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News from KTH Sustainability Office OCTOBER 2020

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News from KTH Sustainability Office

OCTOBER 2020  

  • Internal environmental audit
  • Varför jämställdhet? 
  • Network meeting on climate adaptation at KTH
  • Workshop: AI for Life Science @ KTH
  • KTH Digital information meeting on the EU Green Deal Call with the European Commission
  • Engineering for a Sustainable Society 3.0 credits
  • Två riktade utlysningar - Framtidens jordbruks- & miljöteknik
  • Nominera pristagare för Östersjöpriset 2021

Internal Environmental Audit

The annual internal environmental audit will take place week 43 and week 45. This year the auditors will together with personnel at KTH Schools and GVS focus on: Sustainability in the educational processes, institutions organization and steering, biodiversity and ecosystem services, as well as food and food services. 

Varför jämställdhet?

  Anna Wahl, professor och vicerektor på KTH, berättar om vilka argument som brukar användas för att motivera arbete för ökad jämställdhet. Hon presenterar också vilka problem som olika grupper brukar lyfta fram, samt hur ett förändringsarbete kan läggas upp. på en online-föreläsning om jämställdhet arrangerad av KTH Biblioteket.
 
Tid: 5 oktober, kl 12.15 - 12.45 Föreläsare: Anna Wahl, professor och vicerektor
Plats: Online via zoom Mer information här
 

Network meeting on climate adaptation at KTH

Are you interested in climate adaptation? Are you affiliated with KTH? Welcome to a startup meeting for a Climate adaption network at KTH. This first meeting aims at creating a climate adaptation network at KTH. There will be opportunities for short presentations and discussions about collaborations and research ideas.

Time: October 14th, 11:00 - 13:00 Location: Zoom To participate please register here

Workshop: AI for Life Science @ KTH

KTH’s research platforms on Digitalization and Life Science Technology warmly welcomes you to a daylong workshop on artificial intelligence and machine learning for life science, health and care. The aim is to bring together academia, industry and government.

Time: Wed 14 October, kl:9.00 - 17.00 More information and registration here

KTH Digital information meeting on the EU Green Deal Call with the European Commission

  KTH Energy platform and KTH Research Support Office jointly organize an information session on the European Green Deal Call, the EU Commission's new package of investments and financing tools opened in September 2020. The call for proposals is a part of Horizon 2020 and comprises a budget of approximately 1 billion euro.
Projects financed under the Green Deal Call are expected to deliver tangible and visible results relatively quickly and show how research and innovation can provide concrete solutions for the Green Deal main priorities.
Date: October 20th at 10:15-12:00 Venue: Zoom (link will be sent closer to the event) Register to the event here.
For more information, contact Anna Raask at KTH Research Support Office, araask@kth.se

Engineering for a Sustainable Society 3.0 credits

FSG3133 Engineering for a Sustainable Society 3.0 credits course will cover different aspects of the sustainability challenges that humanity encounters presently. It will consist of inspiring lectures given by KTH researchers and external presenters. The lectures will highlight new aspect and different perspectives regarding the societal challenges and also present the point of view of different actors or stakeholders. The second part of the course will consist of presentations prepared by the students (in group of 4-5).

This course will be given digitally only. More information and registration.
 

Två riktade utlysningar - Framtidens jordbruks- & miljöteknik

Stiftelsen JTI, i samarbete med Stiftelsen Lantbruksforskning, utlyser forskningsmedel för två riktade satsningar, varav den ena tillsammans med Svenskt Vatten. Utlysningarna är en del av Stiftelsen JTI:s strategiska programsatsning om totalt 50 miljoner kronor under perioden 2019-2027.

Den 1 oktober 2020 öppnar Stiftelsen JTI två utlysningar, en inom respektive område:

  • Klimat-, miljö- och produktionsutmaningar – svenskt jordbruk måste vara redo.
  • Cirkularitet/restströmmar – tryggad återföring av näringsämnen.
  Läs mer om utlysningen och hur du ansöker.

Nominera pristagare för Östersjöpriset 2021

  Känner du till en person eller organisation som gjort speciellt betydelsefulla och framstående insatser till förmån för Östersjöns miljö. Kandidaterna kan vara aktiva inom vetenskap eller forskning, i någon miljörörelse eller i kulturlivet eller som administratörer och beslutsfattare i både näringsliv och offentlig förvaltning. Nominera senast den 13 november 2020. Mera information om nomineringen hittar du här
 

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7 oct: Coordinated Frequency Control Between Interconnected AC/DC Systems
8 oct: Towards Artificial Photosynthesis: Exploration of Efficient First-Row Transition Metal-Based Water Oxidation Catalysts
8 oct: Att konstruera förflutenheter för omstridda framtider: kulturarv i polartrakterna
9 oct: A resilience perspective on sustainability transformations
12 oct: KTH Horizon Europe Week
14 oct: Workshop: AI for Life Science @ KTH
15 oct: KTH Innovation Digital Demo Day

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