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  • INDEK researchers receive large project funding from Swedish Energy Agency

    Published Aug 27, 2020
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  • INDEK is defending its positions in ARWU Shanghai ranking

    Published Aug 27, 2020
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  • Now Machine design is corona safe(r)

    Image from one of the workshops with hand alcohol in the foreground and students in the back.
    Published Aug 26, 2020

    The students are largely back on campus. But the corona pandemic is not over. How do you minimize the risk of infection when on-site education starts up again? At the department of Machine Design (MMK...

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  • “Learning glass” a boost for video lectures

    Frida Svelander teaches mathematics and records a video using learning glass. Photo: Amir Mehdi Rezaei
    Published Aug 14, 2020

    In a studio at KTH, a team is elaborating video recordings where the speaker make notes on a glass screen. With an air of magic, "Learning glass" lifts distance education to new heights.

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  • Humanists most critical of performance measurement

    Published Aug 14, 2020

    Johan Söderlind and Lars Geschwind have published the article Disciplinary Differences in Academics ’Perceptions of Performance Measurement at Nordic Universities.

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  • Evaluation of the title Excellent teacher at SLU

    Published Aug 14, 2020

    Lars Geschwind and Kristina Edström have, on behalf of SLU's president, made an evaluation of the title Excellent teacher, which was introduced at the university in 2014.

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  • Analysis of the input to the research proposition

    Published Aug 14, 2020

    Lars Geschwind and Stefan Lundborg have, on behalf of SUHF, made an analysis of the input to the research proposition.

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  • Dissertation on the impact of industry on engineering education

    Published Aug 14, 2020

    On June 5, Per Fagrell defended his doctoral dissertation. Change and inertia in the development of Swedish engineering education: The industrial stakeholder perspective.

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  • "Wage differences exist - but not in the low-wage sector" - Hans Lööf debates in Swedish newspaper

    Published Aug 11, 2020

    Most studies of wage differences between refugee immigrants and native Swedes do not take into account professional affiliation. In almost half of the Swedish labor market, people with a refugee backg...

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  • This is how we'll work at KTH after the summer

    KTH library
    Published Jul 01, 2020

    All campuses will reopen for on-campus education this autumn. Starting 1 August, buildings will gradually be opened to students.

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  • Frauke Urban at INDEK, is one of the Climate Champions of Startup Climate Action

    Published Jun 26, 2020

    Time is running out and we must act quickly to limit global warming to 1.5° C. Startup Climate Action therefore has a challenge-driven approach and focuses on UN Sustainability Goal # 13 − Climate Act...

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  • Seminars that want to change industry and society

    Photo: Unsplash
    Published Jun 16, 2020

    A seminar series addressing Industrial and Societal transformation towards sustainability starts in the fall. With a mix of inspirational speakers to more focused presentations by both external and in...

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  • KTH project will improve maths skills among girls

    Young girl constructing things with clay and tooth sticks.
    Photo: Technological University Dublin
    Published Jun 09, 2020

    A KTH project on enhancing spatial ability to help close the gender gap in engineering subjects, secures over a €4M in Horizon 2020 funding.

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  • Successful PhD defence by Fumi Harahap

    From left to right: Fumi Harahap and professor Semida Silveira
    Published May 28, 2020

    On April 24th, 2020, Fumi Harahap from the division of Energy Systems KTH-dES, successfully defended her PhD thesis “Exploring synergies between the palm oil industry and bioenergy production in Indon...

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  • Successful PhD defence by Dennis Dreier

    From left to right: Professor Viktoria Martin, Dennis Dreier, Dilip Khatiwada and Will Usher.
    Published May 27, 2020

    On May 5th, 2020, Dennis Dreier from the division of Energy Systems (KTH-dES), successfully defended his PhD thesis “Transition Technologies for Electrification and Optimisation of Bus Transport Syste...

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  • Smartwatches tell us how to design cities

    Graphic illustration: public transport, biometric data collected by user, IoT Device, autonomous vehicle and MERGEN analysis.
    Published May 20, 2020

    Smartwatches can be a low cost, effective tool in collecting data on how people are affected by different environments when planning and designing a city.

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  • Rector's decision on Distant Examination

    Published May 14, 2020

    Due to the COVID-19 situation, the President has decided that distance examination will be implemented for all examinations that take place during the period 2020-04-14 – 08-22 (V-2020-0273). The deci...

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  • INDEK and Schibsted develop the media industry with AI

    Published May 13, 2020

    Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing many industries, as the media industry. The media group Schibsted and KTH have started a collaboration to develop responsible use and sustainable implementatio...

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  • Students show smart products during digital "Kexpo"

    Stefan Ståhlgren with his students
    Published May 13, 2020

    A vacuum cleaner that takes very little space, a harness for figure skaters and a ladder for stairs - these are some of the student projects at this year's "Kexpo", an exhibition that this year will g...

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  • New research center at ITM

    Published May 05, 2020

    Starting this year, Center for Mechanics and Materials Design (MMD) will bring together Solid Mechanics and Materials Science and Engineering. The center belongs to ITM but operates at both the ITM sc...

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