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  • Universitas 21 is a global network of 23 research intensive universities. Swedish higher education ranked #1 in Europe 2012-05-18 A new global ranking of higher education systems places Sweden number one in Europe and number two worldwide, just behind the US.
  • Stockholm University Warning for phishing email 2012-05-14 A phishing email has been sent out to email users at Stockholm University today. The sender is Stockholm University and contains a link marked RESOLVE.
  • Stockholm University Problem with sending email to Hotmail accounts solved 2012-05-09 Microsoft has now revoked the previous block of our email servers. Users who experience problems sending email to Hotmail can report this by sending an email to helpdesk@it.su.se.
  • Stockholm University University's mail servers blocked by Hotmail 2012-05-02 The University's mail servers are currently blocked by Hotmail. IT Services has taken the necessary steps and made contact with them to get the block removed as soon as possible. Meanwhile, it will not work to send email to Hotmail addresses from your University email address.
  • International students at Stockholm University Rise in number of students accepted onto international master's programmes 2012-04-19 April saw the release of statistics for this year’s intake of students to the country’s international master’s degree programmes. Stockholm University saw a 10 per cent increase in international students being given places on master’s programmes, as compared to the figures for last year, 2011. A total of 628 students have been accepted onto one or other of the University’s over 70 master’s programmes, with 537 students being placed on the reserve list.
  • 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 2012-04-17 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.
  • Sign up for the Research Days Event Sign up for the Research Days event 2012-04-17 Will you receive your doctoral degree this year or have you recently received your doctoral degree, and would like to talk about your research? The Research Days (Forskardagarna) event will be held on October 3-4, 2012. The event is arranged to make current research accessible to the general public by presenting dissertations in a popular science format.
  • April see the launch of new book on art and architecture at Stockholm University. The book is available in Swedish New book about campus art and architecture 2012-04-16 This month sees the launch of a new book entitled "Configurations — Art and Architecture at Stockholm University". The book details the extensive collection of art owned by the University, as well as the highly diverse architecture that characterises the University's main campus at Frescati.
  • Publications by Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis 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.
  • Mondo Junior Researchers Kick-off for new MONDO site for junior researchers at Stockholm University 2012-04-12 The Research Liaison Office now provides an internal web site concerning external research funding with support to self-help for junior researchers. Join our kick-off april the 26th!
  • AstraZeneca's R&D facilities at Södertälje. Photo: AstraZeneca Astra Zeneca decision hard blow to the University 2012-04-10 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.
  • Photo: University Hospital Birmingham/Flickr HRH The Prince of Wales visits Stockholm Resilience Centre 2012-03-22 HRH The Prince of Wales, together with HM Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, 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.
  • The School of Business at Kräftriket School of Business scores high in Eduniversal ranking of best Masters 2012-03-22 Stockholm University School of Business is home to several of the highest-ranked Master's programmes in Sweden, according to Eduniversal’s ranking of the best 4,000 Masters & MBA in 30 specialisations across 153 countries.
  • Illustration Pedagogiska priset 2012 Pedagogical Prize: Who is the Teacher of the Year? 2012-03-16 Who is the Teacher of the Year? If you are a student who has had a teacher who inspired and motivated you to really learn, or if you are a member of staff who has a colleague who makes outstanding efforts in teaching, just don't hesitate. Nominate your teacher or colleague for the pedagogical prize, "Teacher of the Year 2012".
  • Researchers, teachers and doctoral candidates may apply to a number of specified partner institutes, including Peking University. Invitation for a research visit to China, Russia, Argentina or Mexico 2012-03-13 The International Office invites researchers, teachers and doctoral candidates to apply for shorter visits, within the framework of Stockholm University’s cooperation agreements with selected partner universities or research institutes.
  • Stockholm University Appointment of new Vice-Chancellor 2012-03-02 The process of recruiting a new Vice-Chancellor is in progress. The post will be vacant from February 1, 2013. The University Board has decided that a recruitment team consisting of representatives of the University Board, staff, students and the unions, will manage the recruitment process.
