To submenu
  1. You are here:
  2. Start
  3. Stockholm University
  4. Research
  5. Research News Archive
Print
Upp

Research news & press releases

  • Stockholm Resilience Centre joins forces with Hollywood to produce stunning video on biodiversity 2013-10-04 Stockholm Resilience Centre has joined forces with Hollywood to produce a stunning video on biodiversity. Hollywood actor and Goodwill Ambassador to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (UN CBD) Edward Norton has lent his voice to a new video explaining the challenges and opportunities that come with an increasingly urbanized planet.
  • Stockholm University gains ground in world university rankings 2013-10-04 Stockholm University has once again strengthened its position in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. In the latest ranking, published on 2 October, Stockholm University is placed 103, rising fourteen places from 2012.
  • Climate change: Bert Bolin and beyond 2013-09-27 Today, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will present the Working Group I contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report here in Stockholm. In honour of the late Bert Bolin, professor at Stockholm University, one of the founding fathers of the IPCC and its first chairman from 1988 to 1997, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, together with the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, the Bolin Centre for Climate Research at Stockholm University and the IPCC are holding a symposium entitled Climate Change: Bert Bolin and Beyond. The event will be broadcast live 4-6pm on www.kva.se.
  • Long-awaited gathering place for 67,000 students 2013-09-19 Finally! The expression may be overused but it is not out of place when it comes to summarising the feelings at Stockholm University after the inauguration of the new student building, Studenthuset. Studenthuset is now ready to receive both Stockholm University's 67,000 students and the general public. On 19 September, the Student House officially inaugurated by Governor Chris Heister.
  • Gunhild Rosqvist and Torbjörn Karlin taking measurements at Kebnekaise. Photo: Matthias Rieckh The battle for Sweden's highest peak 2013-09-16 Kebnekaise, Sweden's highest peak, has now reached its lowest level since measurements began in 1902. This result was discovered during the traditional measurement of Kebnekaise, carried out at the end of each summer season at Tarfala, Stockholm University's research centre. The south peak was measured at 2,099 metres above sea level; just 2.7 metres now separates the south peak from the north peak, which measures 2,096.3 metres.
  • New app to live toxic free 2013-09-13 Researchers at ITM have developed an app to inform and guide consumers through the maze of hazardous chemicals in popular consumer products.
  • Örjan Gustafsson, Professor of Biogeochemistry. Photo: Stella Papadopoulou New insights into the Arctic permafrost carbon complexities 2013-08-29 Permafrost thawing and the release of carbon stored in it can generate greenhouse gases that, in turn, reinforce global warming. However, the extent of this reinforcing effect has been heatedly debated over the years. This week, in an article published as a Correspondence in Nature Geoscience, scientists from Stockholm University and Utrecht University highlight the need to broaden our perspective on the climate feedback potential of thawing Arctic permafrost. They particularly stress the role of the interplay between large-scale carbon- and water cycles in the Arctic permafrost carbon feedback.
  • Image: Digital Communication Awards Crosstalks nominated for Digital Communication Awards in Berlin 2013-08-16 Crosstalks, a joint project between Stockholm University and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, has been nominated for the Digtial Communications Awards 2013, in the category Institution.
  • Image: http://www.shanghairanking.com/ Stockholm University maintains top 100 position in global ranking list 2013-08-16 This year sees Stockholm University maintaining its position among the world's hundred highest ranked universities in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) list, published ​​by Shanghai Jiao Tong University. This year Stockholm University is ranked 82 out of a total of 1000 institutions.
  • Kebnekaise's south peak photographed from the north peak on August 9th 2012. Photographer Gunhild Rosqvist. Kebnekaise record low 2013-08-13 In early August this year the south peak of Kebnekaise was measured from the Tarfala valley. Results show that the south peak is at its lowest yet recorded height, in a series of measurements dating back to 1968, as well as a number of previous surveys beginning in 1947.
  • Researchers constrain the sources of climate- and health-afflicting air pollution from China 2013-08-08 Particulate air pollution from incomplete combustion is affecting climate over East Asia more than carbon dioxide and cause premature deaths of over half a million annually in China alone, yet its sources have been poorly understood. In this week’s issue of Environmental Science and Technology (journal of the American Chemical Society) a research team from China, Sweden, USA and South Korea use a powerful carbon-14 method to show that four-fifths of the soot particle air pollution are from fossil fuel combustion such as household cooking with coal briquettes and city traffic, drastically changing the view on sources and guiding efforts to mitigate emissions.
