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  • Lighting for educational spaces

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    Stavroula Angelaki.
    Published Nov 17, 2025

    Stavroula Angelaki at the Department of Architecture will publicly defend her doctoral thesis on 21 November 2025.

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  • How she reveals hidden norms

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    The design of technical products often signals narrow ideas about who the user is expected to be, according to Karin Ehrnberger. (Photo: Christer Gummeson)
    Published Nov 17, 2025

    The design of technical gadgets influences more than we think – from our behaviour to who is welcomed or excluded. Researcher and industrial designer Karin Ehrnberger shows how design can reveal norms...

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  • Feeling safe at the station – a question of fairness

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    If certain groups feel that they cannot travel safely, it becomes a question of equality, says Vania Ceccato, professor of urban planning. (Photo: Christer Gummeson)
    Published Nov 17, 2025

    The feeling of safety at Swedish railway stations varies significantly between different groups. Women, LGBTQI people and people with disabilities more often feel unsafe in station environments, which...

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  • Newly funded KTH projects reimagine public climate communication

    KTH researchers Karin Bradley and Luigia Brandimarte.
    KTH researchers Karin Bradley and Luigia Brandimarte.
    Published Nov 14, 2025

    KTH Climate Action Fellows Luigia Brandimarte and Karin Bradley have received project funding through Formas’ call “Effect! From Research to Impact.” Each project has been awarded nearly 4 million SEK...

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  • New web platform accelerates greener freight transport

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    The platform offers an interactive map that helps users plan routes primarily by rail. Photo: Michael Erhardsson, Mostphotos.
    Published Nov 12, 2025

    A web platform developed by researchers at KTH, among others, will facilitate planning and logistics for transporting goods by rail.

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  • Nuclear power in a warmer climate

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    Per Högselius wants to see an open and level-headed debate about the pros and cons of nuclear power. (Photo: Christer Gummeson)
    Published Nov 12, 2025

    How will nuclear power cope with climate change? A new book, edited by historian of technology Per Högselius, examines how a warmer climate and water shortages could affect nuclear power plants.

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  • Mechanical Characterisation of Unsaturated Sandy Subgrades

    A man holding a thesis and a hammer
    Published Nov 05, 2025

    José Everton, division of building materials, will defend his doctoral thesis on Friday 7 November 2025.

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  • Dual-Motive Complexity of Sustainable Investments: Exploring Individual Investors' Decision-Making P

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    Published Nov 05, 2025

    Ida Ayu Agung Faradynawati, Division of Real Estate Business and Financial Systems, will defend her doctoral thesis on Thursday 20 November 2025.

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  • 3D discrete-continuum simulation of differential settlement in ballasted railway transition zones

    Alireza Ahmadi
    Published Oct 31, 2025

    Alireza Ahmadi, Division of Soil and Rock Mechanichs, will defend his doctoral thesis on Monday 17 November 2025.

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  • KTH professor receives prestigious geoscience award

    Picture of Prosun Bhattacharya (centre) receiving the award next to two colleagues.
    Prosun Bhattacharya (centre) works at the Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering at KTH. Photo: R. Olsson KTH
    Published Oct 29, 2025

    Thanks to research developed by KTH, more than one million people have gained access to safe drinking water with life-saving health benefits. Professor Prosun Bhattacharya has now been awarded one of ...

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  • Doubtful climate gains from seaweed feed

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    Methane emissions, mostly from cow burps, contribute more to global warming than carbon dioxide. (Photo: Mostphotos)
    Published Oct 29, 2025

    Seaweed in animal feed has been highlighted to reduce the impact of cattle on the climate. However, new findings from KTH show that the alleged benefits may disappear when the entire life cycle is con...

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  • Two SEED researchers receive the Formas Career Grant for Early-career Researchers

    Published Oct 27, 2025

    Two young researchers from Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering (SEED) receive the Formas Career Grant for Early-career Researchers. The funded researchers are ...

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  • Rajib Sinha admitted to docentship

    Associate Professor (Docent) Rajib Sinha
    Associate Professor (Docent) Rajib Sinha
    Published Oct 27, 2025
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  • Global and National Entanglements HIV/AIDS response in Mozambique, 1986-2020

    Global and National Entanglements
    Published Oct 10, 2025

    Araújo Domingos, Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment, defended his doctoral thesis on Monday 10 September 2025.

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  • Stockholm Water Prize Laureate Günter Blöschl visits KTH

    KTH Climate Action Centre's Director Francesco Fuso-Nerini, WaterCentre@KTH's Director Zahra Kalanta
    KTH Climate Action Centre's Director Francesco Fuso-Nerini, WaterCentre@KTH's Director Zahra Kalantari, Professor Günter Blöschl and KTH's President Anders Söderholm
    Published Sep 10, 2025

    Professor Günter Blöschl, Vienna University of Technology and University of Bologna, held a seminar at KTH Campus on 28 August, the day after he received this year's Stockholm Water Prize from HM the ...

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  • Where the Wind Blows

    A man in a pink short sleeved shirt in front of a building with asiatic signs on it
    Published Sep 08, 2025

    Thomas Harbøll Schrøder, Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment, will defend his doctoral thesis on Wednesday 10 September 2025.

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  • Nordic energy informatics conference in retrospect

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    Published Sep 08, 2025

    The Nordic Energy Informatics Academy Summer School and Conference 2025 (EIA Nordic 2025) was hosted by the Division of Sustainable Buildings, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, ABE/KT...

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  • Diasporic Welfare Landscapes: Transformative Histories of the Million Program

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    Published Sep 02, 2025

    Chero Eliassi Sarzeli, Division of Architecture and Culture, Department of Architecture, will defend her doctoral thesis on Friday 12 september 2025.

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  • KTH joins think tank for humanities

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    Erik Isberg represents KTH in the Humtank think tank.
    Published Aug 27, 2025

    Erik Isberg, researcher at the Division of History, who is KTH's representative in the Humtank think tank, which KTH recently joined. What is Humtank?

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  • Mainstreaming Sustainable Consumption: Practices, Perspectives, and the Case of Food

    Vishal Parekh
    Published Aug 18, 2025

    Vishal Parekh at the Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, will publically defend his doctoral thesis on 26 September 2025.

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