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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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Reflection on UTA-Do: African Cities Workshop
Published Jul 13, 2022In May, around thirty scholars, artists and activists joined together for a week of discussion and reflection in Nairobi at UTA-Do: African Cities Workshop. The project NATURE with researcher Timos K...
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Urban climate challenges at the waterfront – workshop within EU-initiative S.O.S. Climate Waterfront
Published Jun 15, 2022Cities are facing new challenges with consequences of climate change affecting cities in many ways today and also on a longer time scale. During four weeks in May-June, six teams with researchers from...
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The Division of History of Science Technology and Environment at Sthm+50
Published May 30, 2022"It’s time for bold choices. It’s time for urgent action. It’s time for a better future on a healthy planet." In June, Stockholm will host the UN conference, which draws attention to the fact that it ...
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She studies cultural heritage in the polar regions and polar futures
Från vänster till höger stående: Kati Lindström (KTH), Naine Terena, (Pinacoteca, Sao Paulo, Brasilien); Lize-Marié Hansen van der Watt (KTH), Leif Petersen (Sustainable Livelihoods, Sydafrika), Bruno Moreschi, (Pinacoteca, Sao Paulo University); Lizabé Lambrechts (Stellenbosch University, co-PI) Fernanda de Castro (interpreter), Framre råd: Fernanda Pitta (Pinacoteca, co-PI) och Bossiedokter Neville (healer). Foto: Kayla Peters Published Apr 26, 2022Lize-Marié Hansen van der Watt has a PhD in history and researches the polar history and polar futures, focusing on the intersection of environment, science, cultural heritage and critical geopolitics...
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David Nilsson Appointed School's new Head of Communication, Collaboration and Impact
Published Mar 31, 2022We are happy to share the news that David Nilsson, researcher at the Division of History of Science, Technology and Environemnt, recently was appointed the new 2nd Deputy Head of School for ABE. In th...
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Towards a modest imaginary?
Published Mar 14, 2022Timos Karpouzoglou together with Mary Lawhon and Gloria Nsangi Nakyagaba, was published in the February issue of Urban Studies with the article "Towards a modest imaginary? Sanitation in Kampala beyon...
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Latest Division Newsletter
Published Feb 25, 2022In the end of February, just before the Stockholm Winter Break, a new Division newsletter was sent out. Follow the link below to read.
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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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Research in between educational and technical history
Lina Rahm researches critical pedagogy and environmental humanities at the Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment. Photo: Hanna Kalla 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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Division joins Australia Research Council 'Discovery Grant'
Published Jan 14, 2022An interdisciplinary team led by History and Medicine Professor Warwick Anderson will explore the rise of the concept of 'planetary health' and the increased understanding of public health and human a...
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Daniel Svensson - Selected as one of Tomorrow's Sports Researchers by the Swedish Olympic Committee
Daniel Svensson. Picture by: Florence Oppenheim Published Dec 20, 2021Daniel Svensson, assistant professor in sports management at the Department of Sports Sciences (IDV) at Malmö University, was previously a doctoral student at the Division of History of Science, Techn...
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Beyond Unprepared and Sustainability’s Formative Moment - Formas' Grants two new Projects
Published Nov 29, 2021Division researchers Fredrik Bertilsson and Eric Paglia recieved funding for four years each in the Formas Annual Open Call 2021 – Research projects for early-career researchers. In 2022 the Division ...
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The Thuréus Prize to Sverker Sörlin
Sverker Sörlin. Photo: Frankie Fouganthin 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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Call for Papers: The Nuclear-Water Nexus
Published Nov 22, 2021The team behind the NUCLEARWATERS project is planning for a workshop, to which they invite senior and junior scholars (including PhD students) from all fields – not only history – to present research ...
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A meeting between researchers, artists, an art gallery and the business world.
Published Nov 09, 2021Watch Paul Schrotti from Lindéngruppen in conversation with researcher David Nilsson and artist Åsa Cederqvist about the exhibition Symbios at Färgfabriken. A meeting between researchers, artists, a...
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Sverker Sörlin is awarded IVA's Great Gold Medal
Sverker Sörlin. Photo: Karin Tengby 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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70 Climate Scientists Urge Governments in the UK and Europe to act against Climate Change
Climate protesters erected a Boris Johnson statue splattered in oil in Whitehall on Monday (AFP/Getty/the Independent)) Published Oct 19, 2021In a letter published in the leading UK newspaper The Independent, no less than seventy climate scientists argue that the UK and Europe must take “bold political action” on fossil fuels and rule out n...
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