  • New method reads the genetic code directly in tumour tissue 2013-07-15 Accurate diagnostic tests are crucial when choosing the right treatment regime for cancer patients. This is why scientists from Stockholm University and Uppsala University continuously work on improving methods for analysing cancer tissues. For the first time, it is now possible to read the genetic code of individual cancer cells in their original location in the tissue. The results are published in Nature Methods.
  • Research communication needed for the Baltic Sea 2013-07-08 Increased information regarding what research says about the state of the Baltic Sea is crucial for politicians in order to take the decisions needed to save the Baltic Sea. That was the key message at a seminar organized by the Baltic Sea Centre at Stockholm University during Almedalsveckan.
  • Inefficient EU securities market facing a crossroads 2013-07-03 Compared with the US, the securities market in the EU is less economically efficient. This is because the regulatory system and the technical infrastructure for securities transactions differ between the two trade areas. Thomas Ordeberg has established this in a new doctoral dissertation from the Faculty of Law, Stockholm University. In the dissertation he also gives an account of what options the EU has available to make its securities market more efficient. Thomas Ordeberg is desk officer at the Ministry of Finance.
  • Stockholm University national top for impact and international collaboration 2013-07-03 According to the recently published CWTS Leiden Ranking 2013, Stockholm University holds its position as national leader in terms of impact and international cooperation. Worldwide, Stockholm University holds sixteenth place in these categories.
  • A Midsummer Day’s treat: Saharan dust over Stockholm 2013-06-28 On 21 June, while Sweden was swept away by the festivities of Midsummer Day, the optical remote sensing instrument known as LIDAR on the roof of the Arrhenius Laboratory heralded the arrival of strange visitors, the likes of whom scientist are not used to see roaming the skies of Stockholm: mineral dust from, none other than, the Sahara Desert.
  • Scientist at Stockholm University caution that there may be a risk of high UV-filter emissions in some aquatic systems during the summer season. Photo: John Wardell (Netinho) Double legislation for UV-filters may threaten aquatic ecosystems 2013-06-26 Ultraviolet (UV)-filters in industrial products are classified as hazardous to the aquatic environment. In contrast, these products when used in cosmetics are not classed in this way. This disparity is indicated by a new study by researchers at Stockholm University published online in Science of the Total Environment on 17 June.
  • Storspigg. Foto: Johan Lind Humans causing rapid evolution in Baltic Sea fish 2013-06-25 Human beings have affected virtually the entire environment of the earth, and the Baltic Sea has been impacted especially hard by toxic emissions and eutrophication in the last few decades. Animals that live in highly polluted environments can either die out locally or adapt and survive. In a new dissertation in natural science, Emma Lind, of Stockholm University and Södertörn University, shows that the three-spined stickleback fish have developed genetically in a short time in response to the environmental impact of humans.
  • Photo: private EU grant for research on arsenic and the origin of life 2013-06-20 Stockholm University has received a prestigious grant from the EU's research council ERC. The ERC Starting Grant of almost € 1.5 million has been awarded to Ernest Chi Fru. He currently works at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, but will now transfer his research to the Department of Geological Sciences at Stockholm University.
  • Stockholm University participates in Stockholm Pride 2013-06-19 Stockholm University will participate in this year's Stockholm Pride. The annual event is the largest Pride festival in Scandinavia, attracting participants from all over the region. The number of international visitors has also increased as the festival has grown.
  • Being well received in care speeds up healing process 2013-06-06 A placebo can activate a number of biological mechanisms in the same way that medicine can, which is why we are now beginning to understand why a placebo can heal and alleviate symptoms. Psychosocial factors, such as words or how a person is received, can help to heal or bring relief. These findings are being presented by the Italian researcher Fabrizio Benedetti, who is the keynote speaker at the PNIRS 20th Scientific Meeting in Stockholm on Thursday, June 6.
  • The Zeppelin Observatory, Svalbard. At 474m (1600ft) above sea level, the Zeppelin Observatory is located in an undisturbed arctic environment near Ny-Ålesund in Svalbard. Carbon dioxide passes symbolic milestone five months in a row 2013-06-05 Readings taken at the Zeppelin Observatory near Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, by scientists at the Department of Applied Environmental Science at Stockholm University revealed that global carbon dioxide (CO2) levels topped symbolically important milestone for five consecutive months since the beginning of 2013.
