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Join us for the SCI School Summer Mingle
Before the summer begins, we hope you will join us for the SCI School Summer Mingle. It will be a relaxed gathering to round off the academic year together, with light refreshments, drinks and time to catch up with colleagues. During the evening, we will also announce this year’s recipient of the Borelius Medal. The medal was established in 1998 in memory of Gudmund Borelius, Professor of Physics at KTH and a key figure behind the Engineering Physics degree programme. It honours outstanding contributions to the development and success of engineering science at KTH.
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Highlights from the SCI Faculty Board meeting, 27 April 2026
At the latest Faculty Board meeting, members discussed the external review of doctoral education, the appointment of a nomination committee, research quality follow up and ongoing work within the school’s reform agenda.
- External review of doctoral education. The Board discussed how the upcoming external review of doctoral education should be carried out and when it should take place. One proposal is to use reviewers from other KTH schools, with the option to bring in reviewers from outside KTH in specific areas. The review should focus on systems, processes and quality goals rather than the research or theses themselves.
- New nomination committee appointed. The Board decided on a new nomination committee for the period 1 May to 31 December 2026.
- Research quality in focus. Ahead of the school’s management dialogue on research quality, the Board discussed the need for broader internal data. Possible areas to follow up include faculty volume over time, number of doctoral students and number of publication.
- Update on the school’s reform agenda. The JML-work continues with workshops for faculty and supervisors during the spring. The Board also discussed AI-related activities, including SCI Agentathon and projects on AI in assessment. In the Makerspace initiative, the importance of including a JML perspective was highlighted, with plans for training packages for different target groups.
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Send the title and the name of the person who will present it to the Faculty Board secretary at namndsekreterare@sci.kth.se.
Please keep the following in mind when submitting an item:
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- Note that ahead the first Faculty Board meeting after the summer break in 2026, the preparatory meeting will be held on 13 August.
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She develops technology for the Einstein TelescopeVaishali Adya contributes to the development of the Einstein Telescope, a future European facility for studying gravitational waves with higher precision than today’s detectors. Through her research in quantum optics, particularly squeezed light, she is developing technology that reduces quantum noise and enables the detection of weaker signals from farther away in the universe. The work is carried out in international collaboration and contributes to one of Europe’s most ambitious research projects. Read the article
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New chip offers way to make use of quantum system ‘imperfections’“Understanding how quantum systems behave under this messiness is crucial if we want our experiments to say something about nature as it really is, not just idealized setups,” says Govind Krishna, PhD student. In a recent study at KTH, Kishna led the development of a chip that enables researchers to simulate the way many quantum systems behave when they lose energy or information to their surroundings. The results were published in Nature Communications.
Read the article
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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.
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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. More information: WISE Academic Projects 3 call 2026–2027 | | | | 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 at 15.00
| | | | | 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 | | | | | 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. Suspected data breach in Canvas
Extra monitoring of Canvas | 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? | | | | | | 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
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| | | 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 interview with Tham and Videgård | | | | | 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 | | | | |
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
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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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