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  • Opinion piece i DN

    Published Apr 23, 2025
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  • KTH researcher Zahra Kalantari Frontiers Planet Prize 2025 national champion

    A photo of Zahra Kalantari in front of a photo of a clouded forest
    Photo: Frontier Planet Prize, David Callahan/KTH
    Published Apr 22, 2025

    Zahra Kalantari, professor in environmental science and engineering for sustainability in the Anthropocene at KTH, has today on Earth Day 2025 been named Frontiers Planet Prize 2025 national champion....

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  • WaterCentre as a bridge-builder – strengthening collaboration between KTH and the City of Stockholm

    Zahra Kalantari and Jonas Althage
    WaterCentre's Director, Professor Zahra Kalantari, andJonas Althage from the City of Stockholm
    Published Apr 09, 2025

    On a Friday in early April, researchers from KTH and officials from the City of Stockholm met for a collaboration meeting at the City of Stockholm's premises on Fleminggatan. The purpose of the meetin...

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  • Global Water Challenges: Erasmus+ students visit WaterCentre@KTH

    Students from Täby Enskilda gymnasium
    Students from the Erasmus+ project water and Life listen to Arya Preetha Vijayan
    Published Apr 01, 2025

    On 25 March, students from Täby Enskilda Gymnasium attended WaterCentre@KTH’s lunchtime lecture on water. They were joined by students from schools in Germany, Ireland and Spain.

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  • Thank you Vladimir Cvetkovic!

    Prof. Em. Vladimir Cvetkovic and Deputy Head of SEED Magnus Svensson (Photo: Gia Destouni)
    Published Mar 04, 2025

    On 23 October 2024, SEED expressed its gratitude for Vladimir Cvetkovic's important contributions to both the academic environment and the field of Water Resources Engineering, and his lasting impact ...

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  • Successful Thesis Defense by Lena Jonsson

    Published Jan 22, 2025

    On December 18th, 2024, Lena Jonsson successfully defended her PhD thesis.

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  • SEED Mini Conference with doctoral students in focus

    Photo: Maria Malmström
    Published Dec 20, 2024

    The work of the doctoral students at the department was the theme of this year's SEED Mini Conference.

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  • They are the winners of the Best Poster award at SEED Mini Conference

    Photo: Chi An Gramfors Englund
    Published Dec 20, 2024

    The SEED Mini Conference on Nov 5th 2024 concluded with an award ceremony for the "Best Poster" competition.

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  • Words of praise at Ela Plaza's pension withdrawal

    Head of Department Maria Malmström thanks Professor Elzbieta Plaza (Ela) with flowers and the department's gift. Foto: Chi An Gramfors Englund.
    Published Dec 10, 2024

    Professor Elzbieta Plaza was congratulated on her retirement at the SEED Mini Conference on November 5, with words of praise for her significant contributions over the years.

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  • SEED expert says to avoid playing with jelly fish

    Published Nov 14, 2024

    There have been a lot of jellyfish this year, and it is common for children to play with them. However, it should be avoided, according to PhD. Fredrik Gröndahl, docent and associate professor at SEED...

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  • Fredrik Gröndahl is interviewed in VA-guiden

    Published Nov 14, 2024

    New way to fight algae bloom.

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  • Blue Food receives funding until 2028

    Published Nov 14, 2024

    Blue Food - Centre for future seafood is granted funding to for another four years by the Swedish Research Council Formas.

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  • Three SEED researchers have received the Formas Career Grant for Early-career Researchers

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    Published Nov 14, 2024

    Three young researchers from Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering (SEED) have received the Formas Career Grant for Early-career Researchers. The funded research...

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  • To compete globally, Europe’s seafood farmers may get boost from AI research

    Man dressed in boating clothes holds up a starfish
    “We are trying to find ways to be more and more competitive," says Fredrik Gröndahl, director of the Blue Food Seafood Centre. Several AI projects are in the works, with the aim of boosting competitiveness in the global sea farming industry. (Photo: Charlotte Rosell )
    Published Nov 13, 2024

    In the global seafood market, European aquaculture could expect a boost from AI solutions developed by researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

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  • Seaweed could be set to fashion the future

    Seaweed close to a wall.
    Seaweed is a raw material that could form the basis of future clothing. Here, a seaweed bed in Iceland.
    Published Oct 23, 2024

    How about a dress or trousers made from seaweed? A Nordic research and collaboration project is looking at how one of the ocean's raw materials can be used to make the fashion industry more sustainabl...

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  • Gia Destouni is awarded the Baltic Sea Award

    Professor Gia Destouni is awarded for her research on the Baltic Sea. Photo: SU/Ingmarie Andersson
    Professor Georgia Destouni is awarded for her research on the Baltic Sea. Photo: SU/Ingmarie Anderss
    Published Sep 26, 2024

    Professor Georgia (Gia) Destouni has been awarded the Baltic Sea Award for her significant research contributions and guiding efforts to combat eutrophication in the Baltic Sea.

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  • Article in Aktuell hållbarhet

    Published Sep 05, 2024

    Debate article by Göran Finnveden and Markus Larsson

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  • Climate debate article i Dagens Nyheter

    Published Sep 05, 2024

    Debate article in Dagens Nyheter

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  • New method against summer plague

    A green porridge on the surfas´ce of the water.
    A new method to collect the algae and sanitize the water during algal blooms (Photo:Mostphotos)
    Published Jul 03, 2024

    A new method to combat algal bloom has been developed at KTH and will be tested this summer in the waters off Klintehamn and Tofta on Gotland. ​​​​​​​"We will trawl up accumulations of cyanobacteria ...

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  • Henrik Ernstson Honorary Senior Research Fellow at The University of Manchester

    Published May 23, 2024

    Since the beginning of the year Henrik Ernstson is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow vid The University of Manchester, U.K.

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