  • Photo: Johan Gummås Unravelling the mystery of dead elk in southern Sweden 2013-05-31 Numerous dead elk (moose, in North America) keep cropping up in southern Sweden. Researchers at the Department of Applied Environmental Science launched a new study into this worrying trend and hint towards thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency syndrome as a likely culprit.
  • Pioneering discoveries on the brain and immune defense 2013-05-29 It’s true that the brain governs the body, but the body also governs the brain, for example when the immune defense system makes us rest when we’re sick. This is shown in research that the world’s leading researchers and Nobel laureates will be presenting at an international conference in the research field of psychoneuroimmunology in Stockholm in June. This is research that has led to, among other things, new knowledge about the development of depression, severe stress accelerating aging, and how anti-depressive drugs largely function as placebos.
  • OpenLab - new research collaboration in Stockholm 2013-07-03 OpenLab is a unique interdisciplinary research collaboration in Stockholm that will provide new solutions to existing and anticipated problems in society.
  • Foto: Håkan Lindgren The Norway spruce genome sequenced 2013-05-23 Researchers from Stockholm University have made significant contributions to the mapping of the gene sequence of the Norway spruce (the Christmas tree). The species has huge economic and ecological importance and its complex genome – seven times larger than that of humans – is the largest that has ever been mapped. The results were published in the scientific journal Nature.
  • Martin Flodén Martin Flodén new deputy governor of the Riksbank 2013-05-23 The General Council of the Riksbank has today decided to appoint Martin Flodén, professor of economics at Stockholm University, and Cecilia Skingsley, chief economist at Swedbank, as new members of the Executive Board of the Riksbank. They succeed Lars E.O. Svensson and Barbro Wickman-Parak, whose periods of office expired on 20 May.
  • Young teenagers playing violent video games become accustomed to violence 2013-05-20 Young teenagers who play a lot of violent video games show blunted physiological and emotional responses to playing violent games, according a study from Stockholm University published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine. After a gaming session, sleep, heart rate and emotional reactions were less affected among boys who are highly exposed to violent video games as compared to boys with low exposure.
  • Regional climate changes over the last 2,000 years mapped for the first time 2013-05-16 An international team of 78 researchers from 24 countries have joined forces to learn how temperature has changed in the past 1- 2,000 years at the continental scale. The results were recently published in the scientific journal Nature Geoscience and reveal both large regional similarities and differences in the evolution of Earth's climate. In particular, temperature developments in pre-industrial times seem to have differed between the northern and southern hemispheres.
  • Human cultural capacities are older than 170,000 years 2013-05-08 Researchers at Stockholm University have used methodology from evolutionary biology together with observations from genetics, paleoanthropology, archaeology and linguistics to determine that human capacities for culture must be more than 170,000 years old. Thereby they end a long debate concerning the age of uniquely human cognition. The debate has centered on whether unique human capacities for culture evolved as late as 40,000 years ago, which is the dating of the oldest cultural artifacts found in Europe, or if they evolved much earlier.
  • Arctic summer sea ice extent controlled by atmospheric transport 2013-04-29 The retreat of the summer sea ice in the Arctic region is one of the most dramatic signs of the ongoing climate change. Although the ice cover is steadily decreasing it also shows a large variability from year to year. In a new study, published in the scientific journal Nature Climate Change, researches at Stockholm University have examined the variability of the Arctic sea ice. They concluded that warm and humid winds from southerly latitudes towards the Arctic in spring are important for the amount of sea ice later in the summer.
  • Rune stone rediscovered after 300 years 2013-04-26 A nearly 1,000 year-old rune stone has been rediscovered at Bogesunds brygga west of Vaxholm. The rune stone was found during an excursion which was part of a course in landscape archeology at Stockholm University. The stone has previously been known, but had been missing since the 17th century.
  • Airship with climate scientists on board in the Stockholm area 2013-04-22 On 21 April a Zeppelin NT landed at Skavsta airport outside Stockholm. The airship carries highly specialised instruments with a combined weight of nearly a ton to sample the skies of Sweden and Finland as part of PEGASOS (Pan-European Gas-Aerosol-Climate Interaction Study), whose main aim is to unravel the link between atmospheric chemistry and climate change. The Department of Applied Environmental Science (ITM), Stockholm university, is one of the 26 partners from 14 European countries and Israel involved in the project.
  • Swedish study suggests reduced risk of dementia 2013-04-19 A new Swedish study published in the journal Neurology shows that the risk of developing dementia may have declined over the past 20 years, in direct contrast to what many previously assumed. The result is based on data from SNAC-K, an ongoing study on aging and health that started in 1987.
