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Dissertation on the impact of industry on engineering education
Published Aug 14, 2020On June 5, Per Fagrell defended his doctoral dissertation. Change and inertia in the development of Swedish engineering education: The industrial stakeholder perspective.
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"Wage differences exist - but not in the low-wage sector" - Hans Lööf debates in Swedish newspaper
Published Aug 11, 2020Most studies of wage differences between refugee immigrants and native Swedes do not take into account professional affiliation. In almost half of the Swedish labor market, people with a refugee backg...
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This is how we'll work at KTH after the summer
KTH library Published Jul 01, 2020All campuses will reopen for on-campus education this autumn. Starting 1 August, buildings will gradually be opened to students.
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Frauke Urban at INDEK, is one of the Climate Champions of Startup Climate Action
Published Jun 26, 2020Time is running out and we must act quickly to limit global warming to 1.5° C. Startup Climate Action therefore has a challenge-driven approach and focuses on UN Sustainability Goal # 13 − Climate Act...
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Seminars that want to change industry and society
Photo: Unsplash Published Jun 16, 2020A seminar series addressing Industrial and Societal transformation towards sustainability starts in the fall. With a mix of inspirational speakers to more focused presentations by both external and in...
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KTH project will improve maths skills among girls
Photo: Technological University Dublin Published Jun 09, 2020A KTH project on enhancing spatial ability to help close the gender gap in engineering subjects, secures over a €4M in Horizon 2020 funding.
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Successful PhD defence by Fumi Harahap
From left to right: Fumi Harahap and professor Semida Silveira Published May 28, 2020On April 24th, 2020, Fumi Harahap from the division of Energy Systems KTH-dES, successfully defended her PhD thesis “Exploring synergies between the palm oil industry and bioenergy production in Indon...
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Successful PhD defence by Dennis Dreier
From left to right: Professor Viktoria Martin, Dennis Dreier, Dilip Khatiwada and Will Usher. Published May 27, 2020On May 5th, 2020, Dennis Dreier from the division of Energy Systems (KTH-dES), successfully defended his PhD thesis “Transition Technologies for Electrification and Optimisation of Bus Transport Syste...
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Smartwatches tell us how to design cities
Published May 20, 2020Smartwatches can be a low cost, effective tool in collecting data on how people are affected by different environments when planning and designing a city.
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Rector's decision on Distant Examination
Published May 14, 2020Due to the COVID-19 situation, the President has decided that distance examination will be implemented for all examinations that take place during the period 2020-04-14 – 08-22 (V-2020-0273). The deci...
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INDEK and Schibsted develop the media industry with AI
Published May 13, 2020Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing many industries, as the media industry. The media group Schibsted and KTH have started a collaboration to develop responsible use and sustainable implementatio...
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Students show smart products during digital "Kexpo"
Stefan Ståhlgren with his students Published May 13, 2020A vacuum cleaner that takes very little space, a harness for figure skaters and a ladder for stairs - these are some of the student projects at this year's "Kexpo", an exhibition that this year will g...
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New research center at ITM
Published May 05, 2020Starting this year, Center for Mechanics and Materials Design (MMD) will bring together Solid Mechanics and Materials Science and Engineering. The center belongs to ITM but operates at both the ITM sc...
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UPCOMING: The 2020 OSeMOSYS Steering Committee meeting
Published Apr 27, 2020The steering committee meeting will be held on June 25th 2020.
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Electrification pathways for Tanzania: Implications for the economy and the environment
Published Apr 27, 2020A joint OSeMOSYS and Leontief Input-Output model for Tanzania to assess possible electrification pathways in the country.
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Cost-effectiveness of energy efficiency investments for high renewable electricity system
Published Apr 27, 2020Suggesting a new methodology for quantifying the economic impact of energy efficiency investments in systems with high shares of RES and estimating the LACoSE value.
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5th workshop in modelling CLEW systems in Nicaragua
Published Apr 27, 2020Capacity building in modelling CLEWs systems continues in Nicaragua.
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Second FAO Nexus dialogue in Morocco
Published Apr 27, 2020Investigating possible nexus solutions and supporting measures related to water scarcity, agricultural intensification, and sustainable energy for agriculture in the Souss-Massa river basin, Morocco.
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World Water Day 2020: “If climate change is the shark, then water is its teeth”
Victoria Falls of the Zambezi River, By Diego Delso Published Apr 27, 2020KTH researchers Vignesh Sridharan, Eunice Ramos, and Abhishek Shivakumar illustrate the interdependencies between climate systems and the water cycle in a Nature communications blog post.
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SIM4NEXUS project consortium meets online for last project meeting
Published Apr 27, 2020Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the meeting, which was initially planned to take place in Vienna, was carried out via teleconference.
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