News from KTH Sustainability Office MAY 2021
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News from KTH Sustainability Office MAY 2021
- Result - External environmental re-certification audit
- Top 50 -THE impact rankings
- KTH and Hitachi ABB Power Grids join forces in energy transition
- Att äta gott och göra gott: – maten på din tallrik och hållbar utveckling, 19 maj
- Panel discussion: Industrial transformation and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, 24 May,
- Webinar: KTH's new sustainability goals in everyday life: what should we do?, 28 May
- ISCN 2021: Accelerating Climate Action and Sustainability, Virtual Conference, 2-4 June
- rev2021 - Resource Efficient Vehicles conference, 14-16 June
- PhD Course: Circular Production, deadline 10 May
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| Open Calls Environment and sustainability without borders The international call for projects addressing environment and sustainability, MHU på tvärs, is still open: Call: Environment and sustainability without boundaries | KTH DL May 7.
Education and sustainable development The Vice President for Sustainable Development may allocate SEK 1 million per year, until 2023, for educational initiatives in sustainable development. Call for funding within the area of education and sustainable development. DL June 3
More opportunities on the open calls website |
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Bra resultat! Extern miljörevisionen Under april genomfördes den årliga extern miljörevisionen. I år var det också en revision för omcertifiering, som sker vart tredje år.
Resultatet är väldigt bra! KTH är fortsätt ISO 14001 certifierat och revisorerna var imponerade av den verksamhet som KTH bedriver och hur vi arbetar för en hållbar samhällsutveckling. Vid slutmötet lyfte revisorerna fram två mindre avvikelser, positiva iakttagelser och några förbättringsområden att arbeta vidare med.
Läs mer om revisionen här KTH among world top 50 in sustainability impact, seventh in EU
Times Higher Education announced its Impact Rankings, naming KTH Royal Institute of Technology 41st among the 1,001 institutions evaluated.
Read the article KTH and Hitachi ABB Power Grids join forces in energy transition
“We are absolutely delighted about this arrangement and Hitachi ABB Power Grids is our first fully international partnership which makes it unique. This increases our reach within power electronics which will be extremely important for the future,” says Mikael Östling, Deputy President with responsibility for strategic collaboration at KTH.
Read the article Att äta gott och göra gott: – maten på din tallrik och hållbar utveckling, 19 maj Att våra matvanor påverkar klimatet är inget nytt, men hur påverkar klimatförändringarna vad som på sikt hamnar på våra tallrikar? Hur kan vi i framtiden njuta av mat som är både hälsosam, god och hållbar? Vilka ingredienser ingår i framtidens mat och hur minskar vi matavfallet i alla led av matkedjan? Föreläsare: Rebecka Milestad KTH, Francisco Vilaplana Domingo KTH och Johan Gottberg, Restauranglabbet Tid: Ons 2021-05-19 kl. 19:00 - 20:00
Boka din plats här Panel discussion: Industrial transformation and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, 24 May
Is the potential to revolutionize society, transform lives and accelerate global sustainable development through emerging technologies and industrialization being fully realized? What are the potential risks and conflicts?
Panel: Kerstin Forsberg and Magnus Burman, KTH Researchers and Deputy directors of the Industrial Transformation platform.
Time: Mon 2021-05-24 12.15 - 13.00
More information about the event Webinar: KTH's new sustainability objectives in everyday life: what should we do? Welcome to the start of a series of webinars on how we can together take the next steps for sustainable development at KTH.
KTH's employees, students and collaboration partners interact and collaborate daily basis for a sustainable future. Every day many decisions are made where sustainability should be an important foundation. How we travel, what we buy and not least what we teach and conduct research about is important for how we promote sustainability both at KTH and in society.
Our university wide sustainability objectives and climate objectives with associated action plans show us the way forward. They are the tools that ensure that what we do is effective and that our progress can be measured, evaluated and developed.
Time: Fri 2021-05-28 12.00 - 13.00
This webinar will be held in Swedish. The webinar will be published with English text afterwards.
Please register here
ISCN 2021: Accelerating Climate Action and Sustainability, Virtual Conference 2-4 June 2021 The ISCN 2021 conference will provide a timely opportunity to exchange ideas on how climate action and sustainable development at universities can be fostered from an academic, operational and student perspective.