  • Scent of a woman - not that feminine 2013-04-17 In stores, most perfumes are categorized as either feminine or masculine, but how do we perceive the scents when the commercial gender categorizations are unknown? A new dissertation from Stockholm University shows that many perfumes are perceived as "unisex", and that these are the scents preferred by most people.
  • Karta över havsbottnen runt Antarktis. New map of the sea floor around Antarctica 2013-04-11 A new digital bathymetric model and map of the sea surrounding the Antarctic continent has been completed within the project "The International bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean (IBCSO)". The map, bathymetric model and the underlying database is a result of a collaboration between 30 institutions from 15 different nations.
  • Dirty dishes show Ice Age hunters’ taste for fish 2013-04-11 Hunters and gatherers who lived during the Ice Age made pottery vessels for cooking fish, according to a new international study, published today in Nature. Researchers have analysed food residues found in pottery vessels, up to 15,000 years old. This has resulted in the hitherto oldest direct evidence of prehistoric vessel use. The study is the first of its kind to directly tackle the frequently asked question of why humans began to produce cooking vessels.
  • Lya i blått. Här kan man se hur galaxen badar i ett blått och diffust moln av Lyman alfa. Foto: M. Hayes. Unique study shows light’s (roundabout) way through galaxies 2013-04-05 Researchers working in the international LARS project at Stockholm University have published a unique and comprehensive study on starburst galaxies in the Astrophysical Journal Letter. The researchers have investigated how ultraviolet light of a certain wavelength travels through galaxies, and the results show that the light often takes a detour before it reaches us. One effect of this is that the galaxies appear larger and more diffuse than they really are.
  • Top position for Stockholm University in Åre 2013-03-21 Stockholm University has research and observation stations at various locations throughout Sweden and the world, for example in Tarfala at Kebnekaise and the Maldives. Observant skiers and others who visit the Åreskutan peak will also notice the presence of the University. On a log cabin, often covered with snow, there is a sign that says "Stockholms universitet."
  • Democratic Revolutions: Patience Pays 2013-03-20 Before the 20th century, the path to democracy was more than half a century long. Today, the process can be very rapid. However, democracies with lengthy transitions survive longer. This is shown in a scientific paper in Technological Forecasting and Social Change, where researchers at Stockholm University have analysed all the transitions between autocracy and democracy that have ever taken place.
  • Avtalet med Hirosakiuniversitetet undertecknas. Radiation biologists study health effects of Fukushima 2013-03-19 Radiation biologists at Stockholm University are cooperating with Japanese colleagues to study the health effects after the nuclear accident in Fukushima, two years ago.
  • X-ray laser reveals chemical reaction 2013-03-18 What happens when a chemical bond is broken? That question was recently answered with the help of a so-called free electron x-ray laser, which makes it possible to follow in real time how bonds in a molecule are changed and broken. The study, published in Science, found, among other things, evidence of a much-discussed intermediate state before molecules bind to or leave a metal surface. The possibility of monitoring at the molecular level how the electronic structure changes during a chemical reaction creates entirely new opportunities for investigating and understanding key chemical processes in detail.
  • Newfound signal may shed light on dark matter 2013-02-22 In the past year, physicists and astrophysicists around the world have spent considerable time and effort investigating the burning question of what constitutes the dark matter of the universe. At the Oskar Klein Centre at Stockholm University, researchers are working intensively to examine data from a signal with light particles from space that may provide answers to some of the mysteries of dark matter.
  • Will the new discoveries of physics change our view of the world? 2013-02-21 The latest discoveries in elementary particle physics and cosmology are amazing. This is discussed on Crosstalks, a webcast international academic talk show, on 28 February at 17:00.
  • Denny Vågerö, professor of medical sociology at CHESS. Growing health gap between educational groups 2013-02-06 Professor Denny Vågerö at CHESS - Centre for Health Equity Studies at Stockholm University is one of the researchers behind a study showing that a high level of education goes hand in hand with better health and a longer life, whereas people with a low level of education have worse health and shorter lives.
  • New research vessel in the Baltic Sea 2013-02-04 The Erling-Persson Family Foundation has given a grant of SEK 30 million to Stockholm University to build a new ice-going research vessel. The vessel will be stationed at Stockholm University’s marine field station, the Askö Laboratory, located in the archipelago of Trosa.
