Webb gets ready to study rocky worlds
2022-05-26
In a couple of weeks the Webb space telescope will commence its science operations. Among the planned observations for the first year are studies of lava planets, where Alexis Brandeker from the Department of Astronomy leads one of the programmes.
Warmer autumns could spell bad news for butterflies
2022-04-04
New research finds that longer and warmer autumns make it less likely that green-veined white butterflies will survive winter to emerge in spring.
Basic research for the benefit of ALS patients
2022-01-21
By understanding why certain nerve cells and the muscles they control are resistant to fading in the deadly disease ALS, it is possible to create new possibilities for treatments. Researchers at Stockholm University are now trying to identify and transfer the properties of these resistant nerve cells.
Ambassador of Rwanda visits DSV
2022-01-11
Digital health was on the agenda when the Ambassador of Rwanda to Sweden visited DSV at Stockholm University. The ongoing collaboration is financed by Sida.
Why do girls opt out of math in school?
2021-12-28
In school, girls in general outperform boys in math-related fields. But even when girls have a relatively higher ability in math, they more often choose other education trajectories.
Researchers at DBB explore the functional dynamics of an ancient membrane-bound hydrogenase
2021-12-01
Biological energy conversion is based on membrane-bound proteins that convert chemical or light energy into an electro-chemical gradient across a biological membrane. The primordial archaea convert energy by membrane-bound hydrogenases (Mbh) that produce hydrogen gas (H2) and couples this to proton pumping and Na+/H+ exchange across the archaeal membranes. However, the molecular principles of its redox-driven ion-transport mechanism remain puzzling and of major interest for understanding bioenergetic principles of early cells.
Coronene molecules contribute to complex chemistry in space
2021-11-26
Carbon forms the basis of all organic chemistry and thus the building blocks of life. There is increasing evidence that amino acids and other complex organic molecules can be formed in space and spread to planets through, e.g., comet impacts. Large carbon-based molecule such as coronene could play an important role in how such organic molecules are produced in astronomical environments. Michael Gatchell has been interested in understanding the universe for as long as he can remember. Here he tells us about his research at Atomic Physics division of Fysikum and new results can change how we imagine molecules such as coronene contribute to chemistry in space.
New grants from the Swedish Research Council
2021-11-10
We are proud to congratulate Jens Rydgren and his team and Eleonora Mussini and her team who received funds from the Swedish Research Council.
DSV and Spotify in scientific collaboration
2021-11-01
Three industrial doctoral students from Spotify study the future of machine learning together with researchers from DSV at Stockholm University.
Geopolitics, e-health and drones at popular hybrid conference
2021-10-28
From national security to designs of the future, pregnancy apps, drone deliveries and smart cities. 650 participants from 45 countries got together at Digitalize in Stockholm 2021.
Occupation alone not linked to a higher risk of dying from Covid-19
2021-10-21
A new study from Stockholm University shows that occupation on its own was not linked to a higher risk of dying from Covid-19 in Sweden. However, older people who lived with adults in working age who could not work from home had a higher risk of dying from Covid-19.
Utilizing X-rays to understand catalysis
2023-04-05
The conversion of carbon dioxide back into fuels via electrochemistry is a very attractive alternative. - In my studies, I am developing the essential understanding of these reactions by following time-resolved transformation at the atomic and molecular level, says Sergey Koroidov.
Sharing is (not always) caring
2021-09-30
Would you like to have a total stranger sleeping in your spare room? DSV researcher Airi Lampinen studies interpersonal aspects of the hyped sharing economy.
Time for the sixth round of SWEOLD
2021-09-17
The SWEOLD survey has been running since 1992 and aims to investigate changes in the living conditions of the population over 75. The researchers behind the study can now describe developments over the past 30 years, a period during which there have been clear changes in welfare.
How is ”refugeeness” constructed in Swedish newspapers – and are counter-images possible?
2021-09-09
In Swedish newspapers, people fleeing are often depicted as victims or as a security threat to the Swedish nation state, a new PhD thesis in sociology shows. As a reaction to this visual framing limited to stereotypes, the author Jelena Jovičić participated in a project where people with experiences of flight created their own counter-images. Here is what she found out.
Ultrafast light control of magnetism via the magnetoelastic effect
2021-09-02
"One of the most exciting and least understood properties of materials is the so-called magnetoelasticity." Researcher Stefano Bonetti from the Department of Physics reports on experiments carried out in collaboration with universities in Germany, France, Japan and Italy.
Language barriers do not explain why immigrants have higher mortality from COVID-19
2021-11-02
Language barriers or lack of institutional awareness do not explain why immigrants in Sweden have a higher mortality from COVID-19. These are the conclusions of a new population-based study from Stockholm University that analyzed intermarried couples--immigrants partnered with Swedes.
"It is important that people's own voices are heard"
2021-09-07
The seventh round of the Living Standards Survey (LNU) at SOFI is currently contucted. Carina Mood, Professor of Sociology, talks about the work of collecting people's own voices about their living conditions.
Kebnekaise’s south peak continues to melt
2021-08-18
On August 14, 2021, the southern peak of Sweden´s highest mountain Kebnekaise was measured at 2 094,6 meters above sea level by researchers at Tarfala Research Station. This is the lowest height that has been measured since the measurements started in the 1940s, and almost two meters lower than the corresponding time last year.
PhD candidate Gianfranco Selgas receives LASA Section Award 2021
2021-07-02
The Best Article on Venezuela Award by the Venezuelan Studies Section of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) recognizes high quality research on the Humanities and Social Sciences.
The rocky road to accurate sea-level predictions
2021-06-15
The type of material present under glaciers has a big impact on how fast they slide towards the ocean. Scientists face a challenging task to acquire data of this under-ice landscape, let alone how to represent it accurately in models of future sea-level rise.
Measuring the chemical and physical properties of molecules
2021-06-08
- I am a PhD student in Chemical Physics with a background in materials chemistry. My current research is on x-ray spectroscopy of thermal catalysts for CO and CO2 hydrogenation reactions. In short: me and my colleagues have built a new instrument (the technical term would be a "synchrotron endstation for high-pressure x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy") capable of measuring the chemical and physical properties of molecules involved in the reaction under more realistic reaction conditions, says David Degerman.
Important message from scientists sets sail for the COP26 meeting
2021-05-26
If managed right, coastal zones have a large capacity to effectively store greenhouse gases and mitigate climate change. That was the take-away message from the scientists when Relay4Nature met Baltic Sea Centre on its way to the coming COP26.
New study on lockdown measures, greenhouse gas emissions and quality of life
2021-05-05
Together with colleagues at Karolinska Institutet, Bolin Centre scientists Alasdair Skelton and Kevin Noone published an article titled “Lockdown measures which reduced greenhouse gas emissions with little negative impact on quality of life”.
Nina Kirchner – glaciologist in battle against time
2023-02-23
Tarfala research station is one of the world's most beautiful workplaces, but also one of the most challenging. Nina Kirchner, new director of Tarfala, recently returned from the spring fieldwork season. Now, the next phase will begin, in which the research data is analysed.
New book (in Swedish) about Megaprojects
2021-04-28
In YMER 2021, megaprojects are explored in different parts of the world. The authors are cultural and social anthropologists, cultural geographers and political scientists who, from their respective perspectives, show that megaprojects are characterized by politics and that power relations are central to their design, creation and social effects.
Call For Papers: SAGE Special Issue with Earth in focus
2021-04-27
SAGE guest editor and Stockholm University professor Miyase Christensen welcomes contributions from a wide variety of research fields to an upcoming special issue of the International Journal of Cultural Studies - On Mediations and the Environment: Earth in Focus.
Catamaran for research at the Askö Laboratory
2021-04-26
From the summer 2021 and onwards a new research vessel will replace R/V Limanda. The vessel will be used for expeditions in Askös vicinities.
A glimpse into the formation of a mitoribosome
2021-04-19
An assembly intermediate of the ribosomal large subunit in mitochondria reveals 22 associated factors that cooperatively organize its biogenesis.
Several prizes awarded to DBB scientists by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
2021-04-15
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.
Thick sea-ice warms Greenland fjords
2021-04-12
A new study shows that thick sea-ice can increase the sensitivity of Greenlandic fjords to climate warming.
We follow our older siblings' choice of higher education
2021-05-06
In a new study from the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) at Stockholm University Researchers have been able to isolate a direct effect, and measure how an older sibling's educational experience affects the choices of younger siblings.
After Suez: Have the containerships grown too big?
2021-04-06
During six days in March 2021, “Ever Given”, an ultra-large containership run by a Taiwanese shipping company and flagged in Panama, was stuck in the Suez Canal. Hege Høyer Leivestad explains why containerships have become too big and the consequences of this exceptional growth for infrastructure, the environment and people’s working conditions.
What I cannot create, I do not understand – exploring proteins by artificial design
2021-03-30
Researchers in the Ville Kaila Lab at Stockholm University and Technical University of Munich have designed artificial proteins that show how proteins stabilize essential charged networks while folding into their exact three-dimensional shape. The study was published in the prestigious Nature Communication-journal.
Early Childhood Development Programming
2021-03-22
IIES Professor Ingvild Almås and Bet Caeyers (Research Economist at FAIR NHH) are leading the design and implementation of an ambitious Early Childhood Development (ECD) research program in Tanzania.
Reduce coastal trawling to protect the Baltic herring
2021-03-11
Increased herring catches close to the Swedish Baltic east coast, and the negative trend for several herring stocks accentuate the need for reduced fishing pressure and more detailed knowledge about herring subpopulation structure.
How to provide Unemployment Insurance?
2021-03-10
How to design unemployment insurance is a heavily contested question across the political spectrum around the world. This research develops a novel framework to think about the optimal provision of unemployment insurance and quantifies the relevant trade-offs using rich Swedish administrative data. The work provides highly policy-relevant insights.
The creative collaboration between Giorgio Armani and Robert Wilson
2021-03-09
In a chapter for the new publication Staging Fashion: The Fashion Show and Its Spaces (Bloomsbury), professor of theater studies at Stockholm University Dirk Gindt and professor of art historiy John Potvin (Concordia University, Montreal), write about the the creative collaboration between Giorgio Armani and Robert Wilson.
Exploring the unfinished encyclopedias
2021-04-23
Linn Holmberg, researcher in History of Ideas at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, and Maria Simonsen researcher at Aalborg University are the editors of Stranded Encyclopedias, 1700–2000, a new anthology published by Palgrave Macmillan in the series ”New Directions in Book History”.
Eutrophication expert Bo Gustafsson honored with prestigious award
2021-05-20
Bo Gustafsson, director of Baltic Nest Institute at Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre, receives the 2021 Ruth Patrick Award for his outstanding contributions to the understanding and management of eutrophication and hypoxia in the Baltic Sea.
New discovery on how genes are activated
2021-02-24
A new study shows how genes are unpacked in the cell nucleus and activated in some cells, while remaining inactive in other cells and is important for animal development and survival.
"Entangled memories of violence", new article by Victoria Fareld
2021-03-09
In a new article in the journal Memory Studies (16/2 2021), Victoria Fareld, associate professor in History of Ideas, Stockholm University, analyzes how the Austrian writer Jean Améry formulates his memories of the Holocaust in the contemporaneous situation of decolonisation.
“We sequenced the oldest ever DNA, from million-year-old mammoths”
2021-02-18
In a new study, researchers at Stockholm University show that mammoth DNA as old as 1.2 million years can be recovered from remains found in permafrost deposits. “By sequencing this DNA – studying the make up of its genetic information – we found a lineage of mammoths never described before, the hybrid origin of a mammoth species, and more”, they write in The Conversation.
Call for better management of micropollutants in wastewater
2021-02-23
Urban wastewater treatment plants are important collection points for many chemical contaminants that are widespread in the aquatic environment. But micropollutant emissions from them are poorly assessed and regulated.
Mapping energy conversion in cells
2021-02-10
Billions of years of evolution are behind the ingenious protein machinery in nature’s cells, which captures and converts energy. Ville Kaila is conducting a detailed study of the structure and function of the proteins to learn more about the energy conversion process. That knowledge may eventually result in therapies for diseases where the powerhouses of the cells fall short.
Water’s Heat Capacity Becomes Extreme in Supercooled Conditions
2021-02-08
Using x-ray lasers, researchers at Stockholm University have developed a new ultrafast calorimetry technique to measure the heat capacity (Cp) of water down to 228 K. The finding is that Cp increases dramatically below 240 K and reach a maximum at around 230 K indicating an extreme amount of entropy fluctuations. The results are consistent with existence of a critical point at temperatures around 210-215 K and at pressures 800-1000 bar. Their findings are published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy (US).
Seeking proof for Viking identity in DNA
2021-04-09
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?
How population development in Sweden would have been without the war in Syria
2021-01-25
What would Sweden’s population development have been like if it wasn’t for the uprising against Assad and the following war in Syria? A new study in demography published in the academic journal PLOS ONE has the answer. In the study, the authors have created and calculated hypothetical scenarios to determine the demographic development in Sweden and Norway – without the immigration following the Syrian war.
Bioenergetics: New features of ATP synthase
2021-01-18
An intricate organisation of the ATP synthase in mitochondria is reported in two cryo-EM studies that illuminate the structural basis for its oligomerisation.
Plankton measurements reveal the Baltic Sea’s contaminant levels
2021-01-07
To ensure that results from contaminant monitoring are interpreted correctly, a long-term perspective and measurements of both plankton and benthic organisms are required. This according to a new study.
New issue of Nordic Journal of Francophone Studies – franorfon.org
2020-12-08
Mickaëlle Cedergren and Christophe Premat, co-editors in chief for the Nordic Journal of Francophone Studies, have the pleasure to announce the publication of a new issue on the North in Francophone literatures.
Echo sounders track hypoxia in the Baltic Sea
2020-11-30
It is possible to trace oxygen depleted zones in the Baltic Sea with acoustic methods. This, according to a new study. The scientists suggest the method to be an important complement to existing marine monitoring programs.
“I don’t necessarily view my scholarship as activism, but more as contributing to Public Sociology”
2020-11-30
Her undergraduate thesis in English literature in the US was passed with honors, but got the comment “this belongs in the Sociology department”. Some years later, Vanessa Barker is indeed a Professor of Sociology at Stockholm University. Part of bringing her to Stockholm was her interest in how Swedish society was rapidly transforming.
Two liquids of water exist
2020-12-01
Using x-ray lasers, researchers at Stockholm University have been able to follow the transformation between two distinct different liquid states of water at around -63 Centigrade, both being made of H2O molecules. Even though the two liquids can only be studied under extreme conditions, their existence strongly influences many of waters unique properties in our daily life. Their findings are published in the journal Science.
Exploring the collective and individual channels of light-matter interaction
2020-11-12
In two reports published this month, we investigate atomic emission and light-matter correlations in absorptive optical bistability. From a linearized treatment of quantum fluctuations we show a visible departure from classical behavior and propose an experimental setup to extract the otherwise hidden collective degree of freedom coupled to the intracavity field.
Data from Uncharted Waters Provides Key Insights into Glacial Melting Processes
2021-04-09
New bathymetric and oceanographic data collected by an international team of ocean scientists provide important insights into the processes that are controlling the rapid loss of the Greenland Ice Sheet over the last four decades.
Scientists show how a molecular machine works to regulate our cell’s internal pH and sodium levels
2020-10-28
Scientists at Stockholm University in Stockholm have established a mechanism by which our cells fine-tune their internal pH and sodium levels. Using cryo electron microscopy they have determined the first 3D-structure of a so-called “sodium/proton exchanger” that carries out this task. Ever since the discovery of these transport machines by Peter Mitchell in the 1970s we finally have a molecular picture of this fundamental process carried out in most, if not all, cells. Their findings could help in the development of anticancer drugs in particular.
Higher risk of COVID-19-death for elderly people in Stockholm who live with a person of working age
2020-10-28
60 per cent higher. This is how much higher the risk of dying from COVID-19 is for individuals aged 70 and older in Stockholm County who live in the same household as a person of working age compared with the elderly who live with other old individuals. Crowded living conditions are not a risk factor in themselves for the elderly, however.
Sociocultural Pragmatics - Latest issue - (SOPRAG) - International Journal of Spanish Linguistics
2020-10-23
Sociocultural Pragmatics (SOPRAG) is a biannual open access journal focusing on social and cultural aspects of the Spanish language in all its forms and expressions.
SOPRAG is published with the financial support of Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council, Ministry of Education and Research, Sweden).
What are Lockdowns Good for?
2020-10-19
Research suggests that the only way to avoid the massive costs associated with the Covid-19 pandemic is through the timely development of a vaccine (and an optimally set lockdown policy until its arrival), or the successful implementation of a TTQ program that can effectively curtail community transmission.
Molecular structure of mammalian mitochondrial complex I reveals substrate reduction principles
2020-10-16
The respiratory complex I is a gigantic redox-driven proton pump that initiates cellular respiration in mitochondria — the powerplants of our cells. Moreover, dysfunction of complex I has been linked to half of all human mitochondrial disorders, but the molecular mechanism remains one of the most puzzling unsolved questions of bioenergetics.
Robin Wahlsten Böckerman has published a new book
2020-10-09
The Bavarian Commentary and Ovid is the first complete critical edition and translation of the earliest preserved commentary on Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
Electron–spin dynamics studied on its natural time-scale
2020-10-09
By using extremely short light pulses and coincidence technology, researchers from several Swedish universities have managed to follow the dynamic process when the electron's spin - its rotation around its own axis - controls how an atom absorbs light.
Comments on new Chemical Strategy
2020-10-16
The new Chemical Strategy has just been presented. Researchers, policy experts and communicators have joined forces to communicate the relevant science from Stockholm University.
New mapping shows which cells SARS-CoV-2 can infect
2020-09-30
An international group of scientists, with researchers from SciLifeLab, Stockholm University, Karolinska Institutet, and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, have identified which cells in the body that the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) can infect. The results, published in Nature Medicine could lead to better treatment of the virus.
Wallenberg grant for research on aggression
2020-09-30
How is aggression controlled in the brain and what methods can we use to influence it? These are some of the questions that Christian Broberger, professor of neurochemistry, hopes to get answers to during a five-year project that now receives SEK 20.4 million from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
IIES COVID Research published in BMJ Global Health
2020-09-24
In a new paper a team of researchers from IIES at Stockholm University, Aceso Global and Center for Global Development provide new predictions of the infection fatality rate (IFR) for COVID-19 for each country in the world.
