When Portugal’s new ambassador to Sweden, Francisco Alegre Duarte, visited Stockholm University, the focus was on how language, culture and academic collaboration can support long-term international relations.
"I just won the 2025 Frank Cass Prize for the best young scholar article on 'Democratization'," Jonas Schmid told the SCGG website on Tuesday, adding that it was for his article about electoral autocracies, hybrid regimes, and multiparty autocracies.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming a defining issue for higher education worldwide—and Sweden is no exception. In a new dissertation from Stockholm University, Alexandra Farazouli explores what this development means in practice, with a particular focus on teachers’ perspectives and the ethical questions that arise as AI becomes embedded in educational practices.
A single wandering male bear has provided crucial insights into the history of brown bears in Scandinavia after the last ice age. This is shown by DNA analysis of clay from a lake.
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Ten years ago, an Austrian doctoral student in New York suggested to a world-renowned professor that she wanted to study the idea of men feeling victimized and disadvantaged by women's progress. But her idea was initially met with skepticism.
The first publication from the relaunched Tellus journal is now available. The editorial outlines the journal’s scope and direction as a platform for interdisciplinary Earth system science.
The Human Past SCAS Residential Fellowship Programme is an initiative by the Center for the Human Past, administered by the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS). Deadline for applications is 1 June 2026.
A practical toolbox for innovators in the health sector. That is one way to describe the HDS Legal Toolbox, a digital platform developed within the framework of Health Data Sweden. It was created by two researchers from the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences.
Stockholm University is offering up to 12 stipends of 75,000 SEK during 2026-2027 to master’s students interested in pursuing doctoral studies in materials science for sustainability. The stipends are part of the WISE Research Master's Thesis programme, an initiative by Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability (WISE).
Researchers from the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, located at SciLifeLab, Stockholm and the Department of Chemistry, Stockholm University, uncovers how glucose transporters achieve specificity, bridging a long-standing gap between structure and function in membrane biology. The study is published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology.
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Azar Raoufi defended her doctoral thesis in Scandinavian Languages in 2026: Intersubjectivity and Digital Mediation in Multilingual Workplaces. Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism at Stockholm University.
A new study explores what it takes to build meaningful art-science collaborations. Drawing on a collaborative process between researchers and composers at the Baltic Sea Festival, it offers practical guidance for designing processes that foster dialogue, learning and trust.
