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  • KTH brings partners together to address complex water challenges

    Zahra Kalantari, Anna Hadenius, Kaveh Madani
    WaterCentre's Director Professor Zahra Kalantari, Anna Hadenius, CEO Stockholm Water Foundation and Director, Environment and Health Administration, City of Stockholm, together with Professor Kaveh Madani.
    Published Aug 31, 2026

    Professor Kaveh Madani, this year’s Stockholm Water Prize laureate, visited KTH Campus on 27 August, one day after receiving the prize from HM King Carl XVI Gustaf. His visit brought together Water...

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  • Gia Destouni elected Fellow of the International Academy of Artificial Intelligence Sciences

    Portrait of a woman
    Published Aug 31, 2026

    Georgia (Gia) Destouni, Professor of Hydrology and Water Resources at Stockholm University and Guest Professor of Engineering Hydrology at KTH, as well as a member of the Digital Futures Faculty, has ...

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  • Anna Furberg comments in Swedish Radio

    Published Aug 31, 2026

    KTH researcher Anna Furberg discusses opportunities and challenges of using AI to combat climate change.

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  • Multidisciplinary global project completed

    Vehicle on Antarctic
    One of the tractors used during Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1955–1958. Antarctic Legacy of South Africa Archive. Hannes la Grange Collection.
    Published Aug 28, 2026

    Lize-Marié Hansen van der Watt and Kati Lindström at the Department of Philosophy and History recently completed “DECAY without mourning – future thinking heritage”, a 15 MSEK project funded by Riksba...

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  • Two new Formas projects awarded to KTH researchers

    Park in Stockholm
    Photo: Maria Groth & Mostphotos
    Published Aug 20, 2026

    In June, Formas announced which projects will receive funding through the call “Trygga rum” (Safe Spaces). The projects aim to generate new knowledge and innovative solutions to enhance safety and str...

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  • Climate change and declining snow cover may have health and energy use implications

    Road in the forrest with a lamp post
    Photo: Seren Dincel.
    Published Jun 30, 2026

    Snow brightens the built environment both day and night in ways that may affect human health and energy use. ​Working together on the interdisciplinary project NorDark, Seren Dincel, a doctoral candid...

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  • KTH team secures Formas and Vinnova funding for water resilience research

    Linus Hasselström Langer, Sofia Lingegård and Zahra Kalantari.
    Linus Hasselström Langer, Sofia Lingegård and Zahra Kalantari.
    Published Jun 16, 2026

    Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology have secured funding from both Formas and Vinnova’s Water Wise Societies initiative to develop nature-based solutions for climate-resilient water manag...

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  • International collaboration for sustainability and gender equality the focus of Women in Concrete

    a group of people standing on a lawn in front of a brick building
    Photo: Sabina Flodén Schönherr, KTH
    Published Jun 14, 2026

    This week, the School of Architecture and the Built Environment welcomed a group of researchers and students from Indonesia and Egypt to the Women in Concrete initiative – a joint effort that combines...

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  • From the printing press to TikTok – technology that shaped democracy

    A man and a bike.
    Professor Per Högselius with his ‘freedom machine’. Photo: Jon Lindhe, KTH
    Published Jun 09, 2026

    In the coming Swedish election, AI and TikTok may influence the voters. But this is not the first time that new technology has shaped the course of society – for better or for worse – when it comes to...

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  • Research and Impact Day 2026

    Collage with persons presenting
    Published Jun 04, 2026

    On 28 May, researchers from the School of Architecture and the Built Environment at KTH gathered to present and discuss research with impact. During parallel sessions, 12 research initiatives were pre...

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  • Opening ceremony of poster exhibition

    Collage. Group of people in front of scientific posters.
    Published Jun 04, 2026

    On Monday 25 May, the doctoral students in the School of Architecture and the Built Environment's special initiative Digitalisation and Sustainability met up for the opening ceremony of a poster exhib...

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  • Ten upper secondary school projects honoured in Sustainable Generation Awards

    Published Jun 03, 2026

    For the fourth year running, the Sustainable Generation competition was organised, an initiative by the School of Architecture and the Built Environment at KTH and the Företagsam Foundation. The compe...

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  • Poster exhibition about Digitalisation and Sustainability at KTH Library

    Pixabay
    Published May 21, 2026

    Doctoral students in the School of Architecture and the Built Environment’s special initiative on Digitalisation and Sustainability will present their projects in a new poster exhibition.

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  • Diploma Days 2026

    Published May 21, 2026

    Bringing together graduating students from KTH School of Architecture and its associated programmes, the Diploma Days showcase thesis projects spanning architecture, lighting design, urbanism, and rel...

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  • Citizens’ assemblies boost climate action

    Woman standing in the forest.
    Karin Bradley, Professor of Urban and Regional Studies at KTH, has studied how the City of Gothenburg has utilised citizens’ assemblies in its climate and environmental work.
    Published May 11, 2026

    It has been called a democratic innovation and a renewal of the democratic system. Researchers at KTH have studied how the City of Gothenburg has used citizens’ assemblies to involve residents in the ...

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  • Congratulations to Olga Kordas – Associate professor KTH and Program director of Viable Cities

    Portrait of a woman
    Published Apr 01, 2026

    Every year, the Swedish magazine Aktuell Hållbarhet compiles a list – Sweden’s 101 Most Influential Sustainability Leaders – featuring people who have done more than could be expected to help create a...

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  • Lower consumption – same satisfaction?

    Mountain station
    Kebnekaise mountain station.
    Published Mar 30, 2026

    How do environmental measures based on “sufficiency”—that is, living well with less—actually affect the user experience? This can be studied using the Sufficiency-LCA method, an extension of conventio...

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  • “It is about seeing the knowledge and competence at KTH that could be of use to the region”

    Vision image of Barkarbystaden's metro station
    Illustration: Region Stockholm/White Arkitekter
    Published Mar 27, 2026

    Jonathan Metzger, professor in urban and regional studies, has been appointed as new partnership director for Region Stockholm. He is looking forward to taking over after his predecessor, Daniel Jonss...

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  • New article in Nature identifies global gaps in precipitation monitoring networks

    Rain gauge on Greenland. Photo: Gia Destouni.
    Published Mar 25, 2026

    A new research article in Nature by guest professor at KTH Gia Destouni and colleagues, identifies major global gaps in precipitation monitoring networks. These gaps hinder climate change impact asses...

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  • New edition of "Hållbar utveckling – en introduktion för ingenjörer och andra problemlösare"

    Fredrik Gröndahl (KTH), Magdalena Svanström (Chalmers) and Kristina Iritz Hedberg (Liber).
    Published Mar 25, 2026

    What is the shared core of sustainable development? That was the guiding principle when the authors – Chalmers’ Magdalena Svanström and KTH’s Fredrik Gröndahl – set out to write the first edition of t...

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