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KTH Professor speaker at UN COP26 side event - Earth observations to build climate resilient cities
Published Nov 03, 2021Yifang Ban was one of the speakers at yesterday's UN COP26 side event about Earth Observations to build sustainable and climate resilient cities. The event brought together governments, the private se...
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Economics researcher: Invest more in the climate
Published Nov 03, 2021Larger investments in the climate even if it means less money for other things now, but that can easily profit future generations. This is an important step along the way to meet Sweden’s climate goal...
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New docent among the foremost in social life-cycle assessment
Published Oct 27, 2021After fifteen years as a consultant in sustainability and an academic plunge in social sustainability, it’s easy to see that Elisabeth Ekener, new Docent at the Department of Sustainable Development, ...
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Senseable Stockholm research delivers results for safety, transport and segregation
Published Oct 22, 2021In the space of just over two years, collaboration within the Senseable Stockholm Lab has delivered a number of research results that over time, can benefit both Stockholmers and their city. “Our col...
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Changing norms around housing and everyday life can lead to more sustainable lives
Published Oct 20, 2021The climate debate has long had a tendency to individualize responsibility and place great focus on technological development - and painted this as the saviour for the planet. Pernilla Hagbert researc...
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Sverker Sörlin is awarded IVA's Great Gold Medal
Published Oct 20, 2021Sverker Sörlin, Professor in Environmental History at the Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment, has been awarded the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences' (IVA) Great Go...
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Reference networks in the air promotes the pursuit of millimeter precision
Published Oct 12, 2021The Reference Network in the Air, or Stomnät i Luften 2.0 in Swedish, is a research and innovation project with the overall goal of preparing the Swedish Transport Administration's (Trafikverket) cons...
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In Sweden to map out architectural history
Published Oct 07, 2021White spots on the architectural historical map. That is what made Sebastiaan Loosen leave Belgium and KU Leuven, where he had gotten two first-cycle qualifications and a doctoral degree, to come to S...
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Reducing the spread of airborne infection diseases by using new ventilation systems in hospitals
Published Sep 28, 2021Just in Sweden, based on numbers from The National Board of Health and Welfare, more than 1500 patients die every year due to surgical site infections caused by bacteria-carrying particles, while the ...
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Urban water imaginaries in exhibition - co-creative dialogues between science, art, and engineering
Published Sep 21, 2021The exhibition Symbiosis at Färgfabriken is a place for dialogue and an ongoing experiment created together with artists, researchers, designers and architects to explore new ways of thinking about ou...
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Symbiosis - multifaceted exhibition in collaboration with KTH research
Published Aug 26, 2021Researchers Mattias Höjer, Timos Karpouzoglou , Katarina Larsen and David Nilsson have collaborated with artists from Färgfabriken and developed elements in the upcoming exhibition Symbiosis.The exhib...
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His tools can optimize our future transport systems
Published Jun 24, 2021An old observation is that nothing is more difficult to predict than the future. But based on existing trends, it is safe to assume that electrification, digitalization and automation will have a majo...
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David Nilsson new board member at WaterAid Sweden
Published Jun 23, 2021David Nilsson, associate professor and centre director of WaterCentre @ KTH, has been appointed board member of WaterAid Sweden's board. David Nilsson has worked with water issues and global sustainab...
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Learning sustainability by doing - Collaborative, active and reflexive learning
Published Jun 16, 2021Kateryna Pereverza and Oleksii Pasichnyi are researchers and teachers at the Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering (SEED). With a strong interest in teaching, co...
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Both technology and ethics are needed in the smart city
Published Jun 03, 2021Barbro Fröding’s current research project is about identifying and dealing with the ethical issues that may arise when new technology and people meet, specifically residents in a city. How do you go a...
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KTH to establish Trimble Technology Lab for architecture, engineering, and construction
Published Jun 03, 2021KTH Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) has received a gift from Trimble to establish a state-of-the-art Technology Lab for architecture, engineering and construction (AEC). The lab will expand the un...
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Collaboration with the City of Stockholm and three-dimensional properties
Published May 27, 2021Jenny Paulsson is an Associate Professor in Real Estate Planning and Land Law the Department of Real Estate and Construction Management. Much of her work is about real estate, not least three-dimensio...
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Fossil-free steelmaking – large scale storage of hydrogen in rock caverns
Published May 19, 2021The HYBRIT joint venture aims to implement the first fossil-free steel making process in Sweden. The new technology can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 10 percent. Davi R. Damasceno is a...
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Redesign in focus for a sustainable cultural heritage
Published May 11, 2021Thordis Arrhenius is a newly promoted professor at KTH Architecture with a strong interest in contemporary architecture and urban planning. In her research and teaching, she has committed herself to h...
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What makes us decide to change our travel behavior, to opt for innovation and a sustainable future?
Published Apr 29, 2021Associate Professor Fariya Sharmeen specialises in travel behavior, social networks, and urban regeneration. She has studied the behavioral traits and policy responses to sustainable mobility transiti...
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