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  • From Stockholm to Stanford: OKC researcher awarded Wallenberg fellowship

    Ludvig Doeser, who is completing his PhD at Stockholm University and the Oskar Klein Centre later this year, has been awarded a Wallenberg–Bienenstock fellowship at Stanford University. The goal is to take on one of cosmology's central tasks: reconstructing how our Universe evolved into the cosmic web of galaxies we see today by developing an AI-driven digital twin of the local Universe.

    Oskar Klein Centre

  • Wilczek's Successful Summer Schools

    Dr Frank Wilczek initiated Quantum Connections, which has now been held 16 times. The event takes place in Stockholm each June and brings together graduate students and postdocs from both theoretical and experimental backgrounds, spanning the broad landscape of quantum frontiers. Since 2025, it has expanded to include both a Summer School in Sweden in June and a Winter School in China in January.

    Department of Physics
  • Panel at the seminar

    When research becomes geopolitics – how should Sweden act?

    Long-term conditions, national coordination and a more strategic approach in the EU and globally. These were the main themes when the University Alliance Stockholm Trio brought together university presidents, research funders and politicians for the seminar World-class research – what investments and reforms are needed in Sweden and the EU? during Almedalen Week.

  • Study analyses how genes and education influence socio-economic success

    Ambitious educational public policies have the capacity to cushion the role of the genetic lottery in people’s life chances. This is one of the main conclusions of a scientific study by Stockholm University, the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and the University of Lausanne, analysing the impact of an educational reform in England. These findings could be applied to the design of future educational policies, the researchers suggest.

  • DSV research received four awards

    Congratulations to DSV researchers Silas Majyambere, Tony Lindgren, Workneh Yilma Ayele, Alejandra Gómez Ortega and their co-authors! Four publications have been awarded at two international research conferences in May and June.

    Department of Computer and Systems Sciences
  • Belén Martín-Matute, Professor of Organic Chemistry at Stockholm University.

    Carbon dioxide to become a raw material for the chemistry of the future

    Press coverage. Could the medicines, plastics and chemicals of the future be made from carbon dioxide rather than oil? That is the vision behind the new research centre ACCELERATE, in which researchers from Stockholm University and KTH Royal Institute of Technology play a key role.

    Department of Chemistry
  • Liane Colonna is assistant professor in law and information technology and director of the Swedish Law and Informatics Research Institute.

    AI and law: “We need to think proactively”

    Legal frameworks often struggle to align with the realities of AI systems. In her research Liane Colonna tries to clarify how law is transforming in the context of AI and contribute to policy debates about effective legal regulations, like the EU AI Act.

  • Sweden's MATS satellite resumes its watch on the upper atmosphere after a licensing pause

    After more than a year on hold, Sweden's research satellite MATS is returning to science operations this month. The mission is led from the Department of Meteorology (MISU) at Stockholm University, where project leader Linda Megner and principal investigator Jörg Gumbel head the scientific team. Operations were paused from April 2025 until June 2026 because of a clerical error in the licensing of the radio frequencies MATS uses to communicate. With the paperwork corrected, the satellite is once again cleared to send its data home.

    Department of Meteorology

  • Habits may help animals survive

    Habits are often seen as automatic and inflexible behaviours. But a new study, published in Evolution Letters, suggests that habits may have evolved as a way for animals to handle several tasks at once. By shifting to habitual behaviours for routine tasks, animals can free up attention to detect predators and other threats in the environment.

  • Conference participants at the Centre for Canadian Studies, Stockholm University. A woman speaks at a podium in front of banners bearing the university's and the centre's logos, surrounded by attendees in a library setting.

    From Polarity to Circumpolarity: The Future of Canadian Studies in Europe

    On 17–18 June 2026, researchers and experts from various countries gathered at Stockholm University for the conference "From Polarity to Circumpolarity: The Future of Canadian Studies in Europe" to discuss the development and future of Canadian Studies from a European perspective.

    Centre for Canadian Studies

  • High publishing costs – Stockholm University backs alternative models

    The cost of scientific publishing continues to rise, even as demands for open access increase. At Stockholm University, efforts are underway to move away from expensive commercial models and instead strengthen alternative publishing pathways, where neither researchers nor readers are required to pay.

    Stockholm University Library
  • Wushi Goldring is a Wallenberg Academy Fellow at Stockholm University.

    Revealing new mathematics through symmetries

    Wushi Goldring is exploring the role played by group theory and symmetries in algebraic geometry, and is seeking to find new and groundbreaking applications to be used in advanced mathematics and physics.

  • 1,000-board contribution to CERN upgrade by SU clears pre-production

    A pre-production run of radiation-hard readout boards for the ATLAS experiment at CERN has been completed at the Department of Physics, Stockholm University. The work, carried out across the department's ELPA and Instrumentation divisions, includes Oskar Klein Cectre researchers Christophe Clément (Professor, ELPA) and PhD student Julia Salwén (ELPA), with PhD student Federico Bonaldo recently joining the team. The yield from the pre-production batch came in well above CERN's threshold, and the results were presented to an international expert panel at CERN on 12 May.

    Oskar Klein Centre

  • Automation can create new jobs – but tech governance is crucial

    Automation saves time, improves accuracy and allows employees to take on more advanced tasks. But to unleash the full potential of the technology, the organisation must build a governance structure to support their employees. This is not always the case.

    Department of Computer and Systems Sciences
  • Group of smiling school kids, girls and boys walking in a school corridor.

    Swedish Municipal Plans Overlook the Importance of Everyday School Life in Children's Mental Health

    Schools play a key role in promoting the mental health of children and young people. However, approaches to the school's role in this work appear to vary across municipalities. In addition, schools' contribution to mental health promotion and prevention is often treated as separate from their core educational mission. This is the conclusion of a new public health study from Stockholm University.

    Department of Public Health Sciences
  • Magnus Petersson, one of the organizers of the conference, delivering a key-note speech.

    New security challenges at the center of international conference at Stockholm University

    Security experts and researchers from across Europe and the rest of the world gathered last week at Stockholm University for the European Security Studies Conference (ESSC) 2026, one of the continent’s leading academic conferences on security issues. The conference took place on June 11–12, bringing together a broad group of participants to discuss the evolving challenges shaping European and global security.

    Department of Economic History and International Relations

  • Crisis of trust in schools when AI tools emerged

    When generative AI swept across the world, students were left to fend for themselves. Trust between teachers and students took a serious knock.

    Department of Computer and Systems Sciences

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