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News from KTH Sustainability Office, August 2022
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News from KTH Sustainability Office

AUGUST 2022

 

Internal Environmental Audit, weeks 43-45

Audits are carried out to confirm that the operations live up to the requirements of the environmental management standard ISO 14001: 2015 and Ordinance (2009: 907) environmental management in government agencies. The audit aims to identify areas for improvement.

Auditors will be in contact the relevant functions from GVS and the Schools for a joint dialogue.

Crosscuts, 1 Sep

Crosscuts Environmental Humanities Festival for Film & Text brings together film, speech and writing of the environmental humanities to create humanistic conversations on pressing concerns between the worlds of research, art and activism. A festival mission is to engage with film´s philosophy, theory and modes of expression as equal to, but different from text.

More information 

Autonomous transportation – Challenge in digitalisation and solution to sustainability? 20 Sep

Join presentations and discussions around ideas on how to make future transportation more sustainable, discuss obstacles and solutions, and identify research challenges and collaboration opportunities.

Time: Ti 2022-09-20 kl 09.00 - 14.00 Language: English
Place: KTH Campus, Teknikringen 1, Gradängsalen + live streamed

More information and registration


Save the date: Den hållbara forskaren - workshop 7 Oct

Lärosätenas klimatnätverk bjuder in till workshop den 7 oktober på Stockholms universitet. Schemat är fullspäckat med spännande föredrag och panelsamtal, som behandlar möjligheter och utmaningar som akademin står inför, i sin ambition att förse samhället med både utbildning och forskning av högsta kvalitet och samtidigt minska sin klimatpåverkan.

Anmäl dig här (slu.se) 


Water Calls, deadlines 7 sep and 17 Okt

The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket) has published several calls in regard of water.

  • Utlysning av forskningsmedel om vattenkraftens miljöpåverkan, 7 Sep
  • Utlysning av forskningsmedel om minskat matsvinn, 7 Sep
  • Utlysning av forskningsmedel om dagvatten (synteser), 7 Sep
  • Utlysning av medel till forskningsprogram: Hållbar klimatomställning och klimatanpassning, 17 okt.

More information in Swedish (naturvardsverket.se)


Join Course: States and Trends 7.5 ECTS

The course consists of a seminar series where lecturers from KTH and elsewhere share their experiences and perspectives. Each lecture contains a literature section as well as an organized discussion in small groups and a plenary discussion, where the course participants are given opportunities for reflection and discussion together with the lecturers.

More information

Course in research communication

Research communication extends far beyond publishing news and web articles. Researchers play an essential role in the communication and dissemination of their work and results. This course will give you the basics of research communication, valuable tools, what you can do at the individual level, and act as a guide to the support organisation.

Research Communication (kth.se)

Tips på vidareutbildning

KTH har många fristående kurser inom miljö och hållbar utveckling som även kan läsas av anställda som vidareutbildning.

Upptäck katalogen här

Tips for researchers
 

Toolbox for sustainable development

Dig into the newly developed Toolbox - Research for sustainable development | KTH. Find resources and provide your own in this living document.

Tips for students
 

Sustainability Introduction Weeks

In the beginning of the semester there will be many events to introduce new and existing students to sustainability at KTH. You will find all the relevant information and events on the KTH student website.

Sustainability Introduction Weeks
 

Mentorship Session #1 - Advice on career, thesis and research for climate action, 15 Sep

You as a KTH student are welcome to this drop-in mentorship session where Francesco Fuso-Nerini will give advice on career, thesis or research within climate action and sustainability. Advice will also be given on his specific research fields, mainly within energy systems and SDGs. 

Time: Thu 2022-09-15 10.00 - 12.00
Location: Climate Action Centre (Teknikringen 43)
More information 
 


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26 Aug Forskningsingenjör i urbana och regionala studier, boende och hållbarhet
29 Aug Doctoral student (licentiate)in method development for railway capacity analysis
29 Aug Research student assistant – Micro mobility
30 Aug Researcher in modeling of multi-modal freight transport
31 Aug Associate Professor in Environmental Humanities with historical orientation
31 Aug Postdoc in polymer chemistry
01 Sep Doctoral student (lic) Bio-based composite materials for sustainable roads
01 Sep Postdoctoral researcher in tribology of wave energy convertors
19 Sep Assistant professor in sustainable metals

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Covid-19 information
 

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