  • Astrid Söderbergh Widding takes office as Vice-Chancellor 2013-02-01 Today, Astrid Söderbergh Widding takes office as Vice-Chancellor of Stockholm University - Sweden's largest university. The university world has been a theme throughout the career of film researcher Astrid Söderbergh Widding. After her doctoral studies, she became Professor in Cinema Studies at Stockholm in 2000. She has subsequently held positions as Head of Department, Deputy Dean and Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Humanities and Social Sciences at the University. She has also been active in Turku and Paris.
  • New research project examines changes in family formation and social policies across Europe 2013-01-31 What will families look like in the future? Are existing social and family policies compatible with changes in family patterns? A major European research project investigating the diversity of family forms, relationships and life courses in Europe in relation to policies, will be launched in February 2013. The project has secured a grant of €6.5m from the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme for a four-year period.
  • NEEM ice core drilling project på nordvästra Grönland. Foto: Sune Olander Rasmussen, NEEM ice core drilling project. A warmer Greenland 2013-01-24 A new study provides surprising details on changes in the Earth’s climate from more than 100,000 years ago, which can be used when modeling the future climate in a warmer world. During the Eemian interglacial, 130,000 to 115,000 years ago, the climate in Greenland was about eight degrees Celsius warmer than at present, before it gradually cooled down during the last ice age.
  • Photo: Ronnit Hasson Stress makes exhausted women over-sensitive to sounds 2013-01-14 Women suffering from stress-related exhaustion exhibit hypersensitivity to sounds when exposed to stress. In some cases, a sound level corresponding to a normal conversation can be perceived as painful. This according to a study from Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University’s Stress Research Institute which tested sensitivity to sounds immediately after a few minutes’ artificially induced stress.
  • Illustration: P.B Holliland New research changes the image of the typical computer gamer 2013-01-14 The image of the computer gamer as a young male loner who spends hours playing computer games with strangers around the world, is not true, according to a new dissertation in sociology from Stockholm University.
  • Institute for Solar Physics to be established at Stockholm University 2012-12-19 With a Swedish telescope, researchers study the Sun from La Palma, the most north-westerly of the Canary Islands. As of 1 January 2013, the Institute for Solar Physics, which conducts the research, will be established at Stockholm University, which then takes over the running of the Institute from the Royal Academy of Sciences. The Institute will then also become a national research infrastructure under the Swedish Research Council. The takeover will mean several new research and PhD positions in solar physics.
  • Albano park and entrance building, view to the west. Photo: City Planning Administration Decision on Albano is important milestone for entire Stockholm 2013-01-11 When the City Council of Stockholm adopted the local plan for the future campus Albano on 16 December, it was an important milestone for higher education in the city. Albano is essential for both Stockholm University and the Royal Institute of Technology, for all future students and guest researchers and the entire Stockholm knowledge region.
  • A question of quality when Stockholm University invests in more female professors 2012-12-06 Stockholm University does not content itself with having the second highest proportion of female professors in the country. Therefore, the University invests SEK 15 million to increase the number of women by offering more time for research to female researchers, and for the recruitment of female guest professors.
  • Nobel Prize laureate Mo Yan visits Stockholm University 2012-12-05 Listen to this year's Nobel Prize laureate in Literature, the Chinese writer Mo Yan, on 9 December at Stockholm University. He will read a piece from his own work and talk with researchers, translators and the audience.
  • Five Wallenberg Academy Fellows to Stockholm University 2013-04-02 Today, five young successful researchers are appointed Wallenberg Academy Fellows with employment at Stockholm University. Martin Högbom and Jan Conrad will, as Wallenberg Academy Fellows, get the opportunity to continue their outstanding research at the University. Three of the appointees, ethics researcher Helen Frowe, biochemist David Drew and demographer Mikko Myrskylä, are internationally recruited researchers who will move to Stockholm University to conduct research.
  • Alfred Nobel's grandnephew Claes Nobel lectures at Stockholm University during Nobel Week 2012-12-05 Claes Nobel, grandnephew to Alfred Nobel, who established the Nobel Prizes, will return to his native country to share his insights with students. Mr. Nobel founded the National Society of High School Scholars with James W. Lewis, an international honors organisation that acknowledges the accomplishments of high school and college students who have demonstrated outstanding academic success, leadership, and community commitment, as well as to foster their continued success.
  • Xiaodong Zou awarded the Arrhenius Plaque 2012-11-28 Xiaodong Zou, Professor of Structural Chemistry and Director at Berzelii Centre Exselent on Porous Materials at Stockholm University, has been awarded the Arrhenius plaque for her synthetic and structual studies of germanium contaning zoelite-like compounds. The Arrhenius plaque is awarded annually to individuals who have distinguished themselves through outstanding scientific research in chemistry and adjacent sciences. The award ceremony will be on 29 November at Kemicentrum in Lund.