  • Pedagogiska priset Årets lärare 2011 Nominate "The Teacher of the Year" 2012 2012-03-02 Do you have an outstanding teacher or colleague who should be rewarded for their inspiring teaching? As a student or as a member of staff you can nominate a teacher at Stockholm University for the prize "Teacher of the year 2012". Nominations can be made until the 15th March 2012.
  • Peter Brezezinski, professor in biochemistry SEK 38 million for internationalisation 2012-03-02 Stockholm University has made SEK 38 million available over two years to promote international research collaboration. The major portion of the funding will go into three new calls: invitations to attract internationally renowned guest researchers and post-doctoral fellows, travel grants for research-based activities and for linguistic support and funding for text translations. At the beginning of March the Vice-Chancellor decided which researchers would be awarded funding from the first round of application submissions.
  • Stockholm University Planned downtime of the University's wireless network Sunday, 4th March 2012-02-29 Staff at IT Services are engaged in modernising Stockholm University's wireless network, in order to meet the organisation's demands for increased capacity.
  • Photo: Flickr user Frugan. Fat Tuesday – time for semla! 2012-02-21 Today is Fettisdagen in Sweden – or directly translated, "Fat Tuesday". Shrove Tuesday, as it is generally known in English-speaking countries, is the day when Swedes (and other Scandinavians) eat semla, a traditional pastry long associated with this day.
  • Tawny owl Owls to catch the University’s rats 2012-02-15 A new initiative to reduce the number of rats at the Frescati campus has been introduced by the setting up of nesting boxes for fifteen tawny owls. The hope is that the owls will become established at Frescati campus and help to naturally control rat and mouse numbers.
  • 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.
  • Flygbild Stockholm Stockholm is European Region of the Future 2012-02-15 The Greater Stockholm region has overtaken the South East UK to become the European Region of the Future, according to the 2012/2013 ranking of European Cities and Regions of the Future carried out by fDi Magazine.
  • Stockholm University University mail servers no longer blocked by hotmail 2012-02-14 Update 2012-02-13: Earlier problems with Hotmail and University mail servers now resolved. The e-mail servers that were blocked by external email providers like Hotmail are now fully functional, and as of yesterday morning (10.55 am) users have been able send email to Hotmail addresses again.
  • Ceremony at City Hall Inauguration of new professors 2012-02-10 Stockholm University arranges a ceremony for the conferment of doctor's degrees and inauguration of new professors on Friday 28th September 2012. The ceremony will take place at 5 p.m. in the Blue Hall of the Stockholm City Hall and will be followed by a banquet in the Gold Hall, with dancing in the Blue Hall.
  • Stockholm University representatives at the International Education Fair in St. Petersburg, Russia. Stockholm University at Beijing Education Expo 2012-02-08 Will you be spending your weekend in Beijing? Come and say hello to Stockholm University representatives at the 2011 China Education Expo!
  • Teaching at the Nordic Centre in Fudan Stockholm University experts hold two-day workshop at Fudan University 2012-02-08 At the end of October 2011, Stockholm University's Centre for Academic English held a two-day workshop, entitled "Writing for International Publication", for researchers at Fudan University, as part of the Stockholm University Academic Initiative.
  • Scene from ”The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo”, starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara How Millennium films tap deep into Swedish angst 2012-02-08 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.
  • Director of Berzelii Center EXSELENT Professor Xiaodong Zou 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.
  • Beijing 2011: Stockholm University alumnus Jasmine Guo Jia Yuan talking to prospective students during the 2011 China Education Expo in October. Stockholm University attracts more international students 2012-01-20 Stockholm University is one of the most attractive options for international master’s students seeking to study in Scandinavia. The number of non-European students who applied to one of the international master’s programmes at Stockholm University's for the fall semester of 2012 has increased by more than 50 percent compared with the previous year.
