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  • Dual-Motive Complexity of Sustainable Investments: Exploring Individual Investors' Decision-Making P

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    Published Nov 05, 2025

    Ida Ayu Agung Faradynawati, Division of Real Estate Business and Financial Systems, will defend her doctoral thesis on Thursday 20 November 2025.

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  • Council awards 155 million Swedish crowns to KTH research

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    A total of 36 KTH researchers receive grants from the Swedish Research Council. Photo: KTH
    Published Nov 03, 2025

    A total of 36 researchers at KTH will receive 155 million Swedish crowns in grants from the Swedish Research Council's major distribution within natural sciences and technology. The KTH projects recei...

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  • KTH professor receives prestigious geoscience award

    Picture of Prosun Bhattacharya (centre) receiving the award next to two colleagues.
    Prosun Bhattacharya (centre) works at the Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering at KTH. Photo: R. Olsson KTH
    Published Oct 29, 2025

    Thanks to research developed by KTH, more than one million people have gained access to safe drinking water with life-saving health benefits. Professor Prosun Bhattacharya has now been awarded one of ...

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  • Doubtful climate gains from seaweed feed

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    Methane emissions, mostly from cow burps, contribute more to global warming than carbon dioxide. (Photo: Mostphotos)
    Published Oct 29, 2025

    Seaweed in animal feed has been highlighted to reduce the impact of cattle on the climate. However, new findings from KTH show that the alleged benefits may disappear when the entire life cycle is con...

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  • Two SEED researchers receive the Formas Career Grant for Early-career Researchers

    Published Oct 27, 2025

    Two young researchers from Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering (SEED) receive the Formas Career Grant for Early-career Researchers. The funded researchers are ...

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  • Prestigious IEEE award to EECS associate professor

    Qianwen Xu receives IEEE award during the awards ceremony in Madrid
    Published Oct 22, 2025

    Last week Qianwen Xu, associate professor at EECS’ Division of Electric Power and Energy Systems received the J. David Irwin Early Career Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Enginee...

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  • KTH initiative paves the way for new nuclear energy lab

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    Pär Olsson, Professor of Physics and Nuclear Materials and Head of the Department of Physics at KTH. Photo: Jon Lindhe
    Published Oct 21, 2025

    One of KTH's strategic research initiatives has paid off in the form of substantial research grants from the Swedish Energy Agency. Two projects have secured the entire SEK 50 million grant – and a bi...

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  • The idea that got Sweden moving

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    Carina Haak, founder of Fritidsbanken, wants to enable more people to find joy in sports and outdoor activities. (Photo: Private)
    Published Oct 21, 2025

    From a small premises in Deje to a movement that has spread throughout Sweden. Today, Fritidsbanken lends out millions of sports and leisure items – and has become a natural part of life for many. Now...

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  • Opinion piece in SvD

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    Published Oct 20, 2025
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  • InspireReads Mobile Library

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    InspireReads’ first stop is the KTH Library.
    Published Oct 20, 2025

    This autumn, the InspireReads book collection will be found in different locations around KTH’s campus. Don’t miss the opportunity to discover new perspectives and thought-provoking books, take part i...

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  • Björn Glaser new professor in Experimental Kinetics of Metallurgy

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    Björn Glaser was appointed professor at the department of Materials Science and Engineering in 2025.
    Published Oct 17, 2025

    Earlier this year Björn Glaser has been appointed as professor at KTH in Experimental Kinetics of Metallurgy.

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  • InspireTalks – talks on innovation and gender equality

    Published Oct 17, 2025
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  • The winner of the Energy Management course project announced

    Presenting students, jury members and course teachers.
    Published Oct 15, 2025

    KTH students have designed a smarter and more sustainable Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. Team Nyarugenge 3 came through as a winner in the annual competition.

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  • KTH in three minutes

    Published Oct 10, 2025

    President Anders Söderholm and Dean Sofia Ritzén will provide a snapshot of developments at one of the world's top 100 technical universities. KTH is taking the lead for a sustainable society.

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  • Film screens: The Future Planet Film Series

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    Film still from ”Recycling Colony” a film that explores the complex reality of sustainability. © Korean Broadcasting Service
    Published Oct 09, 2025

    This autumn, the KTH Climate Action Centre will screen a series of newly produced films from around the world on climate-related themes. The ”Future Planet Film Series” explores the impacts of climate...

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  • New course on sustainability and gender equality in funding applications

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    Karin Larsdotter, project manager for research at KTH Sustainability Office, and Klara Folkesson, strategist at KTH Equality Office. Photo: Sabina Fabrizi
    Published Oct 06, 2025

    Researchers seeking funding may need to consider both sustainability and gender equality. There is now a course on Canvas that supports KTH researchers in this regard.

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  • Scania x KTH Research Day

    Scania x KTH Research Day speaker
    Karl Henrik Johansson, professor at the Division of Decision and Control Systems at KTH, led a workshop at the event.
    Published Oct 06, 2025

    On Thursday, October 2, KTH and Scania hosted the Scania x KTH Research Day as part of the strategic partnership. The event brought together researchers, engineers, and strategists from both KTH and S...

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  • Prosun Bhattacharya awarded by the GSA

    Published Sep 29, 2025

    The award ceremony for the GSA International Distinguished Career Award 2025 will take place during the GSA Connects 2025 event in San Antonio, the United States, on 19 October.

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  • “We want to develop digital solutions that work for people”

    Erik Flores-García
    Erik Flores-García.
    Published Sep 25, 2025

    How can research help solve real-life problems? Mobility programmes give researchers the opportunity to find out. Working closely with Scania, Erik Flores-García aims for better understanding of trend...

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  • New grant for establishing a Swedish Citizen Science Lab for Urban Biodiversity

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    Published Sep 25, 2025

    How can we work together with citizens, actors from the public sector, civil society organizations, academia and private sector to develop knowledge about citizen science and urban biodiversity? Sara ...

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