The Fifth and Final Volume of Ars Edendi Lecture Series
2020-09-23
This "Ars Edendi Lecture Series Volume V" is the final volume of lectures on textual criticism and classical philology given within the framework of the Ars edendi research programme (2008-2015), edited by Erika Kihlman and Denis Searby.
Guillemots of the Baltic: Linking the seabed and the sky
2020-09-23
On the island of Stora Karlsö up to 100 000 seabirds nest. In a new study a group of curious young researchers from three different universities show how guillemots fuel northern Europe's largest colony of house martins.
New article by Daria Skjoldager-Nielsen and Kim Skjoldager-Nielsen
2020-09-17
Daria Skjoldager-Nielsen, PhD candidate of Theatre Studies, and Kim Skjoldager-Nielsen, PhD of Theatre Studies, both at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, have published an article in the Polish journal Zarządzania w Kulturze.
First result from DESIREE using merged-beams
2020-09-16
The DESIREE facility, with its unique design of two storage rings with a common straight section was constructed in order to study reactions between pairs of oppositely charged atomic or molecular ions. The results of the first such experiment have recently been published.
Alcohol-related mortality affects people with lower education more
2020-09-11
When the alcohol consumption in society increases, alcohol-related deaths also increases. But the increase is not equally spread in the entire population, it particularly affects people with lower education.
ERC Starting Grants to researchers in Psychology and Sociology
2020-09-04
Two researchers at Stockholm University have been granted the ERC Starting Grant. The researchers who will receive the prestigious grant are Mikael Lundqvist at the Department of Psychology and Ben Wilson at the Department of Sociology.
Stockholm University at place 183 in THE ranking
2021-05-31
In 2021 year’s edition of the Times Higher Education rankings of the world’s top universities, Stockholm University is found at place 183.
New ERC grant to study the lives of children and grandchildren of refugees
2020-09-03
A lot is known about the inequalities experienced by refugees, but much less is known about their children’s lives. Ben Wilson, a post-doctoral researcher at the Stockholm University Demography Unit (SUDA), Department of Sociology, receives a new ERC Starting Grant to study the inequalities that are faced by the children and grandchildren of refugees living in Sweden.
Ulf Hannerz top influential anthropologist
2020-09-01
Ulf Hannerz, emeritus professor of social anthropology at Stockholm University, is number one when Academic Influence lists the most influential anthropologists in the world the last ten years.
A roadmap for gene expression in mitochondria
2020-09-02
A new study from the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics reveals the molecular connectivity of processes implicated in the synthesis of proteins within mitochondria. The study is published in the scientific journal Molecular Cell.
A spatial regime shift
2020-08-27
The three-spined stickleback have gradually taken over large parts of the Baltic Sea’s coastal ecosystem, a new scientific study shows. This has caused a shift from predator to prey dominance.
Sleepiness can have a negative impact on your social life
2020-08-18
Being socially active generally increases your chances of getting a good night’s sleep. But if you are active late into the evening, it reduces the number of hours you sleep – and can also affect your social life.
Rikard Hoogland about Lars Noren and Jon Fosse in new article
2020-08-14
Rikard Hoogland, associate professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, has written an article in the new anthology Contemporary European Playwrights, eds. Maria M. Delgado, Bryce Lease, Dan Rebellato (Routledge).
Breaking molecular traffic jams with finned nanoporous materials
2020-08-12
Thousands of chemical processes used by the energy industry rely on the high speed of catalytic reactions. An entirely new class of porous catalysts help the molecules to skip the lines that limit the reaction.
X-rays indicate that water can behave like a liquid crystal
2020-08-11
Scientists at Stockholm University have discovered that water can exhibit a similar behavior like a liquid crystal when illuminated with laser light. This effect originates by the alignment of water molecules, which exhibit a mixture of low- and high-density domains that are more or less prone to alignment. Can this discovery have future technological applications?
The dancing male mosquitos
2020-08-07
An international team of researchers led by Noushin Emami at Stockholm University have discovered that male malaria mosquitos attracts the females by producing distinctive scents.
The cave lion was divided into two subspecies
2020-08-04
New research at the Centre for Palaeogenetics shows that the extinct cave lion was a separate species, and that it was subdivided into a western and eastern subspecies.
Flight shaming: how to spread the campaign that made Swedes give up flying for good
2020-07-28
Europe’s major airlines are likely to see their turnover drop by 50% in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, while European airports expect to welcome 700 million fewer passengers. It’s a brutal shock to a global industry, writes Avit K Bhowmik in a new article in The Conversation.
New structural transformation phenomenon can break the way in searching for novel materials
2020-07-28
All over the world science is looking for new materials to tackle environmental problems. Scientists have now found a new way of generating novel zeolites, which are widely used for producing basic chemicals and recently drawn interests in CO2 capture. The route is based on the discovery of a structural transformation phenomenon introduced by deep dehydration – allowing brand new materials to be obtained from existing ones.
Pristine environments offer a window to our cloudy past
2020-07-28
A new study uses satellite data over the Southern Hemisphere to understand global cloud composition during the industrial revolution. This research tackles one of the largest uncertainties in today’s climate models — the long-term effect of tiny atmospheric particles on climate change.
New depth map over the Arctic Ocean
2020-07-13
Details of a new depth map of the Arctic Ocean have been published in the Nature Journal Scientific Data.
Researchers need help with bat observations
2020-07-06
Have you seen a bat? Then let the researchers in the BatMapper project know about it! The purpose of the project is to find out how bats are affected by climate change.
Spring Term’s online education: a challenge with development potential
2020-07-03
The Center for the Advancement of University Teaching now presents the first results of the survey where students and teachers at Stockholm University have answered questions about their experiences of switching to online education this spring.
"Stockholm could die from the Coronavirus"
2020-07-03
New research by IIES Associate Professor Kurt Mitman on the effects of COVID-19 on society featured in Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet.
Professor: "Everyone assumed that men founded the film industry"
2020-07-20
”Friends of those heads of industries wrote those first versions of what happened. And little by little it was forgotten that women were instrumental”, said Professor Jane Gaines, Columbia University, N.Y., newly awarded with an honorary doctorate degree by Stockholm University.
Excess Events observed in Dark Matter Experiment
2020-06-18
Scientists from the international XENON collaboration announced today that data from their XENON1T, the world's most sensitive dark matter experiment, show a surprising excess of events.
Potentials of mechanistic modeling of biogeochemical processes
2020-06-18
In a new paper, researchers from the Baltic Sea Centre together with others, discuss and review mechanistic modeling of biogeochemical processes in coastal areas. According to the authors, including and improving the descriptions of biomasses and metabolism of benthic fauna in ecosystem models is necessary if we want to understand the effects of environmental changes.
Research on gender equality and diversity receives funding
2020-06-12
Marie Gustafsson Sendén, Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology, has been granted EU funding in the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks, MSCA-ITN, call for proposals.
Non-Indigenous Australians need to educate themselves
2020-06-12
The recent Black Lives Matter protests in Australia have highlighted the pressing and continued need for non-Indigenous Australians to take responsibility for reconciliation, writes Marnie Graham and colleagues.
Research about European Weather Extremes receives funding
2020-06-12
Rodrigo Caballero, professor at the Department of Meteorology, has been rewarded EU funding in the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks, MSCA-ITN, call for proposals.
New intermediate steps of gene expression are characterized in human mitochondria
2020-06-12
Researchers from DBB and Karolinska Institute visualized early steps on the initiation pathway of translation in human mitochondria. The study published in Nature Communication involved cryo-EM, fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy, and single-molecule imaging.
Stockholm University ranks 181 in the QS ranking
2020-06-10
Stockholm University is at place 181 in the QS World University Ranking 2020. On a national level Stockholm University ranks at number five.
Human eggs prefer some men’s sperm over others, research shows
2020-06-10
Human eggs use chemical signals to attract sperm. New research from Stockholm University and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust shows that eggs use these chemical signals to “choose” sperm.
Stockholm Resilience Centre launches partnership with Universeum
2020-06-08
Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) and the Swedish national science centre Universeum join forces in an effort to bring the latest science on climate change and biosphere stewardship closer to people’s attention.
Flore Kunst receives the Oseen medal
2020-06-03
Flore Kunst defended her PhD thesis at the Department of Physics last year. She has now been awarded the Oseen medal for her promising thesis.
Time for smarter and safer chemical management
2020-06-02
Today’s massive flow of chemicals places new demands on risk management. Managing chemicals in groups and introducing mixture risk assessments into all chemicals legislation are two key measures to protect health and the environment.
Research at SUBIC about how we talk to each other
2020-06-01
The newly opened Stockholm University Brain Imaging Centre in the Arrhenius Laboratory at the University’s Frescati campus has advanced equipment performing for brain imaging for research related to how the brain works. Julia Uddén at the Department of Psychology and Mattias Heldner at the Department of Linguistics are two of the research scientists who have used the equipment.
Perspective article in Science
2020-09-10
Seafloor mapping shows that Antarctic ice sheets retreated
faster during the last deglaciation than today
New centre for international relations
2020-05-29
The Network for the History of International Relations has been re-established as the Hans Blix Centre for the History of International Relations.
The gene helping submerged plants
2020-05-28
Climate change threatens plants as the risks of flooding increase. A new study from Stockholm University shows that special genes are key to keeping plants from withering, remaining healthy and resistant to a lack of oxygen when they are underwater for a period of long time.
Why a 17% emissions drop does not mean we are addressing climate change
2020-05-22
The global COVID-19 quarantine has meant less air pollution in cities and clearer skies. But these relatively small and temporary changes should not be mistaken for the COVID-19 pandemic actually helping to fix climate change.
First newsletter from the CIVIS alliance
2020-05-07
Stockholm University is a member of CIVIS – the European Civic University Alliance, that brings together students and employees from eight universities in Europe, since last year. The alliance's first newsletter has now been released and it includes, among other news, an interview with President Astrid Söderbergh Widding, who is now the President of CIVIS.
Creating Inclusive Labor Markets for Refugees
2020-06-17
Francesco Loiacono, with PhD fellow Mariajose Silva-Vargas (Maastricht University and UNU-Merit) have been awarded grants from Peace & Recovery Competitive Fund from IPA and from PEDL.
New mapping shows which cells SARS-CoV-2 can infect
2020-04-30
Scientists have identified which cells in the body that the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) can infect. The results could lead to better treatment of the virus.
The experts’ best book tips for corona times
2020-04-30
Are you tired of the world being limited? It doesn't have to be. Four literature experts from Stockholm University give their best book tips for the time of corona.
Inferring entropy production from short time series
2020-04-28
Recent research at Fysikum, published in Physical Review Letters, discovers a simple method to quantify dissipation in microscopic non-equilibrium systems by analysing short time series data.
Doctoral Thesis by Sofia Cedervall
2020-04-27
Sofia Cedervall is a PhD graduate from University of Chester. She is a lecturer in Drama at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Education and the project manager for 'Kulturskoleklivet', Supplementary teacher training for Schools of Arts at Stockholm University.
AI can tackle the climate emergency – if developed responsibly
2020-04-23
As pressures on the planet and its climate increase, so does the hope that novel technologies will be able to help us detect, adapt and respond to the growing environmental crisis.
Children's fears in the time of Covid-19
2020-04-23
At the present time many children see the future as frightening and very uncertain. Helena Hörnfeldt, Associate Professor of Ethnology, has recently completed a research project about children’s fears.
New study looks at connection between sense of smell and COVID-19
2020-04-22
Research reports and anecdotes show that people with COVID -19 can experience a reduced sense of smell and taste. Researchers at Stockholm University will join a large international team investigating the connection.
5.8 million kronor for Stockholm Material Hub
2020-04-21
Region Stockholm has granted 36.4 million kronor to technology projects that couple basic research with entrepreneurship. Stockholm Material Hub, led by Stockholm University researchers James Shen, Aji Mathew and Mirva Eriksson, has received 5.8 mSEK to develop materials for use in healthcare and bring them to market.
New Twist on Strongly Correlated Quantum Matter
2020-04-24
Exotic new states of quantum matter form in twisted graphene systems, according to research from Fysikum published as Editors’ suggestion in Physical Review Letters.
14 Million SEK to metabolism research
2020-04-17
The Novo Nordisk Foundation in Denmark has chosen 2020’s Ascending Investigator Grant in Endocrinology & Metabolism. The grant went to Martin Jastroch of Stockholm University.
SU researchers seek solutions to the obesity problem
2020-04-17
The increasing prevalence of obesity is a major challenge to society. At the Department of Molecular Biosciences, the Wenner-Gren Institute, researchers are investigating how increased metabolism can help the body burn fat and sugar.
Speeding-up quantum computing using giant atomic ions
2020-04-15
Trapped Rydberg ions can be the next step towards scaling up quantum computers to sizes where they can be practically usable, a new study in Nature shows.
Nine new Honorary Doctorates at Stockholm University 2020
2020-04-15
Stockholm University has chosen this year’s honorary doctors, all of whom have contributed in distinctive ways to the University’s activities in research and education. The new honorary doctors are: Jane Gaines, Tobias Svanelid, Lars Hörngren, Yuto Kitamura, Ann Åberg, Karen Kohfeld, Fernando Martín, Joanna Rose and John Rubinstein.
Mobile phone can contribute to simple virus testing
2020-04-14
Professor Mats Nilsson at Stockholm University is leading one of the projects focusing on covid-19, which now receives funding from SciLifeLab and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. The project is about developing a quick and easy test for viruses, where the mobile phone can become an important tool.
On the hunt for a Covid-19 treatment
2020-04-22
Immunologist Anna-Lena Spetz is leading the "Fight–nCoV" project at Stockholm University. Her team has been granted 2.8 million euros from the EU to develop an antiviral treatment for Covid-19.
Artificial intelligence for simulating pandemics
2020-04-08
Aron Larsson and Panagiotis Papapetrou are supported by Vinnova to simulate pandemics together with the Public Health Agency of Sweden.
New professorship in sustainable food system
2020-04-07
Stockholm Resilience Centre will host a newly established professorship in sustainability science with focus on sustainable food systems, funded by the Curt Bergfors Foundation
Domitor: Early Cinema, from Provenance to Media Archaeology: Notes from the Media Matter Conference
2020-04-06
The 'Media Matter: Media-Archaeological Research and Artistic Practice' conference at Stockholm University last year "sought to rethink the relationship among media objects, materiality, history, and art practice by exploring a wide range of both well-known and forgotten media artifacts", writes Domitor's Hugo Ljungbäck.
Isa Blumi examines the Albanian question in new article
2020-04-02
In “The Albanian question looms over the Balkans again” in Current History (March 2020), Isa Blumi details the political situation affecting Albanians and their international relations in an article that has already proven to be prescient.
Stockholm University is switching to online thesis defences
2020-03-30
When Sweden's universities are switching to digital teaching, dissertations are also managed via link. One of the first out at Stockholm University was Petra Petersen.
Publishers urged to make content open access
2020-03-27
The Bibsam Consortium where Stockholm University's President Astrid Söderbergh Widding acts as Chair urges academic publishers to make content open access on account of the corona virus.
Knowledge about networks important for battling epidemics
2020-03-30
In order to understand how serious illnesses spread and how we can fight them, we need to understand people’s network of contacts and how those contacts affect transmission dynamics.
Climate researchers test methods for Arctic expedition
2020-03-25
To anticipate future emission of greenhouse gases, Stockholm University researchers will join an Arctic expedition this fall. As a preparation, a pilot week aboard R/V Electra has just been performed.
Who believes in conspiracy theories and why?
2020-04-07
Research shows that people who believe in one conspiracy theory are more likely to believe in others. Interview with anthropologist Annika Rabo from Stockholm University in the podcast “Expert guide to conspiracy theories”.
Project to create a more resilient food system receives 64 mSEK
2020-03-23
Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) is a major partner in a new initiative that seeks to transform Swedish food systems through research, innovation, and policy in dialogue with agriculture and industry.
How heat shock proteins communicate information across large distances
2020-03-16
The Kaila Lab at the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Stockholm University in collaboration with research groups in Germany, have revealed how the cellular stress protein, the heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90), uses chemical energy from ATP molecules to help other proteins find their correct three-dimensional structure in the eukaryotic cell.
OKC named one of top three Linnaeus Excellence Centres in Natural Sciences
2020-10-13
In 2005, the Swedish government commissioned the development of Centres of Excellence, known as Linnaeus Centres, in order to build strong research environments and improve the international competitiveness of Swedish research. This programme has now been evaluated by an international panel; the results were presented at a conference in Stockholm in March.
Cryo-EM reveals unexpected diversity of Photosystems
2020-03-11
Annemarie Perez Boerema from Alexey Amunts lab reconstructed the atomic models of new forms of Photosystem I in collaboration with scientists from Israel and China. The studies, published in two Nature Plants articles, expand on the fundamental understanding of how bioenergetic complexes are assembled and regulated in the photosynthetic membranes of cyanobacteria and algae.
The gender wage gap – worst in high-prestige occupations
2020-03-11
The wage gap between women and men are biggest among occupations with high prestige, a study in sociology show. Unlike in other occupational groups the difference has not decreased in this category.
The history of the word “crusade”
2020-03-05
The word “crusade” has always had different meanings and has served as a political instrument, writes Benjamin Weber in a new article in the digital magazine The Conversation where he untangles the history of the word.
Göran Gustafsson Prize winners from Stockholm University
2020-03-02
Hiranya Peiris, professor of physics and David Drew associate professor of biochemistry are awarded the Göran Gustafsson Prize 2020. The prize is one of Sweden's most prestigious awards for younger researchers, awarded annually to researchers who are no more than 45 years old in the fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry, molecular biology and medicine.
2020-03-02 Warmest winter in Stockholm on record
2020-09-10
This year’s winter in Stockholm is the warmest one on record since daily weather observations began in 1756. Explore the database of Bolin Centre for Climate Research.
Researchers map mixing in the Southern Quark
2020-02-27
At present, a unique research expedition is taking place outside Grisslehamn. The team will study vertical mixing, an important mechanism for understanding circulation in the Baltic Sea.
