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  • City of Stockholm innovation director receives award for industrial collaboration

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    Karin Ekdahl Wästberg, Director of Innovation at the City of Stockholm, is awarded KTH's prize for industrial collaboration. Photo: Sabina Fabrizi
    Published Apr 09, 2025

    She is an economist who is passionate about solving societal challenges through innovation and helping young people realise that higher education is possible. This year, KTH's prize for industrial col...

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  • How KTH and Industry Are Working to Meet Future Competence Needs

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    Photo: ABB
    Published Mar 07, 2025

    The competence needs of the industry are evolving in response to societal changes and technological shifts such as digitalization and electrification. The demand for skilled professionals is significa...

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  • Innovative AI Solutions for Sustainable Regional Development

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    Published Feb 13, 2025

    KTH and Region Stockholm annually provide funding for KTH researchers focusing on sustainable transport and regional development. This year, one of the awarded projects aims to promote social justice ...

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  • 3D Printing and Polymer Chemistry Revolutionize Diabetes Treatment

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    Two women in a lab Lisa Juntti-Berggren, professor and senior consultant in endocrinology at Karolinska University Hospital and Anna Herland, professor in Nanobiotechnology at the Department of Protein Science at KTH.
    Published Feb 03, 2025

    Researchers at Karolinska University Hospital and KTH Royal Institute of Technology are collaborating to transform the future of diabetes treatment. By combining expertise in 3D printing and polymer c...

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  • New Research Could Transform Diagnostics for Stroke and Cancer Patients

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    Mats Danielsson, Professor of Medical Imaging Physics at KTH. Photo: Håkan Lindgren.
    Published Nov 19, 2024

    A collaboration between KTH Royal Institute of Technology and clinicians from Region Stockholm has led to groundbreaking research that promises to improve the diagnosis and treatment of two of the mos...

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  • Collaboration Project Develops Early Warning System to Reduce Infant Mortality

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    Two men i hospital environment Professor Eric Herlenius, KI, and Associate Professor Saikat Chatterjee, KTH. Photo: Magnus Glans
    Published Nov 07, 2024

    A pioneering collaboration between healthcare professionals and data engineers could bring about a significant change in patient monitoring and help reduce the rate of infant mortality.

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  • Collaborative Effort on Climate Issues

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    Daniel Koch, Associate Professor at KTH, and Annika Jacobsson, Stockholm’s Climate Director. Photo: Magnus Glans
    Published Nov 05, 2024

    Through the scientific council KTH and the City of Stockholm are tackling challenges related to the climate transition that the city faces.

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  • A Remanufactured Gearbox Contributes to Reduced Environmental Impact

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    Published Oct 02, 2024

    Milestone gearbox ‘remanufacturing’ project consumed about 50 percent less material and roughly 45 percent fewer carbon emissions compared with making brand-new one. Project shows it is possible to in...

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  • Collaboration Increases the Relevance of Education

    City
    Published Sep 04, 2024

    In the course Public Transport Systems, Buses, and Rail at KTH, Region Stockholm contributes with project assignments and lectures. The region's engagement provides students with knowledge that will b...

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  • New strategic cooperation in materials technology

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    Anders Söderholm, President of KTH and Tom Eriksson, Head of Research and Development at Alleima after signing of a new agreement on deeper cooperation (Photo: Magnus Glans)
    Published Aug 22, 2024

    KTH and Alleima AB have entered into a strategic partnership to jointly deepen cooperation in education, research and innovation, as well as in materials and chemical engineering.

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  • Research Collaboration Revolutionizes Blood Sample Analysis

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    Two men in laboratory Niclas Roxhed, Associate Professor and a team leader of medical microsystems at KTH and Olof Beck, professor at Karolinska Institute. Photo: Magnus Glans
    Published Jun 03, 2024

    Blood sample on a piece of paper sent by post is the result of a research project made possible by the Health, Medicine and Technology (HMT) initiative. The collaboration between researchers at KTH an...

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  • Research projects within sustainable transport solutions and wind power granted funding

    Published Apr 11, 2024

    KTH and Region Stockholm jointly announce research funding of 4.8 million SEK annually for researchers at KTH within sustainable transport and regional development. Three projects have been granted fu...

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  • KTH researcher's invention saves salmon from damage at hydropower plants

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    "It feels rewarding to contribute to the utilization of renewable resources in the forest industry while at the same time promoting biodiversity at hydropower plants," KTH researcher Jowan Rostami says.
    Published Mar 19, 2024

    Hydropower plants have major problems with migrating fish getting injured in turbines. KTH researcher Jowan Rostami has developed a unique bio-based foam material to serve as a protective barrier, red...

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  • KTH and Region Stockholm focus on collaboration and knowledge exchange

    Vision picture Hammarby Kanal, Luma (Picture: Stockholm Region)
    Published Mar 07, 2024

    Daniel Jonsson, researcher at the Department of Urban Planning and Environment, has been appointed to continue as Partner Director for Region Stockholm. He shares his views on the role and its importa...

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  • Joint Research Project for Equal Asthma Care

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    Magnus Jansson (KTH), Björn Nordlund (KU), Lynnea Heather Myers (KU) and Saikat Chatterjee (KTH). Magnus Jansson (KTH), Björn Nordlund (KU), Lynnea Heather Myers (KU) and Saikat Chatterjee (KTH) collaborate for equal asthma care.
    Published Mar 04, 2024

    Through the joint research call within health and medical technology Region Stockholm and KTH aim to bridge gaps between technical development and better health. One of the granted projects 2023 is ab...

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  • KTH and the City of Stockholm strengthen their collaboration

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    Published Feb 22, 2024

    Tina Karrbom Gustavsson, professor at the Department of Real Estate and Construction Management, has just been appointed as the new Partner Director for KTH's strategic partnership with the City of St...

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  • Inaguration of Sweden's first cyber campus

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    From left: David Olgart, Director of Cybercampus Sweden, Minister of Civil Defense Carl-Oskar Bohlin (M), Minister of Education Mats Persson (L) and KTH President Anders Söderholm. Photo: Sanna Johannesson, Blackbox Videoproduktion.
    Published Feb 07, 2024

    The need for increased cyber security is growing exponentially. The Swedish government is investing just over SEK 100 million in the coming years in Cybercampus Sweden, an initiative inaugurated today...

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  • Broadened Recruitment for Increased Quality

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    Girl at desk looking in to the camera A girl is learning about programming at the House of Science summer course.
    Published Nov 14, 2023

    Recruitment and attracting new groups of students are constantly relevant issues, and diversity is becoming increasingly important for KTH as well as for the industry.

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  • Sustainability at the core

    Published Nov 02, 2023

    SEI Stockholm Environment Institute has successfully worked with thesis students from KTH for a long time. Sustainability and development issues are at the core, topics that resonates deeply with many...

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  • Honorary doctorate as the link to industry

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    "Nova vouches for the fact that the right expertise is brought in and then we get a fruitful collaboration between academia and industry. Here, KTH is by far the most important for us," says Principal Bengt Karlsson Moberg in Oskarshamn, who has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate at KTH. (Photo: Johan Gustavsson/JG Photography)
    Published Sep 25, 2023

    He plays a key role in KTH's close collaboration with the Swedish high-tech industrial town Oskarshamn. Bengt Karlsson Moberg is appointed 2023 Honorary Doctor at KTH for his significant contributions...

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