More information and registration here rev2021 - Resource Efficient Vehicles conference This vehicle-centric conference aims to bring together participants from academia, industry and public agencies to discuss research from all relevant fields connected to resource efficiency in all motorised modes of transport and interdependent surrounding systems.
Please use the following link for additional information and registration:
Resource Efficient Vehicles conference PhD Course: Circular Production (7.5 credits) PhD course on "Circular Economy and Raw Material Competence for Sustainable Production" is inviting participants to join the 2021 year full digital course. The application deadline is May 10th 2021.
The PhD course is presented in collaboration with researchers and lectures from RiSe Sweden; KTH, Sweden; Mälardalen Uni, Sweden; TU Freiberg, Germany; TalTech, Estonia. With strong support from industry partners: Boliden Mines and Boliden Smelters; Höganäs, Swerim; RISE Research Institutes of Sweden.
For more information, please visit the course landing page |
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Don't miss this! 7 May Sustainable Transformation Seminars - Seminar 3 with speaker Jong Hun
10 May TEDxKTH Salon: AI – what should we focus on?
11 May Emerging technologies for climate-neutral urban areas
17 May Philosophical Aspects of Evidence and Methodology in Medicine
18 May Welcome to WikiGap at KTH library!
20 May SSF Future Research Leaders 8 (FFL-8)
24 May Panel discussion: Industrial transformation and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
28 May Gör framtidens smarta byggnader att fastighetsbranschens kompetensbehov förändras?
3 Jun Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships training
4 June Sustainable Transformation Seminars - Seminar 4 with Anna Sannö
14-16 June rev2021 - Resource Efficient Vehicles conference
Find more sustainbility events at KTH here
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Apply now!
7 May Forskare i hållbar mobilitet, Mistra SAMS och HALLO (EU)
10 May Postdoc in History of Media and Environment
12 May Assist. Prof. in Energy Technology with spec. in renewable energy sources
14 May Vik. adjunkt i industriell ekologi och strategier för hållbar utveckling
Postdoc in carbohydrate polymer chemistry and material science
14 May Postdoc in bio-based polymer materials
14 May Doctoral student in user centred design of smart grids for households
18 May Postdoc in rechargeable Zn/MnO-batteries
20 May Adjunkt på konstnärlig grund i arkitektur, hållbar stadsbyggnad, (40%)
20 May Adjunkt på konstnärlig grund i arkitektur, hållbar husbyggnad (40%)
20 May Kommunikatör till Viable Cities på KTH
31 May Doctoral student in Chemical modification of cellulosic fibres
14 June Postdoc in carbohydrate polymer chemistry and material science
More open positions here |
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READ, WATCH, LISTEN
- An important week for the climate (kth.se)
- Nästa generations transparenta trä är här (kth.se)
- Survey about sexual harassment contributes to research (kth.se)
- Water purification system engineered from wood, with help from a microwave oven (kth.se)
- Miljökampanjer som gör skillnad (kth.se)
- "Se framtidens transistorer skrivas ut" (svt.se)
- "Energimyndigheten stödjer nytt järnmalmsprojekt" (dagensmiljoteknik.se)
- "FerroSilva – fossil-free sponge iron from biogenic reduction gas" (miningmetalnews.com)
- "Återhus - möjliggör återbruk av tunga byggdelar" (worldinproperty.se)
- "Circular Procurement for a Sustainable Future" (sei.org)
- "Mushroom for improvement" (plasticsinpackaging.com)
- Göran Finnveden: ”Hundratusentals ton koldioxid ska släppas ut i Stockholm” (dn.se/debatt)
- "Forskare kräver mer åtgärder för minskad biltrafik" (sverigesradio.se)
- "Bromma ger unik chans att bygga inkluderande" (dagensarena.se)
- Experten: "En naturlig utveckling att bygga bostäder" (sverigesradio.se)
- "Planer och program räddar inte våra vatten" (aktuellhallbarhet.se)
- "Energigemenskaper kan ge energibesparingar på 30 procent" (ri.se)
- "Swedish Electromobility Centre presenteras under eComExpo 6-7:e oktober" (dagensinfrastruktur.se)
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