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  • New book about technical universities

    Published Sep 02, 2020
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  • A restart requires willingness to take risks

    Pontus Braunerhjelm hoppas på en ekonomisk politik som stimulerar och stärker drivkrafter för ökat företagande. (Foto: Simon Rehnström/SvD/TT)
    Published Aug 31, 2020

    How can Sweden best emerge from the corona crisis? Pontus Braunerhjelm, professor of economics at INDEK, wants to see a policy that improves the conditions for starting and running companies.

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  • Dissertation on Professional Support Staff at Higher Education Institutions: Navigating Ambiguities

    Published Aug 31, 2020

    On 28th August Malin Ryttberg defended her doctoral dissertation. Professional Support Staff at Higher Education Institutions: Navigating Ambiguities in Hybrid Roles

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  • INDEK researchers receive large project funding from Swedish Energy Agency

    Published Aug 27, 2020
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  • INDEK is defending its positions in ARWU Shanghai ranking

    Published Aug 27, 2020
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  • “Learning glass” a boost for video lectures

    Frida Svelander teaches mathematics and records a video using learning glass. Photo: Amir Mehdi Rezaei
    Published Aug 14, 2020

    In a studio at KTH, a team is elaborating video recordings where the speaker make notes on a glass screen. With an air of magic, "Learning glass" lifts distance education to new heights.

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  • Humanists most critical of performance measurement

    Published Aug 14, 2020

    Johan Söderlind and Lars Geschwind have published the article Disciplinary Differences in Academics ’Perceptions of Performance Measurement at Nordic Universities.

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  • Evaluation of the title Excellent teacher at SLU

    Published Aug 14, 2020

    Lars Geschwind and Kristina Edström have, on behalf of SLU's president, made an evaluation of the title Excellent teacher, which was introduced at the university in 2014.

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  • Analysis of the input to the research proposition

    Published Aug 14, 2020

    Lars Geschwind and Stefan Lundborg have, on behalf of SUHF, made an analysis of the input to the research proposition.

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  • Dissertation on the impact of industry on engineering education

    Published Aug 14, 2020

    On 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, 2020

    Most 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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  • 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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