Scientists “film” a quantum measurement
2020-02-26
Measuring a quantum system causes it to change – one of the strange but fundamental aspects of quantum mechanics. Researchers at Stockholm University have now been able to demonstrate how this change happens.
Symposium: Photography in Children's Literature
2021-04-20
A symposium on Photography in Children's Literature will be held online at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics on 20-21 May 2021. The symposium should have been held 19–20 March 2020 but was postponed due to participating guests' travel restrictions.
Migratory birds, insects and plants adapt differently to climate change
2020-02-24
A warmer climate has caused plants flowering and migratory birds arriving earlier in the year than before. Now a global study also shows that changes in the life cycles between plants and animals that depend on each other is also moving faster.
Mapping out the properties of antimatter
2020-02-21
Why does anything exist? That is really the fundamental question we try to answer through high-precision studies of antimatter. All matter that builds up the universe we see should really have been annihilated through contact with it mirror image – antimatter. Clearly, this has not happened, which is one of the great still unsolved mysteries of Physics.
Frozen bird turns out to be 46 000-year-old horned lark
2020-02-21
Scientists have recovered DNA from a well-preserved horned lark found in Siberian permafrost. The results can contribute to explaining the evolution of sub species.
New Open Access agreement with ACS
2020-02-19
Researchers at Stockholm University can now publish Open Access with ACS at no additional charge.
Green chemistry important in transformation to sustainability
2020-02-18
There is huge potential in green chemistry which can speed up the transformation to a sustainable society. That was the message when Professor Paul T. Anastas held his inaugural lecture.
Media Matter: Media-Archaeological Research and Artistic Practice
2020-02-17
Read our full report from the international conference 'Media Matter: Media-Archaeological Research and Artistic Practice' in Stockholm on November 27-29, 2019. Written by Doron Galili, research fellow, and John Fullerton, professor emeritus.
Did inbreeding kill the last mammoth?
2020-02-13
Before dying out, the world’s last mammoths lived isolated for 6,000 years on Wrangel Island. Love Dahlén’s research group wants to find out what happened.
Career seminar at Stockholm University
2020-02-13
Stockholm University and the Young Academy of Sweden arranged the seminar “How to succeed as a researcher at SU” on 3 February.
DNA studies give a new view of Sweden’s history
2020-02-13
The Atlas of 1,000 Ancient Genomes Project (ATLAS) has changed the picture of Scandinavia’s settlement and how agriculture spread across Europe.
Old genes in new centre
2020-02-14
Mammoth, man or microbe. Severely degraded DNA is being investigated by researchers brought together by the new Centre for Palaeogenetics.
Problems with DiVA access
2020-02-12
Due to a hardware problem with the DiVA database it is not possible to create new records or modify existing data in the database. Full-text downloads and withdrawals from the export service are also significantly affected.
SU researcher receives funding for new artificial photosynthsis project
2020-02-07
Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by a living organism as the result of a chemical reaction during which energy is converted to light energy. This is a natural phenomenon and it is most common in deep sea living creatures.
The burden on ocean ecosystems discussed in The Conversation
2020-02-04
The so called “Blue Acceleration” will have significant consequences for life on the blue planet, writes SU researcher Robert Blasiak in a new article in the digital magazine The Conversation.
Climate action commented by SU researcher in The Conversation
2020-02-04
Can individual behaviour make a real difference to the environment? In a new article in The Conversation, researchers from Stockholm University and Keele University discuss the relationship between alternatives and resistance.
Blind and sighted individuals remember in the same way
2020-02-04
Can odors and sounds evoke memories in the same way for the blind as for the sighted? Yes, according to a new study by researchers at the Department of Psychology.
Scientists discover how malaria parasites import sugar
2020-01-30
Researchers at Stockholm University has established how sugar is taken up by the malaria parasite, a discovery with the potential to improve the development of antimalarial drugs.
Protein machine by which cyanobacteria concentrate carbon dioxide from the atmosphere revealed
2020-01-24
For the first time, researchers from Stockholm University together with collaborators from Germany and Japan have solved the atomic structure of the photosynthetic complex I – the protein responsible for the carbon concentration process in the atmosphere. It is a step towards understanding how photosynthesis, the driving force behind all aerobic life on Earth, works at cellular level.
Mitochondrial ultrastructure facilitates ATP production in mitochondria by kinetic coupling
2020-01-24
A new study by scientists from the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics indicates how the mitochondrial ultrastructure enables efficient energy conversion. The study is published in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA).
How to produce knowledge together
2020-01-21
Study identifies four criteria necessary for successful knowledge co-production for sustainability research.
Scientists unexpectedly witness wolf puppies play fetch
2020-01-17
Researchers report that the remarkable ability to interpret human the social communicative cues that enables a dog to go for a ball and then bring it back also exists in wolves.
Women in leadership positions face more sexual harassment
2020-01-16
Power in the workplace does not stop women’s exposure to sexual harassment. On the contrary, women with supervisory positions are harassed more than women employees.
Where does the carbon go - a meagre future for benthic fauna?
2020-01-10
In order to understand carbon flows in the Baltic Sea, mechanistic models need to take benthic macrofauna into consideration. This is concluded in new studies from the Baltic Bridge initiative.
The Vikings erected a runestone out of fear of a climate catastrophe
2020-01-08
Thanks to an interdisciplinary research project the Rök stone, a Viking Age runic monument, has a new interpretation. It deals with the conflict between light and darkness, warmth and cold, life and death.
Ny artikel: Jenny Berglund publicerar i tidskriften Apples om koranrecitation
2020-01-08
I ett specialnummer av tidskriften Apples: Journal of Applied Language Studies som fokuserar på Lived experiences of qur'anic schooling in Scandinavia har professor Jenny Berglund publicerat en artikel som visar att muslimska barn och ungdomars kunskaper i koranrecitation kan förstås i termer av liturgisk literacitet där det är användandet av orden, snarare än förståelsen av dem är det centrala.
Cod severely affected by thiamine deficiency in the Baltic Sea
2020-01-07
Newly published research shows that a Baltic Sea population of Atlantic cod is severely affected by thiamine deficiency. Thiamine, or vitamin B1, is an essential vitamin for all animal cells.
An intricate sensor system to balance protein production in mitochondria
2020-01-24
A new study by scientists from the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics indicates the molecular wiring of a feedback loop to regulate synthesis of a mitochondrial encoded protein. The study is published in the scientific journal Molecular Cell.
Short-lived light sources discovered in the sky
2019-12-17
Roughly a hundred of very red, star-like sources that have appeared and vanished in short period of time have been discovered by a team of researchers.
Strategic research grant to theoretical physics
2019-12-16
Nordita, the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, has been awarded a grant of 95 million SEK to set up research groups within two new areas: quantum information and complex networks.
Funding of almost SEK 100 million granted to two professors
2019-12-13
The Swedish Research Council has selected the applications to be granted funding within the distinguished professor programme. Two of the grants go to Stockholm University.
Scientists call for action to limit emissions from Earth’s frozen regions
2019-12-12
As the Madrid climate talks enter their final stages, a group of leading scientists has called for countries to hold temperatures under 1.5°C because of the dangerous physical response of the Earth’s frozen regions even at 2°C.
Four fellows promoted to Wallenberg Scholars
2019-12-11
Four of the University’s Wallenberg Academy Fellows: David Drew, Helen Frowe, Martin Högbom and Sara Strandberg, receive additional grants within the Wallenberg Scholar program.
How is urban growth affecting biodiversity?
2019-12-10
What do scientists know and not know about how urban growth is affecting biodiversity? An international team of researchers have assessed the direct and indirect effects on a global scale.
Three Wallenberg Academy Fellows prolongation grants
2019-12-06
Axel Englund, Rachel Foster and Martin Ott, Stockholm University, have been granted another five years of funding as Wallenberg Academy Fellows.
Singles without children new risk group for poverty in Sweden
2019-12-04
While the risk of poverty among single parents has long been known to be a problem, a new study from the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) shows that single persons without children also faced a drastic increase in poverty risk. The researchers can now link this increase in poverty to cutbacks in the unemployment insurance.
Four Wallenberg Academy Fellows
2019-12-03
The Wallenberg Academy fellowships make it possible for four researchers to study the atmosphere of the oldest stars in the Milky Way, energy conversions in cells, the role of group theory in geometry as well as the long-term effects of unconditional cash transfer.
What power do algorithms have over us?
2019-11-24
Every day we hand over control to machines even though we do not understand how they work. Stanley Greenstein wants to shed light on the black boxes of artificial intelligence that are making decisions that affect people.
New agreement with Elsevier – 100 percent Open Access
2019-12-02
The agreement covers university wide reading rights to about 2,000 scientific journals from Elsevier and allows researchers affiliated with Stockholm University to publish Open Access at no extra costs.
New observations shed light on most powerful explosions in the Universe
2019-11-21
Gamma-ray bursts arise from the most powerful explosions in the known Universe, and are linked to the birth of a black hole. New observations reveal that they are even more powerful than expected, and emit radiation at higher energies than previously known.
Nine researchers at Stockholm University among the world’s most cited
2019-11-20
The Web of Science Group recently published its prestigious annual list of the world’s most cited and influential researchers. Nine researchers from Stockholm University have been named on the 2019 Highly Cited Researchers list.
New technique enables fine mapping of closely related cells in situ
2019-11-20
SciLifeLab researchers have developed a new technique called “Probabilistic cell typing by in situ sequencing” or pciSeq. The new technique can identify cell types as well as determine their spatial location in a much more efficient way than previous methods.
SEK 40 million to the doctoral school: Assessment of Knowledge in Educational Systems
2019-11-15
In the call for applications from the Swedish Research Council, the doctoral school Assessment of Knowledge in Educational Systems - a national doctoral school for teacher educators (ASESS) tests was granted SEK 40 million. Samuel Sollerman and Astrid Pettersson from PRIM-gruppen at MND and Kestin Pettersson at MND is participant in the project together with University of Gothenburg and Uppsala University.
Meet ACM member Airi Lampinen
2019-11-13
Meet Airi Lampinen, an Associate Senior Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction at Stockholm University, and a member of Association for Computing Machinery, ACM.
An altered planetary anatomy
2019-11-07
Humans have transformed much of the planet to produce more and more food, fibre and fuel, now we need to radically transform this global production ecosystem.
More stringent regulations on chemical mixtures
2019-11-08
Throughout life, humans are exposed to complex mixtures of chemicals of varying degrees of harmfulness. How does that affect us? Whose responsibility is this? Christina Rudén, professor of toxicology, was appointed by the government to investigate this matter.
2020 winners of the Stockholm Prize in Criminology
2020-07-16
The 2020 Stockholm Prize in Criminology lauds Philip J. Cook, Duke University and Franklin E. Zimring, University of California at Berkeley for their evidence-based explanations of gun policy effects.
SciLifeLab-South Korea collaboration
2019-11-04
Stockholm University and SciLifeLab Cryo-EM training project travels to South Korea and delivers results through international collaboration.
OKC researchers will use Wallenberg grant to study light from merging neutron stars
2021-07-03
The era of multi-messenger astrophysics has just begun and recently a merging neutron star system has been detected in gravitational waves and subsequently electromagnetically. This grant supports a concentrated research effort across groups at the OKC to study future neutron star merger events from their detection, through simulations and modeling and extending to their electromagnetic follow-up and the use of these events to measure the expansion rate of our Universe.
Finding out more about the cell’s energy factories
2019-10-21
New opportunities for the development of drugs against tuberculosis and an increased understanding of how the cell’s energy factory works.
Why are birth rates in Sweden falling?
2019-10-15
Fewer and fewer children are being born in Sweden, while the average age of first-time mothers is rising.
Physicists have found a way to “hear” dark matter
2019-10-09
Physicists at Stockholm University and the Max Planck Institute for Physics have turned to plasmas in a proposal that could revolutionise the search for the elusive dark matter.
KAW grants awarded to three projects in which researchers from Fysikum are involved
2019-10-11
The Knut and Alice Wallenberg fundation has announced 20 ground-breaking research projects to receive grants for a total of 640 million SEK. Among them three projects include several researchers at the Department of Physics as co-investigator.
Royal visit at dyslexia and brain symposium
2019-10-04
Keynote speaker was Usha Goswami, professor of neuroscience, Cambridge University. Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden attended the symposium and made a study visit at the research centre.
Corner States of Light
2019-10-07
Researchers at Stockholm University have managed to create a new kind of light wave whose unique properties may become important e.g. in future communication technology. In a recently published article in Nature Photonics, they have shown how ideas from theoretical quantum and materials physics can be realised in a completely different context, namely in optical waveguides.
Applied Developmental Science
2019-09-24
Applied Developmental Science (ADS) uses what we know about human development in order to better people's lives. The research program "Applied Developmental Science" is consistent with Stockholm University's profile area ”Worlds and conditions of children and youth”.
Designing on a nanoscale for a more sustainable society
2019-09-30
Using mainly forest waste as raw material and a 3D printer, Aji Mathew works in materials designs – at the smallest level. The result: bio-based nanomaterials with tailor-made properties.
ERC grant to Stockholm University researcher
2019-09-19
Markus Kowalewski at the Department of Physics at Stockholm University has received a grant of just over € 1.48 million from the European Research Council
Time for corporate biosphere stewardship
2019-09-17
A handful of transnational corporations hold enough power to accelerate (or hinder) transformations towards sustainability, a study from Stockholm Resilience Centre says.
The President awards gold medals
2019-09-17
The President has decided to award the Stockholm University Gold Medal in the 8th size to three people who have contributed to university activities in various ways.
Gunnar von Heijne to receive 2020 Anatrace Membrane Protein Award
2019-09-09
Gunnar von Heijne, Professor of theoretical chemistry at Stockholm University and Director of the SciLifeLab National Cryo-EM Facility, has been named the recipient of the The Biophysical Society’s 2020 Anatrace Membrane Protein Award.
New scientific model can predict moral and political development
2019-08-26
How come today’s conservatives are more liberal than yesterday’s liberals? Why has the public opinion in large parts of the world shifted so rapidly in favour of gay and lesbian rights, but been virtually unchanged on other contested issues such as abortion rights? A study from a Swedish team of researchers recently published in the social science journal Nature Human Behaviour answers several critical questions on how public opinion changes on moral issues. They have created a scientific model that can predict public opinion changes on moral issues.
Switching on the Atlantic heat pump
2019-08-22
34 million years ago the warm ‘greenhouse climate’ of the dinosaur age ended and the colder ‘icehouse climate’ of today commenced. Antarctica glaciated first and geological data imply that the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, the global ocean conveyor belt of heat and nutrients that today helps keep Europe warm, also started at this time. Why exactly, has remained a mystery.
Stockholm University ranks 73 in the world
2019-08-19
Stockholm University is ranked at place 73 in the latest edition of the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2019.
Unique workshop for young scientists
2019-08-12
Baltic Sea Science Congress and BONUS welcome young scientists to take part in a unique training session with communication trainer Nancy Baron.
First new protein structure solved using micro-crystal 3D electron diffraction
2019-08-12
In collaboration with scientists at the Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, the Högbom laboratory at the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics has solved a new protein structure using a method called micro-crystal 3D electron diffraction, MicroED.
Building Xbrane Biopharma
2019-08-05
On the Nature Bioengineering Community webpage Xbrane's co-founder Jan-Willem de Gier tells how in 2007 Xbrane was conceived at DBB and how it matured into a biosimilar developer.
SciLifeLab, Stockholm University and AstraZeneca use cryo-EM to advance biomedicine
2019-08-07
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics/SciLifeLab Fellow Alexey Amunts and his team in collaboration with AstraZeneca unravel the molecular details of the extracellular region of the receptor tyrosine kinase RET involved in cell signalling.
Where do microplastics go in the world’s oceans?
2019-07-05
Two PhD students at Stockholm University have participated in a scientific cruise from Canada to Singapore to understand how microplastics behave in the water and in marine food webs.
Presidents present Stockholm trio university alliance
2019-07-02
The presidents of Karolinska Institutet, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University presented the "Stockholm trio" university alliance during the Swedish "political week".
Nordic Demography celebrated in Iceland
2019-07-02
June 13-15 saw the 21st Nordic Demographic Symposium being held in Reykjavik. The symposium was organized by our demographers at SUDA at the Department of Sociology, Stockholm University on behalf of the Swedish Demographic Association.
SU ninth in the world within Geography
2019-07-02
Geography at Stockholm University is ranked nine in the world. Environmental Sciences & Engineering and Atmospheric Science at Stockholm University are also among the top 25 in the world.
University collaboration receives EU grant
2019-07-02
The university alliance CIVIS, consisting of Stockholm University and seven other European universities, is one of seventeen pilot projects selected for funding from the European Commission.
Open Access agreement with Springer Nature
2019-12-18
Researchers at Stockholm University can publish open access without any charges in more than 500 journals from Springer Nature.
Large research grant to develop green chemistry
2019-06-24
Financier Mistra and industry partners are investing SEK 100 million in the research program SAFECHEM, which aims to create a sustainable chemicals industry and reduce exposure to hazardous substances.
Study finds new evidence of 5 more Allied gift shops in Italy
2019-06-25
Historians know that the Allied forces ran gift shops exclusively for foreign military personnel in different European cities during World War II. But a new study by Dr. Chiara Faggella, Stockholm University, reveals that there were another 5 Allied gift shops in Italy, run by a civilian; the businessmann and commissionaire Giovanni Battista Giorgini.
Successful physicist making research accessible
2019-06-05
In an era when both experts and logical thinking are under attack, it is even more important to make research accessible– and astronomy might be a gateway. Professor Hiranya Peiris is a successful researcher with a strong urge to facilitate public understanding of science.
Scientists discover how to “sweeten” proteins for drug development
2019-06-03
Scientists led by David Drew at the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University have established how a sugar called “sialic acid” is delivered into Golgi organelles. The outcome is likely to be able to engineer cells with a better capacity for sialic acid delivery, which could improve the potency of many drugs that are decorated by sialic acid.
Polar expedition to shed light on Greenlandic glacier
2019-07-25
In august, a research expedition on icebreaker Oden departs for Ryder glacier. The expedition will investigate the connection between climate change and glaciers, but also how Greenland was colonised.
