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  • Patricia Diaz is the recipient of the Guldäpplet Anniversary Award

    Published Nov 18, 2021

    Patricia Diaz, doctoral student & educational developer at KTH, teacher, lecturer and author, is awarded the Golden Apple's Anniversary Award in the category Independent national actors, lecturers, au...

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  • SVT visits CoKitchen at KTH Live-In Lab

    Skärmdump från SVT:s inslag om CoKitchen.
    Published Nov 16, 2021

    SVT recently visited the CoKitchen apartment at KTH's campus. One of the participating students in the CoKitchen project gave SVT a tour of the apartment, where a total of four students will be living...

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  • Publication: Recruitment of academic staff

    Published Nov 15, 2021

    Recruitment of academic staff is a central aspect of university life, a vital instrument for university management and a pertinent issue in research on higher education. This study focuses on recruitm...

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  • Exploring tuition fees as a policy instrument of internationalisation in a welfare state

    Published Nov 12, 2021

    This article sheds light on some challenges that internationalisation raises for policymakers regarding public funding of higher education in a welfare state by examining policy logics for introducing...

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  • New centre uses a system approach to tackle climate crisis

    Giant iceberg in Greenland.
    Giant iceberg from a melting glacier in Ilulissat on Greenland. Photo: Maridav / Mostphotos
    Published Nov 10, 2021

    Why hasn’t the climate crisis been met with faster action? In the newly-launched KTH Climate Action Centre, researchers aim to speed up the climate action process by engaging the whole of society.

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  • Future leaders get to know cyber-physical systems

    Published Nov 03, 2021

    A new course will give INDEK students and other KTH students the basics of one of the hottest technology subjects: cyber-physical systems. " To be able to invest in new technology, we need people at e...

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  • Novel Mechatronics-Twin Framework based on Stewart Platform

    Published Nov 01, 2021

    Within the EU H2020 project SocketSense, a novel mechatronics-twin framework has been developed to integrate advanced biomechanical modeling and simulation capabilities with the support for physical t...

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  • Pain reducing tech suit on export

    The garment as a prototype next to a picture of a girl playing basket ball in the suit.
    In 2009, the Exopulse suit was just a prototype. Today, the garment improves motion range and reduces pain for hundreds of people with brain disorders as MS or dysfunctions from stroke.
    Published Oct 26, 2021

    Garments designed to reduce pain and spasms for patients with brain damage – yes, this is done at KTH. More than ten years ago, researchers Johan Gawell and Jonas Wistrand at the Department of Machine...

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  • The SDGs hit hard by the pandemic

    Asian man getting water from an outdoor tap.
    Photo: Unsplash. Photo: Unsplash
    Published Oct 20, 2021

    It is not only humans who have been affected by the pandemic. So has the work on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. But, according to a new study, there also exists a silver lining for sustainabl...

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  • “The industry needs experts in circular manufacturing”

    Published Oct 20, 2021

    Hi Farazee Asif, why has the Department of Production Engineering (IIP) started a new master’s course on Circular Manufacturing Systems (CMS) – a course that you are responsible for?

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  • To be or not to be a technical university

    Published Oct 20, 2021

    The technical university category in the national context of Sweden involves two dominant actors, both founded in the early nineteenth century: KTH and Chalmers University of Technology.

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  • Universities in the Knowledge Society has just been released

    Published Oct 19, 2021

    Lars Geschwind and Industrial doctoral student Stefan Lundborg have contributed a chapter on the Swedish higher education system in this volume.

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  • Bright Research Future at the Department of Learning in Engineering Sciences

    Published Oct 15, 2021

    Learning in Engineering Sciences is evaluated as the strongest environment of its type and as the leader in Engineering Education Research in the Nordic countries.

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  • “I focus on those in the shadow of the entrepreneurs”

    Portrait of Kristina Nyström
    Kristina Nyström, new professor at INDEK.
    Published Oct 06, 2021

    The third newborn professor from INDEK, Kristina Nyström, put the spotlight on people and companies that normally are overshadowed by charismatic entrepreneurs and startups.

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  • Our new course - LT1029 Supervising School Placements Students 3.0 credits

    Published Oct 06, 2021

    The course is designed for secondary school teachers who, in their professional practice, receive students on school placement education (VFU).

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  • Meet the all virtual Hillert Laboratory

    Levente Vitos
    Levente Vitos, director of Hillert Laboratory, explaining ”muffin-tin orbitals”.
    Published Oct 05, 2021

    Modeling is a rapidly growing field in materials science. It is also an area where the new Hillert Laboratory will play an important role.

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  • KTH students improve Spanish university campus

    Sign "Valencia" from the city, a sunny day.
    Photo: Reiseuhu on Unsplash
    Published Sep 30, 2021

    Over 100 KTH students have worked on creating sustainable energy system proposals for Valencia’s technical university. Each year the students of Energy Management, an international masters programme, ...

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  • Leadership Forum will support ITM’s managers

    Woman sitting with her arms outstretched
    Photo from Unsplash.
    Published Sep 22, 2021

    How do you tell an employee that the person is not doing their job? What responsibility do I have when I suddenly become a manager? And how do I implement the development dialogues? ITM's new Leadersh...

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  • New director at Hultgren Laboratory

    Ander Tilliander outside Hultgren Laboratory
    Anders Tillander is associate professor in industrial process metallurgy. He started as a researcher at the Department of Materials Science in 2003. He has also worked with safety issues and fire protection at the department. Photo: Alexandra von Kern.
    Published Sep 21, 2021

    With increased accessibility and an expanded instrument park, Anders Tilliander wants to offer the lab’s services to small and medium-sized companies.

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  • "Money and payments concern everyone”

    Portrait
    Niklas Arvidsson is a fresh Professor at INDEK. Photo: Anna Gullers
    Published Sep 15, 2021

    INDEK's Niklas Arvidsson foresaw the cashless society and says that several exciting innovations are on the way that will change the payment systems for all of us. Niklas is one of three new professor...

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