What makes disability good or bad? Does disability in itself reduce a person's well-being, or should it be understood as a natural form of human diversity? These were some of the questions explored during the seminar The Value of Disability, held on 9 October 2026. The seminar is now available to watch on demand.
Karl recently joined us as Associate Professor. His research focuses primarily on the relationship between the business cycle and the labor market.
The Stockholm Center for Global Asia at Stockholm University invites paper proposals for “Contesting Law, Transforming Rights: Constitutional Change and Legal Mobilization in East and Southeast Asia,” a conference taking place on 20–21 May 2027. The deadline for abstracts is 16 November 2026.
Researchers in the social sciences from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia are invited to apply for the Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia Research Stipend 2027. The stipend supports a one- to three-month research stay at the Stockholm Center for Global Asia, Stockholm University, during April–June or September–November 2027.
Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist, Professor of History, especially Historical Geography, at Stockholm University, has been appointed Interim Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies for the period from 1 October to 31 December 2026 by the university’s President. Ljungqvist serves as Research Coordinator at the Department of History and is a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for the Bolin Centre for Climate Research and is one of the leaders for the Bolin Centre’s research theme “Past climates.” He is also Associate Professor ( docent ) of Physical Geography at the university.
The Stockholm Center on Global Governance (SCGG) will offer a PhD-level course in the spring of 2027, which will run between February and June: “Key Concepts in Global Governance (7,5 ECTS)”
Training your AI with huge amounts of data is a slow and costly process. Ali Beikmohammadi studies methods to make the training process smarter, cheaper and more robust.
A popular and expected choice. Those were the reactions in a panel discussion about the Nobel Prize in Literature when this year’s laureate Anne Carson was announced.
In two articles published in The Conversation, Christophe Premat, Professor at the Department of Romance Studies and Classics at Stockholm University, explores how Canadian writers gain international recognition and what factors may contribute to reaching the Nobel Prize stage.
“Politicians aren’t in a position to read and appreciate primary literature – they often need somebody to explain the science and its significance,” said Erik Angner, a professor of practical philosophy, during a panel discussion at Stockholm University on how researchers can share their knowledge with politicians.
Every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon, students can join Student Health Services for Running for Beginners. The activity is not just about running, but also about meeting other students, getting out into nature and building a routine around exercise together.
Francis Halzen’s Nobel Prize in Physics is a testament to Fysikum’s strategic initiatives and to the expertise and resources the department has contributed over several decades. Fysikum’s IceCube group will soon apply for funding from the Swedish Research Council’s Infrastructure Committee to continue its participation, operation, and development.
Signe Rirdance, a PhD student and a Transkribus scholarship recipient, presented her work at the Transkribus User Conference 2026 in Passau, Germany, 21-23 September 2026. Transkribus is an AI-assisted platform for transcribing, searching and analysing historical handwritten documents.
Fifty years ago, mental health problems were more common among older people than among younger adults. Today, the pattern is reversed. An analysis of data from the Swedish Level-of-Living Survey (LNU) shows that younger generations are much more likely to report mental health problems than previous generations were at the same age, while such problems have decreased among older people.
Tiny photosynthetic organisms in the Baltic Sea can contribute substantially to the transport of carbon from surface waters to deeper parts of the sea. A new study from the Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences (DEEP) at Stockholm University shows that their ability to form colonies and aggregates is an important factor determining how much of their biomass sinks.
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for optogenetics – a method that makes it possible to show how nerve cells shape memories, feelings and behaviours in the living brain.
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Francis Halzen for his decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos from space. Stockholm University has been part of this research for several decades, from IceCube’s predecessor AMANDA to today’s observatory at the South Pole.
Theresa Squatrito, Associate Professor in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), is spending the next month at Stockholm University as a guest of the Department of Political Science and the Stockholm Center on Global Governance (SCGG).
By bringing together automated experiments, advanced chemical analysis and artificial intelligence, the new CircuLab research infrastructure aims to make the development of sustainable materials more integrated and efficient. The platform was inaugurated at Stockholm University on 30 September.
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DNA analyses of ancient remains have revealed a previously unknown extinct bovine species that inhabited southern Siberia during and even before the last Ice Age. The extinct species was related to modern yaks, but followed a separate evolutionary path for hundreds of thousands of years. The findings are published in Current Biology .
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The newly founded Global Governance Research Centre Consortium (GGRCC) is now launching a new ”online speaker series” – GGRCC Talk Series. Four speakers will be sharing their insights this fall. The first seminar will take place on October 12, featuring Rosemary Foot, University of Oxford.
This programme introduces students to an interdisciplinary way of studying language change – focusing on ancient and medieval European languages.
In a new article in The Conversation, Christophe Premat from the Department of Romance Studies and Classics at Stockholm University marks the 100th birthday of Beninese writer Olympe Bhêly-Quenum.
As a PhD student at Stockholm University, you will have the opportunity to deepen your knowledge within a research field and contribute to new knowledge. The Faculty of Science is now offering 18 PhD positions across a range of scientific disciplines.
When new technologies are discussed, the debate often focuses on risks and regulation. But what do we miss when technology is not used? This was the question at the centre of the Faculty of Law’s honorary doctorate lecture with Professor Ugo Pagallo.
Professor Arjen P. Stroeven from Stockholm University and the Bolin Centre for Climate Research is one of 80 scientists behind a new international review highlighting major gaps in our knowledge of Antarctica’s coastal zone. The researchers warn that what we do not yet know about the landscape beneath and around the Antarctic ice could be limiting our ability to predict future sea-level rise.
Do people fall or rise in social status after migrating to another country? A new five year project led by sociologist Rosa Weber will explore the dynamics of long-term social mobility of immigrant families. The project is funded by the prestigious ERC starting grant.
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In connection with the announcement of the Nobel Prizes, Stockholm University organises activities in collaboration with the Nobel Prize Museum as part of Nobel Calling. In 2026, the programme will include a lecture from Chad Finley and Sven Lidström about the IceCube research facility at the South Pole and discussions.
On 15–16 September, Stockholm hosted the First Women’s Network Conference. The conference is part of a new network for women in economics, initiated by Laura Montenbruck, a researcher at Stockholm University.
New findings from PhD student Antoine at Oskar Klein Centre, Fysikum/SU, puts calculations of the Hubble constant into question. Supernovas were assumed to either be evenly distributed, or scale with a structure's mass. But new simulations based on ZTF observations show them distributed in dense superclusters at rates far exceeding what mass alone can account for. This could affect how cosmologists calculate the Hubble constant in the future.
