EHL News
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The threat of a hostile AI turns into a PR stunt
Published Jun 19, 2023The only ones who profit from the image of a dangerous super intelligence are the tech companies
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Historical Epistemologies of Planetary Modelling Workshop in June
Published May 26, 2023Together with the Max Planck institute the KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory (EHL) is co-organising a three day workshop with the help of the Spore Initiative Berlin. This event brings together ...
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Sverker Sörlin Awarded the Birger Norman prize, 2023
Published May 22, 2023Birger Norman (1914-1995) was a Swedish author, journalist and sociologist. The prize is given to a recipient who has "worked in the spirit of Birger Norman"
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The Ocean – a contemporary history
Published May 02, 2023Tirza Meyer is a contemporary historian and a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Philosophy and History, who has come to devote her work to the ocean. After studying how the United Nations C...
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Sverker Sörlin Corresponding Member of The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
Published Apr 24, 2023The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letter, founded in 1742, is a learned society composed of elected members. In March the Academy elected Sverker as corresponding member of the Humanities and S...
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Take a Course With us Next Fall!
Published Apr 06, 2023Do you crave more education? Want to learn something new or deepen your knowledge? Take a lifelong learning course with us! This coming fall, we give you the opportunity to learn more about The Climat...
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Meet Nuno Marques - Postdoc at the EHL
Published Apr 03, 2023In a "get to know"-interview series here at the EHL web where we highlight our co-workers, Nuna Marques is the first to be presented! Nuno has been with the EHL since the start of his project in June ...
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Sport, Performance and Sustainability - Available now
Published Mar 28, 2023Is the strive for increasing performance and an ever-growing sports sector compatible with sustainable development? This is the key issue that the authors investigates in a new book: Sport, Performanc...
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Upcoming Summer School: Multiple Lives of Subsurface in Decarbonization
Published Mar 24, 2023The political geology/ecology of the subterranean in energy transition
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New PhD Course: The Rise of Global Environmental Governance, 1940s to 2020s
Published Mar 15, 2023This new PhD course focus on research on the rise and development of global environmental governance since 1945. Starting on March 30, the students will be introduced to the concept of governance and ...
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New projects on Social Engagement in the Climate Transition, and Future Humanities
Published Feb 21, 2023We are happy to share the news that the Division and the Environmental Humanities Laboratory (EHL) has been granted funds from Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg foundation for two new projects.
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Environing Media - One of Those Smart Books
Published Feb 07, 2023The book Environing Media, edited by Division researcher Adam Wickberg and former colleague Johan Gärdebo, was published in the early fall of 2022. It interrogates the role of media technologies in th...
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What are the Contributions of the Environmental Humanities
Published Jan 16, 2023In November 2022 - postdoctor Nuno Marques was invited to do a presentation at a conference at Campus Villarrica UC - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile answering the question of “What are the c...
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Marco Armiero awarded the Mediterranean Culture Award 2022 with Wasteocene
Published Oct 13, 2022We are happy to announce that Marco Armiero, director of the KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory, has been awarded the the Mediterranean Culture Award 2022 in the section for Human Sciences with t...
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New research projects and a new house for KTH Climate Action Centre
Published Sep 15, 2022On September 14, all faculty affiliated to KTH Climate Action Centre was gathering for the first time for a workshop and mingle. At the same time, the centre’s new venue at Teknikringen 43 was inaugur...
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Decision on establishment of competence centre formation KTH Environmental Humanities Lab, EHL
Published Sep 06, 2022The President has decided to establish the competence centre formation KTH Environmental Humanities Lab, EHL, with the term of office 01-01-2023 – 12-31-2027. The ABE school is appointed as the host s...
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"Enough is enough, politicians - take the climate crisis seriously"
Published Aug 25, 2022In a debate article, published in the Swedish daily news paper Aftonbladet, 1944 researchers from 45 Swedish universities urges the politicians to take the climate crisis seriously and asks: What is i...
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Ice humanities - new book edited by Sverker Sörlin and Klaus Dodds
Published Aug 17, 2022The book "Ice humanities - Living, working, and thinking in a melting world", edited by Klaus Dodds and Sverker Sörlin was published in August. "A pioneering collection of essays that tackles the exis...
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Sverker Sörlin, one of eight new Honorary Doctors Appointed by the UiB
Published Feb 11, 2022The University of Bergen announced eight new honorary doctors on February 10, 2022. We are happy to announce Sverker Sörlin as one of the receivers of this prestigious award.
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The Thuréus Prize to Sverker Sörlin
Published Nov 23, 2021The Royal Society of Sciences at Uppsala awards Sverker Sörlin the Thuréus Prize on November 23. He receives the prize in the historical-archeological class for "outstanding contributions as a pioneer...
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