  • 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 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.
  • 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.
  • Cynthia de Wit sorts her waste Waste sorting stations now in place 2011-12-13 Students and other visitors to Stockholm University can now sort their waste packaging into paper, plastics, metal, glass, recyclable bottles and cans, newspapers and office stationery. The waste sorting stations are located in the Södra huset building on floor 3 and floor 4 from building A to building F.
  • Stockholm University Hosts Festive Nobel Nightcap Stockholm University Hosts Festive Nobel Nightcap 2011-12-09 Every year the student unions in Stockholm host Nordic Nightcap – the final festivity after the Nobel Banquet, which takes place on December 10th.
  • 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.
  • International Student Barometer 2011 international student survey now open! 2011-12-07 UPDATED: LAST DAY TO TAKE SURVEY 9 DECEMBER.
    The University needs you! For the second year Stockholm University is to participate in the International Student Barometer. An invitation has been sent out to all international students currently studying at the University to participate in this important international survey. As well as giving students a chance to tell the University about their views and experience, students participating in the study will have the chance of winning a cash prize of €1,000, equivalent to around SEK 11,000. International students are asked to check their email where they should find an message containing a link to the survey.
  • Elizabeth Haub Prize awarded to Alan Boyle 2011-12-06 The Elizabeth Haub Prize jury has decided to award Professor Alan Boyle at the University of Edinburgh the 2011 Elizabeth Haub Prize for environmental law in recognition of his extraordinary efforts in the international environmental rights area. The prize is one of the most prestigious in the world in the area of environmental rights and is awarded by the Faculty of Law at Stockholm University. www.juridicum.su.se/ehp
  • Maintenance work at the Arrhenius Laboratory 2011-12-06 In connection with the refurbishment of Arrhenius Laboratory, Akademiska Hus has decided that the external concrete structure is in need of attention. Some of the pillars and supporting beams are showing signs of fissures caused by alkali-silica reactions with subsequent frost cracking. As a first step in the maintenance work a number of the concrete beams will be supported by steel pillars. The work began in November. The operations that are affected by the repairs have been contacted. The workplace as a whole is still safe and lectures and research should be able to continue with a minimum of disturbance.
  • Patrik Lindenfors, Fredrik Jansson, Mikael Sandberg Democratization takes place in rapid leaps 2011-12-05 Democratization is often viewed as a slow process. Now, researchers at Stockholm University have analyzed all transitions to democracy that have ever occurred. This research shows that in reality, democratization is a rapid process. In half of all cases it has taken less than 2.4 years to go from dictatorship to democracy, and in nearly a quarter of the cases the process took place overnight.
  • Stockholm University New email addresses for university administration staff 2011-11-16 The University Director decided, as of April 28, 2011, that all staff within the University’s central administration should be given new simplified email addresses, ending in @su.se. The purpose of this change is to create a more uniform structure for e-mail addresses, while reducing the administrative cost of subdomains.
  • Turnitin Turnitin — the University's text-matching tool 2011-11-14 From September 2011 Stockholm University has a new text-matching tool called Turnitin. After detailed testing of text-matching systems the new service was chosen to be used by the University.
  • Stockholm University Vice-Chancellor presents Global Vision at Tsinghua University, Beijing 2011-11-14 Stockholm University Vice-Chancellor Kåre Bremer is to speak on under the heading Global Vision and new horizons from the land of the midnight sun and Nobel Prize. The speech will take place in the Reception Hall of the Main Building at Tsinghua University in Beijing on November 15, 2011, starting at 2 pm local time.
  • Photo: ArildV/Wikipedia. 10 new honorary doctors for 2011 2011-10-24 In April this year Stockholm University announced the recipients of Honorary Doctorates for 2011, to be awarded to ten internationally outstanding figures within the areas of science, the humanities, the social sciences and law. The honorary degrees were awarded on Friday 30 September 2011, during the inauguration and graduation ceremony that took place in the beautiful surroundings of Stockholm City Hall. New doctoral graduates and Jubilee Doctors were awarded degrees during the ceremony, which also saw the inauguration of new professors to the University.
