News - SEED
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How she reveals hidden norms
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, 2025The 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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Doubtful climate gains from seaweed feed
Methane emissions, mostly from cow burps, contribute more to global warming than carbon dioxide. (Photo: Mostphotos) Published Oct 29, 2025Seaweed 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, 2025Two 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
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New Project within Future Education at KTH
Photo: Unsplash Published Oct 22, 2025"Creative teaching in engineering education: incentives, challenges and tools " is a new project within Future Education at KTH.
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Opinion piece in SvD
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Prosun Bhattacharya awarded by the GSA
Published Sep 29, 2025The award ceremony for the GSA International Distinguished Career Award 2025 will take place during the GSA Connects 2025 event in San Antonio, the United States, on 19 October.
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Nils Johansson Awarded Natur & Kultur Grant
Nils Johansson, researcher at the Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering (SEED) at KTH. Published Sep 19, 2025Nils Johansson is one of eight recipients of the 2025 Natur & Kultur popular science work grant.
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Google's new AI-tool increases energy demands
Photo: Pixabay Published Sep 10, 2025Interview with Anna Furberg on SVT Nyheter about AI's environmental impact.
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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 Kalantari, Professor Günter Blöschl and KTH's President Anders Söderholm Published Sep 10, 2025Professor 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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Mainstreaming Sustainable Consumption: Practices, Perspectives, and the Case of Food
Published Aug 18, 2025Vishal 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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Zahra Kalantari Receives Funding for Joint Doctoral Students with international partner universities
Zahra Kalantari, Professor, KTH Royal Techical Institute Published Jul 03, 2025Vice President for International Relations, Professor Stefan Östlund, has decided on the allocation of funding for joint doctoral students with international partner universities.
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Trees important for lowering outdoor temperatures in cities
Published Jun 26, 2025Surface temperatures in a city are affected by trees. This is shown by measurements that researchers Ulla Mörtberg, professor of energy systems analysis and environmental assessment, and Elina Merdyms...
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KTH professor named Frontiers Planet Prize International Champion
Zahra Kalantari's winning paper shows that cities hold immense untapped potential to fight climate change. Photo: Jon Lindhe, KTH Published Jun 17, 2025Zahra Kalantari, professor in Environmental Science and Engineering at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, has been named international champion of the prestigious Frontiers Planet Prize. Kalantari and...
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KTH project secures major funding to make climate-neutral cities a reality
Amir Rezvani, Zahra Kalantari and Jessica Page Published Jun 16, 2025Urban areas contribute to more than 60 percent of global greenhouse emissions. With cities around the world tackling climate change and extreme weather events, a research initiative at KTH Royal Insti...
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Miguel Brandão named a 2024 Top Scholar
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Successful defense of doctoral thesis in Industrial Ecology
From left: Faculty opponent Professor Paulo Ferrão (University of Lisbon, Portugal), co-supervisor Dr Rajib Sinha (SEED), examining committee member Professor Ola Eriksson (University of Gävle), examining committee member Assoc. Prof. Leonardo Rosado (Chalmers), respondent Asterios Papageorgiou, examining committee member Assoc. Prof. Annika Carlsson (Linköping University), and principal supervisor Professor Anna Björklund (SEED). Photo: Maria Malmström: Published Jun 09, 2025On 26 May 2025, Asterios Papageorgiou successfully defended his doctoral thesis in Industrial Ecology.
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"Hur farlig kan väl en bärkasse vara?"
Photo:PIxabay Published Jun 09, 2025Article by Nils Johanssson in Svenska Dagbladet
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Where are we heading, and where do we want to go?
Hampus Berg Mårtensson Published May 22, 2025Hampus Berg Mårtensson at the Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, will publically defend his doctoral thesis on 5 June 2025.
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Zahra Kalantari is promoted to professor
Back row: Mikey Abela, Marlon Vieira Passos, Ali Gholami, Massoud Behboudian. Front row: Amir Rezvani, Solmaz Khazaei, Sara Anamaghi, Elisie Kåresdotter, Zahra Kalantari, Arya Preetha Vijayan, Jung-Ching Kan. Photo: Maria Malmström Published May 05, 2025SEED congratulates Zahra Kalantarion her promotion to Professor of Engineering Geosciences at SEED, ABE, KTH.
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