This year’s Prize in Economic Sciences was presented at the press conference by Timo Boppart at the Institute for International Economic Studies and member of the Prize Committee. Now he is looking forward to celebrate the Nobel laureates in Stockholm in December.
The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has granted professor Foivos Perakis SEK 28 million for the project “HYDRA: HYdration-Driven Regulation of Condensate Assembly”. Over five years, the research will explore the role of water in the hidden organisation of the cell.
An expanded edition of the comprehensive 15-year Swedish study—now updated with new chapters and fully translated into Chinese.
Digital platforms have become increasingly important to our everyday life. If used and understood correctly, they can bring real value to society, Chiara Latour establishes with her PhD thesis in economics.
How can local food production contribute to a more sustainable food supply? Researchers at Stockholm University and KTH Royal Institute of Technology have mapped the potential for growing food in Stockholm. The study is one of several research projects aimed at helping the City of Stockholm achieve its sustainability goals.
What makes disability good or bad? Does disability in itself reduce a person's well-being, or should it be understood as a natural form of human diversity? These were some of the questions explored during the seminar The Value of Disability, held on 9 October 2026. The seminar is now available to watch on demand.
Karl recently joined us as Associate Professor. His research focuses primarily on the relationship between the business cycle and the labor market.
The Stockholm Center for Global Asia at Stockholm University invites paper proposals for “Contesting Law, Transforming Rights: Constitutional Change and Legal Mobilization in East and Southeast Asia,” a conference taking place on 20–21 May 2027. The deadline for abstracts is 25 November 2026.
Researchers in the social sciences from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia are invited to apply for the Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia Research Stipend 2027. The stipend supports a one- to three-month research stay at the Stockholm Center for Global Asia, Stockholm University, during April–June or September–November 2027.
Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist, Professor of History, especially Historical Geography, at Stockholm University, has been appointed Interim Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies for the period from 1 October to 31 December 2026 by the university’s President. Ljungqvist serves as Research Coordinator at the Department of History and is a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for the Bolin Centre for Climate Research and is one of the leaders for the Bolin Centre’s research theme “Past climates.” He is also Associate Professor ( docent ) of Physical Geography at the university.
The Stockholm Center on Global Governance (SCGG) will offer a PhD-level course in the spring of 2027, which will run between February and June: “Key Concepts in Global Governance (7,5 ECTS)”
Training your AI with huge amounts of data is a slow and costly process. Ali Beikmohammadi studies methods to make the training process smarter, cheaper and more robust.
