool your home. The three renewable sources provide the key components of a wood composite ther...

  • Theme leader - Food and Health
    27 Mar 2023

    Be part of a creative multidisciplinary research environment working with sustainable and healthy food systems. KTH FOOD is recruiting a Theme Leader to be actively involved in developing new research...

  • Theme Leader - Digitalisation of the Food System: logistics and consumption
    27 Mar 2023

    Be part of a creative multidisciplinary research environment working with sustainable and healthy food systems. KTH FOOD is recruiting a Theme Leader to be actively involved in developing new research...

  • a glass is filled with water from a faucet
    Water treatment used to be primarily about protecting the environment from contaminants. Nowadays, sea- and wastewater are purified into drinking water and all parts of wastewater are to be reused. At the new pilot and demo facility in Loudden, Stockholm, new solutions for circular water treatment are being tested and developed. (Photo: Mostphotos)
    Projects aim to eliminate waste from wastewater
    21 Mar 2023

    The demand for water treatment is increasing throughout the world – and so is the risk of waste. Today, water treatment processes aim to protect the environment from contaminants, while recycling all ...

Calendar

  • Seminars and lectures

    Tuesday 2023-05-30, 09:00 - 13:30

    Participating: IVL och KTH

    Location: KTH OpenLab, Valhallavägen 79, 114 27 Stockholm

    2023-05-30T09:00:00.000+02:00 2023-05-30T13:30:00.000+02:00 Sustainable Urban Farming Forum (Seminars and lectures) KTH OpenLab, Valhallavägen 79, 114 27 Stockholm (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)Sustainable Urban Farming Forum (Seminars and lectures)
  • Seminars and lectures

    Wed 2023-05-31 - Fri 2023-06-02

    Participating: Sweden Foodtech, KTH FOOD

    Location: Epicentre MÄSTER SAMUELSGATAN 36 111 57, STOCKHOLM

    2023-05-31T00:00:00.000+02:00 2023-06-02T23:59:00.000+02:00 The Big Meet (Seminars and lectures) Epicentre MÄSTER SAMUELSGATAN 36 111 57, STOCKHOLM (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)The Big Meet (Seminars and lectures)

Previous activities 2019-2022

Kerstin Forsberg, Francisco Vilaplana and Rebecka Milestad during Transformation Day 2022. Screensho
Kerstin Forsberg, Francisco Vilaplana and Rebecka Milestad during Transformation Day 2022. Screenshot.

 Transformation Day 2022

The food industry transformation

11 October 2022 was KTH’s Transformation Day, this year on the theme of transformation in the food industry. The aim was to highlight how the food industry is being transformed for climate and competitiveness and how this transformation is supported by research at KTH. More than 140 participants joined the transformation day together with invited parties from the food sector to discuss their activities and needs, and provided examples of sustainable food production and sustainable business models. 

Read more about the food industry transformation