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News from the Expedition Onboard Oden
Rune Bech Pedersen, a PhD student at IGV, has been sending us updates from onboard Oden , giving us a glimpse into life and research at sea.
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Canvas replaces Athena as the new learning platform from Autumn Term 2026
From the Autumn term 2026, Stockholm University will use Canvas as its new learning platform for all education and course administration.
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Understanding the Seabed Beneath the Cable
The icebreaker Oden and the Canadian Coast Guard vessel CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent are carrying out a joint expedition in the Arctic Ocean to map the seafloor as part of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
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Stockholm researchers map the Arctic seabed
This summer, the icebreaker Oden is once again on expeditions in the Arctic. The focus is on mapping the seabed for a fibre cable as well as research projects and a graduate school. Around ten researchers and doctoral students from Stockholm University are on board.
Stockholm University still among the world's top in the Shanghai Ranking
Stockholm University ranks 103rd in the 2026 Shanghai Ranking. This means the university remains the third highest-ranked Swedish institution and maintains a strong international position.
First author article in Journal of Micropalaeontology
Revealing Arctic invaders: IGV's Helen Coxall and team lay the foundations for identifying past warm-water planktonic foraminifera and reconstructing ancient Arctic environments. First author article by Helen Coxall , Thomas M. Cronin, Kate Darling, Katrine Husum, Tamara Handl , Brian T. Huber, Megh M. Kanvinde , Mohammad Razmjooei , Flor Vermassen , Antje H. L. Voelker, Tirza M. Weitkamp , and Matt O'Regan . Quaternary Arctic planktonic foraminifera: morphological differentiation and taxonomic reassessment of subpolar spinose taxa, J. Micropalaeontol., 45, 581–622, 10.5194/jm-45-581-2026 .
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First author article in Mineralogy and Petrology
Peak P-T conditions in the structurally deepest rocks from the Western Alps: the Pinerolo Unit (Dora-Maira Massif) First author article by Paola Manzotti , Federica Schiavi, Francesca Piccoli, William Westin* & Michel Ballèvre. *William Westin (MSc student at Stockholm University, completing his MSc study in 2022). William has contributed to this study (as part of his MSc thesis) estimating the maximum temperatures reached by the studied rocks by Raman Spectroscopy on Carbonaceous Material.
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Article in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
First author article by Mohammad J. Razmjooei et al.
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World’s oldest genetic evidence for domestic dogs identified
Dogs were established as a distinct species much earlier than previously demonstrated, already during the Ice Age. A new study published in Nature has uncovered the earliest genetic evidence for the existence of dogs and indicates that dogs were widely distributed by 14,000 years ago across large geographic areas.
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Surprising discovery about the brown bear's distribution in Scandinavia
A single wandering male bear has provided crucial insights into the history of brown bears in Scandinavia after the last ice age. This is shown by DNA analysis of clay from a lake.
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Two First-Author Publications by Guest Researcher
Bo Liu, Guest Researcher at IGV, is behind two First-Author Papers.
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Stockholm University recommended to lead four strategic research areas
The Swedish Research Council has decided to recommend that the Government award funding to Stockholm University in four strategic research areas: polar research, climate-related research, quantum technologies, and health, life sciences, and artificial intelligence.
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