Coat of proteins makes viruses more infectious and links them to Alzheimer's disease
2019-05-27
New research from Stockholm University and Karolinska Institutet shows that viruses interact with proteins in the biological fluids of their host which results in a layer of proteins on the viral surface. This coat of proteins makes the virus more infectious and facilitates the formation of plaques characteristic of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease.
Policy Brief: European chemicals regulation needs greater transparency
2019-06-25
To meet the challenges of chemical risks in everyday life, risk assessments under the REACH registration process must be improved. One key element in this transformation is to introduce greater transparency.
New microscope finally in place
2019-05-20
After almost five years and major renovations in the Arrhenius Laboratory, the University’s new electron microscope is finally in place.
Leiden Ranking 2019
2019-05-17
In the middle of May CWTS Leiden University presented the Leiden Ranking 2019. The ranking measures the scientific performance of more than 950 major universities worldwide.
Chewing gums reveal the oldest Scandinavian human DNA
2019-05-16
The first humans who settled in Scandinavia more than 10,000 years ago left their DNA behind in ancient chewing gums, which are masticated lumps made from birch bark pitch.
Clues of carbon release from thawing permafrost found in Arctic rivers
2019-05-09
Arctic rivers may hold vital clues to the accelerated release of carbon stored in Arctic permafrost. This is shown in new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA.
Breaking bread with rivals leads to more fish on coral reefs
2019-05-03
Cooperation is key to most successful endeavours. And, scientists find, when fishers cooperate with their fiercest competitors this can improve fish stocks on coral reefs.
The extreme of rarity
2019-04-30
OKC researchers helped reveal the rarest nuclear reaction now known to mankind. To observe this ultra-rare process, XENON1T watched a tonne of ultra-pure liquid xenon for a year. The experiment was featured on the cover of the scientific journal 'Nature'
Political Discourses at the Extremes: Expressions of Populism in Romance-Speaking Countries
2019-04-26
The authors of this edited volume focus on the emergence of populist discourses, coming from movements or parties from Romance-speaking countries in Europe and in Latin America.
Political Discourses at the Extremes: Expressions of Populism in Romance-Speaking Countries is an edited volume in English, French and Spanish.
Baltic Sea research in focus at Skansen
2019-04-23
The Skansen Baltic Sea Knowledge Centre, the Baltic Sea Science Centre, has been inaugurated by Crown Princess Victoria. Researchers at Stockholm University have a central role in this effort to raise awareness of challenges in the Baltic.
New ERC grant on immigrants’ future life chances
2019-04-11
How do the life courses of immigrants and their descendants look? And why do they differ between different groups? A new project in collaboration with Stockholm University aiming to answer these questions has been granted funding from the European Research Council, ERC.
Initiative in environmental human sciences
2019-04-04
Climate refugees, climate change in fiction and protest movements. These are topics that will be studied in environmental human sciences.
Jean Claude Byungura wins the Outstanding Paper Award
2019-03-28
Byungura wins the Outstanding Paper Award at SITE 2019 for his paper “Development and Validation of a Holistic IT-institutional Alignment Model for Higher Education institutional performance”.
Wallenberg grant to research the origins of geometric objects
2019-03-28
Associate Professor Wushi Goldring will receive funding from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation to recruit an international researcher for a postdoctoral position at the Department of Mathematics, Stockholm University.
Wallenberg Scholar grant awarded for analyzing biomolecule structures
2019-03-28
Xiaodong Zou, professor in Structural Chemistry at Stockholm University, is one of 22 Wallenberg Scholar grant receivers 2019. The researchers, among the most prominent in Sweden, are each awarded a 18 million SEK five year grant from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
New research makes non-rechargeable batteries rechargeable
2019-02-28
Non-rechargeable alkaline batteries commonly use zinc and manganese dioxide. Through a modification of the manganese dioxide, researchers can now recharge non-rechargeable alkaline batteries.
Neutron star mergers will resolve tension in Universe's expansion rate measurement
2019-02-14
There are numerous ways to measure the expansion rate of our Universe, otherwise known as the Hubble constant, and right now even the most trusted methods don't agree. This is causing some scientists to argue that there are problems with the standard cosmological model. In the next ten years, neutron star mergers will be able to solve the problem.
Molecular basis for the variability of mitoribosomes revealed
2019-02-14
Mitochondrial ribosomes are known to be highly variable across species, but the molecular basis for this phenomenon was not known. The analysis published in Molecular Biology and Evolution uncover a fundamental evolutionary mechanism that drives the increasing diversity. The interdisciplinary study was led by Alexey Amunts in collaboration with researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology and Harvard Medical School.
Researchers receive EU funding within MSCA
2019-02-11
Researchers at Stockholm University are awarded funding within Marie Skłodowska Curie (MSCA), which is the EU Research Mobility Program. The project is in the field of environmental science.
Rain-repelling fluorochemicals in outdoor clothing are unnecessary
2019-01-31
Waterproof clothing using highly fluorinated chemicals are over-engineered for consumers, building in unnecessary repellency to oil and other stains, when only repellency to water is required. The researchers say effective alternatives, that are better for the environment, are readily available.
New perspectives on Tennesse Williams
2019-01-30
Dirk Gindt, Associate Professor in Theatre Studies at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, has published a new book: Tennessee Williams in Sweden and France, 1945–1965. Cultural Translations, Sexual Anxieties and Racial Fantasies (Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2019).
Discuss Plan S with President Astrid Söderbergh Widding
2019-01-21
The EU initiative Plan S was launched in September this year and in order to be able to conduct an open dialogue on a complex issue, Stockholm University arranges a seminar on 28 January.
Classic double-slit experiment in a new light
2019-01-21
An international research group develops new X-ray spectroscopy method based on the classical double-slit experiment to gain new insights into the physical properties of solids
An engineered botulinum toxin with improved medicinal potential
2019-01-17
The botulinum neurotoxin is a common medicine for the treatment of a wide range of neuromuscular disorders, including muscle spasms, overactive bladder, cervical dystonia, and cerebral palsy (CP), as well as chronic migraine, and hyper-sweating. A team from Stockholm University, in collaboration with Ipsen Bioinnovation and Harvard Medical School, has now determined the molecular details of why a botulinum toxin variant, that they have designed, has enhanced receptor-binding properties. This engineered toxin shows great promise as a drug candidate.
What influences migrant fertility in Sweden?
2019-01-09
Dr. Eleonora Mussino, Associate Professor of Demography & Sociology at Stockholm University, received 3.63 million kronor for a three-year project on migrant fertility. Mussino about her upcoming projects.
New findings on respiratory supercomplexes
2019-01-02
A team from Stockholm University has determined the architecture of an assembly of respiratory chain complexes, revealing in near-atomic detail how energy conversion occurs and is organized.
Insects of Sweden and Madagascar to be surveyed
2018-12-20
A research project was launched this autumn that will survey the insects of Sweden and Madagascar. The project is made possible thanks to a large number of volunteers who are helping to empty the insect traps.
Feedback on the implementation of Plan S
2018-12-29
Provide your feedback on the guide on how to implement Plan S, the EU initiative that aims towards 100% open access for all scientific publications that result from public funding.
David Drew receives ERC Consolidator Grant
2018-12-17
David Drew at the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant. He and his team will study how the cell maintains a healthy working environment. The aim of the research is to establish how a family of proteins required for transporting nutrients and ions in and out of the cell are being turned on-and-off. The outcome is likely to bring us closer to understanding the role of these transporting machines in the human body for the benefit of human health.
Who will dare to publish if the corporations sue?
2018-12-14
What should researchers do who have controversial material and are threatened with lawsuits if they publish their results in a scientific journal?
New halogenated contaminants found in polar bears
2018-12-13
A team of scientists has used a new method to measure chemical contaminants in polar bears. Doing this they found a large variety of new chlorinated and fluorinated substances.
Research on marine protected areas receives contribution
2018-12-11
The Swedish Research Council has granted research project grants for development research for 2018. At Stockholm University, support is given for a research project concerning marine protected areas in Tanzania and Mexico.
Three scientists are granted funds for sustainability and resilience
2018-12-11
The Swedish Research Council has decided on the applications to be awarded in the field of “Sustainability and resilience – tackling consequences of climate and environmental changes 2018”. Three researchers at Stockholm University can share more than 16 million SEK.
Structure reveals new routes to target tuberculosis
2018-12-06
New research has revealed the structure of a large respiratory complex from a closely related species of the deadly human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which infects the lungs. This new structure provides many routes to develop novel therapies to combat this deadly disease. The study is published in the scientific journal Nature Structural and Molecular Biology.
Nobel Laureate in Physics visits Stockholm University
2018-12-07
Professor Donna Strickland, one of the 2018 Nobel Laureates in Physics, visited the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences in Kista during Nobel Week 2018.
New research project on women’s employment and household inequality
2018-12-05
Dr. Rense Nieuwenhuis at the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) was recently awarded a FORTE research grant for his four-year project “In it together? Supporting women’s employment to reduce economic inequality among all households". The project investigates gender equality in the labor market and inequality between households.
Eight researchers at Stockholm University among the most cited
2018-12-05
In the end of November, the annual list “Highly Cited Researcher-2018” was published. World class researchers are selected for their exceptional research performance and significant influence. This year, eight researchers from Stockholm University are on the list.
Great apes and ravens plan without thinking
2018-12-20
Planning and self control in animals do not require human-like mental capacities, according to a study from Stockholm University.
More negative side effects of capping
2018-11-27
Sediment capping with activated carbon might affect, among other things, essential benthic ecosystem functions.
Does winning the lottery make you happier?
2018-11-23
We asked Professor Erik Lindqvist, professor of Economics at SOFI, Stockholm University on his recent study on winning the lottery and life satisfaction.
What makes employers discriminate by gender and parenthood?
2018-11-21
Magnus Bygren, Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology, recently received funding from Forte for the project ”What makes employers discriminate by gender and parenthood?”.
Why is it good to sleep in on weekends?
2018-11-19
We asked Professor Torbjörn Åkerstedt of the Stress Research Institute at Stockholm University on his recent study related to sleep duration and mortality.
New inflammation inhibitor discovered
2018-11-19
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from four universities has developed an anti-inflammatory drug molecule with a new mechanism of action.
New inflammation inhibitor discovered
2018-11-16
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Karolinska Institutet, University of Texas, Uppsala University and Stockholm University have developed an anti-inflammatory drug molecule with a new mechanism of action. By inhibiting a certain protein (OGG1), the researchers were able to reduce the signals that trigger an inflammation. The study is published in Science.
Why do some stroke patients live longer than others?
2018-11-07
The Stockholm University Demography Unit, SUDA, recently invited Anna Meyer to give a talk on her award-winning master’s thesis, “Having children is associated with a longer survival after ischemic stroke. A population-based cohort study of 62,580 Swedes over the age of 65.”
100 years since the first student exchange with China
2018-11-16
A 100 years ago Stockholm University began its first international student exchanges with China. The exchange was part of the university’s increasing internationalisation at the time.
Mycoplasma bacterias sneaking past our line of defense
2018-11-05
New research reveals that Mycoplasma pathogens make DNA in a unique way that may protect them from our immune response. The study is published in the scientific journal Nature.
Programme on knowledge resistance awarded SEK 50.4 million
2018-10-23
Åsa Wikforss, professor of philosophy at the Department of Philosophy is awarded SEK 50.4 million for the programme “Knowledge Resistance: Causes, Consequences and Cures”.
New research programme: The Neighbourhood Revisited
2018-10-19
The Riksbankens Jubileumsfond has awarded a large six-year grant to the research programme “The Neighbourhood Revisited: Spatial polarization and social cohesion in contemporary Sweden”. The programme is coordinated by Professor Bo Malmberg, Department of Human Geography, Stockholm University.
Anezka Kuzmicova about how our memory is affected when we read digitally
2018-10-09
The online journal “First Monday” has published a new article by Anezka Kuzmicova, Literature scholar at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, co-authored with Theresa Schilhab, neurobiologist at Aarhus University, and Gitte Balling, library and information specialist at the University of Copenhagen.
EU funding to HERA-project
2018-10-05
The project ”Integrating Environment and Health Research: a Vision for the EU” (HERA), where Stockholm University is one of the partners, has been granted EU funding.
Formas supports #MeToo research at DSV
2018-10-05
Karin Hansson from DSV have received an urgent grant from Formas to collect data on # MeToo activism in Sweden.
Five major research grants to Stockholm University
2018-10-05
The projects span research into the creation of mitochondrial ribosomes – which can give new tools against certain types of cancer – to studying and learning more about the fundamental physical nature of dark matter and dark energy.
Broad genetic variation on the Pontic-Caspian Steppe
2018-10-04
The genetic variation within the Scythian nomad group is so broad that it must be explained with the group assimilating people it came in contact with. This is shown in a new study on Bronze and Iron Age genetics of the Pontic-Caspian Steppe, situated in the Black Sea region.
Fish habitats degraded by recreational boating
2018-10-03
Small boat marinas have a distinct impact on the vegetation on the seabed. This vegetation is very important for recruitment of several coastal fish species, including perch and pike.
Inauguration and Conferment 2018
2019-02-07
Stockholm University has held its annual inauguration and conferment ceremony in the City Hall. New professors were installed and new doctors were conferred. In addition, seven jubilee doctors and nine honorary doctorates were conferred.
Wallenberg Project Grant to OKC Director Hiranya Peiris
2021-07-02
The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation have awarded a project grant of 37.8 million crowns over five years to OKC Director Hiranya Peiris for the project Understanding the Dynamic Universe
Topology of non-Hermitian systems unraveled
2018-10-02
The study of topological materials has been an important task in condensed matter physics over the past few decades and was the subject of the 2016 Nobel prize in physics. Recent experiments and theoretical works have shown that unexpected phenomena occur in many open, non-equilibrium and complex systems that can be described using non-Hermitian physics.
Electra returns from successful SWE-FIN research cruise
2018-10-05
During Electras 2nd multi-disciplinary research trip in the Finnish archipelago, a range of environmental questions were investigated. One of the projects involved exploring the carbon cycling in the sea using state-of-the-art-systems.
Baltic Eye evaluated in new study
2018-09-27
The Baltic Eye Project has been evaluated in an international study. The results show that the project has achieved impacts on a range of levels.
Three researchers receive EU funding within MSCA
2018-09-26
Three researchers at Stockholm University are awarded funding within Marie Skłodowska Curie (MSCA), which is the EU Research Mobility Program. The projects are in the fields of biochemistry and biophysics, molecular life sciences and astronomy.
New book about Art History and Modernism
2018-09-27
“Modernism as Institution: On the Establishment of an Aesthetic and Historiographic Paradigm” is a new book by Hans Hayden, Professor of Art History at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics.
Policy Brief: Why we need a list of ingredients on consumer articles
2018-10-19
Today, information on the chemical composition of articles is very scarce, making it difficult to understand which potentially hazardous chemicals are being released to the Baltic Sea. There is an urgent need for standardized methods and legal incentives to increase the transparency.
Japanese students visit Stockholm as part of university collaboration
2018-09-21
A group of students from the University of Tokyo visited Stockholm in September. The ten day program took place as a part of a collaboration between Stockholm University, KTH, KI and the University of Tokyo.
The future of neutrino physics is bright with the construction of Hyper-Kamiokande
2018-09-28
A large collaboration of scientists will build a new neutrino detector, known as Hyper-Kamiokande, in Japan. Construction will begin in 2020 and the completed instrument will explore neutrinos from supernovae as well as other unsolved problems in particle physics.
The best way to measure air pollution
2018-09-11
How much nitrogen oxide or asphalt particles are there in the air at a certain location in Trelleborg, Sundsvall or Stockholm? This is something that is recorded by different measurement stations located in urban environments around Sweden.
Drought hits rivers first and more strongly than agriculture
2018-09-06
Drought develops slowly and has multifaceted and Delayed effects. This makes it difficult to see what the consequences are, compared to extreme weather events, shows a new study.
Research on Earth’s climate sensitivities is funded within Horizon 2020
2018-09-06
What can the past of the earth teach us? Is it possible to define the risk of the Earth’s climate sensitivities? These are some of the issues that will be investigated in a research project that is being funded within the EU Horizon 2020 program.
Why are humans so different from other animals?
2022-09-09
Why do humans drive cars and not chimpanzees? What explanations can be found in our prehistory? Watch a short introduction to our research programme on evolutionary transitions in humans.
Get published in full Open Access free of charge
2019-12-18
All publications in pure open access journals is now free for researchers at Stockholm University and funded centrally through the library as part of efforts to support the transition to 100 percent Open Access.
New Swedish initiative to highlight climate-security links
2018-08-30
Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) joins collaboration with the Stockholm Environment Institute, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and Stockholm International Water Institute.
New book about travelling images
2018-08-28
Anna Dahlgren, Professor of Art History at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, har written the new book “Travelling Images. Looking Across the Borderlands of Art, Media and Visual Culture (in the series Rethinking Art’s Histories”, Manchester University Press, 2018).
Andreas Hellerstedt editor of new book
2018-08-24
Andreas Hellerstedt, researcher in History of Ideas at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, is the editor och the new book “Virtue Ethics and Education from Late Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century” (Amsterdam University Press, 2018).
Half the population of the Viking-town Sigtuna were migrants
2018-08-27
New analysis of the remains of 38 people who lived and died in the town of Sigtuna during the 10th, 11th and 12th century reveals high genetic variation and a wide scale migration.
Final conference on chemicals in dust indoors
2018-08-20
By studying the amount of chemicals in the blood of cats, it is possible to assess how the chemical exposure is for small children in our homes.
Expedition explores climate history of remote Arctic islands
2018-08-16
On the 19th of August, an eight-days expedition on M/V Stålbas will depart from Longyearbyen, Svalbard for Seven Islands (Sjuøjane) and Storøya, small islands north of Nordaustlandet, Svalbard.
Viking Age research on the Swedish island of Birka
2018-08-16
The Black Earth Harbour is a Viking Age harbour on the Swedish island of Birka. We visited the island and interviewed researchers from Stockholm University's Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies on their work and findings.
How electric fields in living cells control the currents of life
2018-08-13
In living organisms energy is provided in a process that involves separation of charges across
membranes by large membrane-protein complexes. The voltage that is maintained across these
membranes is equivalent to an electric field strength of about 100 000 V/cm. How these large field
strengths influence the function of the membrane-imbedded protein complexes has until now remained
unknown.
