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Several of the SEED's researchers amongst top 2% in the world according to new citation ranking
Published Dec 10, 2020Seven researchers from the Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering (SEED) have been ranked amongst the world's top 2% in a new article from Stanford University, pu...
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KTH and KWR join forces in heavy metal research in water
Published Dec 10, 2020Aim is to develop, maintain and share knowledge between KTH and KWR Watercycle Research Institute, The Netherlands. This is achieved through education and training of staff, ample attention for knowle...
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Expectations and Implications of Circularity in Society
Photo: Vivianne Lemay / Unsplash Published Dec 03, 2020The overall aim of this project is to identify and analyze the environmental sustainability implications of new modes of production and consumption brought about by changes in the transition to a circ...
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“The sea is the key to a sustainable future”
Carp Bream is both a good and climate smart fish that unfortunately is often thrown back in the water when caught. Photo: Roger Turesson / DN / TT Published Nov 24, 2020Of the 240,000 tons of fish that are caught in Sweden annually, only 40 percent goes to food consumption. At the same time, Sweden imports three quarters of the fish and shellfish we eat. Blue Food, a...
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New coordinator for Senseable Stockholm Lab
Published Jun 03, 2020Head of School has decided to appoint Sara Borgström as new coordinator for Senseable Stockholm Lab. Sara Borgström takes over the role from 2020-05-26.
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Newsmakers at KTH
Published Apr 27, 2020Who has received what when it comes to funding? What findings, results and researchers have attracted attention outside KTH? Under the vignette Newsmakers, we provide a selection of the latest news an...
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KTH ranked among world's top universities in sustainable development
Published Apr 24, 2020KTH was ranked among the world’s top 100 universities for impact related to sustainability, Times Higher Education announced yesterday.
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Higher ed institutions’ climate initiative awarded
The Climate Framework adopted by 37 institutions of higher education in Sweden is meant to permeate all operations of the university. Published Apr 17, 2020The 37 Swedish universities and colleges that have signed the Climate Framework have been awarded for their systematic work on driving the climate change adaptation while also reducing their own emiss...
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Researchers sample sewage to measure infections in six European countries
From two Stockholm water treatment plants, samples of sewage are collected at KTH Royal Institute of Technology for tracking the coronavirus and measuring the spread of COVID-19 in communities. KTH is also collecting samples in Italy, Spain, India, Netherlands and Turkey. Published Apr 16, 2020The spread of the coronavirus in Stockholm and in six European countries is being tracked through sewage samples by a research group at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, which will repor...
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Many KTH research projects in IVA's 100 list 2020
Seafarm (Watercentre@KTH/KTH) Published Mar 10, 2020The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences' (IVA) latest 100 list highlights a variety of research projects from Swedish universities in the area of sustainability. The focus is on current re...
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KTH behind 17 of Sweden's 100 most innovative research projects
Anna Kramers is Program Director of Mista SAMS, one of the projects on IVA's 100-list Published Mar 02, 2020Seventeen of the most innovative research projects in Sweden have KTH origins. Today, the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) published their list of projects with large potential of c...
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Sustainable mobility in rural areas
Published Feb 07, 2020Data gathered by Elisabeth Ekener and Niccolas Albiz through surveys and interviews with members of the online group "Bensinupproret 3.0", which gathers residents of rural areas who want to see an inc...
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KTH takes a lead in climate change
UN´s Sustainable Development Goals. Published Jan 24, 2020KTH is taking the lead in climate change via its new climate targets and determination to be climate neutral by 2045. “KTH has made the assessment that the rate of change in climate work must be incr...
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KTH paper won TU Delft Global Drinking Water Best Paper Award 2019
Graphical abstract (From Sediment color tool for targeting arsenic-safe aquifers for the installation of shallow drinking water tubewells) Published Sep 19, 2019Prosun Bhattacharya and Mohammed Hossain have been awarded the TU Delft Global Drinking Water Best Paper Award 2019.
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Funding for marine research and developing of marine infrastructure
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Who owns the Brazilian carbon?
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Researchers aim to reduce food waste
Annika Carlsson Kanyama and Greger Henriksson inspect waste storage rooms at KTH Campus. (Photo: Marc Femenia) Published Dec 08, 2017Deal with the food that is discarded but ensure less food is wasted in the first place. Researchers Greger Henriksson and Annika Carlsson-Kanyama have lots of ideas about how KTH Royal Institute of Te...
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Trade-off analysis of forest ecosystem services – A modelling approach
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KTH Tech Talks: Algae farming – a sustainable solution
Published Jun 09, 2017In this episode of KTH Tech Talks, Fredrik Gröndahl from the department of Sustainable development, Environmental science and Engineering (SEED) and Fredrika Gullfot, founder of Simris Alg, discuss gr...
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Brazilian land use policies and the development of ecosystem services
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