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Christian Thomann wrote an opinion piece that emerged directly from a concrete political context.
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Sweden’s pension lesson for Germany
Christian Thomann from INDEK discusses Sweden’s pension system in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Seventy percent of Swedes save in investment funds or stocks. The country’s pension system did not emerge through foresight, but through a crisis. What Germany can learn from this — and what it will cost.
Swedish pension system is more than just a model
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John Ågren, Professor
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Congratulations, John Ågren! John Ågren has been honored by the prestigious Adolf Martens Memorial Steel Lecture Award for his outstanding contributions to the physical metallurgy and computational materials science field. The award is presented by the Association for Iron & Steel Technology and recognizes individuals who have made outstanding lifetime contributions and impact on this field. | |
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Björn Palm, Professor at EGI. Photo: Lisa Mattisson
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Heat pump boozt due to geopolitical situation
34 percent
increase in heat pump sales in Germany – an effect of the current
geopolitical situation. The situation has been likened to the 1990s oil
crisis, which helped establish Sweden’s leadership in heat pumps.
“I would argue that without our department Energy Technology at KTH, the heat pump industry would not be as advanced in Sweden today,” says Björn Palm.
Jättemarknad växer fram (Swe) | | | | | |
Bhavana Vaddadi has spent the past years at ITRL. | | | She reflects on a journey spanning sustainable mobility
From urban planning in India to mobility research in Stockholm, Bhavana Vaddadi has spent the past eight years helping shape both the research and community at KTH’s Integrated Transport Research Lab (ITRL). Now moving on to a postdoc at Linköping University, she reflects on a journey spanning sustainable mobility, autonomous transport, and the people and place that made ITRL feel like home.
Bhavana Vaddadi in an interview
| | | Photo: Kristian Bengtsson | Alum of the Year architects Bolle Tham and Martin Videgård
They are the founders of one of Sweden’s most influential architectural practices and the creators behind award-winning, internationally recognized buildings. Architects Bolle Tham and Martin Videgård have been awarded KTH Alum of the Year 2026. To the interwiew with Tham and Videgård | | | | | KTH will take part in Järvaveckan | Join KTH at Järvaveckan
On 27–30 May 2026, KTH will take part in the annual meeting place Järvaveckan. Try exciting experiments and discover new innovations. KTH aims to inspire young people to pursue education in STEM, and to show how research, innovation and education can help address some of the major societal challenges of our time. To the programme in KTH's tent | | | | | Public defences of doctoral thesis |
Enhanced monitoring of Canvas Security and technical preparedness have been strengthened following the cyber incident and the suspected data breach involving the Canvas learning platform. KTH has increased monitoring of the system, and the central crisis management team has handled the incident and has been temporarily reinforced by the IT Department. The supplier, Instructure, has also introduced new protective measures and enhanced monitoring to reduce the risk of future attacks. | | | Illustration: Stockholms stad |
Drottning Kristinas väg to get a wider pavement
To improve accessibility and traffic safety, the pavement along Drottning Kristinas väg will be widened. The work will create a more pleasant and pedestrian friendly route between KTH’s different departments in the area. Read more (in Swedish)
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Explore KTH’s international collaborations
KTH’s updated web pages on international relations provide an overview of international collaborations, strategic partner universities, prioritised regions and global networks. There is now also a news feed with international news from across KTH.
Visit the page on international relations
| | | | Fika chat on flexible educational offeringsHow can KTH become more agile and efficient in updating its educational offering without creating new programmes? This is what the KTH-wide development project “E-mobility as a transversal Master’s profile” has investigated. Project manager Mikael Nybacka and Mats Leksell fika chat about the project work and its results with Marcus Lithander and Anna Jerbrant. Join Fika chat #80 on Wednesday 27 May
| | | | | Workshop: Create questions for teaching – with and without AI Do you want to get better at asking questions that engage and deepen learning? In this workshop on 26 May at 14.00–15.30, we explore how questions can be used to spark curiosity, promote reflection, and strengthen students' active learning. Workshop: Create questions for your teaching – with and without AI | | | | | How can universities unlock science-based innovation?
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Join us for a conversation about what role universities can play in enabling research impact and commercialization together with one of the winners of the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research, Professor Albert N. Link.
You will also hear from Jowan Rostami, co-founder of the KTH research-based start-up Cellufy. What insights has she gained from this experience? What advice would she give to researchers on how to combine research and entrepreneurship?
The conversation will be led by Lisa Ericsson, Head of KTH Innovation and Kristina Nyström, Professor INDEK, KTH.
| | | | | | Access financial data with Morningstar Direct
KTH Library now offers access to Morningstar Direct, an information and analysis service for those studying, teaching, or researching in economics and finance. Read more about Morningstar Direct | | | |
Call for proposals: WISE Academic Projects 3 call 2026–2027 An information webinar on WISE Academic Projects 3, a call for doctoral student and postdoctoral researcher positions in materials science and sustainability, will be held on 29 May, 8:00–9:00 AM. KTH will nominate up to 8+8 candidates following an internal pre-selection process. Apply by 31 August 2026. WISE Academic Projects 3 call 2026–2027 | | | |
Support in contact with external partners
The brochure "Forska med KTH" and the intranet pages about collaborating with researchers are intended to support researchers who are in contact with companies and other organisations. The material explains different forms of collaboration, such as collaborative research and contract research, and also covers confidentiality and services linked to research infrastructure and labs.
Please share the information and refer to the brochure when in contact with companies and organisations that want to collaborate with KTH.
Read more Download the brochure (in Swedish) | | | Publishing non-traditional digital research outputs at KTHKTH Research Data now offers an opportunity to learn more about how to publish non-traditional research outputs, such as data as well as source code, software, models, and applications. Monday 25 May 13:00–14:00
| | | | | | Writing a systematic review and strategic publishingWelcome to an afternoon session at the KTH Library focusing on systematic reviews and strategic publishing. Fika provided! Wednesday 10 June 13:00–16:00
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The party will be at Restaurant Brazilia on Brinellvägen 64A. | Welcome to ITM's Summer Party!
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In order to start up the autumn term in
the best way we would like to invite you to ITM's employees
summer mingle!
The buffet is served from 4:30-7:00 pm, you are welcome to join when it
suits you. When: 19 August, 4:00-10:00 pm
Where: Restaurant Brazilia
Who: All ITM departments and administrative staff. With warm greetings from the school management
| | | | | | INDEK Master Thesis Days
On 28–29 May it is time for one of INDEK's main events: Master Thesis Days 2026. The two days offer insights into industrial trends through over 110 in-depth thesis projects on topics such as Artificial intelligence, Sustainability and Circular economy, Digital transformation, Finance, Sustainable organizations and management, Innovation management, Operations and supply chain management and more.
INDEK Master Thesis Days 2026
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