  • Live academic talk show premieres 2012-11-16 Crosstalks is the name of the web TV programme which premieres on 20 November. Here you will encounter lively and interesting discussions between leading researchers, the audience and people around the world. One of the aims is to attract top international researchers to Stockholm, but also to arouse the curiosity of the world's young talents in the Stockholm region with its universities and companies. Stockholm University and KTH are behind the programme.
  • Even small amounts of alcohol increase cancer risk 2012-11-09 Drinking a glass of wine a day is considered healthy, but new research shows that even small amounts of alcohol can increase the risk of cancer. In a study published in the British journal Carcinogenesis, researchers at Stockholm University, in a European collaboration project, have examined the damage to the genome that occurs when we drink alcohol, which, in turn, can lead to cancer.
  • International scientist career at Stockholm University: What's your ambition? 2012-11-02 Stockholm University now offers talented scientists at the beginning of their careers a unique opportunity to continue their academic journeys at any of the University's wide range of departments. Maria Celorio, postdoc from Mexico, gives a taste of what it is like to be a scientist in the Scandinavian metropolis of Stockholm.
  • Steve Murdoch awarded the 2013 Olof Palme Professorship 2012-11-01 The 2013 Olof Palme Professorship has been awarded to Steve Murdoch, Professor of History at the School of History, University of St. Andrews in Scotland. In Sweden, he will be based at the Centre for Maritime Studies at the Department of History at Stockholm University.
  • Miljöinventering under ytan. Foto: Jerker Lokrantz/Azote Research programme for sustainable management of the Baltic Sea 2012-10-31 After many years of research, we know a great deal about the impacts that eutrophication, toxins and climate change have on the sea. For a sustainable management of the Baltic Sea, however, comprehensive knowledge of how problems are interrelated is required.
  • Sunspots Photo: Göran Scharmer World-leading Swedish telescope designed to study the Sun's upper atmosphere 2012-10-29 What explains the strong radiation of energy in the Sun's upper atmosphere? Astronomers at Stockholm University are currently installing a custom-made filter on the Swedish Solar Telescope at La Palma in a search for answers to one of the unsolved mysteries of the Sun.
  • Astrid Söderbergh Widding appointed new Vice-Chancellor 2012-10-25 The Government has appointed Professor Astrid Söderbergh Widding as Vice-Chancellor at Stockholm University. Astrid Söderbergh Widding is Professor of Cinema Studies and is currently Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Humanities and Social Sciences at Stockholm University. Söderbergh Widding has been appointed for the period from 1 February 2013 to 31 January 2019.
  • Gustaf Arrhenius Foto:Orasis Foto New Swedish-French research cooperation in philosophy and economics 2012-10-25 In the newly established Franco-Swedish Program in Philosophy and Economics, Swedish philosophers and French economists join efforts in research. Gustaf Arrhenius is the Swedish programme coordinator.
  • Georgia Destouni Photo: Cecilia Bruzelius Our food and energy production drives global water and climate changes 2012-10-26 Our food and energy production uses water in the landscape, changes its circulation, and thus contributes to climate change. This is shown in a new study published in Nature Climate Change, where researchers from Stockholm University have investigated how agricultural and hydropower developments have changed water circulation over time.
  • Thomas Elmqvist Stockholm and Malmö at the forefront of sustainable urban development according to a new UN study 2012-10-16 Global urbanization will have significant implications for biodiversity and ecosystems if current trends continue, with knock-on effects for human health and development, according to a new assessment by the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Stockholm and Malmö are two cities at the forefront of sustainable urban development.
  • New partnership bridging the business-science gap 2012-10-11 Stockholm Resilience Centre and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) have announced an innovative collaboration to ensure future business solutions are based on the best scientific analysis.
  • Stockholm University takes its place in the world - investing 100 million in international relations 2012-10-02 25 new postdoctoral positions for international students, an institute for advanced studies and a special program for cooperation with selected universities: these are part of the result when Stockholm University is investing SEK 100 million in order to strengthen its international relations.
  • Leading an Arctic expedition 2012-09-17 Ten professors and more than one hundred researchers – the majority coming from Stockholm University – are involved in an Arctic expedition concerning climate change.
  • Torsten Persson elected to British Academy Fellowship 2012-09-20 In its Annual General Meeting on the 19th of July, the British Academy elected Torsten Persson to its Fellowship as a Corresponding Fellow.
