Sara Strandberg, researcher at the Oskar Klein Centre and member of the EDUCATE steering group, has been elected to the class for physics by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Despite increasing competition, with more and more universities included in Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject, eight subjects at Stockholm University are once again ranked among the top 200 in the world. In law, the international ranking is higher than last year.
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This year marks 350 years since Ole Rømer demonstrated that the speed of light is finite. This is being celebrated in Copenhagen with an art exhibition by artist Cecilia Ömalm and astronomer Göran Östlin.
On 18 February 2026, Systemvetardagen takes place in the Nod Building. An annual IT-focused careers fair for students and recent graduates.
Researchers Georgios Sotiriou and Mats Nilsson have been awarded funding for their life science innovation projects through the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and SciLifeLab’s Proof of Concept programme.
Being bullied at work doesn’t just make people miserable in the moment – it may also push them toward needing medical treatment for mental health problems. A new study in Public Health Sciences from Stockholm University suggests that employees who are being exposed to bullying in the workplace are more likely to start treatment with psychotropic medication, particularly antidepressants, within just two years.
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Expectant new international students were welcomed during Stockholm University's Arrival Service on 18 January. Meet some of them here.
Sólveig Guðjónsdóttir did her Master’s project at the Centre for Palaeogenetics, Stockholm University, analysing a 14,400-year-old tissue sample from a woolly rhinoceros found in the stomach of an ancient wolf. As one of the main authors of a scientific paper based on her research she’s now been interviewed by Scientific American, National Geographic and New York Times.
Researchers from the Centre for Palaeogenetics have managed to analyse the genome from a 14,400-year-old woolly rhinoceros, recovered from a tissue sample found preserved inside the stomach of an ancient wolf.
The breadth of the university’s research is evident when listing the articles that attracted the highest number of readers in 2025. A majority of these articles were written in 2025, but some texts – for example about botulinum toxin and PFAS – still attract interest despite being published in 2022.
Sexual harassment widens the economic gap between women and men. Young women are increasingly at risk as they pursue their careers. Johanna Rickne investigates injustices that often stem from gender differences.
Large language models such as Chat GPT are trained on enormous amounts of data. If these systems are hacked, sensitive information might leak. Thomas Vakili has developed methods to protect privacy.
