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Åsa Persson joins the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change
Åsa Persson. Photo: SEI. Published Dec 11, 2025KTH is now represented on the 15-member EEA Scientific Advisory Board providing independent, science-based guidance to support EU climate policy.
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Solutions for a Resilient Planet - Turning Knowledge into Action
Published Dec 09, 2025KTH researcher, Maryna Henrysson is one of the authors in The Global Environment Outlook: A future we choose (GEO-7) report. We met with Maryna to find out what are the key impacts of the report and w...
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Francisco Beltran's Final Pre-Defence Paper on Solar PVT for Urban Heating
Published Dec 09, 2025How do you deploy clean, quiet heating in dense cities with almost no available land? That’s the challenge tackled in a new study by Francisco Beltran, PhD researcher at the department of Applied Th...
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With gender equality in mind
Gustav Amberg and Anna Wahl discuss opportunities and pitfalls for gender equality in academia. (Photo: Anna Hartvig/ Marc Feminia Published Dec 09, 2025Anna Wahl and Gustav Amberg have extensive experience of working in academia and promoting gender equality in academic environments. In this Zoom conversation, they discuss the current state of gender...
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Reflections and recording of the Archipelago Lecture 2025
From left; Kohei Saito talking to Peter Samuelsson, who translated the Swedish edition of Marx in the Anthropocene; Saito during his talk; the stamp he uses for signed copies of his books. Published Dec 09, 2025In the beginning of November, we had the great pleasure to welcome philosopher and political economist Kohei Saito to Stockholm to give the fourteenth Stockholm Archipelago Lecture. Below you can read...
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Amir H. Payberah new Research theme leader for digitalisation
Amir H Payberah. Photo: Åsa Karsberg, KTH Published Dec 08, 2025WaterCentre welcomes Amir H. Payberah, Associate professor of Computer Science, as the new Research theme leader for the Digitalised research theme. “I appreciate the collaborative spirit of WaterC...
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Watch: KTH Launch of the World Energy Outlook 2025
Laura Cozzi helps shape global energy and climate policy and integrate KTH’s expertise into the IEA World Energy Outlook. Here she is presenting at Reaktorhallen, KTH. Published Dec 04, 2025How are global energy trends shaping the future of climate and energy security? On 27 November 2025 at KTH, Laura Cozzi, Director of Sustainability, Technology, and Outlooks at the IEA, presented the ...
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Towards Zero-Waste: Sweden–India Project Shares Early Insights on Circular Bio-Waste Solutions
The BioCircularR project team met for a workshop on November 25, 2025. Published Dec 04, 2025On 25 November 2025, researchers and stakeholders from Sweden and India gathered for a joint dissemination and consultation workshop under the project Towards Zero-Waste through a Bio-based Circular R...
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Alternative to BPA passes toxicity and sustainability standards set by EU innovation guidelines
Plastic cups and other products could potentially be manufactured without endocrine-disrupting bisphenols like BPA. A new study highlights the multidisciplinary process that could make this a reality. Photo: Tal Revivo Published Dec 04, 2025Polyester and a host of other plastic products could potentially be manufactured with non-toxic and sustainable BPA alternatives identified in a multidisciplinary study published today by researchers ...
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KTH to lead new center for fossil-free chemical production
Published Dec 04, 2025Anna Björklund (SEED) has secured funding as a co-applicant for a major research project, marking an important step in advancing innovative research within the field.
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Three KTH professors elected to IVA
Henrik Sandberg, Johan Rockberg and Tina Karrbom Gustavsson have been elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA). Photo: KTH/Håkan Målbäck Published Dec 03, 2025The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) has elected 39 new fellows, three of whom are professors from KTH: Tina Karrbom Gustavsson, Johan Rockberg and Henrik Sandberg. “It feels gr...
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Chemist and mathematician appointed Wallenberg Academy Fellows
Helena Lundberg and Aron Wennman receive prestigious grants for basic research. (Photo: Wallenberg Foundations) Published Dec 03, 2025Helena Lundberg and Aron Wennman have been awarded grants from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation for groundbreaking basic research. The funding will enable them to further their research projec...
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Study shows potential for more affordable and efficient hydrogen gas production
A recent advance in the science of hydrogen fuel production could lead to faster, more efficient and more sustainable ways to produce clean fuel. Published Dec 03, 2025A recent advance in the science of hydrogen fuel production could enable higher output and more sustainable production of this renewable energy source, researchers with Stockholm’s KTH Royal Institute...
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KTH Strengthens Water Research Through Water Wise Societies Membership
Photo: Petter Karlberg Published Dec 02, 2025KTH is now a member of Water Wise Societies, one of five impact innovation programmes in Sweden. These are 100-MSEK initiatives funded by agencies such as Vinnova, Formas and the Swedish Energy Agency...
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Camilla Lo Giudice Wins Best In-Person Poster Award at the IAMC Annual Meeting 2025
Camilla Lo Giudice receives the Best In-Person Poster Award at the IAMC Annual Meeting 2025. Published Dec 02, 2025The Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium (IAMC) organizes every year, since 2007, a conference on energy modelling, climate change, and resource assessment. This year, the conference was held fro...
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Researcher Anna Furberg featured in Ellevio podcast on AI, data centers, and the energy system
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Innovating Thermal Energy Storage: Insights from the KTH–Kyoto Group Collaboration
Published Nov 28, 2025KTH and Kyoto Group, a Norwegian leading thermal battery company, have maintained an ongoing research collaboration since 2022, with the latest milestone of the industrial partner being the inaugurati...
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Female enrollment in master’s programmes hits all-time high
“Given the numbers of qualified students, KTH is in higher demand – it’s more competitive to get in,” says Åsa Andersson, who leads the university international student recruitment team in the Education Office. Published Nov 28, 2025Enrollment figures for 2025 show the KTH master’s programme has increased female enrollment by 10 percentage points over the last seven years, while becoming even more attractive in terms of the numbe...
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Major research grant awarded to project on productivity and climate transitions
Christian Thomann Published Nov 28, 2025A big research grant is awarded to the research project: “The effect of climate policy and financing on firms’ green transition”
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KTH dES in COP30 in Belém
COP30 was held at the Hangar Convention Centre in Belém, Brazil, from 10 to 21 November 2025. Photo: Åsa Persson Published Nov 26, 2025At the UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP30) in Belem, Brazil, the Division of Energy Systems (dES) at KTH Royal Institute of Technology highlighted how rigorous energy systems analysis can supp...
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