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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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  • Well-attended seminar to celebrate World Water Day

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    Researchers and students celebrating World Water Day
    Published Mar 27, 2025

    To celebrate World Water Day, six experts from WaterCentre@KTH and KTH Climate Action Centre gathered on 21 March to answer students’ water-related questions.

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  • New project: Assessing GeoAI methods' accuracy for wetland detection in the region of Stockholm

    Hemmesta sjöäng wetlands
    Photo: Roland Lundgren
    Published Mar 25, 2025

    The purpose of the project is to contribute to the improvement of the integration of wetland protection efforts into urban planning processes. The goal of the project is to assess the accuracy and fle...

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  • On the water and society theme

    Rotterdam city cityscape skyline with water canal in front. South Holland, Netherlands.
    Photo: Nikolai Okhitin
    Published Mar 25, 2025
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  • New ongoing project: Coldrefinery

    A process scheme for the project
    Published Feb 19, 2025

    The Codrefinery project will devise innovative nature-inspired strategies to increase the efficiency of bio-based production under low temperatures from waste from food system. Wastes from food system...

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  • Zahra Kalantari appointed vice chair of new SIWI board

    A woman clad in green
    Zahra Kalantari photo: David Callahan, KTH
    Published Feb 12, 2025

    The Stockholm International Water Institute has appointed a new board. Professor Zahra Kalantari, director of WaterCentre@KTH, is the new vice chair of the board.

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  • Linnaeus lecture 2025 about water

    A man in front of a blackboard
    Published Feb 11, 2025

    This year's Linnaeus Lecturer is Andrea Rinaldo, Professor of Hydrology and Water Resources at EPFL, Switzerland and University of Padua, Italy.

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  • Erik Karlsson new member of the steering committee

    Published Jan 15, 2025

    Erik Karlsson is the newest member of WaterCentre@KTH's steering committee, joining the centre in November 2024. Erik Karlsson is a strategist at Svenskt Vatten, the industry organization for Sweden's...

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  • Scientific Data on flow and storage changes of water on land around the world

    Published Jan 14, 2025

    If you want to know and use data for how water flows and water storages on land have been varying and changing in recent decades around the world, check out this new published data paper in Nature – S...

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  • New on-going project: Muddy terrains of environmental expertise

    an urban wetland
    Published Dec 20, 2024

    Freshwater is an increasingly acute issue for cities in the context of the multifaceted climate crisis. In response to this, restoration of freshwater urban ecosystems is gaining momentum. However, re...

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  • Part 1: Remembering Our Roots, Re-connecting to the Ocean, and Reflecting on Our Prio

    A woman standing in shallow water holding an octopus
    Published Dec 20, 2024

    Authored by Gauri Salunkhe, based on her experiences during her 4.5 month field work in Fiji for her Master’s thesis project. This is part 1 of a two-part article that introduces the community-managed...

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  • New on-going project: Cascade

    The Cascade project workplan
    Published Dec 20, 2024

    CASCADE is an interdisciplinary research initiative that tackles the escalating risks posed by multiple hydrometeorological hazards, such as floods, droughts, heatwaves, and their cascading effects on...

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  • WaterCentre@KTH co-hosted Hydrologidagarna

    A woman presenting at a conference
    Published Dec 19, 2024

    ​​​​​​​Hydrologidagarna (Hydrology Days) is an annual conference arranged by members of the Swedish Hydrological Council. Hydrologidagarna 2024 was hosted by KTH, with WaterCentre@KTH forming part of ...

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  • KTH researchers nominated for Frontiers Planet Prize

    Published Dec 17, 2024

    KTH researchers Zahra Kalantari, Bijan Dargahi and Zipan Cai have been nominated for the Frontiers Planet Prize based on articles they have written or contributed to. Both articles are water-related.

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  • Mariel Perez Zabaleta on wastewater - “Blue gold”

    Mariel Perez Zabaleta presenting her research
    Published Dec 05, 2024

    In a world facing a serious water shortage, treating and recycling water based on its intended use could be part of the solution. Mariel Perez Zabaleta, a researcher at DTU, Denmark, introduced the co...

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  • “The importance of technology for our oceans”

    a man presenting in a workshop environment
    Peter Sigray talking about his research in the arctic waters of Greenland
    Published Oct 04, 2024

    Water-related research at KTH covers a wide range of themes. A common denominator is the practical approach and the solution-oriented quality of projects and research areas. This makes it ideal for ex...

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  • Brigita Dejus on water-based epidemiology and an EU mission for the ocean

    Brigita Dejus presenting
    Published Oct 02, 2024

    In the latest WaterCentre@KTH lunch seminar, Doctor Brigita Dejus, Riga Technical University, Latvia, talked about the development of water-based epidemiology (WBE) in the young Baltic country. She ex...

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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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