KTH-Sustainability Newsletter, November 2014

Seminar: Linking environmental impact assessment and green procurement – making room for renewable energy
Welcome December 5 to the second installment of the KTH Energy Platform seminar series. Speakers Kedar Uttam, EMA research group, KTH and Dr. Charlotta Faith-Ell, WSP-Sweden and EMA research group KTH will discuss environmental impact assessment and green procurement. .

Sustainability Glögg for PhD-students, December 15
KTH-Sustainability welcomes PhD-students to enjoy glögg and "Lussebullar" with other students working with sustainable development. We will also report back from the Stockholm Student Dialogue on Sustainability in October, discuss upcoming PhD-courses and brainstorm ideas for future activities in the PhD Students Forum for Sustainability.

KTH’s environmental training for employees
KTH is continually working to reduce environmental impact and create a better campus environment. Learn more about KTH’s work with sustainable development and how you can help by participating in the online environmental course for employees

IVL:s och KTH:s forskning om hållbar utveckling blir till verklighet
Kom och lyssna till inspirerande exempel på hur forskning blir till verklighet och hur forskning av hög vetenskaplig kvalitet kan bli nyttigare för näringslivet och bidra till en hållbar samhällsutveckling. Studiebesök och seminarium, 19 februari 2015. Läs mer och anmäl dig här

Call for applications: Future Earth young scientists' networking conference 2015
Post-doctoral researchers interested in integrated science and collaboration between the social and natural sciences are invited to submit applications to participate in next year's Future Earth young scientists' networking conference on integrated science. More information and application here.

Life2053 in English
Green Leap and CESC’s web simulation of a sustainable life in a Swedish city 2053 is now available in English. www.life2053.com

Dissertations, Seminars and other Events

November 27: Crosstalks November 27

December 5: Dissertation, Karin Staffansson Pauli, Real Estate and Construction Management, Gender structures in the real estate industry

December 10: Swedish Life Cycle Center Seminarium: Att förstå och förändra produkters miljöpåverkan

December 11: Dissertation, Ali Azhar Butt, Transport science, Life Cycle Assessment of Asphalt Roads – Decision Support at the Project Level

December 12: Licentiate seminar, Dorothy Furberg, Geodesy and Geoinformatics Satellite Monitoring of Urban Growth and Indicator-based Assessment of Environmental Impact

December 16: Presentation av målgruppsundersökningen "Unga kvinnors utbildningsval och inställning till Data/IT/Elektro"  kl.13-15

Sustainability-related vacancies at KTH

Researcher/postdoctoral position in multi-agent transport simulation (Deadline Dec 1)

Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering (Deadline Dec 8)

Assistant professor in Organic chemistry towards solar fuels (Deadline Dec 8)

PhD Student Position in Optical Data Center Networks (Deadline Dec 31)

More vacancies…

KTH in the Media

Emergent Urbanism  – New book edited by Tigran Haas, KTH and Krister Olsson, University of Gothenburg

DI Debatt: Ingen vet kostnaden för utsläpp  with Lina Isaacs and Göran Finnveden

DN Debatt: ”Sverige är inget gott exempel”  with Josefin Wangel, Pernilla Hagbert, Anna Hult, Mattias Höjer, Anna Kramers and Jonathan Metzge

SvD: Kartlägg det förorenade dricksvattnet with Gunnar Jacks and Bo Olofsson
SvD: T-banan i tunnel under Slussen säkraste lösningen with Klas Cederwall and Bo Göran Hellers
Filter: Välkommen till Västindien with Hans Lööf
Hållbara Hav fortsätter jakten på läkemedelsrester i Östersjön with Berndt Björlenius

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