  • Photo © Ulla Montan. Courtesy: Albert Bonniers Förlag Nobel Laureate in Literature Stockholm University alumnus 2011-10-18 The 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded on Thursday October 6 to the Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer. During the 1950s Tomas Tranströmer read literature and poetics at Stockholm University College, which in 1960 became Stockholm University.
  • Ariel Goobar, Professor in Experimental Particle Astrophysics Stockholm University physicist in Nobel Laureate's research group 2011-10-05 Ariel Goobar, Professor in Experimental Particle Astrophysics is one of the researchers involved in the research group led by Saul Perlmutter, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2011.
  • Reducing traffic at Frescati Reducing traffic at Frescati 2011-09-22 The University property managment company Akademiska Hus, together with Stockholm University, aim to create a fully pedestrianised campus.
  • New meeting place for international ex-pats in Stockholm New meeting place for international ex-pats in Stockholm 2011-09-22 The Stockholm Business Region announced earlier this year the launch of a new meeting place for expatriates. Dubbed "Scandinavia's first centre for expatriates", the recently formed Global Expat Partners will offer services and networking possibilities in a new premises in central Stockholm.
  • Stockholm University: making an enemy of cancer 2011-09-20 The work of Stockholm University's Professor Thomas Helleday has been described as 'potentially the biggest breakthrough in cancer research for decades'. The Swedish way of working has been key to his success, he says.
  • UP 2 Teaching in the Disciplines (4.5 hp) 2011-09-19 There are still place available on the English version of "UP2 Teaching in the Disciplines" (4.5hp) this term. Building on UP1, this course completes the pedagogical requirements for teachers at Stockholm University. Course date: October 13, 2011.
  • Supervision of Research - Theory and Practice (3 hp) 2011-09-19 There are still places available in the course "Supervision of Research - Theory and Practice" (3 hp) this term. The course will take place on November 10, 2011.
  • Polar science as a whole is an important area which helps us to understand both climate change and our planet's eco-systems better. Photo: Professor Martin Jakobsson New generation of Arctic scientists flourish at Stockholm University 2011-09-14 The wild and mysterious polar regions - planet Earth's last relatively unexplored areas - have long struck a cord with the adventurous side within many of us.
  • The 7th Annual Stockholm Anthropology Roundtable 2011-09-14 The 7th Annual Stockholm Anthropology Roundtable will take place on 16-17 September hosted by Johan Lindquist and Christina Garsten.
  • Adventurer and photographer Oskar Kihlborg is currently rowing from Sweden to Finland. Adventurer rows to Finland in the name of research 2011-09-13 Adventurer and photographer Oskar Kihlborg is currently rowing from Sweden to Finland to highlight issues around research in the Baltic Sea area.
  • New student building, Studenthuset Construction of new student building 2011-09-20 On September 1, 2010, after more than a decade of uncertainty around funding and responsibility, construction has now started on the new student oriented building, Studenthuset.
  • Stockholm University Orientation programme for university staff 2011-10-18 Stockholm University has successfully held introductory programmes for new employees for many years. This year, for the first time, an introductory programme in English has been put together to meet the needs of new or recently arrived international researchers and lecturers. NEW VENUE FOR PART 2 16.15-18.00 – mingle now outside Högbomsalen. [Updated 5 Oct.]
  • Green peas Green Peas - a new restaurant on campus 2011-08-22 Green Peas is the name of the new lunch restaurant that opened this week at Stockholm University's main campus at Frescati. The new restaurant is located in the Natural Science Student's building, Gröna Villan, between Geovetenskapens hus and the Arrhenius Laboratories.
