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We are now accepting applications for a postdoctoral position. The selected candidate will be nominated for Handelsbanken's Wallander Scholarship.
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Conversatorio con la escritora mexicana Cristina Rivera Garza
El pasado 29 de octubre tuvo lugar un conversatorio con la escritora mexicana Cristina Rivera Garza y el hispanista Juan Carlos Cruz Suárez en la Embajada de México de Estocolmo.
Department of Romance Studies and Classics
Flores raras: una genealogía de madres
El lunes 26 de octubre se presentó en el Instituto Cervantes de Estocolmo "Flores raras: [escondido país] poesía de mujeres uruguayas", compilado por Silvia Guerra y Jesse Lee Kercheval.
Department of Romance Studies and Classics
Andrew Cooper is awarded the Sir Israel Gollancz Price
The 2026 Sir Israel Gollancz Prize is awarded to the late Professor Nils-Lennart Johannesson and Doctor Andrew Cooper for their joint directorship of the Ormulum Project.
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Watch: Rosemary Foot on China’s Bounded Ambition in World Politics
In case you missed the first GGRCC Talk – "Bounded Ambition: China as a Multilateral Actor in World Politics" – with Rosemary Foot of the University of Oxford, you can now watch the recording here.
Stockholm Center on Global Governance
Declining Medication Use After Parental Loss May Not Mean Recovery
Young people treated with psychotropic drugs and whose medication decreases after losing a parent may still face an elevated risk of suicide. A nationwide study in Public Health Sciences from Stockholm University highlights the importance of looking beyond changes in medication use when assessing mental health following bereavement.
Department of Public Health Sciences
Roine Vestman on the housing boom: Timing has been crucial
Over the past few decades, housing wealth in Sweden has more than quadrupled. The sharp increase is primarily due to a prolonged decline in real interest rates and the financial crisis of the 1990s, says Roine Vestman, Professor of Economics at Stockholm University, in the financial news outlet EFN.
Department of Economics
A new way to capture proteins in motion
Ilaria Piazza wants to show how substances such as drugs and hormones impact the function of cellular proteins. Her research team is focusing on the proteins responsible for extracting information from our DNA. The results are presented as short films from inside cells.
Sophie praises the courage to take on ‘slightly crazy’ challenges
Researcher Sophie Haslett teaches on a transdisciplinary CIVIS master's programme and sees unique opportunities for collaboration with educators across borders and disciplines. On her CIVIS team everyone is working for the same vision and goals.
Fully booked conference highlighted humanities perspectives on AI
More than 120 participants gathered at Aula Magna on 15 October when the Faculty of Humanities at Stockholm University hosted the conference AI and the Humanities. Researchers from Sweden and international universities discussed the significance of AI for language, knowledge, culture, and society.
How do you measure income when income data are missing?
Income data are often unavailable in historical datasets, international comparisons and survey studies. Researchers have now developed a new measure that estimates the economic position of an occupation based on its typical earnings level.
Swedish Institute for Social Research
New report: Nitrogen loads from many Swedish rivers rose in the 2010s
Nitrogen loads from many Swedish rivers to the Baltic Proper and Öresund increased between 2010 and 2020, and the increase is not just an effect of dry years, a new report indicates. The rise coincides with growing use of mineral fertilisers.
Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre