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  • Several research grants for projects on AI have been awarded to Mattias Wiggberg from INDEK

    Mattias Wiggberg
    Published Dec 19, 2025

    About the research grants for AI projects awarded to Mattias Wiggberg and his blog about the highlights of being an AI researcher at KTH.

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  • Wallenberg-funded project to boost Sweden’s forest climate adaptation

    Green forest
    Photo: Siggy Novak, Pixabay
    Published Dec 18, 2025

    KTH Royal Institute of Technology and WaterCentre@KTH are joining a major new research initiative designed to strengthen the resilience of forest management in the face of a changing climate. The effo...

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  • Study Sustainable Energy Engineering at KTH

    Published Dec 18, 2025

    Apply by January 15 to our renowned Sustainable Energy Engineering Master Program

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  • KTH FOOD is recruiting a Theme Leader in AI for Food

    Published Dec 17, 2025

    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...

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  • InspireTalk: How do gender norms shape society’s capacity for innovation?

    Published Dec 17, 2025

    Listen to journalist and author Katrine Kielos talk about how gender norms shape our view of technological development and how they impact a society’s capacity for innovation.

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  • Microbial Foods Are Reshaping the Future

    Published Dec 17, 2025

    On 21 May 2026, Stockholm will host one of the year’s most anticipated scientific gatherings in food innovation: the Microbial Foods Conference, held at AlbaNova University Center at KTH Royal Institu...

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  • KTH introduces carbon dioxide budget for air travel

    Plane in the air.
    From 1 January 2026, the introduction of a carbon budget for business travel at KTH will commence. (Photo: Unsplash)
    Published Dec 17, 2025

    KTH is now taking a new step in its efforts to achieve its climate goal. The President has decided to introduce a carbon dioxide budget for emissions from air travel undertaken on business or paid for...

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  • KTH´s sustainability goals show the way forward

    A map with all the sutainable development goals.
    The sustainable development goals.
    Published Dec 17, 2025

    KTH has adopted new sustainability and climate goals for the period 2026–2030, with the aim of achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045. The policy document, which includes an action plan, ...

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  • KTH doctoral student wins international prize for research on lithium extraction and groundwater

    Published Dec 16, 2025
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  • Björn Palm: Smarter Heat Pumps Will Drive Europe’s Energy Transition

    Published Dec 16, 2025

    Swedish manufacturers are betting on AI, smart controls, and greener refrigerants to make heat pumps more efficient. Professor Björn Palm was interviewed by Ny Teknik on the topic.

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  • 2025: A Year of ideas, collaboration and impact

    Åsa Karsberg, Lisa-Mee Swartz, Zahra Kalantari
    WaterCentre team Åsa Karsberg, Lisa-Mee Swartz and Zahra Kalantari. Photo: Jon Lindhe, KTH
    Published Dec 16, 2025

    2025 has been a busy and rewarding year for WaterCentre@KTH. From lively lunch seminars and international visitors to new collaborations and well-deserved recognition, the year has been filled with ac...

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  • The agenda for change has been refined

    A man outside a building with pillars.
    Anders Söderholm, made a President´s decision on KTH's new operational plan on 9 December.
    Published Dec 15, 2025

    KTH is entering the 2026–2028 period with a reform agenda that is being refined in several areas.  "The focus remains on the same areas as last year, but they are being adjusted slightly and evolving...

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  • Åsa Persson joins the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change

    Åsa Persson
    Åsa Persson. Photo: SEI.
    Published Dec 11, 2025

    KTH is now represented on the 15-member EEA Scientific Advisory Board providing independent, science-based guidance to support EU climate policy.

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  • Solutions for a Resilient Planet - Turning Knowledge into Action

    Published Dec 09, 2025

    KTH researcher, Maryna Henrysson is one of the authors in The Global Environment Outlook: A future we choose (GEO-7) report. We met with Maryna to find out what are the key impacts of the report and w...

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  • Francisco Beltran's Final Pre-Defence Paper on Solar PVT for Urban Heating

    Francisco Beltran by Solar Panels
    Published Dec 09, 2025

    How do you deploy clean, quiet heating in dense cities with almost no available land? That’s the challenge tackled in a new study by Francisco Beltran, PhD researcher at the department of Applied Th...

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  • With gender equality in mind

    Potraoit of a man and a woman.
    Gustav Amberg and Anna Wahl discuss opportunities and pitfalls for gender equality in academia. (Photo: Anna Hartvig/ Marc Feminia
    Published Dec 09, 2025

    Anna Wahl and Gustav Amberg have extensive experience of working in academia and promoting gender equality in academic environments. In this Zoom conversation, they discuss the current state of gender...

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  • Reflections and recording of the Archipelago Lecture 2025

    From left; Kohei Saito talking to Peter Samuelsson, who translated the Swedish edition of Marx in the Anthropocene; Saito during his talk; the stamp he uses for signed copies of his books.
    Published Dec 09, 2025

    In the beginning of November, we had the great pleasure to welcome philosopher and political economist Kohei Saito to Stockholm to give the fourteenth Stockholm Archipelago Lecture. Below you can read...

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  • Amir H. Payberah new Research theme leader for digitalisation

    Amir H Payberah standing outside the KTH library
    Amir H Payberah. Photo: Åsa Karsberg, KTH
    Published Dec 08, 2025

    WaterCentre welcomes Amir H. Payberah, Associate professor of Computer Science, as the new Research theme leader for the Digitalised research theme. “I appreciate the collaborative spirit of WaterC...

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  • Watch: KTH Launch of the World Energy Outlook 2025

    Laura Cozzi.
    Laura Cozzi helps shape global energy and climate policy and integrate KTH’s expertise into the IEA World Energy Outlook. Here she is presenting at Reaktorhallen, KTH.
    Published Dec 04, 2025

    How are global energy trends shaping the future of climate and energy security? On 27 November 2025 at KTH, Laura Cozzi, Director of Sustainability, Technology, and Outlooks at the IEA, presented the ...

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  • Towards Zero-Waste: Sweden–India Project Shares Early Insights on Circular Bio-Waste Solutions

    A screenshot of the Zoom session of the BioCircularR project's workshop in November 2025.
    The BioCircularR project team met for a workshop on November 25, 2025.
    Published Dec 04, 2025

    On 25 November 2025, researchers and stakeholders from Sweden and India gathered for a joint dissemination and consultation workshop under the project Towards Zero-Waste through a Bio-based Circular R...

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