Three researchers at Stockholm University receive ERC Starting Grants
2018-08-07
Three researchers at Stockholm University, including Alexey Amunts at DBB receive the prestigious Starting Grant from the European Research Council, ERC. Project funding amounts to up to 1.5 million euros each.
Kebnekaise’s south peak lower than the north peak in August
2018-08-02
The annual measurement shows that Kebnekaise’s south peak no longer will be Sweden’s highest point in a very near future. The forecast is that the south peak will be lower than the north peak in August.
What causes the poor health of perch in the Baltic Sea?
2018-08-02
Why does the amount of perch decrease in the Baltic Sea? Could it be because of compounds naturally produced by algae and cyanobacteria? Could it also explain the poor health of several other species in the Baltic Sea?
Another clue in the search for the missing ice age carbon
2018-08-02
For the very first time, researchers have estimated the amount of organic carbon stored within the permafrost of the Last Glacial Maximum. The trio of scientists from Stockholm University show that the permanently frozen ground around 21,000 years ago held less carbon than the same area today, a result which is in direct opposition to what has previously been assumed.
Protein research facilitates discovery of neurodegenerative diseases
2018-07-20
Since 2015, the research project Protein Quality Control, led by researcher Tara Hessa at the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Stockholm University has been conducted. The research project, which is ongoing until 2020, focuses on mapping the cause of malignant proteins in the cell membrane. The research results can make it easier to detect chronic and neurodegenerative diseases at an early stage.
Neutrinos in the ice indicate source of cosmic rays
2018-07-12
An international research team have identified a likely source for the high energy cosmic rays reaching Earth. The discovery was made with the aid of the IceCube Neutrino Telescope at the South Pole.
Beam of light from first confirmed neutron star merger emerge from behind the sun
2018-07-03
An international research team led by astronomers at the University of Warwick and including Stockholm astronomy professor Stephan Rosswog had to wait over 100 days for the sight of the first of confirmed neutron star merger to re-emerge from behind the glare of the sun.
Healthy food for a sustainable planet
2018-07-02
The plate of the future has more vegetables and nuts than today, as well as less meat. At least if we are to believe Line Gordon. She wants us all to eat more healthily and sustainably, but without lectures and unilateral solutions.
Full speed ahead for the Institute of Latin American Studies
2018-07-02
Interest in the multifaceted and dynamic Latin American continent is increasing in both Europe and the USA, but most of all in China. “We have the wind in our sails,” says Andres Rivarola, associate professor and director of the Institute of Latin American Studies.
Children of immigrants have smaller families than their parents
2018-07-02
The children of immigrants typically have smaller families than their parents’ generation, even when their parents’ generation had larger families than the UK norm. This is the result of a new study from Stockholm University published in International Migration Review.
New mechanism to detoxify oxygen radicals
2018-06-28
Superoxide is a reactive oxygen species that causes damage to proteins, lipids and DNA and is implicated in many diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and neurodegenerative disorders.
New essay by Dirk Gindt
2018-06-27
Dirk Gindt, Associate Professor at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, has published a new essay in the volume Q2Q: Queer Canadian Theatre and Performance.
Grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to investigate sepsis
2018-06-27
By diagnosing infections in a simple and effective way many human lives can be saved. Mats Nilsson, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Stockholm University/SciLifeLab, and his research group have now been granted more than 1 million SEK by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a method for examination of children with sepsis.
New Centre for Palaeogenetics
2018-06-25
A new agreement brings the research in palaeogenetics of Stockholm University and of the Swedish Museum of Natural History together in the new Centre for Palaeogenetics.
Diet is the main source of halogenated flame retardants
2018-06-15
Dietary intake is the main route of exposure to halogenated flame retardants. That is one result from a research project that Joo Hui Tay at the Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES), presents in a recently defended doctoral thesis.
A new approach can shorten the time to assess cancer risk for chemicals
2018-06-14
Chemicals in refined cooking oils like palm oil can cause cancer. In a new doctoral thesis Jenny Aasa has studied two such chemicals, and by using a new approach she hopes to improve and shorten the time for more reliable cancer risk assessments.
Plastic degrading in the oceans release chemicals into the water
2018-06-12
Plastic debris accumulates in the environment and can cause physical harm to marine species. The degradation releases chemical compounds to the water and the compounds are dependent on the plastic polymer and the weathering condition of the plastic, shows a new doctoral thesis.
A new puzzle piece to control the aging and age-related diseases
2018-06-27
A basic discovery of how the cellular functions are connected to control aging is presented in the journal Cell Metabolism. The study shows that an increasingly deteriorating communication between the cells' organelles is an important cause of aging. The discovery is the result of a collaboration between five research groups at the Universities of Stockholm and Gothenburg including the research group of Martin Ott at DBB.
EU funding for tool to help job seekers
2018-06-08
The Department of Computer and Systems Sciences (DSV) at Stockholm University has been granted EU funding to develop a system, SkillsMatch, that will help job seekers. The goal is to develop an EU-wide system where users get help adapting to the conditions of the labor market, focusing on non-cognitive abilities.
Racing to claim the biodiversity of the seas
2018-06-07
Who owns ocean biodiversity? New study reveals how a single company has registered half of all existing patents associated with genes from marine species.
NOFA7
2019-05-10
Nordic Conference on Teaching and Learning in Curriculum Subjects takes place at Stockholm University, 13-15 May, 2019.
Video: Expedition Arctic Ocean 2018
2018-06-01
The preparations for the expedition to the Arctic are in full progress. Watch and listen to the researchers packing and testing their equipment, and hear what they hope to achieve.
What drives aspirants who will take on new jobs that don’t yet exist?
2018-05-31
The digital transformation of the labour market is a much-discussed challenge on a policy level. But on a micro level - what drives the individuals who will take on these new jobs that “don’t yet exist”?
Mission: To manage the cocktail effect
2018-05-25
What happens when we are exposed to many chemicals in a complex mix? As the Swedish government’s special investigator, Christina Rudén, Professor at the Department of Environmental Sciences and Analytical Chemistry (ACES), will propose strategies for taking into account the cocktail effect in the chemicals legislation.
Sweden cancels agreement with Elsevier
2018-05-18
The Swedish research institutes has cancelled the agreement with large publisher Elsevier due to inability to find an agreement on a sustainable price model at the transition to open science.
Atmospheric research at the top
2018-05-18
A team of atmospheric scientists from the Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES) is currently taking part in air measurements at the highest atmospheric research station in the world.
New dissertation: The World Bank and the IMF undermines labour rights
2018-05-17
The instrumentalist approach of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund tend to undermine the international labour standards on freedom of association and collective bargaining in the recipient states.
A new puzzle piece to control the aging and age-related diseases
2018-05-16
A basic discovery of how the cellular functions are connected to control aging is presented in the journal Cell Metabolism. The study shows that an increasingly deteriorating communication between the cells' organelles is an important cause of aging.
New book: ‘Mozart’s “La clemenza di Tito”: A Reappraisal’
2018-05-11
‘Mozart’s “La clemenza di Tito”: A Reappraisal’ is edited by Magnus Tessning Schneider and Ruth Tatlow. The book is a product of the Performing Premodernity research project, based at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics.
Protein can slow intestinal tumour growth
2018-04-23
A new mechanism for regulating stem cells in the intestine of fruit flies has been discovered by researchers at Stockholm University. In addition, it was discovered that a certain protein can slow the growth of tumours in intestinal tissue. A better understanding of these mechanisms can teach us more about how diseases in human intestines occur, as well as contribute to the development of new medicine to cure them.
Honorary Doctorates 2018
2018-04-24
Stockholm University has chosen this year’s honorary doctors, all of whom have contributed in distinctive ways to the University’s activities in research and education.
New publishing tools available
2018-04-17
To make writing and publishing of scientific texts in different formats easier, Stockholm University has licensed two publishing tools: APA Style Central and Overleaf.
Cleaner air has increased life expectancy by up to 1 year
2018-04-12
The residents of Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö live one year longer today than 25 years ago. The reason is that the levels of air pollutants from road traffic have fallen.
Research on Latin America at Stockholm University
2018-04-09
Stockholm University conducts several research projects with a focus on Latin America. Here is a short film which presents our research on Latin America, including the Institute of Latin American Studies.
New book by Dirk Gindt
2018-04-04
Dirk Gindt, Associate Professor in Theatre Studies, has just published the volume "Viral Dramaturgies: HIV and AIDS in Performance in the Twenty-First Century" (Palgrave Macmillan 2018), co-edited with Alyson Campbell (University of Melbourne).
Exposure to highly fluorinated chemicals peaks in early life
2018-03-28
Children are exposed to a wide range of highly fluorinated chemicals through multiple pathways including breastfeeding, air inhalation and dust ingestion. The exposure peaks in the first year of life, shows a new doctoral thesis.
Molecular regulator keeps the immune system in balance
2018-03-26
The immune system must be able to distinguish between friend and foe, therefore it has to be turned on and off quickly. A research group at the Department of Molecular Biosciences at Stockholm University has recently discovered a new mechanism that cells in the intestine use to increase or decrease the activation of the immune system.
Fake news are not ”news” – fueling populism since 1917
2018-03-26
Did you know that fake news circulated more than a hundred years ago? An example is the gruesome anti-German hoax that had momentous consequences. Our PhD student Serena Coppolino Perfumi gives a historical perspective on misinformation in a new blog post.
Thiamine deficiency in wild animals is a serious threat to biodiversity
2018-03-14
Soon the common eiders will return from their winter quarters in Central Europe, but the mortality during the last years has been so high that large areas in the archipelago will be devoid of breeding common eiders.
Publish Open Access - without APCs
2018-03-06
Researchers at Stockholm University can now get published in Open Access journals without paying article processing charges (APC), owing to new agreements with four international Open Access publishers.
To fly or not to fly – what should climate researchers do?
2018-03-02
To encourage a change in travel habits among the research community, the Department of Environmental Sciences and Analytical Chemistry has launched a project where employees log their own greenhouse gas emissions.
A saltier North Atlantic kick-started circulation at the end of the greenhouse world
2018-02-27
A drastic change in ocean circulation patterns over 34 million years ago occurred because surface waters in the far North Atlantic became salty enough to sink. This start-up of Northern deep-water formation purged stagnant waters sourced from the Arctic resulting in a release of carbon dioxide into our atmosphere.
We don’t know enough to fix the Baltic Sea with geo-engineering
2018-02-27
Geo-engineering measures have been proposed to mitigate the internal load of phosphorus and speed recovery of the Baltic Sea. But there are still uncertainties about the fluxes and dynamics of phosphorus and their contribution to eutrophication, which was discussed at the HELCOM-EUSBSR workshop where the Baltic Sea Centre participated.
A saltier North Atlantic kick-started circulation at the end of the greenhouse world
2018-02-26
A drastic change in ocean circulation patterns over 34 million years ago occurred because surface waters in the far North Atlantic became salty enough to sink. This start-up of Northern deep-water formation purged stagnant waters sourced from the Arctic resulting in a release of carbon dioxide into our atmosphere.
What role do ocean margins play in the global carbon cycle?
2018-02-23
By using the radiocarbon dating of land-plant molecules as a clock, an international research team has been able to assess the timescale for transport of organic carbon released from land across coastal seas.
New book from Stockholm University unlatched in global Open access project
2018-02-21
Stockholm University has since the start 2014 supported the initiative Knowledge Unlatched, which unlocks research published at traditional publishing houses, and releases it as open access. In March, The triple bind of single-parents families, co-authored by Rense Nieuwenhuis, will be published. But it is already available as a free download.
A different kind of fire
2018-02-16
Forest fires during drought periods rather than deforestation fires increasingly dominate Amazonian carbon emissions.
Carl Cederström – the researcher who tried to optimise himself
2018-02-15
How can we become better people – better-looking, smarter, healthier, and more productive? Over the course of a year, researcher Carl Cederström explored various self-improvement strategies – using himself as the subject. This short film documents what Carl put himself through during that year – in order to optimise his life.
Keep your head high – the Stone Age in a new light
2018-02-15
Stone Age society and Stone Age people’s conception of the world were more complex than previously believed. This according to new analyses of skulls found in Motala, Sweden.
More researchers need to get involved in Open Science
2018-02-09
Shared data means that several people can use the same data – and spot mistakes. It benefits everyone and changes the dynamic of research, but more researchers need to get involved.
A biological switch regulates the amounts of DNA building blocks
2018-02-02
The enzyme that produces DNA building blocks continues to amaze. The latest surprise is that the enzyme’s on/off switch is positioned at a completely novel site in some marine bacteria. Evolution has once again used an existing component in a new way.
Why marry a married man?
2018-01-31
Having a mother who is married to a man who has at least one other wife – that is, polygynously married – can be better than having parents who are married monogamously for some children in Ethiopia. At least for outcomes such as child survival, education and marriage. But how children fare depends on the wife rank of the mother, and outcomes vary for sons and daughters, a new study by Caroline Uggla et al shows.
Love Ekenberg appointed as ICDE Chair
2018-01-30
Professor Love Ekenberg at Stockholm University is appointed as ICDE Chair for large-scale higher education in sub-Saharan Africa.
Strong interest in study of recovery from eutrophication
2018-02-08
Lakes and coastal areas can recover from eutrophication, but it takes time and we need patience. This was the conclusion of one of the most downloaded articles from the scientific journal Limnology & Oceanography in 2017. Michelle McCrackin, researcher at the Baltic Sea Centre, led this study.
Swedish-Danish initiative on network collaboration on cryomic microscopy
2018-01-23
A new Swedish-Danish research alliance wants to advance understanding of how biological molecules look and behave. With support from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and the Novo Nordisk Foundation, scientists at four universities in Sweden and Denmark will join forces to create a Nordic network in cryoelectron microscopy, whose developers were awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Why Sweden was ready for Metoo
2018-01-19
No matter what long-term consequences will follow, it is clear that Metoo has had a huge impact in Sweden. There are some trends that are specific to the Swedish context that I believe have contributed to why Metoo has evolved into a mass movement in Sweden, our PhD student in sociological demography Signe Svallfors writes in a new blog post.
New institution strengthens social science public health research
2018-01-11
In January 2018, the Department of Public Health Sciences was formed when the research institutes CHESS and SoRAD joined forces. This merger promises to further strengthen social science research on public health at Stockholm University.
Hiding from a warmer climate in the forest
2018-01-11
Global warming threatens forest plants adapted to cooler temperatures. An international team of scientists from the universities of Stockholm, Marseille and Helsinki have unravelled where these species could survive within colder spots in the same forest. The findings can help to understand the effect of climate change on forest biodiversity and what we can do to protect it.
Special issue of Nordic Theatre Studies
2018-01-09
Erik Mattsson, scholar in Theatre studies, is the editor of a special issue of the academic journal Nordic Theatre Studies. Lena Hammergren, Rikard Hoogland, Hélène Ohlsson and Willmar Sauter, scholars at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, are all among the writers.
Dissertation Jinyi Wang
2018-01-03
Jinyi Wang will defend her thesis "Crafting Movement: Moving Image Collections for Interaction Design".
We are solving the mysteries of water
2017-12-27
Researchers at Stockholm University are closing in on the truth about water. Why is it different from all other fluids?
How the cat parasite exploits immune cells to reach the brain
2017-12-07
Scientists have previously shown that a parasite from cats can infect people's brain and affect our behaviour. Now, researchers at Stockholm University have discovered how the parasite takes control of our cells.
Antarctic expedition heading towards Queen Maud Land soon
2017-12-07
Queen Maud Land is largely covered by the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. The ice is so thick that only the highest mountain peaks, so-called nunataks, protrude through the ice sheet.
SENSE4US
2017-12-06
Integrating open data and social media discussions into the broad range of information
Ground Truth 2.0
2018-01-23
Εnvironmental indicators in urban and rural areas
Investigating the allure of the cloud
2017-11-28
The virtual data cloud is often portrayed as something clean and invisible. But in reality it is a heavy industry that has both social and environmental effects. A workshop gathers researchers to discuss what makes the cloud so attractive.
New book: Rhythms of Writing
2017-11-27
Professor Helena Wulff in the Department of Social Anthropology is the author of the new book “Rhythms of Writing. An Anthropology of Irish Literature” published by Bloomsbury.
Dissertation Björn Strååt
2017-11-23
Björn Strååt will defend his thesis "Extending Game User Experience – Exploring Player Feedback and Satisfaction: The Birth of the Playsona".
Early farming may have spread over Europe from Greece
2017-11-22
The Neolithization, when societies were restructured during the Stone age and people turned from hunting and gathering to farming, is probably the most important process in our history. For a century researchers were much guessing how the process happened, and only during the recent years have they been able to work out how the process occurred, with the help of DNA from ancient remains.
Self-driving cars confuse pedestrians
2017-11-20
Barry Brown points out that while robot cars are safe, their actions can sometimes seem strange to pedestrians or other drivers who struggle to know what the cars are going to do next.
Seagrass is a key fishing ground globally
2017-11-17
New research demonstrates that seagrass meadows are important fishing grounds all around the globe. The work highlights that there is an urgent need to start appreciating and understanding this role to be able to build more sustainable fisheries. A new study examines the global extent to which these underwater meadows support fishing activity.
Later-borns choose less prestigious programs at university
2017-11-15
First-borns are more likely to study more prestigious subjects at university such as medicine and engineering and can thus expect greater earnings than later-borns, according to a new study.
Generous people listen with their heart
2017-11-15
Some people like to share with others. Why is this so? New research shows that sometimes generosity goes hand in hand with “listening to your heart.”
The Zwicky Transient Facility sees “first light”: a new era in the study of the dynamic sky
2021-07-02
The Zwicky Transient Facility is now ready to start operations. A new robotic camera with the ability to capture hundreds of thousands of galaxies in a single shot has taken its first image of the sky. The recently installed camera is part of a new automated sky-survey project based at the Palomar Observatory in California and a revolutionising tool for the study of rapidly varying cosmic phenomena
The political turn of business
2017-11-14
Christina Garsten and Adrienne Sörbom have edited the new anthology “Power, Policy and Profit. Corporate Engagement in Politics and Governance” published by Edward Elgar Publishing.
