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  • Annual report out now

    Big house facades. Snow on the ground and a winter sunlight.
    KTH Campus, photo: Fredrik Persson.
    Published Feb 27, 2023

    Hi Åsa Gustafson from the Management Office. You are responsible for KTH’s annual report for 2022, which is now complete. Why should we read it?

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  • “We need to interlink central and local support”

    A man and a woman standig in a research lab. Behind them there are bottles on a table.
    Joakim Palestro, Åsa Ancarkrona and the communication staff at KTH gathered for a workshop at SciLifeLab to make progress on harmonising communication, support and also gain a little insight into the research being conducted there. Photo: Theresia Köhlin.
    Published Feb 24, 2023

    Efforts toward a joint support service organisation at KTH continue. The focus for the communication support area is now the prepared action plan, which indicates priority areas within the communicati...

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  • New Vice President for Research

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    Annika Borgenstam will be new Vice President for Research at KTH.
    Published Feb 20, 2023

    From the beginning of March, Annika Borgenstam will be KTH’s Vice President for Research. She studied at KTH, is Head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and is Professor of Alloy ...

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  • Saving energy – a mission for everyone at KTH

    Red brick house facades in twilight light. Snow on the ground.
    Borggården, KTH Campus. Photo: Fredrik Persson.
    Published Feb 17, 2023

    KTH needs to save energy. KTH’s energy-saving measures and electricity consumption must also be reported to the Swedish Energy Agency on a regular basis, as per the government’s mandate in October 202...

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  • Opera in Reactor Hall a great success

    Unander-Scharin imitates robot King´s dance moves on the stage floor, robot Queen to the left.
    The robots Queen (left) and King (right) on the stage floor in the Reactor Hall at KTH, with one of the two artistic directors, Åsa Unander-Scharin, imitating King’s dance moves. Photo: Magnus Glans.
    Published Feb 15, 2023

    Seventeen sold-out performances in the Reactor Hall in December. Amazing reviews. KTH’s opera, The Tale of the Great Computing Machine, was a great success with audiences and the media alike.

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  • Collegial influence is investigated

    Potrait of Anders Söderholm.
    Principal Anders Söderholm has decided on an inventory of collegial influence and decision-making.
    Published Feb 08, 2023

    “A stronger, clearer link between the line and the collegiate organisation is crucial to the development of KTH’s research and education.” So says KTH’s President Anders Söderholm on the decision to ...

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  • KTH overhauls its finances

    KTH´s five campus.
    KTH is looking into potential cost cutting and streamlining. One issue is the future operational structure on each campus. (Photo: KTH)
    Published Feb 08, 2023

    Inflation, higher energy prices, increased rent and other costs are having an impact also for KTH, which therefore needs to take measures to ensure balanced finances. A review will look at potential c...

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  • “I might prepare a lecture a year in advance”

    Man holding a book
    Tomas Ekholm has been awarded the KTH Pedagogical Prize 2022. Photo: Magnus Glans
    Published Feb 01, 2023

    Tomas Ekholm, Associate Professor in Mathematics at the School of School of Engineering Sciences, is convinced that knowledge comes as much from joy as hard work. He has been awarded the KTH Pedagogic...

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  • Taking learning out of the classroom

    Woman at her office
    Luigia Brandimarte winner of this year’s KTH Pedagogical Prize. Photo: Magnus Glans
    Published Feb 01, 2023

    “Be creative, cross discipline boundaries and take learning out of the classroom”. This sums up KTH Associate Professor Luigia Brandimarte’s outlook on education methodology. And that outlook helped h...

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  • New structure for KTH’s management

    Portait of Anders Söderholm
    With a new structure for the management President Anders Söderholm will build KTH for the future.
    Published Feb 01, 2023

    Two months into his new role as President, Anders Söderholm has formulated some new principles for the university management’s work. “It has been an enjoyable, inspiring time, and I can see that a lo...

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  • Head of School of EECS resigns

    Portrait of Sonja Berlijn
    Sonja Berlijn leaves her mission as Head of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
    Published Jan 31, 2023

    Sonja Berlijn leaves her mission as Head of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at her own request for personal reasons. 31 January is her last day.

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  • It’s time for an employee survey with a new measurement method

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    Erik Edstam and Mikael Visén looking forward to the first KTH Employee Pulse Survey. Photo: Theresia Köhlin
    Published Jan 23, 2023

    The first university-wide employee survey in a long time will soon arrive in everyone’s inbox. “It feels so good that we’ll be up and running again soon and we believe that the new measurement tool wi...

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  • Next step in review of employment procedures

    Part of campus.
    Proposals for revised employment procedures will be ready by the end of March. (Photo: Fredrik Persson)
    Published Jan 17, 2023

    The work on the review of employment procedures at KTH began in September, and the first results are now beginning to taking shape.

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  • Important insights from Brussels visit

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    From KTH, six researchers together with a research advisor from RSO traveled to Brussels for the "EU course". Photo: private
    Published Dec 21, 2022

    The first “EU-course” for the University Alliance Stockholm Trio took place in November, with the university alliance’s Brussels office hosting 18 researchers from the three universities. Six KTH rese...

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  • Seamless transition into joint Support Services

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    Kerstin Jacobsson, University Director, is in charge of the development of the Support Services.
    Published Dec 21, 2022

    From 1 January 2023, KTH has a new Support Services organisation (known by the Swedish abbreviation VS). The new organisation is a starting point for the university’s ongoing development towards joint...

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  • ‘We want research support to reach out wider’

    Three women standing on a staircase
    For Lisa, Maria and Maria the road to a joint support services function is about finding common ground and having clearer communication for example. Photo: Mikael Sjöberg
    Published Dec 20, 2022

    As part of the joint support services’ ongoing development work, mapping and analysis is being carried out in several support areas, including those in scientific research. “We hope this work will ...

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  • Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

    Published Dec 13, 2022

    That´s the wish from Anders Söderholm, President of KTH and Kerstin Jacobsson, University Director to all of you at KTH in this year´s Christmas Greeting.

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  • Summing up after six years as President

    Woman standing behind a sculpture.
    Sigbritt Karlsson behind a new sculpture dedicated to her in the library.
    Published Nov 29, 2022

    In the past six years, you have pretty much been able to set your watch by Sigbritt Karlsson. Every morning, regardless of the weather and the pandemic, she has come walking up Drottning Kristinas Väg...

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  • Mikael Lindström becomes Deputy President of KTH

    Portrait of Mikael Lindström
    Mikael Lindström has been appointed Deputy President for KTH, starting from 1 January 2023. (Photo; Jon Lindhe)
    Published Nov 29, 2022

    The KTH board of directors has appointed Mikael Lindström, Professor in Pulp Technology and Head of School at CBH, as the Deputy President of KTH. He will take up his post on 1 January. “I am delight...

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  • The next step in KTH's digitalization

    Girl in front of screen.
    The user is in focus in the recently decided Digitalization Strategy.
    Published Nov 29, 2022

    KTH’s digitalization strategy for the next five years has been decided by the President and now has to be realised. “In order to reduce the administrative burden and drive the operation’s developme...

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