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Meeting Notes: May 2026

Place: C3:3031, C3 Corridor, AlbaNova

Time: Tuesday, 26/05/2026, 15:15 – 16:03

Opening formalities (5 min)

  • Meeting opening

  • Choice of meeting chairperson – board suggests: Eloi

  • Choice of meeting secretary – board suggests: Nils

  • Choice of meeting minutes checker – board suggests: Ozan

  • Approval of agenda and meeting procedures. (Approved)

    • The council approved the agenda and meeting procedures.

Reports & updates (35 min)

  1. Update from PADs (15 min)

    • Physics:  Feedback received on the JML workshop received, generally positive. Discussion held regarding co-supervision, and what to do with “invisible” co-supervisors. Brought up difficulty to find information of what to do when conflicts arise, but difficult to explain to the PA.

    • Engineering Mechanics: Nothing to report.

    • Mathematics: 3rd JML workshop held for faculty, now most of the faculty has had the workshop. Discussion held on the KTH policy of AI-tools. We are to bring this up to the faculty board to decide what can be provided by KTH.

    • Applied Physics: JML workshop held for faculty. Generally, well received. Discussion regarding issues of PhD students not getting extended when their funding was lost by the PI. Department only funds for 4 years and then terminates the contract, even though the PhD student has done teaching.

  2. Update from Structure of SCI council task force (Ozan, 5 min)

    • Generally good progress, report to be done by the end of the year. Send key information of each role to Ozan.

  3. Budget for the SCI Council + Treasurer (Maria) (10 min)

    • The chapter will allocate a budget to the SCI school, depending on the number of students enrolled (~150 sek/student). The SCI council will be free to distribute this money themselves. Generally seen as a good thing by the council, and decision of appointing a treasurer will be held when the budget is finalised.

  4. Ethics workshop feedback (PADs) (5 min)

    • Ethics workshop got mixed feedback. This will be brought to FA-PA-FoA, as well as to the course organiser.

Discussion points (15 min)

  1. Equality at KTH (Nils) (10 min)

    • Nils raised that he had contacted the person responsible for installing sanitary products in the bathrooms, as this has been a slow process. He will send a reminder about this and see what the council can do.

  2. FN Meeting (Nils) (5 min)

    • Nils reported that the FN meeting held discussions on some webpages that include AI, JML and makerspace. The council to aim to post the AI-event on the AI page to increase marketing.

Development of Current Events/Initiatives (5 min)

  1. Next event – AI event (Maria)

    • Maria reported that the AI event will be pushed to September, as that was the first availability. The next event to be held on the 24th of June, as a BBQ event.

Additional issues and information (5 min)

  1. Next Meeting Location and Date

    • Next meeting to be held in Engineering Mechanics, at 10:15 on the 24th of June.

Actions required

  • Nils to bring which AI tools are available from KTH to FN.

  • Erik to investigate unfair treatment of PhD students that lost funding due to PI.

  • Send key information regarding your role to Ozan.

  • Theodor to send information on ethics course to course responsible.

  • Erik to bring ethics course information to FA-PA-FoA meeting.

Meeting closed

  • Meeting closed at 16:03.