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| Mats Magnusson, Deputy Head of the ITM School. Photo: Anneli Nygårds
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Many signs of spring in academic life
Cherry blossom at campus, warmer weather and several doctoral thesis defenses. Mats Magnusson spots many signs of spring at KTH. He encourages each and everyone to attend at least one of the thesis defenses and joining in the celebration of our newly awarded PhDs.
Mats Magnusson's blog post | | | | Hatef (left) will supervise several doctoral students in this new role. | Hatef Madani Pricipal Scientist
at Austrian university
| Congratulations Hatef Madani for becoming Principal Scientist at the AIT Center for Energy. In this part-time position, he is responsible for the cooperation of a research programme between the AIT and KTH. Read more on Research focus (kth.se) | | | Three new employees need a warm welcome. Photo: Unsplash
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KTH proposed to remain the principal of the Electrum Lab
In the final report of a investigation, KTH is proposed to remain the principal of the Electrum Lab in Kista.
Read more | | | | | | Check out a new seminar seriesWelcome to KTH Library and the Faculty Council’s seminar series on academic freedom and the role of democracy in higher education.
The first seminar: Impressions from the U.S. Friday 25 April, 8:00–8:50, in F3 or via Zoom. In Swedish!
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“The universities are the enemy..."
"...We have to attack the universities in this country honestly and aggressively.” This is a quote from a speech made by the current Vice President of the United States in 2021, which was widely publicized as a declaration of war on higher education and research in general, and on universities’ work for gender equality, and on what was perceived as identity politics and woke ideologies. Read Anders Söderholm's celebrated speach | | | | Do you want to be a hologram?
Scan the QR code and a hologram appears on your screen – for example, a researcher speaking or an autonomous vehicle passing by on the road. Currently, there are three such hologram stations on the KTH campus. Now, the Campus2030 project wants to develop the concept further.
Participate as Hologram for Campus2030 | | | | | | | Digital Learning's Amir Rezaei in the flexible recording studio that he set up at Brinellvägen 68. | Here it's easy to create professional videos
KTH’s automated recording studio, the Maxistudio, is easy to use and free for all employees.
“I saw a need for a simple and efficient recording studio for our vision of increased digitalisation in teaching,”
Amir Rezaei, at Digital Learning says.
KTH's automated studio for all staff
| | | Rebecca Hansén belongs to Team Yellow within
the Office for student affairs. | Less vulnerable with teams for education supportOn 1 April 2025, ITM took another step in reorganising education support and started working in a new way. Now, three teams
support each department and programme – to reduce vulnerabilities and provide more effective support. The teams supporting each programme | | | |
Staff training and career support
| Mandatory: Digital course about KTH's sustainability work
All employees at KTH can contribute to sustainable development. This digital education is about our sustainability goals and the work that is being done to reach them. As an employee, you must know the sustainability goals and know how you can contribute to them. Estimated time required: approximately 40 min.
Language: Swedish and English. Take the course in Canvas now |
Swedish for employees at KTHIf you know the local language, it will be easier to become part of the community at work and in society. If you know Swedish, you are more likely to be successful and tempted to stay in Sweden. It also increases your chances of having a career at KTH. Spring's intensive courses start 26 May and end 18 June, Monday until Thursday, 3 pm. to 5 pm. Read more and sing up |
Meet award-winning
pedagogue Carl DahlbergCarl, was awarded KTH's pedagogical prize in 2024 for "...his commitment to teaching, the desire to constantly improve and his great teaching skills." Carl talks with Marcus Lithander and Joakim Lilliesköld. Find links to Carl’s Fika Chat #57
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Lunch 'n' learn about AI and sustainabilityHow does AI impact our planet and the people living on it? This
insightful webinar explores the connection between
artificial intelligence and sustainability as well as the broader
impacts of AI development, such as energy consumption. AI and Sustainability – Towards a Fair Future
| | | | | Storträffen Meetup spring 2025
Teaching for the Future - with today's resources and challenges The Faculty Council of KTH emphasises the importance of university-wide exchange and learning as part of the systematic quality work. To strengthen the exchange of experience and continuous quality development of our educational programmes, the Storträffen meetup is arranged every semester for all staff and students. This time, the Storträffen meetup is co-organized with the higher education pedagogy conference KTH SoTL 2025.
Time: Tue 2025-05-20 12.00 - 16.45 Location: Q1 Language: English Storträffen Meetup for education VT–25
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Q&A: Course evaluation and course analysis in Canvas
KTH has launched a new system for course evaluation and analysis that is automated in Canvas. Welcome to a drop-in session at 14.00–15.00 to ask questions about the system.
| | | | | | Swap a book or two at the libraryWelcome to the Book Swap Week at the KTH library! Bring a book and take home a new favourite. You may swap up to three books. Please note
that the books should be
in good condition. Read more about Book Swap Week | | | | | KTH Library highlighting Week17Explore the book display on the Global Goals and swap seeds in the seed library – a simple way to support sustainable development together with others. Read more about Week17 | | | | | Workshops by the KTH Library | 12.00–13.30 | Making your computational research presentableAre you writing research software or using data? Do you want others to get value out of it? There are common practices that work and some that don’t. Learn to create presentable computational research in this workshop. Workshop – computational research presentable | | | | 13.15-15.00 | Searching for patents
Searching in patent databases can be challenging. Maybe you have an idea that you want to patent, or maybe you are just interested in exploring patents in your field. Join our workshop to learn more about patents.
Workshop – Searching for patents | | | | | |
Nuclear
energy the theme for lunch seminars
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In a series of lunch seminars
linked to the Library's exhibition “The Role of Nuclear Energy in Decarbonizing
Our Society”, we invite you to attend lectures on the theme of nuclear energy.
Coming up 28 April, 12-13:
Janne Wallenius,
Professor at KTH and CTO of Blykalla:
◦ "The next generation
of advanced SMRs"
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KTH Royal Institute of Technology
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