On 11 May, Swedish Institute's scholarship holder graduates were celebrated at the Stockholm University Faculty Club. After one or two years of master's studies at Stockholm University they will soon head back to their home countries.
A new web app developed by the Royal Dramatic Theatre in collaboration with Stockholm University enables users to quickly access information about potentially harmful substances in cosmetic products. The tool, Kosmetikakollen, is based on research in environmental risk assessment and environmental chemistry, making advanced scientific knowledge accessible to the general public.
The Swedish Research Council has decided which higher education institutions will receive funding within the call for Grants to recruit international guest researchers to Sweden 2026. One grant goes to Stockholm University, to recruit Jessie Creamean from the USA.
On 23–24 April Kurt Villads Jensen and Heiko Droste organized the workshop "Baltic Bloodbaths – The Use of Political Violence in the Baltic Sea Region 1400–1600.". The workshop took place at Stockholm university's Gula villan and at the Department of History.
On 16–17 April Karin Sennefelt and Anton Runesson organized the workshop ”Early Modern Nourishment: Eating, Health, and Knowledge in Europe, 1500–1800”. The workshop took place at The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, Villagatan 3 in Stockholm.
The Swedish government will provide funding to three universities to launch new master’s programmes aimed at strengthening Sweden’s influence within the EU.
At the Department of Chemistry, there is a professional role that is seldom visible externally but plays a crucial part in world-class research. The staff scientist is the engine driving progress forward and enabling groundbreaking discoveries at the highest international level.
The PhD student and psychologist John Kaneko’s dissertation Curiosity for Learning in Early Childhood Education and Care presents quantitative and qualitative studies regarding curiosity-driven learning in preschool children.
The Board of the Swedish Physical Society has decided to award the 2026 Oseen Medal to Rasmus Öberg of Umeå University for his dissertation “Spotlight the killer: detecting harmful chemical and biological agents using optical spectroscopy,” in recognition of his contributions to the development of highly sensitive spectroscopic methods for detecting harmful chemical and biological agents.
The Department of Economics is co-developing a new master’s programme in public administration and the European Union, which has now been awarded government funding.
The drug policy in Sweden is not shaped by evidence alone. Rather, it is a complex policy arena driven by competing moral frameworks and values, in which participation in policymaking processes largely leaves people who use drugs and their families out of the discussion. This is shown in a new thesis in Public Health Sciences by PhD student Tuulia Lerkkanen at Stockholm University.
How are young people's lives, knowledge, and dreams for the future shaped by the place they grow up? Research in child and youth studies at Stockholm University shows that the image of rural youth, especially those interested in EPA tractors, is much more complex than what is often presented in public debate.
