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Sustainability Forum 2021: From crisis to sustainability

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Make distance study work

Are you finding it tricky to make distance study work? The Academic Writing Service shares some of their best tips.

Viking DNA - a new article in The Conversation

Viking DNA and the pitfalls of genetic ancestry tests

It’s important to be aware of the interplay between genetics and ideas of race. A new article in The Conversation discusses genetic ancestry tests.

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Webinars for newly admitted students

We look forward to meeting and greeting newly admitted students around the world during a series of webinars this spring/summer. The webinars take place April–July 2021.

Helicopter view over the Ryder Glacier ice tongue. Photo credit: Martin Jakobsson

Thick sea-ice warms Greenland fjords

A new study shows that thick sea-ice can increase the sensitivity of Greenlandic fjords to climate warming.

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Information on Covid-19

Here is the latest information regarding the new corona virus. You will also find answers to common questions, news and research about the virus together with tips for studying and working remotely.

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Several prizes awarded to DBB scientists by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA) rewards seven researchers for their work in physics, chemistry, medicine and economic sciences, as well as for initiatives that have promoted Swedish research. Three of the researchers come from the department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Stockholm University.

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Admitted master's students increase by 6.3 per cent

The number of students admitted to international master's programmes at Stockholm University has increased by 6.3 per cent, compared to the same period last year.

Försök att etablera skugg-träd över en kaffeplantering för att få ett svalare mikroklimat.

Forests protect animals and plants against warming

The impacts of climate warming are buffered inside forests due to the thermal insulation of forest canopies.

Seeking proof for Viking identity in DNA

In a new study Anna Källén, Associate Professor and researcher in Heritage Studies at the Department of Culture and Aestetics and Daniel Strand, Uppsala University, have conducted interviews with fourteen persons who have taken DNA tests, and asked them about the desire to “be a Viking”. Did they see themselves as related to Vikings, to have a Viking heritage, or to be Vikings themselves? And which characteristics did they connect with their Viking identity?

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April

The Im/Possibility of Decolonizing Anthropology

Research seminar with Girish Daswani, Associate Professor, UTSC

April

Seminar

Brown Bag - David Jackson (SU)

Brown Bag seminar

Economics

April

Drop-in

Online drop-in with the Academic Writing Service, 2–4pm

Do you have a question about study skills or academic writing that you need a quick answer to? Visit the Academic Writing Service online for a drop-in consultation.

April

Drop-in

Online drop-in with the Academic Writing Service, 2–4pm

Do you have a question about study skills or academic writing that you need a quick answer to? Visit the Academic Writing Service online for a drop-in consultation.

April

Webinar

Join our information session about Sida’s MFS scholarship

Do you want to conduct a field study abroad? Sida’s MFS programme gives you a scholarship of 27 000 SEK and the possibility to spend 8 weeks in a developing country to conduct a field study for your bachelor's or master's degree project/essay.

Information on Covid-19

Here is the latest information regarding the new corona virus. You will also find answers to common questions, news and research about the virus together with tips for studying and working remotely.

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Astrid Söderbergh Widding, President of Stockholm University. Photo:Eva Dalin

Relocation

Here we present what you need to know about moving to Sweden to work and live in Stockholm. We hope to welcome you soon!

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The Academic Writing Service provides English-language support for writing and study skills. We give talks and seminars and offer individual guidance.

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