  • Warning: Toxic Material How chemicals are poisoning us: Stockholm professor raises the alarm 2012-08-06 The spread of dangerous chemicals could lead to a global human catastrophe, Stockholm University Professor Åke Bergman believes. Bergman played a major role in the film Submission, which did for this issue as Supersize Me did for the issue of fast foods.
  • Nanotechnology breakthrough 2012-09-17 Professor Osamu Terasaki and PhD student Changhong Xiao at the Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry have made a significant breakthrough in nanotechnology. News of the breakthrough was published in the international scientific journal Nature.
  • New book explores the iPhone's reshaping of modern society, culture and media 2012-06-27 Patrick Vonderau, Associate Professor at Stockholm University's Department of Media Studies and Pelle Snickars, Head of Research at the National Library of Sweden have recently published a new book entitled "Moving Data: The iPhone and the Future of Media".
  • Professor Annika Wearn, new Centre Director at Mobile Life Centre IKEA becomes new partner to Mobile Life Centre 2012-06-14 Mobile Life Centre – one of Europe’s leading research centres on mobile communication. The Centre has three new partners this year – IKEA, ABB and Movinto Fun. This is not only a contribution of new external partners but also other kinds of partners.
  • Unique screening method simplifies identification of novel drugs 2012-06-05 A unique new method of measuring how effectively DNA building blocks are made is a perfect springboard from which to find novel drugs against resistant bacteria or even cancer. Already when a potential drug lead is identified this novel method also pinpoints how the substance may inhibit cell division, thereby facilitating further development of the drug. Two researchers at Stockholm University and Karolinska Institute present their results in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences PNAS, USA.
  • Linus och pappa Sven vid köksbordet. Foto: Xiaodong Zou Professor’s 11-year-old son published by the Royal Society 2012-06-01 Linus Hovmöller Zou, the 11-year-old son of Sven Hovmöller, Professor at Stockholm University’s Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, has been published in the latest edition of the Royal Society, thereby becoming “the youngest named author of a scientific paper published by the Royal Society,” according to The Times newspaper.
  • Stockholm University is the home of outstanding education and research, and a place where open minds meet, discuss and develop Stockholm University’s honorary doctors in 2012 2012-05-25 Stockholm University has selected this year's honorary doctors. They include Katherine Freese, who is one of the world’s best know astroparticle physicists and the cartographer Lars Granath, whose nautical maps have “doubled the size of the Swedish archipelagos”. In the legal area Annette Kur and David B. Wilkins have been selected. Marjatta Hietala och Milton Núñez have been selected in the humanities. In natural science Ray Dixon and Isabella Raffi have been selected, in addition to the above-mentioned Katherine Freese and Lars Granath. Keith Banting has been selected in social sciences. More information about the honorary doctors is given below, along with contact details.
  • SciLifeLab is a collaboration between Stockholm University, the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Karolinska Institutet (KI) and Uppsala University. SciLifeLab provides technology and expertise in the fields of genomics, comparative genetics, proteomics, bioimageing and functional geonomics. Substantial investment in SciLifeLab 2012-07-05 On April 3, 2012, Minister for Education Jan Björklund announced during a press conference that SciLifeLab is to become a national resource for the life sciences in the broadest sense from 2013. The government's plan is that SciLifeLab will, within a few years, employ around 1,000 scientists, with a turnover of SEK 1 billion per year.
  • Publications from Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis now more accessible 2012-04-13 The publishers Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis, AUS, publish scientific works for Stockholm University. When the agreement with the previous distributors ended the University Library took over distribution. It was also decided at that time that stockpiling of books would cease. Today all AUS books are printed on demand when they are ordered.
  • Astra Zeneca decision hard blow to the University 2012-07-05 In early February came the news that Astra Zeneca is going to close down its research work in neuroscience in Södertälje. This will affect 1100–1200 research posts. In addition, some support functions will disappear.
  • Rektor Kåre Bremer Historic investment in SciLifeLab welcomed 2012-04-03 The presidents of the four Swedish universities behind the Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab) welcome the huge new investments in life science research announced today.
  • HRH The Prince of Wales visited Stockholm Resilience Centre on Friday 23 March HRH The Prince of Wales visits Stockholm Resilience Centre 2012-06-14 HRH The Prince of Wales, together with King Carl XVI Gustaf, paid a visit to the University's Stockholm Resilience Centre on Friday 23 March, 2012. Themes for the visit included research on food security, energy, Baltic Sea and planetary boundaries.
