News from KTH Sustainability Office JANUARY 2021
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News from KTH Sustainability Office JANUARY 2021 Welcome back!
We have some news for you - do you have news for us? A quick reminder that you can send us news tips or drop us a note if you have questions: sustainability@kth.se
/ KTH Sustainability Office
- Finnveden leaves his position as Vice President
- Climate Adaptation Network at KTH
- Science Week 3-5 February
- Online launch events for Horizon Europe
- Workshop: Improve your FORMAS application,12 och 24 Mar
- Accelerate your research impact
- Communication course clarifies the benefits of your research
- Sustainable Development Goals Report 2019
KTH Environmental management system
- Nytt lagbevakningsystem 2021
- KTH:s klimatberäkning, 18 februari
- External environmental re-certification Audit, 19-22 April
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Finnveden leaves his position as Vice President After almost ten years Göran Finnveden leaves his position as Vice President for Sustainable Development at KTH. “He has done a tremendous job and implemented changes that mean we are well positioned to take the next step in efforts to further integrate sustainable development into research, education and partnerships,” says KTH President Sigbritt Karlsson. Read more here Climate Adaptation Are you a KTH researcher and address Climate Adaptation in your research?
KTH Sustainability Office is investigating interest for a research network with climate adaptation as the common denominator. The aim is to increase the research for climate adaptation and create new interdisciplinary collaborations. Please fill in this survey and help us getting an overview; we are planning for cross-disciplinar activites in the area during the spring. Deadline 25 January.
Digital Science Week 3-5 February Science week is a forum that drives the transition to a sustainable world by creating participation, discussion and opinion on the most important issues of our time. Welcome to participate in live digital seminars, panel discussions and workshops between 3-5 February. Read the program and sign up
Online launch events for Horizon Europe, 2 February (EC) and 10 February (Vinnova) The EU Commission is planning a virtual launch event for the new framework programme Horizon Europe on 2 February 2021. More information on how to participate and register will be available here
Vinnova will host a national launch event on 10 February 09.30 - 16.30. Read more and register here
Workshops: Improve your Formas application, 12 and 24 Mars Workshop Part 1 - Introduction, 12 Mars Welcome to a workshop for researchers who plan to apply for Formas Open Call 2021. At the workshop we will focus on the criteria for societal relevance: Societal value of research question and Communication with stakeholders and users. Researchers at KTH, who has received high scores for societal relevance in previous calls, present their best way to address the criteria successfully. Time: Wed 2021-03-12 10.00 – 12.00
More information here
Workshop part 2 - Hands-on, 24 Mars
Welcome to a hands-on workshop for improving the criteria for societal relevance in the Formas Open Call 2021. Researchers from KTH, who have been successful in previous calls, will present how to best tackle the criteria for societal relevance with focus on the communication with stakeholders and users.
Time: Wed 2021-03-24 10.00 – 12.00
More information here
Accelerate your research impact Accelerate your impact in the KTH Innovation pre-incubator program. Network, develop, and grow together with other innovative minds from KTH. Apply by 17 February 2021 at kth.se/innovation.
Communication course clarifies the benefits of your research With the course Communicating Research Beyond the Academy, researchers and doctoral students not only aquire fun and useful knowledge that quickly can be put into practice – the new skills might also change how you look upon your research. Learn more about the course here
Sustainable Development Goals Report 2019 KTH has compiled a report highlighting some of the ways KTH contributes to UN's Sustainable development Goals. 2019 is the first year of reporting and the report will be further developed. Read the report here. |
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KTH:s miljöledningssytem Nytt Lagbevakningssystem på KTH KTH byter leverantör av lagbevakningssystem fr.o.m. 4 januari 2021 till WSP - rådgivare och konsulter inom miljö och samhällsutveckling. WSP Lagbevakningssystemet är ett webbverktyg där de lagar, förordningar och andra krav som KTH omfattas av inom yttre miljö finns förtecknade. Webbverktyget med laglistor är behjälpligt i att lagar, förordningar och andra krav hålls uppdaterade och aktuella. Alla skolor och Gemensamt verksamhetsstöd(GVS) har en egen förteckning över de bindande krav man omfattas av och hur kraven uppfylls. Alla anställda kan logga in och ta del av informationen. Förteckningen för skolorna/GVS administreras av skolornas kontaktpersoner på KTH Sustainability Office. Mer information om lagar och bindande krav samt lagbevakning här
KTH:s klimatberäkning, 18 februari Välkommen till en öppen genomgång av resultat och analys av klimatberäkning av KTH:s verksamhet den 18 februari, kl.15:00-17:00. På webinariet kommer miljökonsulterna 2050 presentera klimatberäkningsrapporten där resultat, analys samt olika kvantifierade åtgärder ingår. Jämförelser över tid ( år 2015 och 2019), aggregerade resultat och resultat på skolnivå kommer också att presenteras. Mer information och anmälan här
Den 10 Mars kommer berörda funktioner och ansvariga personer från KTH:s skolor och GVS bjudas in för att delta i en workshop kring implementering av resultat i verksamheten för att uppnå KTH:s klimatmål. External environmental re-certification Audit, 19-22 April In April a re-certification audit will be conducted which shall cover the entire KTH. The purpose is to assess how well the environmental management system is integrated and performing and progressing at KTH. Audits are conducted annually while re-certification audits are every third year. Previous certification audits have been in 2015 and 2018. KTH Sustainability Office is coordinating the audit together with the certification body Qualify and leadership at KTH to identify which functions and parts of KTH will participate. The 2021 re-certification audit will focus on: changes in processes and routines, leadership engagement, campuses and specific departments at KTH schools and GVS. |
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Don't miss this!
Upcoming and previous Senseable Stockholm Lab's webinars available here
28 Jan Mobilising digitalisation to serve environmental goals
28 Jan Live-Session KTH Live-In Lab - Building ventilation post Corona
28 Jan A Fault Detection Framework Using Recurrent Neural Networks for Condition Monitoring of Wind Turbines
28 Jan Mobilising digitalisation to serve environmental goals
29 Jan Approaching transformative futures
18 Feb Webinarium KTH:s klimatberäkningsrapport, 18 februari
Find more sustainbility events at KTH here |
Apply now! Doctoral Student Position in Electric Power and Energy Systems
Doctoral Student Position in Electric Power and Energy Systems
Ass. Prof. Chemical engineering, specialization in electrochemical systems
Assist. Prof. History of Media and Environment, spec. AI/Autonomous Systems
More open positions here |
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READ, WATCH, LISTEN
- Är det meningen att vi ska nå miljömålen? (Aftonbladet.se)
- "Nina Wormbs: Därför är Wikipedia fortfarande grabbarnas arena" (DagensNyheter.se)
- How Will Digitalization Change Road Freight Transport? Scenarios Tested in Sweden (Sustainability Journal)
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"Professorn: Videomöten är det nya normala" (svt.se)
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"Byggstart för liten svensk reaktor" (fof.se)
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"Storsatsning ska få svenskarna att äta mer alger" (sverigesradio.se) "Investeringar under corona: Sverige satsar stort på förnybart" (sverigesradio.se)
- "Byggen som läker staden" (fastighetstidningen.se)
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”Vi måste prata omställning” (arkitektur.se)
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"Osäkert hur pandemin påverkar hållbar konsumtion" (omvarlden.se) More news here
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