  • Stockholm University Water leaks in Geovetenskapenshus (Geo-Science Building) 2011-08-22 A water leak was discovered on Saturday, August 20, in Geovetenskapenshus at Frescati. The leak was stopped, but during Monday parts of the building will be without power and several servers will continue to be out of action. Refrigerators and freezers in the building are understood to be intact.
  • Stockholm University in pictures Stockholm University in pictures – an animated history 2011-07-15 A new animation shows how Stockholm University has developed since its founding in 1878 – as Stockholms högskola – to the present day, when the University is one of the largest institions of higher education in Sweden, with over 50,00 students.
  • Universitetskortet University Card to be delivered to home address 2011-07-14 To gain access to university-wide IT services students will need an activated University Account and University Card. These allow the use of computers in the University's computer rooms, as well as printing facilities, library resources and the wireless network.
  • Laura Álvarez is coordinator for the international project Laura Álvarez on a unique collaboration around Afro-Latin languages 2011-07-13 Laura Álvarez is excited to be coordinating a project which brings together Stockholm University's Department of Spanish, Portugese and Latin American Studies, Universidade Estadual de Campinas in Brazil and Universidad de La República in Uruguay.
  • Hazardous chemicals can be found in cotton, Teflon frying pans, baby bottles, electronics, food packaging, and many other household items. Photo: Stockholm University. Ordinary chemicals hidden risk to human health 2011-07-13 Today there are around 145,000 registered industrial chemicals in the world, and by no means all of these are tested and guaranteed safe. The spread of dangerous chemicals in our everyday environment could lead to a global human catastrophe.
  • Stockholm University Scheduled maintenance affecting all IT services 11-12 July 2011 2011-07-05 Scheduled maintenance of the University's basic communications structure will take place between 12.00 GMT+1, Monday 11 July and Tuesday 12.00 GMT+1 12 July, (work may continue into the afternoon of July 12 if required). The work will affect all services, including network traffic. This means shorter periods of disruption can occur whilst maintenance work is in progress and that the network may not be entirely accessible during the whole of the maintenance period.
  • New welcome sign at Kräftriket. Photo Per Larsson New welcome signs at Frescati 2011-06-22 Two new welcome signs have recently been set up at Stockholm University. The new pylon-style signs, which are 5,5 metres tall, are situated at Kräftriket and by the bus stop on Roslagsvägen, adjacent to the Universitetet underground station.
  • Stockholm University Theft of computers from Lantis 2011-06-15 Twenty-four desktop Apple computers have been stolen from the computer cafe at Lantis sometime yesterday or today. The case has been reported to the police. If you have information relating to the theft you should contact Jan Ekström at the Unit for Security, telephone 08 16 3545.
  • Image retrieved from http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/monarchy/medals/hmthekingsmedal.4.396160511 H.M. The Kings Medal to Stockholm University professors 2011-06-15 Two professors at Stockholm University were this week awarded H.M. The King's Medal for significant contributions to Swedish research. Professor Brita Bergman of the Department of Linguistics and Professor Lars Bergström, Director of the Oskar Klein Centre, were awarded the medal at a ceremony that took place at the Royal Palace in Stockholm on June 14, 2011.
  • Stockholm University Disruption of E-mail services June 17th to 20th 2011-06-15 During the weekend of June 17th - 20th there will be an upgrade of the Stockholm University e-mail environment for those using the EBOX (Microsoft Outlook/Exchange) service. The goal is to modernize and increase capacity and functionality.
  • Jerzy Sarnecki talks about criminology as a leading academic discipline Jerzy Sarnecki on criminology as a leading academic discipline 2011-06-27 Professor Jerzy Sarnecki from Stockholm University's Department of Criminology is a regular commentator in the Swedish media on the subject of crime. Sarnecki came to Sweden in 1968, where he earned a PhD in sociology at Stockholm University.
