Chek Yin Choi successfully defends his thesis
His thesis explores how firms’ choices of suppliers, investments in technology and pricing decisions shape productivity, labour markets and inflation.
Institute for International Economic Studies
News
How Xi and Trump Could Rein In the A.I. Race
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.
Stockholm Center on Global Governance
Two New Professors in Public Health Sciences to Be Inaugurated at Stockholm University Ceremony at City Hall
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.
Department of Public Health Sciences
Course in cultural evolution offers new perspectives on human behaviour
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).
Department of Psychology
Researchers to discuss the Nobel Prize in Literature
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.
Stockholm University Library
Celebration of learning and new knowledge
On September 25 it is time for Stockholm University’s annual inauguration and conferment ceremony in the Stockholm City Hall – the most traditional of our academic ceremonies. The ceremony celebrates new doctoral graduates and newly appointed professors as well as honorary doctors.
In search of Madagascar’s plants: Fieldwork from rainforest to fire-prone highlands
From fire-prone highlands to lush rainforest and coastal forests, PhD student Friederike Wölke spent part of the summer searching for plants across Madagascar. The specimens she brought back will now help researchers explore how some of the island’s distinctive vegetation evolved, but finding them required flexibility, local expertise and plenty of time in the field.
Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences
Researchers gathered for Avant-Garde and Migration conference
Around 280 scholars, art historians and researchers from across the globe gathered at Aula Magna.
Department of Culture and Aesthetics
Meet Three of Our Visiting Researchers
Since the beginning of the fall, the Stockholm Center on Global Governance (SCGG) and the Department of Political Science have been hosting Andrea Knapp, University of Potsdam (Germany), and Eunsil Choi, University of British Columbia (Canada). SCGG has also been hosting Paul Vernus, Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI) in Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Stockholm Center on Global Governance
What shapes the welfare state? New book compares Sweden and South Korea
Sweden and South Korea have taken different paths in building their welfare states. In a new open-access edited volume, researchers from the two countries explore how constitutions, societies and political developments have shaped social rights and welfare policy.
Department of Law
New rules for lithium-ion batteries
From 17 September, new rules for lithium-ion batteries apply at Stockholm University.
Exploring the future of the labour market
Over two half-days in September, researchers and experts gathered at Campus Albano to discuss current research on the changing world of work.
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