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  • Frauke Urban at INDEK, is one of the Climate Champions of Startup Climate Action

    Published Jun 26, 2020

    Time 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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  • KTH project will improve maths skills among girls

    Young girl constructing things with clay and tooth sticks.
    Photo: Technological University Dublin
    Published Jun 09, 2020

    A 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, 2020

    On 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, 2020

    On 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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  • INDEK and Schibsted develop the media industry with AI

    Published May 13, 2020

    Artificial 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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  • UPCOMING: The 2020 OSeMOSYS Steering Committee meeting

    Published Apr 27, 2020

    The 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, 2020

    A 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, 2020

    Suggesting 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, 2020

    Capacity building in modelling CLEWs systems continues in Nicaragua.

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  • Second FAO Nexus dialogue in Morocco

    Published Apr 27, 2020

    Investigating 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
    Victoria Falls of the Zambezi River, By Diego Delso
    Published Apr 27, 2020

    KTH 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, 2020

    Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the meeting, which was initially planned to take place in Vienna, was carried out via teleconference.

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  • New publication unsing the OnSSET tool

    Published Apr 27, 2020

    Planning with justice - Using spatial modelling to incorporate justice in electricity pricing – The case of Tanzania

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  • A Retrospective Analysis of Energy Access with a Focus on the Role of Mini-Grids

    Published Apr 27, 2020

    New publication!

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  • Upcoming events cancelled

    Published Apr 27, 2020

    Due to the latest evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic, the upcoming Energy Modelling platform for Asia and the Pacific (EMP-APAC) and the Summer School on Modelling Tools for Sustainable Development - ...

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  • The challenges with a cashless society

    Published Apr 07, 2020

    Niklas Arvidsson from INDEK is interviewed by Wired, UK, on the challenges connected to a move towards a cashless society.

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  • Save the country's economy and increase government debt- Pontus Braunerhjelm debates in DI

    Published Apr 02, 2020

    Powerful financial efforts are delayed due to political fears of a significantly higher government debt. But fiscal principles should not be upheld at the expense of the survival of companies, conside...

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  • The art of organizing for a crisis

    Britta Nordin Forsberg
    Britta Nordin Forsberg has done research on organizations in crisis. Photo: Peter Ardell.
    Published Mar 31, 2020

    Not many companies and organizations are unaffected by the corona crisis. Most managements today face scenarios that have not been anticipated in any business strategy. INDEK’s Britta Nordin Forsberg,...

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  • Older crisis measures is not good enough – Pontus Braunerhjelm debates in SVD

    Published Mar 31, 2020

    "Measures that worked during the 1990s crisis and the financial crisis do not have the same efficacy today". Pontus Braunderhjelm in debate article in Svenska Dagbladet.

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  • Government crisis package does not solve the problems for SB:s - Pontus Braunerhjelm debates in DN

    Published Mar 27, 2020
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