The loss of land ice, sea ice, snow cover and permafrost poses major long-term risks to the planet, its ecosystems and human societies. This is shown by a new study in Science , presented on 13 November at the COP31 climate summit in Türkiye.
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Lit-Future celebró en Lovaina su III Seminario Internacional y una nueva reunión de trabajo del consorcio
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Annika Høeg will publicly defend her thesis in Scandinavian Languages: Stød beyond the lexicon. Behavioral evidence from the distribution of stød in nonce words . The defence is free of charge and will be held in English. Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism at Stockholm University.
Horng Chern Wong, Assistant Professor of Economics at Stockholm University, recently published a paper in American Economic Review, which highlights the importance of workers’ bargaining power in a market economy.
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As Sweden's population ages, fewer people of working age will be supporting a growing number of older people. In a report for the Expert Group on Public Economics (ESO), Professor Emeritus of Economics Eskil Wadensjö examines measures that could help more people work and remain active in the labour market for a larger part of their lives.
Geopolitical tensions, economic uncertainty and shifting political priorities have put the European Green Deal under growing strain. A new Sieps analysis by four researchers at the Stockholm Center on Global Governance shows that key parts of EU climate and sustainability policy have been delayed or watered down – even though the overall framework still stands.
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Male guppies with larger, more colourful orange ornaments are generally more resistant to parasites. But new research published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B reveals a surprising twist: when these attractive males become infected, they can transmit more parasites to other fish than their less colourful counterparts. The findings highlight how sexual selection, social behaviour and infectious disease can interact in unexpected ways.
Anders Wästfelt, Professor of Human Geography at the Department of Human Geography, has been appointed as the new Permanent Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities.
Stockholm University will update the security certificate for the eduroam wireless network. As part of this change, we will also switch to a new certificate authority. To continue connecting to eduroam, in most cases you will need to accept the new certificate or reconnect to the network.
The Department of Physics at Stockholm University is one of the larger departments within the Faculty of Science with broad basic research activities, both experimental and theoretical. The department has about 250 employees, including 95 PhD students, and it has an international character. This news is continuously updated with more vacancies!
Generative AI is transforming the conditions for authors, publishers and other rightholders. A new international report by Prof. Eleonora Rosati examines these developments, while her research is also cited in the first AI copyright case before the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Although women make up a majority of top-performing students in many countries, they remain underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
