School of Architecture and the Built Environment

The School of Architecture and the Built Environment is one of five schools at KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Our research and educational programmes relates to the future of our society; how cities, buildings and infrastructure will be designed and built, how institutions and regulatory systems should be developed to produce a good living environment, and how to provide good development conditions for business.

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New Doctor

Authenticity in Bioethics: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice

Jesper Ahlin Marceta has analysed whether it is possible to reliably determine that a patient expresses inauthentic wishes and if a healthcare decision should be overridden for paternalist reasons if it can be determined as inauthentic.
Hopefully, the results can benefit patients suffering from medical conditions that affect their decision-making processes.

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Rapid Urbanization: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Urban Transition in Developing Countries

Kyle Farrell wanted to better understand the dynamics underpinning the unprecedented growth of cities in developing countries. He found that changing macrolevel circumstances, particularly those related to economic and demographic trends, have accelerated the urbanization process presenting new challenges for managing the growth of cities.

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Will procurement requirements be the solution for carbon reduction in infrastructure projects?
8 Jul 2019
Are procurement requirements the answer to carbon reduction in infrastructure construction projects? The recently finalized research project Impres ha...
Sverker Sörlin appointed to the FWF Scientific Advisory Board
15 May 2019
The Austrian Science Fund (FWF) has established an international Scientific Advisory Board to challenge its funding activities with state-of-the-art e...

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A Need-Based Approach towards Fostering Long-term Engagement with Eneeryg Feedback among Local Residents

17
Sep

Licentiate seminars

Tuesday 2019-09-17, 14:00

Location: Q24, Malvinas väg 6B

Doctoral student: Aram Mäkivierikko

2019-09-17T14:00:00.000+02:00 2019-09-17T14:00:00.000+02:00 A Need-Based Approach towards Fostering Long-term Engagement with Eneeryg Feedback among Local Residents (Licentiate seminars) A Need-Based Approach towards Fostering Long-term Engagement with Eneeryg Feedback among Local Residents (Licentiate seminars)
Managing uncertainties in geothechnical parameters: From the perspective of Eurocode 7

19
Sep

Public defences of doctoral theses

Thursday 2019-09-19, 13:00

Location: Kollegiesalen, Brinellvägen 8, KTH

Doctoral student: Anders Prästings

2019-09-19T13:00:00.000+02:00 2019-09-19T13:00:00.000+02:00 Managing uncertainties in geothechnical parameters: From the perspective of Eurocode 7 (Public defences of doctoral theses) Managing uncertainties in geothechnical parameters: From the perspective of Eurocode 7 (Public defences of doctoral theses)

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