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Göran Sandberg, one of the honorary doctors at KTH 2025. (Photo: KAW/Magnus Bergström)

"Swedish consensus is an incredible force"

For Göran Sandberg, a doyen of Swedish research development, the most important issue in the university world at the moment is undoubtedly the supply of expertise. "It doesn't matter if you come from...

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Gunilla Franzén, who has been awarded an honorary doctorate at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, works to ensure that the foundations of a building - soil, rock and water - are up to scratch. (Photo: Private)

Building safety from the ground up

Through pioneering work, she has contributed to increased safety in our built environments - from houses to roads and bridges. Gunilla Franzén, geotechnical safety expert, has been awarded an honorary...

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Professor Bornscheuer’s pioneering work spans diverse areas. Photo: University of Greifswald

Uwe Bornscheuer appointed honorary doctor at KTH

Uwe Bornscheuer, Professor at the University of Greifswald, has been appointed honorary doctor at KTH for his efforts to bridge chemistry and biotechnology to address global challenges and drive indus...

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Recent publications

[1]
K. Yang et al., "A multi-level multi-domain digital twin modeling method for industrial robots," Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, vol. 95, 2025.
[2]
Y. Elomari et al., "A hybrid data-driven Co-simulation approach for enhanced integrations of renewables and thermal storage in building district energy systems," Journal of Building Engineering, vol. 104, 2025.
[3]
H. Ji et al., "A Computation and Energy Efficient Hardware Architecture for SSL Acceleration," in ASP-DAC 2025 - 30th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, Proceedings, 2025, pp. 23-29.
[4]
T. A. Pham, R. Akan and A. Tabaroei, "A simplified soil–structure interaction model for load–settlement analysis of piles," Canadian geotechnical journal (Print), vol. 62, 2025.
[5]
A. Säfström and S. Yllmark, "A Comparative Study of Parallel Search Techniques in a Chess Engine : Young Brothers Wait Concept or Lazy SMP?," , 2025.
Full list in the KTH publications portal