  • Roberto Riva, Department of Psychology Women with chronic musculoskeletal pain: Do physiological responses follow a temporal development? 2012-03-05 A new thesis from the Department of Psychology at Stockholm University shows that investigating the stress hormones as an index of physiological stress responses in women with shoulder and neck pain or with fibromyalgia may help to clarify the onset and development of such conditions.
  • Knowledge and inspiration result of Ericsson collaboration with Mobile Life Centre, according to Martin Körling. Knowledge and inspiration result of Ericsson collaboration with Mobile Life Centre 2012-02-15 Ericsson is one of the partners in the Mobile Life Centre and, Martin Körling was chair of the board until October 2011.
  • Alumn Torbjörn Schmidt on how Tomas Tranströmer's poems are going from strength to strength 2012-03-05 "Tranströmer's poems continue to be emotive. They still bring a tear to my eye when I read some of them," says Torbjörn Schmidt, doctoral student at the Department of Literature and History of Ideas. He is nearing the completion of his dissertation on Tomas Tranströmer's career as an author; a writing career that he has spent just over ten years studying, both as a editor and as a researcher.
  • Scene from ”The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo”, starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara How Millennium films tap deep into Swedish angst 2012-06-01 Is there any truth in the image of Sweden portrayed in the Millennium books and films? Stockholm University ethnologist Jonas Engman argues that the stories have tapped into Swedish fears that their society’s success is not all they had been brought up to believe.
  • New zeolite material may solve diesel shortage 2012-02-06 World fuel consumption is shifting more and more to diesel at the expense of gasoline. A recently published article in Nature Chemistry by a research team at Stockholm University and the Polytechnic University of Valencia in Spain presents a new porous material that evinces unique properties for converting gasoline directly into diesel. The material has a tremendously complex atomic structure that could only be determined with the aid of transmission electron microscopy.
  • Mobile Life Centre: an international research lab with a ‘wow’ factor 2012-01-18 Stockholm University's Mobile Life VINN Excellence Centre has, according to a recent evaluation, established itself as an international research lab with a ‘wow’ factor. The international team that made the evaluation congratulated the centre on its interdisciplinary and innovative research ideas, as well as its outstanding progress.
  • Keep up-to-date on the latest in sustainability research 2012-01-12 Want to be kept up-to-date on the latest in sustainability research? Subscribe to Stockholm Resilience Centre's newsletter and receive top news on resilience research direct to your mailbox.
  • <b>Facts</b><br /> Born February 1968<br /> Married, three children<br /> <br /> <b>Academic background</b><br /> 1995 PhD in Computer Science from the University of Montpellier II, France.<br /> 1995-2000 Post-doctoral fellow at the Computer Science Center, Univ. of Geneva.<br /> 2000-2007 Director of the Software Development Service, Univ. of Geneva.<br /> 2008 Professor at the University of Applied Sciences of Geneva.<br /> <br /> <b>Research</b><br /> Applied research in digital forensics. A cross domain touching Computer Science, Telecommunications, law and psychology.<br /> Leading expert in digital forensics joins University's Computer Science Dept 2012-01-09 David Billard, one of Europe’s leading experts in digital forensics, is to join the CSI – Cyber Scene Investigations – lab at the University's Department of Computer and Systems Sciences as visiting professor. Professor Billard will be instrumental in setting up both research and educational activities within the area of digital forensics.
  • International students come to Stockholm to study Geological Sciences 2011-12-29 Professor Barbara Wohlfarth embraces social media to promote wider interest in Geological Sciences and past climate change research.
  • SciLifeLab is a collaboration between Stockholm University, the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Karolinska Institutet (KI) and Uppsala University. SciLifeLab provides technology and expertise in the fields of genomics, comparative genetics, proteomics, bioimageing and functional geonomics. SciLifeLab – a major national scientific resource 2011-12-15 SciLifeLab, a collaboration between Stockholm University, the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Karolinska Institutet (KI) and Uppsala University, is a major national scientific resource in Sweden with state-of-the-art technologies for high-throughput biosciences.
  • Sven Lidström in front of the ICECUBE lab. Sven Lidström to spend a second winter in the Antarctic 2011-12-07 Stockholm University scientist Sven Lidström journeyed to the South Pole in November and he will remain there until December next year. A few years ago he became the second Swede in history to spend the winter at the South Pole and now it is time to spend just over another year at the Amundsen-Scott base.