In the second call Stockholm University is offering up to 4 stipends of 75,000 SEK during 2026-2027 to master’s students interested in pursuing doctoral studies in materials science for sustainability. The stipends are part of the WISE Research Master's Thesis programme, an initiative by Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability (WISE).
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The Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences (DEEP) at Stockholm University is looking for a PhD student in Ecology and Evolution. The position is part of a research project investigating the evolutionary drivers and genomic consequences of pollen evolution during shifts in pollination mode.
Professor Tanja Bosch, University of Cape Town, South Africa, current Bonnier Guest Professor, holds a public lecture on Oct 7 titled: "Living with AI: Intimacy, Culture and Public Knowledge"
Stockholm University traditionally celebrated its newly appointed doctors, professors, jubilee doctors and honorary doctors of the past academic year at Stockholm City Hall on the last Friday in September. During the inauguration and conferment ceremony, the President also presented the Award for Good Teaching as well as the University’s Large Gold Medal.
How can we build a stronger Nordic research environment in labour law? One way is to create opportunities for early-career researchers to meet and exchange experiences across national borders.
A new collaboration between four CIVIS universities will bring researchers and civil society groups together to experiment with creative approaches to democratic participation and public engagement.
What happened to working parents in the US when the pandemic hit, and what role did union representation play? A study of working parents in the United States finds that those covered by union representation were less likely to lose their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, but more likely to have their working hours reduced. Flexible work arrangements and leave policies accounted for part of the differences in employment outcomes.
On September 22, Research Friday was held at the AlbaNova University Center and at the House of Science, and this year the event celebrated its 20th anniversary. Hundreds of elementary and high school students had the opportunity to meet researchers from Fysikum, learn about current research, and try their hand at science.
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Our new Assistant Professor, Ronja Helénsdotter, joined the IIES in the beginning of September after two years as a postdoctoral researcher at MIT.
Climate scenarios are usually presented through models, graphs and reports. At the Broken Greenhouse Research Festival at Stockholm University, they became places to enter, walk between and discuss. On 25–26 September, researchers, artists and visitors met around five sculptural interpretations of possible climate futures.
A few of days ago, on our way south, we saw the first real sunset of the cruise. Shortly before midnight the sun touched the horizon and rose back up from the ice. It was a stunning view, but even more interesting was the atmosphere up on the bridge. People gathering and waiting for the sunset to come. It was really heartwarming to see how many people were eager to admire nature doing its course.
How cells are arranged within cyanobacterial filaments affects how they communicate with one another. New research from the Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences (DEEP) at Stockholm University provides new insights into how cellular architecture shapes communication in multicellular bacteria.
Onboard Oden, we are trying to understand how a changing climate is affecting the Arctic. To do that, scientists observe almost every part of the Arctic system: the atmosphere above us, the sea ice around us, the ocean beneath us, the seafloor and its sediments, and the organisms living both in the water and in the ice.
A large-scale, international and multidisciplinary research expedition is currently taking place at Tvären, a circular bay in the Baltic Sea near Studsvik in Södermanland, roughly 100 km south of Stockholm.
With no new government in place, Sweden could lose influence in negotiations over the European Union's next long-term budget, just as the talks enter a decisive phase. "It is not an ideal situation," Jonas Tallberg, a professor of political science at Stockholm University, told Altinget, an independent news site, on Tuesday.
Chatbots hallucinate – we all know that. And we’re also aware that AI can use information from sketchy websites to produce its answers. DSV researchers have developed a tool to deal with some of the trust issues.
Speakers are efficient: they balance minimal effort against the need to be understood, and so they shorten what is easy to predict and add linguistic material where it is needed. But over time, these shortened and reinforced forms can also conventionalize and spread into contexts where they no longer make communication more efficient. Does language then become less efficient, or do the forms take on new functions? This is what the new research project USER-GRAM sets out to investigate.
Notable among the new professors are Jonas Larson, in theoretical quantum physics, and Foivos Perakis, in experimental chemical physics, both from the Department of Physics. On September 25, Stockholm University will welcome its new professors at a ceremony at Stockholm City Hall. At that time, new professors who took up their posts during the previous academic year will be installed.
What is happening beneath thick sea ice, under ice shelves, and in other parts of the polar regions that are difficult for researchers to reach? Researchers now want to develop smart vehicles and sensors that can collect data in places that are difficult for people and research vessels to access.
Five weeks into the expedition, the routines of life aboard Oden are well established, but there is still something new to learn every day. In these three diary entries, Linnea shares lessons from working alongside other research teams, insights into scientific collaboration, and a closer look at the instruments helping us observe the Arctic atmosphere in one of the world's most challenging environments.
Lennart Erixon, Professor Emeritus of Economics at Stockholm University, and Samuel Färdow Kazen propose a new economic policy reform for Sweden. The reform would improve the effectiveness of monetary policy and increase financial stability, they write in Ekonomisk Debatt.
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The Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences (DEEP) at Stockholm University is looking for a PhD student in wetland ecology. The position is part of the interdisciplinary research project BALANCE wetlands, funded by Formas.
The microorganisms found in one litre of sea water can reveal a lot about their environment. In a new methodological study, researchers demonstrate how DNA sequencing and AI can be used to predict the biological and chemical properties of the sea.
On 1 October, applications for more than 40 Blended Intensive Programmes, BIPs, open. All students in the CIVIS university alliance, where Stockholm University is a member, are welcome to apply by 31 October.
The Bolin Centre for Climate Research is opening a call for nominations for a Database Coordinator to lead and further develop the scientific coordination of the Bolin Centre Database.
His thesis explores how firms’ choices of suppliers, investments in technology and pricing decisions shape productivity, labour markets and inflation.
When President Trump and President Xi Jinping of China meet in the United States on Sept. 24, artificial intelligence will be high on the agenda. International rules for A.I. are still a long way off, but the goal must be rules that allow continued innovation without compromising safety, three political scientists argue in an op-ed published today in the Swedish business daily Dagens Industri.
On Friday 25 September, 44 new professors at Stockholm University will be formally inaugurated at an inauguration and conferment ceremony at Stockholm City Hall. Two of the new professors are from the Department of Public Health Sciences: Sara Brolin Låftman and Sol Juárez.
How does cultural diversity emerge? Why do humans develop complex societies, norms and traditions, while other species do not in the same way? These are some of the questions explored in the interdisciplinary master's course Cultural evolution: theories and observations (7.5 credits).
Who will be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, and what does the prize mean today? To mark the Swedish Academy’s announcement on 8 October, Stockholm University Library is hosting a live broadcast and discussion with literary scholars.
