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Ethics are important when working with smart cities
Published Mar 30, 2022One key to achieve Stockholm’s vision of being the world’s smartest city by 2040, is the use of digitalisation, sensors and artificial intelligence (AI), to analyse huge volumes of data that are gener...
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A collaboration that strengthens KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Region Stockholm
Published Feb 17, 2022Neither KTH nor Region Stockholm is planning to move from where they are, says Daniel Jonsson, a researcher at the Division of Transport and Systems Analysis as well as Partner Director Traffic and Re...
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Europe doesn’t realize full extent of threat to Mediterranean soil
Published Feb 16, 2022Europe’s Mediterranean countries produce a significant portion of the world’s wines, olives, nuts and tomatoes. But research shows that the region’s farms and orchards are the most susceptible in Euro...
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Research in between educational and technical history
Published Feb 02, 2022Lina Rahm is a new Assistant Professor at the Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment. Her research focuses on the intersection between sociotechnical and educational imaginaries.
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He maps out urban activity and unequal living conditions in cities
Published Jan 26, 2022Measuring urban forms and understanding how urban design can affect ways of living in the city are of great interest to Chen Feng, a postdoctoral fellow in Applied Urban Design. He is currently studyi...
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She has a deep interest in land rights
Published Dec 15, 2021Practically all land in Sweden is divided into real estate, owned by someone. We also take much for granted when it comes to real estate: that it can be sold, that there is a register and that we can ...
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The Secrecy Act an obstacle in the fight against construction crime
Published Dec 09, 2021The Secrecy Act protects the privacy of individuals, but it also contributes to making it more difficult for authorities to jointly stop construction crime. Tord af Klintberg researches sustainable bu...
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Lighting Design Brighten Up Stockholm During Nobel Week Lights
Published Dec 08, 2021Nobel Week Lights light up in different places around Stockholm. A place that has received a temporary sound and light guest is the Brunkeberg tunnel between Hötorget and Östermalm, where the artwork ...
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Initiatives aimed at reversing deterioration of the Baltic Sea
Published Dec 02, 2021The marine environment is worsening at a fast rate and KTH researchers are now working to reverse the trend in the Baltic Sea. “We want to solve the problems by, among other ways, electronically mon...
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Collaboration with Guinea-Bissau University Aims to Broaden Students' Perspectives
Published Dec 01, 2021A collaboration to broaden the context that architecture students work in and for an exchange of knowledge that intends to start an architectural education that does not take a Western focus; these ar...
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The pandemic made her join the circus
Published Nov 24, 2021Like many others, Luigia Brandimarte was forced to teach online when the pandemic struck. Being used to interactive teaching in classrooms, she found it difficult to explain complex concepts to her st...
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He examines adaptations in society to climate change during times of deep uncertainty
Published Nov 17, 2021Per Wikman Svahn is a researcher at the Division of Philosophy and examines, among other things, decision-making strategies during times of deep uncertainty, philosophical aspects of worst-case scenar...
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KTH Professor speaker at UN COP26 side event - Earth observations to build climate resilient cities
Published Nov 03, 2021Yifang Ban was one of the speakers at yesterday's UN COP26 side event about Earth Observations to build sustainable and climate resilient cities. The event brought together governments, the private se...
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Economics researcher: Invest more in the climate
Published Nov 03, 2021Larger investments in the climate even if it means less money for other things now, but that can easily profit future generations. This is an important step along the way to meet Sweden’s climate goal...
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New docent among the foremost in social life-cycle assessment
Published Oct 27, 2021After fifteen years as a consultant in sustainability and an academic plunge in social sustainability, it’s easy to see that Elisabeth Ekener, new Docent at the Department of Sustainable Development, ...
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Senseable Stockholm research delivers results for safety, transport and segregation
Published Oct 22, 2021In the space of just over two years, collaboration within the Senseable Stockholm Lab has delivered a number of research results that over time, can benefit both Stockholmers and their city. “Our col...
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Changing norms around housing and everyday life can lead to more sustainable lives
Published Oct 20, 2021The climate debate has long had a tendency to individualize responsibility and place great focus on technological development - and painted this as the saviour for the planet. Pernilla Hagbert researc...
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Sverker Sörlin is awarded IVA's Great Gold Medal
Published Oct 20, 2021Sverker Sörlin, Professor in Environmental History at the Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment, has been awarded the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences' (IVA) Great Go...
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Reference networks in the air promotes the pursuit of millimeter precision
Published Oct 12, 2021The Reference Network in the Air, or Stomnät i Luften 2.0 in Swedish, is a research and innovation project with the overall goal of preparing the Swedish Transport Administration's (Trafikverket) cons...
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In Sweden to map out architectural history
Published Oct 07, 2021White spots on the architectural historical map. That is what made Sebastiaan Loosen leave Belgium and KU Leuven, where he had gotten two first-cycle qualifications and a doctoral degree, to come to S...
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