Internal news from the ITM School
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HR gets closer to you
Published Dec 08, 2021From 1 December, ITM's HR team will work in a new way. The team's different roles become more apparent and the departments get their own HR partner.
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Energy Technology wants to attract women with role models
Published Dec 06, 2021At the Department of Energy Technology (EGI), 40% of the students are women, but in the faculty's Tenure Track*, 100% are men. "We have obviously failed to attract important talents," says Head of dep...
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The unit for combustion engines closes down
Published Dec 01, 2021The Department of Machin Design (MMK) is closing down the Internal Combustion Engine unit. The underlying reason is that fossil-fueled vehicles are on their way out of society.
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Follow, share, love Materials Science
Published Nov 23, 2021A new LinkedIn page for materials science has quickly gained many followers. The initiative was started by the ITM school and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering six months ago. The pu...
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New spark in IRIS at half term
Published Nov 17, 2021ITM’s flagship project IRIS has reached half term. Has the ambition to create strong multi-disciplinary research environments on “sustainable industry and society” and stimulate new collaborations sur...
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A toolbox for spreading science
Published Nov 16, 2021Research Support Office recently launched three new Canvas courses to further train KTH's researchers, one of these with the theme of communication. Hi, Louise Gustafsson, Research Communications Mana...
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"An equal engineer is a better engineer"
Published Nov 16, 2021Can we be best in gender equality and thus deliver better engineers? Martin Edin Grimheden, Head of Department of Machine Design, thinks so. His mission is to make more people realize the same through...
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Jernkontorsfonden för Bergsvetenskaplig Forskning - apply by October 22
Published Oct 06, 2021The Jernkontorsfonden för Bergsvetenskaplig Forskning Foundation regularly distributes funds "to promote research activities at KTH, primarily in the metallurgy areas". Now is the time to apply for 20...
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Elections for The ITM school faculty assembly
Published Oct 06, 2021Now it is time for the election of members to The school faculty assembly. Read here who is eligible and how to nominate yourself.
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Researcher’s Fridays: "We help researchers with what we are good at"
Published Oct 06, 2021Hi Anders Wändahl at the library – KTHB - what does "Researcher’s Friday" mean in your calendar this autumn?
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“They’re not with us”
Published Oct 06, 2021We all have our prejudices, no matter how hard we try to shake them off . What matters is how we act on them. Ulrika Georgsson, Communications Officer at the School of Industrial Engineering and Manag...
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Meet the modern leader
Published Sep 29, 2021"A coach with big ears and eyes" could be a somewhat simplified description of the modern leader. Johanna Strömgren, who manages leadership training at KTH Lean Center, talks about leadership as a rol...
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Leadership Forum will support ITM’s managers
Published Sep 22, 2021How 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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Apply for the ITM School's scholarships until October 25
Published Sep 17, 2021It is time to apply for a scholarship from the ITM school's foundations. Here you will find information about the 2021 call for school employees.
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Two departments become one
Published Sep 01, 2021Production Engineering (IIP) and Sustainable Production Development (HPU) are two departments close to each other in terms of subject but a bit apart geographically. July 1, 2022, they will merge and ...
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Lean Center employs two – despite the pandemic
Published Aug 24, 2021During the pandemic, KTH Lean Center in Södertälje strengthened its business with two employees. Pia Bernengo and Andreas Bohlinwill work with Lean Center's courses and commissioned training, like Sca...
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This is ITM's new HR manager
Published Jun 14, 2021The ITM School has a new HR manager. We welcome Aleksandar Dimitrijevic, who is currently being introduced to his new job by Anna Blendow.
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He investigates PMH in version 2.0
Published Jun 14, 2021Now that the competence center PMH's time frames expire, KTH's President has decided to work for a continuation of the center. However, the ideas of HOW to move on differ. The President has therefore ...
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When the environment does not match your abilities
Published Jun 07, 2021The year is 2019, and Ulrika Georgsson is engaged in meeting the new law on digital accessibility. She reads all details of the law and teaches how KTH's web editors should create content. Then, she s...
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Mikael Östling - the warrior of rankings
Published May 19, 2021It is not easy to make oneself heard in the noise of all the research that is published today. Mikael Östling, Deputy President at KTH has been on tour at KTH's research departments to encourage resea...
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