Nobel Calling Stockholm is ten days filled with talks, guided tours, concerts, lab visits and much more. At KTH Campus, you can, among other things, explore KTH’s Reactor Hall, located 25 metres underground, where testbeds for future digital infrastructures and cyber-physical systems are on display. The research centre Digital Futures, housed in the award-winning School of Architecture, also opens its doors to the digital society of tomorrow.
What's on at KTH
6 OCTOBER 18:00-19:00
Threats to research – and the scientific breakthroughs
We are living in challenging times, and research is no exception. Academic freedom is being restricted in many parts of the world. Groundbreaking discoveries that could benefit humanity risk being delayed, or never happening at all..
We are living in challenging times, and research is no exception. In many parts of the world, academic freedom is under increasing pressure. Groundbreaking discoveries with the potential to benefit humanity risk being postponed indefinitely – or may never take place at all.
At a panel discussion hosted by the Nobel Prize Museum KTH’s Vice President for Research,
Annika Borgenstam
, together with representatives from the Stockholm School of Economics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm University, and the Swedish Research Council, will address how science can be protected and sustained in an unsettled global context.
Free admission. The panel discussion is held in Swedish.
KTH opens the doors to Sweden’s first nuclear reactor,
the research reactor R1
at KTH Campus. Although now decommissioned and dismantled, the reactor still carries the spirit of research and experimentation. Today, KTH’s Reactor Hall serves as a creative meeting place – part museum, part cultural venue, seminar space, studio, and laboratory.
KTH’s Reactor Hall is truly one of a kind – steeped in history and defined by its stark grey concrete walls, grid-patterned ceilings and walls, and a complete absence of mobile reception. The coordinate system still visible on the ceiling is a remnant from the measurements of radioactive radiation carried out before the reactor was shut down.
During the visit on 8 October, you will also see Sweden’s most powerful supercomputer, testbeds for future digital infrastructures and cyber-physical systems (TECoSA), as well as the historic Reactor Hall itself.
Two guided tours will be offered at 16:30 and 17:30. Each tour of the reactor hall is limited to 20 participants. Advance registration is required.
The visits are fully booked for now, but keep an eye out! When cancellations pop up, new spots will be released.
8 October 12:15 - 13:00
Ecofeminist interventions in AI Systems
You are warmly invited to KTH for
a lunchtime lecture
offering insights into the environmental impact of AI and the invisible labour behind maintaining AI systems.
The lecture will take place in the
KTH Library
and will be held by Amir H. Payberah, Associate Professor of Computer Science at KTH. His research focuses on the intersection of equity and justice in AI, with particular attention to large language models.
Free admission.
No pre-registration is required, but the venue has a maximum capacity of 50 participants. A lunch sandwich will be offered to the first 40 attendees.
8 OCTOBER 13:00 – 14:00
Discover how the digital society of the future is being shaped at Digital Futures
How can robots help us in everyday life? What does it take to train a drone – or create intelligent homes? At Digital Futures, you will encounter the research that is shaping our future. Here, researchers from many different fields come together to find solutions to some of our greatest societal challenges – in health, education, the environment, and smart cities.
Digital Futures is located in the award-winning Architecture School building at the KTH Campus, designed by Tham & Videgård Arkitekter. With its softly curved façades of rust-red corten steel and an inviting interior of wood and concrete, the building is an experience in itself – a place that sparks both curiosity and inspiration.
During Nobel Calling week, KTH invites school classes to explore our world-leading laboratories. The programme is directed at lower and upper secondary schools in Stockholm and may only be pre-booked by schools within the City of Stockholm. The visits are organised in collaboration with Vetenskapens Hus. Further information about the school visits can be found
here
.
Nobel Calling Stockholm Programme 2025
See
what our partners are doing during Nobel Calling Week
Contact
Do you have any questions regarding the programme at KTH Campus?
evenemang@kth.se