Research on Arctic permafrost is funded within Horizon 2020
2017-11-24
How does climate change affect the Arctic coastal environment? And how can the challenges be met by people who live there? These are some of the issues that will be investigated in the project Nunataryuk, which is being funded within the EU Horizon 2020 program.
How a “shadow zone” traps the world’s oldest ocean water
2017-11-13
New research from an international team has revealed why the oldest water in the ocean in the North Pacific has remained trapped in a shadow zone around 2km below the sea surface for over 1000 years.
Nordic Nationalism and Penal Order - new book by Vanessa Barker
2017-11-09
In her new and compelling book, Vanessa Barker explores the Swedish case study to challenge several key paradigms for understanding penal order in the twenty-first century and makes an important contribution to our understanding of punishment and welfare states.
The stars that refuse to die
2017-11-13
In recent years, two new supernovas have been observed which don't act like supernovas usually do. New, more effective scanning telescopes are catching new behaviours.
Seed money to project on the travel of tea seeds
2017-11-09
Bengt G. Karlsson has received seed funding from The Seed Box to carry out the pilot project “Assam Tea, Kenya: The Travel of Seeds, Clones and Science Between India and Kenya”.
A strange stellar explosion with enduring brightness
2017-11-15
Located in a dwarf galaxy 500 million light years away, supernova iPTF14hls initially seemed like an ordinary explosion of a red giant star. Then it lasted more than four times longer than a normal supernova.
Five new positions in Baltic Sea research
2017-11-20
In 2018, Stockholm University will start a new interdisciplinary Baltic Sea research network. Within this team, we now announce three tenure-track Assistant Professor positions and two Postdoctoral positions.
Study confirms thiamine deficiency behind eider population decline
2017-11-06
Lethal deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B1) is widespread among wildlife over large geographical areas in the Northern Hemisphere. Now, researchers from Stockholm University with colleagues from the Swedish National Veterinary Institute show that there is a direct link between thiamine deficiency and the population decline in the common eider in Sweden.
All insects in Sweden will be mapped with the latest DNA technique
2017-11-06
The Swedish Museum of Natural History starts a new research project to map Sweden's insects and the microscopic animals that live on them. Ayco Tack, researcher at DEEP, will participate in the study, together with researchers from SLU and KTH.
Male mammoths more often died in natural traps
2017-11-03
Most wolly mammoths found are male. These new findings suggests inexperienced male mammoths more often travelled alone and got themselves killed by falling into natural traps.
A song of ice sheets and fire
2017-10-31
Past volcanic eruptions triggered abrupt melting events on ancient ice sheets, according to an article published in Nature Communications this week. The findings imply the deposition of ash on ice surfaces could result in an increase in the contribution of ice sheet melt water to global sea level rise.
The Guanches originated from North Africa, shows DNA-study
2017-10-26
The aboriginal inhabitants of the Canary Islands, commonly known as the Guanches, originated from North Africa. A team of international researchers led by Stockholm University, and including Liverpool John Moores University’s Dr Linus Girdland-Flink, has now confirmed this long-held hypothesis. The result has been achieved by sequencing ancient DNA extracted from the University of Edinburgh’s collection of skulls from Guanches who lived on Gran Canaria and Tenerife prior to the European conquest in the 15th century AD.
How parental background is connected with children’s pathways into adult life
2017-10-12
Children brought up in families in Finland with high level of socioeconomic resources follow more successful pathways to adulthood compared to the pathways of those with fewer such resources. Educational choices strongly shape the patterns of other life paths and events in early adulthood. These are some of the results of a new study in Demography.
Cultivating memories of belonging and conviviality
2017-10-11
In a new article by Annika Rabo – Anthropological Methods and an Analysis of Memory: Migration, Past and Present in Raqqa Province, Syria – the history of mobility and settlement in the province of Raqqa is used as examples to highlight memories of both conflict and conviviality.
Research on new materials is funded within Horizon 2020
2017-10-12
The goal is to create new self-cleaning materials or extra water repellent coatings. The research is now being funded within the EU Horizon 2020 program.
Professor Jenny White gives series of high-profile lectures
2017-10-09
Social anthropologist Jenny White specialises in Turkish culture, society and politics. Her recent inauguration to professor was celebrated with a number of lectures in Stockholm and Uppsala.
The life of cells – live!
2017-10-05
Soon we will have a nearly complete picture of the cell’s molecular machinery. The issue now is understanding how protein molecules work together to create a microcosm that is stable and functions as well as it does. Thanks to a 20 million SEK (2.5 million USD) grant, Michael Oliveberg and his colleagues can search for the answer.
Quest for the unknown elementary particle
2017-10-05
One of particle physics’ biggest unsolved mysteries is how the Higgs particle can be so light, which is at odds with the prevailing theories. Thanks to a 35.2 million SEK (4.34 million USD) grant, Sara Strandberg and her colleagues can go on the hunt for new particles that could explain the mass of the Higgs boson.
Busy schedule for Honorary Doctor Thuram
2017-10-03
Lilian Thuram, French author and former football player spent a busy week in Stockholm in connection with receiving an Honorary Doctorate at Stockholm University.
What makes conspiracy theories appealing?
2017-10-02
Who believes in conspiracy theories? Why are certain things surrounded by speculation and rumours? A new interdisciplinary and international research network aims to discover the origins and mechanisms of conspiracy theories.
Inauguration and Conferment 2017
2018-03-20
The Stockholm City Hall was fully packed at Stockholm University's conferment ceremony of new doctors and new professors. The Vice-Chancellor highlighted the importance of the University's independent research and its importance to the surrounding society.
High ambitions but lacking contacts can be a health risk
2017-09-28
Young adults with non-Swedish background suffer more often from worse mental health than their peers without immigrant background. In particular, young adults with Iranian parents experience depressive symptoms more often.
Trend towards free access
2017-10-19
Financiers and researchers are demanding increased access to research data and publications, and this development has already come a long way.
Researchers' Days: Effects of toxic boat paint/Large molecules in space
2017-09-27
Recent PhDs Maria Bighiu, Environmental Science, and Michael Gatchell, Physics, will give a double open lecture. The first part concerns how toxic paints on boats harm the environment. The second part concerns how some of the largest molecules in space are formed and evolve. The lecture is given as part of Researchers' Days 2017. Moderated by author Gabriella Ahlström.
First research collaboration between Stockholm and Tokyo is on ageing
2018-01-19
How can research help a society deal with an ever-ageing population? This issue was discussed at a workshop held to mark the start of a collaboration between Stockholm’s three leading academic institutes and University of Tokyo.
North-Europeans in Spain – new special issue of NJMR
2017-09-22
The latest issue of the Nordic Journal of Migration Research is a special issue titled “Liquids and Sediments: Practices of Community in the Context of Migration, Mobility and Transnationalism”. It has been co-edited by Erik Olsson.
Climate Report presented in the UN
2017-09-19
It is possible to limit global warming to less than two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, but only if the world takes fast action. This is the conclusion in a new report written by 33 leading climate scientists and climate advisors. The report “Well Under 2 Degrees Celsius. Fast Action Policies to Protect People and the Planet from Extreme Climate Change” was presented on September 18 at the United Nations headquarters in New York, during the United Nation’s Climate Week.
New books from members of the Department of Social Anthropology
2017-09-13
Three anthologies edited by member of the Department of Social Anthropology were recently published: “Small Countries. Structures and Sensibilities”; “Geographies of Difference: Explorations in Northeast Indian Studies”; and “Ethnographies of Conferences and Trade Fairs. Shaping Industries, Creating Professionals”.
Shared custody equals less stress for children
2017-08-30
Children who live full time with one parent are more likely to feel stressed than children in shared custody situations. These are the results of a new study from Stockholm University’s Demography Unit.
Seven ERC-grants to Stockholm University
2017-08-28
Seven researchers at Stockholm University have been awarded the prestigious Starting Grant from the European Research Council. The funding ranges from 1.3 to almost 1.5 million euros each. Five of the scientists will continue their research at Stockholm University.
Kebnekaise’s south peak still highest in Sweden
2017-08-24
The annual measurement by researchers from Stockholm University shows that Kebnekaise’s south peak is still the highest peak in Sweden. Climate change, however, will make the north peak the country’s highest point within a few years.
Virtual meeting on meeting
2017-08-23
Renita Thedvall participated together with other researchers in two online meetings convened by allegralaboratory.net to discuss the importance of investigating meetings ethnographically. Read what came out of their conversations.
Software revolutionises the fashion industry
2017-08-23
Unlimited opportunities to integrate technology into everyday clothes hamper when a focus is not on software development, Oskar Juhlin says, in El Espectador.
Stockholm becomes world’s focus for global sustainability as 1,000 experts meet
2017-08-17
From coral reefs to megacities – for six days global sustainability and resilience scientists will debate the future of Earth when over 1,000 experts on resilience and global sustainability meet in Stockholm for two major international conferences, 20-26 August, the largest gathering of its kind.
New book about film music by Tillman
2017-08-17
Joakim Tillman, Associate Professor in musicology at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, is one of two editors of the new book Contemporary Film Music: Investigating Cinema Narratives and Composition, at Palgrave Macmillan.
Researchers and fishing companies form coalition for sustainable seas
2017-08-09
Researchers from Stockholm Resilience Centre convened seafood companies to form a coalition to end unsustainable practices such as overfishing, modern slavery and destructive impacts on marine life.
A new Botulinum Neurotoxin discovered
2017-08-03
The first new Botulinum Neurotoxin in almost half a century has been discovered by researchers at Stockholm University and Harvard Medical School.
Stronger West African Monsoon during Green Sahara may have affected ENSO
2017-07-11
Accounting for a vegetated and less dusty Sahara reduces the variability of El Niño during the Mid-Holocene to closer to that which is observed in several paleoclimate records. This is shown by researchers at the Department of Meteorology at Stockholm University in a recent study, published in Nature Communications.
No conflict between culturally identifying with the parents’ homeland and Sweden
2017-06-30
Young people with foreign backgrounds who identify with their parents’ culture are more inclined to feel integrated into mainstream Swedish culture. So says a new sociological study which looked at the attitudes of Iranian and former Yugoslavian youths.
Water Exists as Two Different Liquids
2017-06-28
Scientists at Stockholm University have discovered two phases of liquid water with large differences in structure and density.
Arctic subsea permafrost is thawing faster than thought
2017-06-27
The permafrost in the ocean bottom below the East Siberian Arctic Sea is thawing at a rate of 14 cm per year. That’s a lot faster than for permafrost on land and the process may eventually lead to increased global warming through increased release of methane according to a new study published by Nature Communications with Stockholm University scientists among the research team.
New insights into the toxin behind tetanus
2017-06-26
Tetanus toxin is the neurotoxin that causes lockjaw. Many are vaccinated, but tetanus still kills tens of thousands of people per year worldwide. Researchers from the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, led by Dr Pål Stenmark, have now uncovered the poison’s structure. For the first time, the way the poison is constructed has been revealed.
The spacing between siblings doesn’t matter
2017-06-21
When is the best time to have another baby? This is a question that might intrigue parents planning to have more kids. But does it really matter for long-term outcomes in Sweden?
Memory for stimulus sequences distinguishes humans from other animals
2017-06-21
Humans possess many cognitive abilities not seen in other animals, such as a full-blown language capacity as well as reasoning and planning abilities. Despite these differences, it has been difficult to identify specific mental capacities that distinguish humans from other animals. Now reserachers have discovered that humans have a much better memory to recognize and remember sequential information.
Mapping the world sea floor
2017-06-19
By 2030, the entire sea floor will be charted. The Nippon Foundation intends to provide 18.5 million USD and Stockholm University is one of four research centres involved.
This is how family change affects children
2017-06-19
Recent decades of family change have seen increases in cohabitation rather than marriage, family dissolution, step-family formation and joint residential custody. Children are involved in many of these increasingly common family transitions and family forms, and we need to consider how they are affected, Juho Härkönen writes in a new blog post.
Microscopes and collaboration will make the University a world leader
2017-06-19
One of the world’s most advanced electron microscopes will soon be located at Stockholm University. The collaborative project CEM4MAT will be launched in connection with this investment in order to make better use of available microscopes in the region and become a world leader in electron microscopy.
Sahara greening intensify cyclone activity
2017-06-08
Future climate warming could lead to a re-greening of the southernmost Sahara, with decreased dust emissions and changes in land cover.
Struggle for mobility
2017-06-09
A new study by Tekalign Ayalew examines the motivations, organizations and impact of overland migratory journeys from Ethiopia and Eritrea across the Sahara desert and Mediterranean Sea to Sweden.
Welcome to our Search Hub!
2017-09-28
The Search Hub, close to the information desk, offers you help with any questions you might have about searching information and registration for audio books and more.
Dissertation Elin Uppström
2017-05-24
Elin Uppström will defend her thesis "Designing, Theorizing, and Reflecting on Information Systems Artifacts and Value Co-Creation in e-Government"
Dissertation Bin Xiao
2017-05-24
Bin Xiao will defend his thesis "Data-Centric Network of Things: A Method for Exploiting the Massive Amount of Heterogeneous Data of Internet of Things in Support of Services"
New article by Karin Dirke
2017-05-23
Karin Dirke, associate Professor of History of Ideas at the department, has written a chapter in the new book Shared Lives of Humans and Animals. Animal Agency in the Global North.
New article by Tiina Rosenberg
2017-05-22
Tiina Rosenberg, professor of Theatre Studies, har written an article in the new book Performance, Feminism, and Affect in Neoliberal Times.
A new book by Ulf Olsson
2017-05-19
Professor of Literature Ulf Olsson has written a book about the rock band the Grateful Dead.
Dissertation Georg Hodosi
2017-06-05
Georg Hodosi will defend his thesis "Information Technology Outsourcing in Large Companies in Sweden: A Perspective on Risks, Relationships and Success Factors"
Diffuse feelings of uncertainty can hinder couples from having children
2017-05-18
Couples postpone childbearing not only because they are insecure about their future job or income stability but, on top of that, also because they are uncertain about the financial solidity of their country, postdoc Chiara Ludovica Comolli concludes in a new blog post based on an article in Demographic Research.
New book series: Anthropology & Society
2017-04-27
Anthropology & Society is a new peer-reviewed open access book series published by Stockholm University Press. It was launched at the Swedish Anthropological Association’s conference in April 2017.
Fish cooperate for selfish reasons
2017-04-20
Why do animals help raise offspring that aren’t their own? A new study by an international team of researchers from Sweden, Canada and the UK shows that fish cooperate to raise another fish’s offspring to reduce their own risk of being eaten by a predator.
Lactate from Human Cells May Trigger Key Step in Invasion by Meningitis-Causing Bacteria
2017-04-11
Lactate produced in the upper throat might trigger meningitis-causing bacterial cells to detach from tiny colonies and spread within the body, according to a new study published in PLOS Pathogens. Findings could improve understanding of how harmless bacteria in throat can turn dangerous
Cyber security central to democracy
2017-04-11
Fredik Blix has been involved with cyber security for 20 years. He recently hacked a phone on live radio, and he warns that both society and individuals are too naive in their use of IT.
Honorary Doctorates 2017
2018-04-20
Stockholm University has chosen this year’s honorary doctors, all of whom have contributed in distinctive ways to the University's activities in research and education.
Record-young Professor in Computer and Systems Sciences
2017-04-05
Professor Panagiotis Papapetrou is, at the age of 35, the youngest person appointed to a professorship at the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences.
Stockholm University helps shape Europe’s startup hub
2017-03-31
Stockholm is one of Europe's most important tech hubs. Several of those researching and studying at Stockholm University is also those behind the next generation of startup companies.
Volunteering might reduce the chance of developing dementia
2017-03-30
Individuals who decide to retire from the workforce, but start to volunteer instead, report substantially less cognitive complaints and are far less likely to be diagnosed with dementia compared to retired workers who do not volunteer.
This is how Iraq ended up with a system of violence
2017-03-31
The main driving forces of the violence in Iraq have been the reforms and the political system based on ethno-sectarianism imposed by the US, according to a new thesis by Thomas Sommer-Houdeville.
Hack4Sweden and Minister Ardalan Shekarabi at eGovlab/DSV
2017-03-27
The Minister of Public Administration Ardalan Shekarabi visited eGovlab/DSV during the hack for Sweden contest. He fully supported our efforts for a smarter and inclusive Public Administration.
Your sense of smell can predict risk of death
2017-03-22
A decreased sense of smell is correlated with an increased risk of death, a new psychology study from Stockholm University shows. The connection is independent from other health variables like age, gender and dementia.
Chemistry professor Xiaodong Zou inducted to IVA
2017-03-13
The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) has elected eight new members. One of the new members is Xiaodong Zou in the Chemical Engineering division.
Researchers at Stockholm University have high mobility and impact
2017-03-10
A report sponsored by the Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education has found that researchers at Stockholm University are highly mobile – researching and publishing internationally and nationally to produce highly cited, impactful research.
Promising young neurolinguistic researcher wins prize
2017-03-08
Julia Uddén is one of two researchers to win this year’s L’Oréal-Unesco ‘For Women in Science’ Prize. Her research in language and psychology focuses on why some people are better at communicating than others.
Baltic Sea Future moves forward
2017-03-10
The congress Baltic Sea Future has gathered people from all over the Baltic region to share thoughts and ideas, experiences and solutions.
When counting isn’t enough – creating a more equal society
2017-02-24
The profile area Normativity, Law & Ethics analyses inequalities in society and the ethical considerations, laws and policies that work to perpetuate or alleviate them. Dr Eva Wittbom talks about her research on how the ideals of equality are translated into practice.
”Collaboration is about relations” – successful closing of academic collaboration forum
2017-02-20
Collaborations and relations were in focus at the Stockholm Excellence Seminar, hosted by Stockholm University and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, which attracted more than hundred participants from higher education and research institutions around the world.
A few snapshots of the US borders
2017-02-15
A new text by Shahram Khosravi written in response to the Trump administration’s Executive Order on immigration has just been published.
Data Management in the Life Sciences
2017-03-06
Niclas Jareborg will talk about ongoing efforts by national and European infrastructures that aim to facilitate proper data management and Open Access movement for Life Science research data.
