Department of Urban Planning and Environment
Our department consists of three divisions and is focused specifically on Urban and Regional studies; Geoinformatics and Geodesy, and Transport and Systems Analysis.
The area of expertise includes research on systems, models and tools for understanding, preserving, changing, managing and developing society, the land and the built environment. The ambition is to analyze the prerequisites, conditions and strategies for sustainable social development, both in national and international context.
The department belongs to the School of Architecture and the Built Environment.
Divisions
Upcoming
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Events
Sun 2026-03-01 - Thu 2026-06-04
2026-03-01T00:00:00.000+01:00 2026-06-04T23:59:00.000+02:00 Phd course: The More than Human Philosophy (Events) Phd course: The More than Human Philosophy (Events) -
Public defences of doctoral theses
Friday 2026-05-08, 09:00
Location: D3, Lindstedtsvägen 5, Stockholm
Video link: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/61392203548
Doctoral student: Mikael Andersson , Urbana och regionala studier
2026-05-08T09:00:00.000+02:00 2026-05-08T09:00:00.000+02:00 Mobilising the Sustainable Neighbourhood (Public defences of doctoral theses) D3, Lindstedtsvägen 5, Stockholm (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)Mobilising the Sustainable Neighbourhood (Public defences of doctoral theses) -
Licentiate seminars
Monday 2026-05-11, 14:00
Location: D37, Lindstedtsvägen 5, Stockholm
Video link: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/66145987135
Doctoral student: Ali Shibli , Geoinformatik
2026-05-11T14:00:00.000+02:00 2026-05-11T14:00:00.000+02:00 Diffusion-Based Learning and Foundation Model Adaptation for Robust Dense Prediction in Earth Observation (Licentiate seminars) D37, Lindstedtsvägen 5, Stockholm (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)Diffusion-Based Learning and Foundation Model Adaptation for Robust Dense Prediction in Earth Observation (Licentiate seminars) -
Events
Thursday 2026-05-14, 18:00
Location: Hägerstensåsens Medborgarhus
2026-05-14T18:00:00.000+02:00 2026-05-14T18:00:00.000+02:00 Utgivningsfest: De undanträngda av Jonna Bornemarks (Events) Hägerstensåsens Medborgarhus (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)Utgivningsfest: De undanträngda av Jonna Bornemarks (Events) -
Events
Thursday 2026-05-21, 18:30
Location: Hägerstensåsens Medborgarhus
2026-05-21T18:30:00.000+02:00 2026-05-21T18:30:00.000+02:00 Panelsamtal: Klimataktivismens roll i krisernas tid(ö) (Events) Hägerstensåsens Medborgarhus (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)Panelsamtal: Klimataktivismens roll i krisernas tid(ö) (Events)
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