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Congratulations on your degree!

WATCH THE CEREMONY. We celebrated new masters and others with a degree on a master’s level, in Aula Magna on May 23.

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Mammut och häst

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May

How the horse was tamed and can we bring back mammoths?

Lecture

Students studying at Café Bojan.
Hone your study skills

Are you using your time effectively and are you keeping on top of your reading and assignments? Here are some tips from the Academic Writing Service.

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New research on ALS opens up for early treatment

Using the gene scissors CRISPR and stem cells, researchers at Stockholm University and King’s College London have managed to identify a common denominator for different gene mutations that cause the disease ALS.

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Lövsångare med insekt i munnen.
Migratory birds are arriving earlier each spring

Climate change is affecting how and when birds migrate and many species are now arriving earlier than they did just a few decades ago.

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We arrange webinars and participate in virtual and physical fairs, chats and live-streaming events. Get in touch with us to find out more about Stockholm University!

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News

Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Scientists reveal how energy is delivered into the cells major “shipping port”

A team of scientists has answered a long-standing question in cell biology, uncovering how the cell’s main energy currency, ATP, is transported into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Disrupted energy transport could affect diseases such as type 2 diabetes, cancer, and neurodegenerative disorders. The study, published in Nature, confirms that the transporter protein SLC35B1 is the key gateway for ATP entry into the ER.

ATP transported into the ER
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Department of Public Health Sciences

Having Privileged Classmates Can Boost Upward Income Mobility

Research from Stockholm University offers fresh insight into how childhood friendships can shape adult economic outcomes—especially for children from low-income families. A study, published in the journal Social Forces, suggests that having a close classroom friend from a wealthier background can significantly improve an individual's income in adulthood.

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Department of Physics

Vacancies at Fysikum

The Department of Physics at Stockholm University is one of the larger departments within the Faculty of Science with broad basic research activities, both experimental and theoretical. The department has about 250 employees, including 95 PhD students, and it has an international character. Fysikum is part of the AlbaNova University Center, which is a strong research center, and which, in addition to Fysikum, includes the Department of Astronomy, the physics departments at KTH and the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, Nordita. Employees at the department are also part of the Oskar Klein Center for Cosmoparticle Physics, a rich scientific environment that includes more than a hundred researchers in both theory and experiment. This news is continuously updated with more vacancies!

Lediga jobb på Fysikum, Stockholms universitet
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Institute for Interpreting and Translation Studies

New doctoral thesis 2025: Style in subtitles

Lova Meister defended her doctoral thesis in Translation Studies in 2025: Style in Subtitles: A Dialogical Approach to Characterisation in Subtitled Film and Television Drama. The Institute for Interpreting and Translation Studies at the Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism, Stockholm University.

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Calendar

15 May

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4 June

Seminar

Department of Computer and Systems Sciences

Digital Futures Focus Period: FemTech and Feminist Tech

Welcome to a series of events examining the intersections of technology with health, wellbeing, and social justice.

Department of Computer and Systems Sciences

Digital Futures Focus Period: FemTech and Feminist Tech

Welcome to a series of events examining the intersections of technology with health, wellbeing, and social justice.

Digitalization and AI - Theme page Gender and Equality - Theme page

22

May

Lecture

Department of Romance Studies and Classics

Unmasking the Self: Fanon’s Paradoxes of De-alienation in Black Skin, White Masks

To mark the centenary of Frantz Fanon’s birth, this open lecture of Christophe Premat revisits his seminal work "Black Skin, White Masks", exploring the complexities of de-alienation and identity formation in the aftermath of colonial domination.

Department of Romance Studies and Classics

Unmasking the Self: Fanon’s Paradoxes of De-alienation in Black Skin, White Masks

To mark the centenary of Frantz Fanon’s birth, this open lecture of Christophe Premat revisits his seminal work "Black Skin, White Masks", exploring the complexities of de-alienation and identity formation in the aftermath of colonial domination.

Language, Literature and Culture - Theme page Society, Democracy and Welfare - Theme page
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Work at SU

Over 5,700 people work here to achieve our vision of a university of the highest international quality. Are you interested in joining us? See our list of open positions.

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Support SU

Do you want to contribute? You can support knowledge, education and science - for a sustainable society and future.

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Curious about how the world works?

On our theme pages, we collect articles, films, reports and events on various subjects.

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