Professor at a record-young age
2017-02-11
Professor Ilona Riipinen at the Department Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES), is the youngest person appointed to a professorship at Stockholm University in the 21st century.
Why malaria mosquitoes like people with malaria
2017-02-09
Malaria mosquitoes prefer to feed – and feed more – on blood from people infected with malaria. Researchers from Stockholm University among others have discovered why. The findings can lead to new ways to fight malaria without using poisonous chemicals.
Waiting and hope in Iran
2017-01-31
In the new book “Precarious Lives: Waiting and Hope in Iran” Shahram Khosravi examines the complexities and contradictions of everyday life in Iran.
Stockholm University hosts international meeting on research collaboration
2017-01-31
Stockholm University will host the Stockholm Excellence Seminar with participants from Republic of Korea, Singapore, China, Indonesia and Brazil on 14 February. The seminar is the final activity in a two year project for research collaboration between researchers in Sweden and these five countries.
The paradox of migration – links, loss and belonging
2017-01-26
Migrants of all types employ different strategies - adapting to their new environment and adapting their environments to themselves. Profs Annika Rabo, Erik Olsson and Bengt Karlsson discuss education, welfare and policy making.
Major Viking Age manor discovered at Birka
2017-01-19
For centuries it has been speculated where the manor of the royal bailiff of Birka, Herigar, might have been located. New geophysical results provide evidence of its location at Korshamn, outside the town rampart of the Viking Age proto-town Birka in Sweden. The results will be published in the international scientific journal Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt.
New anthology on racism and social justice
2017-01-18
Tekalign Ayalew and Siri Schwabe are contributing with chapters on everyday practices of Ethiopian homemaking in Sweden and Palestinian street protest in Chile in the new anthology “Spatial Justice and Diaspora”.
Challenges in adding up the sources of methane
2017-01-18
The greenhouse gas methane has many natural sources, and understanding how large each of those sources are remains an unfinished task. This is important when trying to predict future methane emissions and global warming. A new study from researchers at Stockholm University shows how double-counting of methane sources, particularly wetlands and lakes, might be occurring in research. The study has been published in Geophysical Research Letters.
Contextualising art – physical artefacts and immaterial legacies
2017-01-17
Making meaning out of what we experience is central to being human, and the interpretation of works of art (both scholarly and not) can reveal surprising, multi-valent insights. Profs Peter Gillgren and Anders Andrén explore issues of Cultural Heritage, Historical Artefacts and Processes.
Expression, mutation and adaptation – genetics beyond DNA
2017-01-13
While understanding DNA and chromosomes is essential to genetics, how genes are actually expressed is just as important. Profs Neus Visa and Mattias Mannervik discuss their research into the protein complexes that regulate DNA and RNA and the future of epigenetics.
Understanding the climate one tree, bog and bird at a time
2017-01-04
The changing climate is one of our most pressing problems, and innovative approaches are crucial to our continued survival. Drs Britta Sannel, Ilona Riipinen, and Henrik Österblom all discuss the power of one organism to change our view of the world.
Thiamine deficiency in wildlife more widespread than previously thought
2017-01-02
Deficiency of vitamin B1 (thiamine) in wildlife was previously described as a problem among certain species within relatively limited geographical areas. Now, researchers at ACES, together with colleagues from several other research institutions in Europe and North America, show that thiamine deficiency is far more widespread than previously thought.
Victimisation & rehabilitation - Crime as a mirror of society
2017-01-13
Research into Crime and Punishment is as complicated as it is important. Drs Tove Pettersson, Eva Tiby, and Petter Asp address how the ways in which we treat victims, offenders and bystanders show who we are as a society.
Paula Uimonen at EFURU@50 in Nigeria
2016-12-22
Paula Uimonen recently returned from Nigeria where she conducted fieldwork for her project on African women writers as part of the research programme “World Literatures”.
New book by Ulf Hannerz on global future scenarios
2016-12-21
“Writing Future Worlds. An Anthropologist Explores Global Scenarios” is the title of a new book by Ulf Hannerz published by Palgrave Macmillan.
Today’s particle physics, tomorrow’s technology
2016-12-22
Astrophysics, cosmology and particle physics ask the “big questions” at both the subatomic and galactic levels. In videos, Drs Sara Strandberg and Jan Conrad describe their research questions, demonstrate their processes using models, and reveal how breakthroughs in physics have led to major technological revolutions.
Spectacular supernova was spinning black hole
2016-12-19
The supernova ASSASN15lh drew headlines earlier this year as the brightest supernova ever, but scientists have found it difficult to explain the fenomenon. In an article in Nature Astronomy researchers from Stockholm University, among other universities, are launching a theory that it is in fact a star that has ended up too close to a supermassive black hole and been torn apart by gravity.
Stockholm University Researchers in the Antarctic
2016-12-16
The research project MAGIC-DML aims to study the changes in the ice sheets covering Queen Maud Land in Antarctica. The goal is to create a detailed history of the ice cover, focusing on how its thickness and surface area has varied over time. The international collaboration includes researchers from Stockholm University.
Anthropological insights applied outside of academia
2016-12-12
Associate Professor Shahram Khosravi has written the chapter “Engaging Anthropology: An Auto-Ethnographic Approach” published in the new anthology “Engaged Anthropology. Views from Scandinavia”.
Who will save your social media photo album?
2016-12-12
Never before have we photographed and shared our daily lives as much as today. But how do we collect and preserve our everyday photos? The new research project “Collecting Social Photo” will explore this question.
Uncertainty affects China’s labour NGOs
2016-12-09
A new study in Social Anthropology investigates the dynamics of state control in China with a focus on labour NGOs and Western funding agencies. It shows that a notion of uncertainty permeates the daily work of the NGOs and their relationships with the Chinese state.
On memory, politics and being Palestinian in Santiago de Chile
2016-12-15
The world’s largest Palestinian diaspora outside the Arab world is found in Chile. A new PhD thesis in Social Anthropology gives novel perspectives on how a particular diasporic form of being Palestinian is constituted and practiced in the Chilean context.
Researchers Develop Methods for Fighting Crime on Cyber Network Tor
2016-12-02
Department of Computer and Systems Sciences receives SEK 3.5 million for developing techniques to collect evidence of cyber crime on the anonymity network Tor. Oliver Popov is responsible for digital forensics and IT security.
Study sheds new light into the link between thawing permafrost and climate change
2016-12-02
A new study by researchers at Stockholm University shows how large-scale thawing of Arctic permafrost released huge amounts of carbon at the end of the last Ice Age. Frozen carbon reservoirs in the Arctic are currently being released again, which threatens to accelerate climate warming. The results were published in the journal Nature Communications.
Amid rapid change, major Arctic study highlights need to prepare for surprises
2016-11-25
The Arctic Resilience Report, published today, is the first comprehensive assessment of ecosystems and societies in the region. It identifies 19 “tipping points” in natural systems that could radically reshape the Arctic in the coming century, and calls for urgent cooperation to build local communities’ resilience and capacity to adapt to rapid and widespread change.
Dissertation Eric-Oluf Svee
2016-11-24
Eric-Oluf Svee will defend his thesis "Consumer Preferences to Promote Values Awareness in Information Systems Development"
Strengthening research on Asia at Stockholm University
2016-11-23
Professor Johan Lindquist, Department of Social Anthropology, is from 2016 the new director of the Forum for Asian Studies, a multidisciplinary research forum at Stockholm University.
Baltic Seminar: Linking human and natural sciences
2016-12-16
The fourth Baltic Seminar focused on how to link human and natural sciences to improve the state and management of the Baltic Sea. A cooperation very much needed, all speakers agreed, and also pointed out the challenges in this task.
Photo exhibition begins tour of India and Nepal
2016-11-22
Gangtok in the Indian state of Sikkim is the first stop for the mobile photo exhibition “Wayfinding: a photoethnography of indigenous migration”. The exhibit makes two more stops in India before it concludes in Kathmandu.
Traces and memories of a land conservation project in Tunisia
2016-11-18
A new project – Time and development in Sidi Bouzid – aims to advance our knowledge of the long-term impacts of development processes. The project is funded by Formas and will be carried out by Professor Annika Rabo, Ulrik Mårtensson och Lazhar Gammoudi.
Communicating the unthinkable
2016-11-17
Associate Professor Ivana Maček is the author of the book chapter “Communicating the Unthinkable: A Psychodynamic Perspective” published in the coming anthology “Memory and Genocide. On What Remains and the Possibility of Representation”.
Dissertation Jens Ohlsson
2016-11-07
Jens Ohlsson will defend his thesis "Exploring Designs for a Process Prioritisation Method"
Policy Brief: Raising quality of marine protection
2017-03-22
A new Policy Brief from Baltic Eye at the Baltic Sea Centre on why preserving biodiversity and securing a sustainable exploitation of natural assets will require a new way of setting up marine protection.
One hormone to rule them all
2016-11-02
Identifying stress hormones in insects can be a step towards environmentally friendly pesticides. Researchers from Stockholm University have discovered that one hormone coordinates the responses to stress in fruit flies. Their study is recently published in the Royal Society journal Open Biology.
Rainstorms transport aerosol particles essential for cloud formation
2016-10-27
A new study published in Nature shows that rapid downdraft during precipitation carries a sufficient number of small particles and thus provide a new population of particles that eventually forms new cloud.
Diaspora – a concept in development
2016-10-19
A new study by Delmi contributes to policy relevant knowledge in the areas of diaspora, transnationalism, migration and development. It is written by Erik Olsson, Professor in International Migration and Ethnic Relations at the Department of Social Anthropology.
"Parental leave is not funded by income tax"
2016-10-19
Ann-Zofie Duvander, Associate professor of Sociology and Demography, was interviewed on her expert area Swedish parental leave policies in the podcast "From Sweden". In contrast to what one might think, the generous parental benefit is not funded by income tax, Ann-Zofie Duvander explains.
Delivering outsourcing services in diverse contexts with a new approach
2016-11-02
Janis Stirna, Jelena Zdravkovic and Martin Henkel, the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, has developed a method to help businesses adapt to rapid changes in the world. The result commercialises by Altice Labs, Portugal Telecom Inovacao, CLMS, Croz, Everis and Siv AG.
Grow dense, make sense?
2016-10-14
A Baltic Bridge project to investigate the role of drift algae, aquatic plant density and traits for secondary production and shelter from predation.
The EU should meet the needs of future families
2016-12-21
Families in Europe are becoming increasingly varied and complex. The EU needs to increase the possibility of combining work and children for both men and women, in order to get the economy and population structure in balance, says Livia Oláh from the Department of Sociology.
Barry Brown's research on Smart Implicit Interaction receive SEK 12 million
2016-10-11
The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research has awarded Barry Brown at the Department of Computer and systems Sciences, and the Mobile Life Centre a grant sum of SEK 12 million for the project "Smart Implicit Interaction”.
New research vessel to help reduce Baltic Sea pollution
2016-10-18
Researchers are celebrating the inauguration of Stockholm University’s new research vessel Electra af Askö. Packed with high-tech equipment, it will give a more complete picture of pollution in the Baltic Sea.
The mysterious health benefits of Pokémon Go (and other games)
2016-10-07
Barry Brown, the Department of Computer and System Sciences in The Inquirer on game design, parents' attitude changes, how gamification is at the heart of making the digital world a place to nurture health, and why Pokémon Go get people to move, interact and lose weight.
Meeting place for environmental law
2016-10-04
When the Stockholm Environmental Law and Policy Centre was established in 2004, the aim was to create meeting places for researchers and professionals working with issues relating to environmental law. The Centre wanted to disseminate its research results and highlight the relevance of research on environmental law. Furthermore, it aimed to create a platform for inviting researchers from other universities.
Climate change is studied from a wide perspective
2016-10-03
What happens to water and soil conditions, ecology and biodiversity when the temperature rises? And how are species of plants and animals affected? Researchers at the interdisciplinary research programme Ekoklim at Stockholm University are looking for answers to these questions.
Alf Norkko honoured with Royal Baltic Sea professorship
2016-09-27
It is now decided that Alf Norkko will receive the visiting professorship in Baltic Sea research which Stockholm University gave the King as a 70-year-gift. Professor Alf Norkko from the University of Helsinki is an internationally renowned scientist in the field of ecological Baltic Sea research.
Dissertation Monica Winge
2016-09-19
Monica Winge will defend her thesis "Collaboration and Coordination Challenges in Patient-Centered Care: Models and Information Services".
Professor defends Kaepernick's rights
2016-09-14
Lifelong 49ers fan and professor Christian Christensen defends NFL player Colin Kaepernick's rights to make a silent protest during the national anthem.
Uncovering the sources of the Himalayan glacier melt
2018-04-11
A Swedish-Chinese study has determined the source of the soot particulates which are causing the Himalaya-Tibet glaciers to melt, according to an article in Nature Communications. The researchers can not only determine the causes of the soot, e.g. wood burning or fossil fuels, but also its geographical origin.
Dark matter comes closer to the light
2016-09-02
Dark matter – what it is, what it does, what it’s made of – is one of the most fascinating and hotly contested subjects in astrophysics today. A team from the Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics at Stockholm University, headed by Manuel Meyer, has come one step closer to cracking the code. Working with the Fermi Telescope, they investigated whether a widely held assumption about dark matter might be 180 degrees wrong.
Thin tropical clouds cool the climate
2016-08-17
Thin clouds at about 5 km altitude are more ubiquitous in the tropics than previously thought and they have a cooling effect on climate. This is shown in a recent study by researchers from Stockholm University and the University of Miami published in Nature Communications.
Thin tropical clouds cool the climate
2016-08-17
Thin clouds at about 5 km altitude are more ubiquitous in the tropics than previously thought and they have a substantial cooling effect on climate. This is shown in a recent study by researchers from Stockholm University and the University of Miami published in Nature Communications. The cooling effect of mid-level clouds is currently missing in global climate models.
Hunter-Gatherers Experimented with Farming in Turkey before Migrating to Europe
2016-08-04
Clusters of hunter-gatherers spent much of the late Stone Age working out the basics of farming in what is now Turkey before taking this knowledge to Europe. In an analysis of ancient genomes in Current Biology, researchers at Stockholm University and Uppsala University in Sweden and Middle East Technical University in Turkey report that at least two waves of early European settlers belonged to the same gene pool as farmers in Central Turkey.
Two Stockholm University researchers win the prestigious Pro Futura
2016-06-17
Historian Aryo Makko and Linguist Julia Uddén are two of the five young researchers chosen as 2016 Pro Futura fellows. Riksbankens Jubileumfond sponsors the award for cutting-edge research in the humanities and social sciences.
Dissertation Carl-Mikael Lönn
2016-06-09
Carl-Mikael Lönn will defend his thesis "E-Government Collaboration in the Swedish Public Sector: Multiple Studies on Collaboration Facilitators and Collaboration Modes"
Tougher border policy has damaging effects
2016-05-27
EU’s harsher efforts to stop migrants and refugees show how migration has increasingly come to be treated as a security and border issue – with very negative consequences. This according to a new report by anthropologist Ruben Andersson.
New light into our climate’s cloudier past
2016-05-26
In two new papers published in Nature, researchers from Stockholm University along with colleagues from Europe and the USA, imply that the baseline pristine pre-industrial climate may have been cloudier than presently thought. New results from the CLOUD experiment at CERN, Switzerland, shows that organic vapours emitted by trees produce abundant aerosol particles in the atmosphere in the absence of sulphuric acid.
Open Seminar at Score June 2
2016-05-26
Jonas Tallberg, Professor of Political Science, Stockholm University: Legitimacy in Global Governance
Need for international convention on data surveillance
2016-05-24
The personal data of EU citizens is insufficiently protected by US law from being data mined within the context of American national intelligence programs. This is the conclusion of a dissertation from the Faculty of Law at Stockholm University.
Dissertation Kim Nevelsteen
2016-05-23
Kim Nevelsteen will defend his thesis "Distributed Technology-Sustained Pervasive Applications".
How to solve problems with non-response
2016-09-21
As the non-response rates of important studies continue to rise, the quality of the results are getting worse. Per Gösta Andersson from the Department of Statistics researches together with Carl-Erik Särndal, Professor Emeritus of Statistics Sweden, into a method that mitigates the effect of non-response.
R/V Oceania at Askö for important satellite overpass
2016-05-16
Last week several european research groups gathered at Askö Laboratory to take part in an intercalibration workshop to secure data quality of remote sensing reflectance over the Baltic Sea.
Score Lecture on Organization May 27
2016-05-24
Professor John W. Meyer, Stanford University:
Highly Institutionalized Organization: Status and Prospect.
Environmental toxins accumulate in wild animals in China
2016-05-11
Many animal species in southern China carry high levels of organohalogen contaminants. Most common is DDT, which has been banned for a long time in many parts of the world. New types of PCBs as well as polychlorinated carbon compounds and chloroparaffins were also found.
Baltic Bridge - bridging gaps in Baltic Sea science
2016-04-21
Last week researchers from Stockholm University and the University of Helsinki met to discuss concrete collaboration on Baltic Sea research and education. This initiative is part of the strategic collaboration between the two universities. The meeting was held in perfect spring weather at beautiful Askö.
New book on anthropological writing
2016-04-20
Professor Helena Wulff is the editor of the new book “The Anthropologist as Writer: Genres and Contexts in the Twenty-First Century” published by Berghahn.
Syria to Sweden – refugee stories
2016-04-19
The latest issue of Anthropology Now features the article “Syria to Sweden: Refugee Stories” written by Rasmus Rodineliussen, first year master’s student at the Department of Social Anthropology.
Youngest Ph.D wants to understand the mathematics of non-experts
2018-04-09
Whether mathematics is real, or a story we agreed upon, has long been debated by philosophers. A new dissertation from Stockholm University shows that philosophers failed to include non-experts in the theories. Stefan Buijsman recently defended his thesis in philosophy of mathematics, as Sweden's youngest Ph.D ever.
Severe Arctic Ocean acidification via permafrost thawing and river runoff
2016-04-20
When organic material from thawing permafrost is transported to the sea and breaks down in the seawater it contributes to a more rapid acidification of the Arctic Ocean, finds new research by scientists from Stockholm University and colleagues.
Jenny White – new professor of Turkish Studies
2016-04-11
New professor at the Institute for Turkish Studies (SUITS) at the Department of Asian, Middle Eastern and Turkish Studies is Jenny White, currently Professor of Antropology at Boston University. Jenny White was Distinguished Visiting Professor at SUITS during the academic year 2013–2014.
