Fika chat on 10 years of Storträffen Meetups at KTH – lessons for the future with Sofia Ritzén and Anna-Karin Högfeldt
Podcast "Fika Chat on the Future of Education" – episode 77
Fika chat on the future of education episode 75 with Anna-Karin Högfeldt and Sofia Ritzén.
Storträffen meetup for education – what impact has it had, and what role could it play in KTH's future educational development? Sofia Ritzén, Dean, and Anna-Karin Högfeldt, who has organised the Storträffen Meetups from the outset, discuss the Meetups ahead of its 10th anniversary with Gunnar Tibert, Vice Programme Manager of Future Education at KTH, and Marcus Lithander, podcast host.
The event is mainly organised as a series of round-table discussions, where you can choose from a range of different topics to network and discuss. Until 10 April, you can suggest discussion topics for the big meeting via the following form:
The Faculty Council of KTH Royal Institute of Technology emphasises the importance of university-wide exchange and learning as part of the systematic quality work. To strengthen the exchange of experience and continuous quality development of our educational programmes, the Storträffen meetup is arranged every semester for all staff and students. The next
Storträffen Meetup 19 May
has the theme: A Decade of Storträffen Meetups - Lessons for the Future. What impact has Storträffen had, and what significance will it have in the future for the development of education at KTH?
Today’s guests will discuss over breakfast time (at 08:30) with Gunnar Tibert, Vice Programme Manager of Future Education at KTH, and Marcus Lithander, podcast host, from the Maxistudio at the KTH Library (teachers and staff can find how to book the Maxistudio on the project website:
Further development of the Maxistudio at KTHB (2502-KTH)
).
Podcast guests: Sofia Ritzén och Anna-Karin Högfeldt
Today’s podcast guests are Sofia Ritzén and Anna-Karin Högfeldt, who have been involved in Storträffen in various ways since its inception. Storträffen was launched in 2016 by the then Vice Dean of Faculty, Per Berglund. He tasked the Department of Learning with organising one Storträffen Meetup per semester, which Anna-Karin Högfeldt together with Viggo Kann have done since start. Later, Leif Kari, Vice President for Education, took over the role of convener. A role that Sofia Ritzén now holds as Dean of Faculty at KTH.
When Fika chat recorded an episode from Storträffen in May 2025 (see #59 below), we met Carina Kjörling, former employee at the Management Office (MO). Find Marcus Lithander’s and Anna Jerbrant’s conversation with Carina about the development of Storträffen, as well as the keynote speakers’ presentations, in an article from 2025:
Storträffen meetup and SoTL 2025 – for even greater excellence
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Marcus Lithander chats over coffee (fika) with guests from or outside KTH about the future of education in general and our change programme "
Future Education at KTH
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