  • Stockholm Criminology Symposium 2011 Stockholm Criminology Symposium 2011 2011-07-07 The 2011 Stockholm Criminology Symposium took place June 13-15. The symposium which was held in the Norra Latin conference room at the City Conference Centre in Stockholm, brought together leading criminologists from all over the world, who gathered to meet and discuss their work.
  • The images were captured in the red segment of the visible spectrum. However, the colours were added afterward and do not correspond to what we would see with our eyes. Different scales were used for the ring and the rest of the image to make details stand out more clearly. Exploding star shines brighter 2011-06-17 Researchers at Stockholm University have studied the exploding star Supernova 1987A. In an article published in Nature, they present findings that show, among other things, that the supernova has entered a new phase of shining ever more brightly.
  • Earth Week volunteers hard at work distributing quantities of garbage into each waste category. Categorising garbage in Södra huset 2011-06-01 How much litter is thrown away in the main Södra huset corridor (floor 3) on a normal day? Now we know the answer– thanks to committed students who analysed the waste collected in a day at the beginning of May.
  • From left: Staffan Normark, Permanent Secretary, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Gunilla Karlsson, Minister for International Development Cooperation, President Tarja Halonen of Finland, Co-Chair of UN Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Global Sustainability and Johan Rockström, Chair of the Nobel Laureate Symposium and Executive Director of Stockholm Resilience Centre and Stockholm Environment Institute. Resilience: Stockholm centre helps the world grow sustainably 2011-06-14 The Stockholm Resilience Centre is leading the charge to put global development on a sustainable footing - a task that is engaging leading scientists and politicians worldwide.
  • Halo phenomenon Contribute your photographs of the University 2011-08-19 More and more of members of staff are taking snapshots of the campus and surrounding environs. The University's editorial team would like to publish a selection of these in the staff magazine, Universitetsnytt, and on the web site. Please email your photographs to redaktion@su.se, stating the name of the photographer and the place where it was taken.
  • Stockholm University Initiative has resulted in more female professors 2011-04-08 In 2006 the Vice-Chancellor introduced an initiative by which female associate professors with tenure positions could advance their qualifications and improve their possibilities of being promoted to professor. The 17 female associate professors who participated in the initiative received a total of SEK 9.6 million divided among them to advance their research merits. Funding was awarded for periods of between 12 and 24 months. At the end of 2008, when this period had expired, seven of the associate professors had been promoted and in the intervening period from then to the present day a further eight have become professors. The remaining two have moved to work for other employers and now work at other universities.
  • Stockholm University Phishing warning 2011-06-07 Stockholm University has recently been subjected to a number of phishing attempts via email.
  • Stockholm University University announces three major grants for international cooperation 2011-04-08 To increase Stockholm University’s collaboration with foreign researchers, the University is to award funding with three new grants. Each grant will cover the cost of bringing leading international guest researchers and post-docs to Stockholm University, as well as also covering for research activities and foreign language support.
  • Stockholm University New course: "Supervision of Research" 2011-04-08 The Centre for Learning and Teaching is to hold a new course, entitled "Supervision of Research --- Theory and Practice", for supervisors of research students.
  • Stockholm University Courses in University Pedagogy 2011-04-08 UPC's courses in University Pedagogy are for university teachers who want to develop professionally. The courses are suitable both for teachers with no previous experience and for those with a great deal of experience of teaching. The contents range from theory of learning to practical tips. Your teaching will benefit concretely from taking a course!
  • Handbook for Guest Researchers and Research Students Handbook for visiting scientists and international graduate students 2011-04-08 The University has recently launched a new digital handbook containing information and tips for visiting scientists and international graduate students. The handbook is now available online in digital PDF and magazine format.
  • Swedish 'kanelbulle' (Cinnamon bun). Cinnamon Bun Day - Kanelbullens dag 2011-10-04 Today is Cinnamon Bun Day - Kanelbullens dag! Today, in bakeries and convenience stores all over Sweden you will find baskets of warm cinnamon buns, or kanelbullar, as these tasty swirls of pastry are called in Swedish.