First of all I would like to thank all of you for all the good work during my years as the Head of ITM – it has been a very interesting period, challenging at times, but overall very rewarding. I was overwhelmed by the celebration on May 14, all the participants, all the presents, all … Continue reading “Thank you and best wishes for the future!”
Do you want to date a robot? Now what, has the dean gone crazy? No, actually not, it’s a teaser for Södertälje Science Week 30/1 -2/2. Apart from robot dating you can listen to interesting talks including also some prominent faculty members of ITM as speakers. Besides, I like robots. We have closed the books … Continue reading “2019 – A year of more substantial School initiatives than previous years”
In a recent guest editorial article in SvD about the climate threat and the impact of its counter-measures on our economy it is argued that we are facing huge costs (in the range of thousands of billions of dollars) while still not even coming close to the 1.5 degree target. This is not surprising given … Continue reading “Threats ahead, challenges ahead, plans ahead, initiatives ahead, holidays ahead”
I hope that you all have had a relaxing summer vacation “despite” the nice weather. It is clear that weather and climate are very different things but according to Professor Johan Rockström, SU and Stockholm Resilience Centre: “The warmest summer ever can only be explained by understanding that climate changes interact with weather” (my translation … Continue reading “Welcome back!”
Many of our faculty members, researchers and teachers are now in one way or the other involved in sketching the future of ITM via intensive work on the ITM development plan 2018-2023. Already now I choose to disclose a few quotes from the current development plan draft: “The vision of our school is to be … Continue reading “The future of ITM”
