Niklas Arvidsson and his research team have evaluated how different payment methods influence our climate.

Swish your way to greener payments

Next time you indulge in an ice cream treat, leave the cash behind. If you go for a digital payment method, like Swish, is a savvy move for the environment. That's the key finding from a recent study conducted by Niklas Arvidsson and his research team at INDEK, shedding light on the environmental impact of different payment methods.

Interview with Niklas Arvidsson

Helene Rune works closely with project managers, Anna Jerbrant, Gunnar Malm and Sebastiaan Meijer.

From details to whole in campus relocation

Who will do what, when and how? Finding quick solutions, seeing the big picture and thinking strategically are the basis of Helene Rune's task as programme coordinator for the campus relocations.“It is complex and at the same time very concrete. It suits me perfectly!”

She co-ordinates the relocation puzzle

Johanna Stellan leads the co-organisation

"Important to identify risks at an early stage"

On April 1 Communications, Finance and HR will co-organise. Risk assessments are currently underway to identify potential challenges of the reorganisation, before entering the "needs analysis phase".

Johanna Stellan's blog post (Swe)

On 7 March, MSE welcomed high school students

Next generation material experts?

A dozen schools with approx 100 students attended Inspirations day at the Department of Material Science and Engineering last week. They not only learnt what happens with the properties of steel and aluminium, but also properties of marshmallows, at -196 degrees.

Nominate to KTH Innovation Award

The nomination period for the 500,000 Swedish crown KTH Innovation Award is open. Who do you want to recognize?

Nominate by 29 April

HR moves in together
with Finance

Today the HR division at the ITM School is moving. From now on they will sit together with the Finance Team on floor 1 in Sing-Sing.

Teaching

intra.kth.se/utbilda

The courses engineers prefer

When professional engineers choose freestanding courses, programming, cybersecurity and AI are the most popular, as well as climate and sustainability, according to a survey conducted by Ingenjören magazine. The three most popular courses at KTH last year were:

Programming in Python
Cyber security
Procrastination and perfectionism

Fika Chat: KTH-wide management of exams

Helene Rune joins the podcast this week to talk about a pilot project for KTH-wide administrative management of written exams.

Join live podcast 20 March at 15.00

If course information is missing, fewer will choose your course.

Review information about your freestanding course

Get tips on how to write good course information, step by step. Now you can edit the headings Course disposition and Supplementary info directly via About course.

Checklist

Teacher's calendar

March

First day of study period 4, spring term 2024

March

Drop-in with E-learning,14:00-16:00

E-learning welcomes you to the drop-in support via Zoom.

Research

intra.kth.se/forska

Employ a PhD with a partner university

As a researcher at KTH, you can apply for partial funding of SEK 500,000 per year during a four-year period to employ a doctoral student together with one of KTH's international partner universities.

Apply by 31 March

Don't forget to apply

Apply for The Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation (MAW) and The Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation (MMW). You need a support letter signed by our president. Contact wallenbergfoundations@kth.se for the template by March 18, 2024.

Scholarships for the ITM-school for doctoral students and teachers in material science is open from February 15 – March 15.

Travel scholarships from The general travel foundations, The KTH foundation for Science and Higher Education as well as The Anders Lindstedt foundation is open February 15 – March 15.

Stipendier från Stiftelsen Rudolph Carl Norberg. For doctoral students conducting research in the field of US-Swedish economic relations.

April

23 April, 13:00–15:30, COST Information Day

The European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) is a funding organisation. Learn about opportunities as a researcher.

Publications by ITM

Events

Some upcoming events at KTH.

Mat och bränsle skapat av gröna cellfabriker

Fotosyntes utgör grunden för nästan allt liv jorden. Med blick mot framtiden finns potentialen att utnyttja denna process genom att skapa små, gröna cellfabriker som kan producera mat, bränsle och kemikalier. Men är det möjligt för denna teknik att uppfylla ökade krav på hållbarhet och ekonomiska kostnader?

Välkommen till en öppen föreläsning med Paul Hudson, professor i mikrobiell energiproduktion.