Large variations in precipitation over the past millennium
2016-04-06
According to a new study in Nature, the Northern Hemisphere has experienced considerably larger variations in precipitation during the past twelve centuries than in the twentieth century. Researchers from Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland have found that climate models overestimated the increase in wet and dry extremes as temperatures increased during the twentieth century. The new results will enable us to improve the accuracy of climate models and to better predict future precipitation changes.
Detection of the neurotoxin BMAA in Swedish individuals
2016-04-05
BMAA can be produced by cyanobacteria and was earlier detected in fish and several other organisms in the Baltic Sea. The toxin is now also found in the central nervous system in three out of 25 examined individuals in Sweden.
Sven Drefahl's research featured in the Guardian
2016-10-28
Sven Drefahl's research about women with younger men die young, in contrast to men with younger wives who tend to live longer, is featured in an article in the Guardian.
Baltic Seminar on fish in human hands
2016-05-16
Our third Baltic Seminar had the focus on effects on fish: from key processes in coastal habitats to the influence by global actors. Two keynotes, Johan Eklöf (DEEP) and Henrik Österblom (SRC), gave inspirational presentations and then a panel talk with discussions ended the seminar before our customary Baltic Bar started.
ClimeFish - not a prank!
2016-04-01
Climate changes are not an April Fool’s Day prank. They are real, they are happening right now and they are threatening the sustainable growth of aquaculture and fisheries worldwide. Stockholm university Baltic Sea Centre is one of 21 partners of the Horizon 2020 funded project ClimeFish that focus on forecasting and anticipating effects of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture.
The legend of Erik the Saint may be true
2016-03-18
Erik the Holy may well have been killed in the way the legend says. Archaeologists at Stockholm University has contributed with important clues about the injuries found on the skeleton, and about diet habits and migration patterns of the individual whose remains have been examined.
“Give Open Access and Open Science the attention they deserve”
2016-03-18
The Vice-Chancellor of Stockholm University, Astrid Söderbergh Widding, is one of Europe's Open Access Champions. She is a high level academic who advocate Open Access with no hesitation.
New book on Sweden’s remade national pension system
2016-03-17
Anette Nyqvist is the author of the new book “Reform and Responsibility in the Remaking of the Swedish National Pension System”, an anthropological study of Sweden’s mandatory national pension system introduced in 1999.
Euraxess
2022-01-27
Stockholm University has an agreement with the European research network EURAXESS.
European clean air policies unmask Arctic warming by greenhouse gases
2016-03-14
The drastic cut in sulfate particle emissions in Europe partly explains the amplified Arctic warming since the 1980s, shows a new study published in Nature Geoscience. The team, which consists of scientists from Stockholm University and the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, say that their surprising finding highlights an even more urgent need for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate Arctic climate change.
Regime shifts in the Northern Benguela ecosystem
2016-03-14
A new article written by BNI researcher Maciej T. Tomczak and Johanna J. Heymans from the Scottish Marine Institute explains how increased fishing and climate drivers during the last 50 years have led to regime shifts, with reorganized ecosystem structure and changes in the main demersal species.
*DSV 50 years* – open jubilee event
2016-03-08
Welcome to our second 50th Anniversary seminar! Henrik Hansson, Associate Professor, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, and Kerstin Borglin, Director at Spider, will be presenting ICT4D.
Svend Pedersen Lecture Award 2016 - to Steve Alsop
2016-05-30
Professor Steve Alsop, Faculty of Education, York University, Canada has received Svend Pedersen Lecture Award for the year 2016. Professor Steve Alsop gave the award lecture on the 25th of May 2016, at 1.00 PM to 2.30 PM in Vivi Täckholmssalen, Svante Svante Arrhenius väg 20 A, Arrheniuslaboratorierna hus P.
Inclusive and special education in the early school years
2016-02-18
In a new thesis within the field of inclusive and special education, PhD student Johanna Lundqvist describes several children’s educational pathways, from preschool to first grade. The focus of the thesis is special educational needs, support provisions, transitions, inclusive education and the views of children on their early school years. Another focus of the thesis is how children’s views on their early school years can be collected and analysed.
Successful launch of Sentinel-3 - the ocean satellite
2016-02-17
ESA:s third satellite within the Copernicus mission was successfully launched from Siberia on the 16th of February. A series of satellites will be carried into orbit over the coming two decades to provide a ‘bigger picture' for the environment programme.
Inventing new ways to produce proteins
2016-02-12
Hundreds of hours of work with instruments during Eric Johnston’s postdoc in New York gave birth to an idea of how proteins could be produced more efficiently. Now he is back at Stockholm University, has built up a new research branch in organic chemistry, and is hoping for his patent application to be approved soon.
Kilometre-thick ice covered the Arctic Ocean 140 000 years ago
2016-02-12
For the first time, researchers at Stockholm University, in collaboration with researchers in Gothenburg, United States and Russia, have been able to show that the Arctic Ocean was covered by a one kilometre thick layer of ice during glacial periods. The discovery provides, among other things, an insight into the stability of floating glacier ice of a type now mainly found around the Antarctic.
ERC Consolidator Grant to Maja Schlüter
2016-02-11
Maja Schlüter from the Stockholm Resilience Centre has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant worth SEK 18 million.
Award to the International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
2016-02-11
The International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (Elsevier) has won the PROSE Award for Excellence in Reference Works. Several members of the Department of Social Anthropology have contributed to its section for anthropology.
Children in joint physical care have better health than children living with one parent
2016-01-21
In Sweden one in ten school children live in joint physical custody, that is, they move between their parents. The trend suggests that it will be even more common in the future. How do kids who move between their parents actually feel? A recently completed research project shows that they are fine compared to children living alone with one parent.
Large methane emissions from northern lakes
2016-01-07
Climate-sensitive regions in the north are home to most of the world’s lakes. New research shows that these northern freshwaters are critical emitters of methane.
The first European farmers are traced back to Anatolia
2016-01-11
When farming spread throughout Europe some 8000 years ago, Anatolia functioned as a hub, spreading genes and the new ideas westward. An international study coordinated from Stockholm and based on DNA from Anatolian remains indicates the importance of the role Anatolia played, and also in attracting attention both from the east and the west.
Who were the first Vikings?
2016-01-07
A new research project will find out more about the first Vikings. The project has received 50 million SEK in research grants from the Swedish Research Council.
Swedish researchers reveal security hole
2015-12-18
Quantum cryptography is considered a fully secure encryption method, but researchers from Stockholm University and Linköping University have discovered that this is not always the case. The results of their research have been published in Science Advances.
Unique text discovered in language research programme
2015-12-15
Only a few researchers in the past hundred years have discovered new texts written by the church father Augustine. Last winter, Brian Møller Jensen became the latest one. He is involved in Ars edendi, a philological research programme at the Department of Romance Studies and Classics.
Major investment in brain research
2015-12-15
Stockholm University Brain Imaging Centre will provide equipment for research on brain imaging in humans and animals. The research will cover linguistic and behavioural fields and be a multidisciplinary meeting place.
Video available from RSC Workshop: Refuge from Syria
2015-12-15
On December 9, the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford organised the one-day workshop “Refuge from Syria”. Professor Annika Rabo was there to present her research on formal and informal education in Syria, 1980-2010.
Changing seasonality of the Baltic Sea
2015-12-15
Summer season in the Baltic Sea starts earlier. The number of days with sea water warmer than 17°C have almost doubled over the past 30 years. The productive season has also been prolonged. These findings are based on satellite data and the results demonstrate how such indicators of seasonality can be used to detect long-term changes.
20 years after Dayton peace deal
2015-12-14
Today, on December 14, is it exactly twenty years since agreement was reached in Dayton to end the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ivana Maček conducted a project in Sarajevo during the war and is now studying war experiences among Bosnians in Sweden.
Johan Rockström optimistic about Paris Climate Conference
2015-12-08
We need an agreement good enough to hold the increase in global average temperature below two degrees, says Johan Rockström, leading scientist on global sustainability, about the Paris Climate Conference.
Ocean toxicity hampered the rapid evolution of complex life
2015-12-04
By examining rocks at the bottom of ancient oceans, an international group of researchers have revealed that arsenic concentrations in the oceans have varied greatly over time. But also that in the very early oceans, arsenic co-varied with the rise of atmospheric oxygen and coincided with the coming and going of global glaciations.
New study raises the global human freshwater footprint
2015-12-04
Dams and irrigation raise the global human consumption of freshwater to a much higher level than previously thought, according to research from Stockholm University. The results are published in the scientific journal Science.
Ilona Riipinen: How are particles removed from the air and atmosphere?
2015-12-03
The amount of particles in the atmosphere is decisive for both our health and the Earth’s climate. Researchers have spent a great deal of time investigating what causes the emission of particles, but knowledge about how they leave the atmosphere is not as advanced. Ilona Riipinen, researcher at Stockholm University and new Wallenberg Academy Fellow, will now study how clouds and rain, for example, contribute to cleaner air.
Fataneh Farahani: What are the limits and terms for hospitality?
2015-12-03
The refugee crisis is one of the most significant civil rights issues of our time. Fataneh Farahani, researcher at Stockholm University and new Wallenberg Academy Fellow, will compare the work with asylum seekers and migrants, and investigate what shapes hospitality in three multicultural cities: London, Stockholm and Sydney.
Emil Bergholtz: Mathematics that may lead the way to quantum computers
2015-12-03
If researchers succeed in building quantum computers, today’s computers will appear as hopelessly old fashioned as typewriters do now. Wallenberg Academy Fellow Emil Bergholtz is developing mathematical theories that may guide the development of a particular form of quantum matter, which has special properties that researchers believe may be a platform for quantum computers.
New camera can measure methane
2015-12-01
A camera so advanced that it can photograph and film methane in the air around us is now presented by researchers Stockholm University and Linköping University. It can be an important part of the efforts to measure and monitor greenhouse gases. A study was recently published in Nature Climate Change.
Exploring anthropological methods
2015-11-26
Even after years of studies, students and researchers of the discipline might find it difficult to pin down what exactly distinguishes anthropological research. In this episode, we are addressing the simple, yet much discussed and at times mystified question: “What is the anthropological method”?
University Baltic Sea research in short
2015-11-24
What are the effects of brominated substances on marine wildlife? How does regulation to decrease eutrophication look in Baltic Sea countries? Why can trawling lead to toxic pollution? These are some of the issues that scientists in a large research program at Stockholm University work with.
Large grant to research on global foresight
2015-11-20
How are models for future scenarios produced and by whom? What do these models tell us about the proposed solutions for tackling urgent global challenges? Starting in 2016, Professor Christina Garsten will lead a new project on global foresight.
Fighting and Females Determine How Males Make Sperm
2015-11-18
Why do mice have longer sperm than elephants? A new study shows that the size of the female’s reproductive tract holds the key for understanding how males make sperm.
In the future you will pay extra for an offline bed
2015-11-13
What happens in the near future if the technical development continues in the present way? This question has been investigated by the research project Consumer-facing Internet of Things at the Stockholm University Mobile Life Centre. The result is a report – and a design fiction Ikea catalogue.
New behavior of gases in metal-organic frameworks observed
2015-11-11
Metal-organic frameworks are materials useful for capturing and storing gas. An international team, led by scientists from Stockholm University and University of California, Berkeley, have been able to show how gases organize in the material, a completely new finding and important for further development. The result was recently published in the scientific journal Nature.
Volcanic eruptions have long-lasting global climate effects
2015-11-10
Strong volcanic eruptions at high-latitudes have large impacts on the global climate system that can last for several decades. This is shown in a new study from Stockholm University published in the scientific journal, PNAS
Toxins remain in your clothes
2015-10-23
Thousands of chemicals are used in clothes manufacturing. Researchers at Stockholm University have examined if there are chemicals in the clothes we buy as well.
New crystal captures carbon from humid gas
2015-10-16
A new material with micropores might be a way to fight climate change. Scientists have created crystals that capture carbon dioxide much more efficiently than previously known materials, even in the presence of water. The research was recently published in a report in the scientific journal Science.
EU funding for non-animal chemical testing
2015-10-14
In a large international program called “EU-ToxRisk”, the European Commission grants 280 million SEK for developing alternatives to animal testing.
Researchers want to find what is uniquely human
2015-10-14
Why did humanity turn out so different from other animals? What is uniquely human? These are some of the questions that an interdisciplinary research team from Stockholm University has been awarded a SEK 22 million grant to attempt to answer.
Quantum physics to ensure secure communication
2015-10-14
Mohamed Bourennane, researcher at Stockholm University, wants to develop a completely secure way to transfer information while learning more about the basics of quantum physics. In order to do this, the research team has now been awarded a grant of about SEK 34 million.
Nobel Prize puts focus on the Antarctic ice
2015-10-08
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2015 to Takaaki Kajita, Super-Kamiokande Collaboration, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan and Arthur B. McDonald, Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Collaboration, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada for “for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass.
Breakthrough in understanding sugar uptake
2015-09-30
Researchers from Stockholm University, in international collaboration with UK and Japan, has reached a breakthrough in understanding how fructose is transported into our cells. This could be a potential benefit for the development of novel treatments against some forms of cancer, obesity and diabetes. The results are published as an article in the scientific journal Nature.
Fucus radicans – the Baltic Sea's newest species
2015-09-28
The brown macroalga Fucus radicans probably only exists in the Baltic Sea. This species, previously believed to be a dwarf form of the bladderwrack Fucus vesiculosus, was described only ten years ago but is nevertheless extremely important to the Baltic Sea ecosystem. A new PhD thesis from Stockholm University presents new knowledge about this macroalga which also has the capacity to reproduce clonally, which is very unusual among species in the wrack family.
Workshop: Indigenous Migrants in Asian Borderlands
2015-11-09
Please note, the time and venue for the workshop have changed. It will now take place from 13.00 to 15.00 in room B600 at the Department of Social Anthropology.
Open-plan offices more distracting for friendly personalities
2015-09-15
Large open-plan office provides more distractions and increase stress for employees. And most affected are those who are friendly, according to a new thesis from the Stress Research Institute at Stockholm University.
How is a changing climate linked to my Baltic Sea research?
2015-09-07
During a one-week course 16 well-renowned experts connected climate change to our most studied Baltic Sea issues, such as; biogeochemical processes, the carbon cycle and food web structures. It resulted in equipping 20 young researchers from all around the Baltic Sea with new problem-solving skills and knowledge that might help develop strategies for a sustainable Baltic Sea management.
Postdoctoral Fellow in Baltic Sea Research
2015-08-24
Vacancy: Postdoctoral Fellow in Baltic Sea Research Ref. No. SU FV-2503-15 at Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre. Closing date: September 20, 2015.
Successful SWE-GER Baltic Sea course
2015-08-24
The returning international Baltic Sea course that Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research in Warnemünde, IOW, and Stockholm University jointly organize has just ended. During one week 20 Swedish and German students have learned and practised research methods for studying the Baltic Sea, from the seascape to the nearest coastal zone.
Temporal development of coastal Baltic ecosystems
2015-08-19
Coastal areas are among the most biologically productive aquatic systems worldwide, but face strong and variable anthropogenic pressures. Few studies have, however, addressed the temporal development of coastal ecosystems in an integrated context. Researchers at the Baltic Sea Centre have contributed to a newly published article (Olsson et al, 2015) on the temporal development of coastal ecosystems in the Baltic Sea over the past two decades.
Scientists on the way to Petermann glacier
2015-07-20
On July 27, Swedish polar scientists set off to Greenland to meet the icebreaker Oden in Thule. The mission this time is to examine the Petermann Glacier in north-western Greenland.
Environmental conditions at Askö measured in real-time
2020-02-27
At the station B1 right outside the Askö Laboratory an automatic measuring buoy records and displays oceanographic data in real-time. It is part of a network of similar measuring buoys along Sweden’s coast.
Single gene controls fish intelligence
2015-06-26
The gene Angiopoietin-1 could play an important role in the brain development of other vertebrates, including humans.
Global freshwater consumption crossing its planetary boundary
2015-07-06
Planetary boundaries have been proposed to describe a safe operating space of humanity. Human consumption of freshwater is the used control variable for a freshwater planetary boundary. Research from Stockholm University is now showing that global freshwater consumption has already pushed beyond its boundary. The article is published in Science.
Environmental award to research observatory NEO
2015-06-10
Navarino Environmental Observatory (NEO), a research observatory at Stockholm University has been awarded the "Ecopolis Award 2015 for Environmental Projects" for its research on climate change in the Mediterranean region.
Janis Stirna - new Professor at DSV
2015-06-05
Janis Stirna appointed as professor within Information Systems at the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University.
Take a stand for the Baltic Sea
2015-06-04
On the fourth of June, the two Swedish adventurers Oskar Kihlborg and Sören Kjellkvist, have scheduled to start a two weeks long paddle adventure on the Baltic Sea. By collecting microplastics while paddling they want to raise awareness about problems connected to microplastics, especially the unnecessary plastic pollution by personal care products.
Elephant movement patterns mapped
2015-06-03
The elephant’s movement pattern has, for the first time, been studied with GPS tags in a previously unexplored area in western Tanzania. A thesis from Stockholm University shows that elephants move in the vicinity of the roads that park guard’s use, and avoid the areas where there is a greater risk of poaching.
Neurotoxin found in commercial seafood
2015-06-03
Popular commercial seafood purchased from Swedish supermarkets at the Stockholm region contains Beta-Methylamino-L-Alanine (BMAA), shows a doctoral thesis from Stockholm University. BMAA is a naturally-occurring amino acid with a possible link to neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. It is the first screening study to measure BMAA in commercial seafood from metropolitan markets.
Greek research station NEO agreement renewed
2015-05-22
The Navarino Environmental Observatory (NEO), a cooperation between Stockholm University, the Academy of Athens and TEMES S.A., dedicated to research and education on climate and environment of the Mediterranean region, recently renewed its agreement to enable continued research collaboration.
Prehistoric DNA reveals dog origin
2018-03-28
Man's best friend, the dog, may have been around far longer than we thought. A new study shows that the dog's predecessor was separated from the wolf already sometime between 27 000 and 40 000 years ago.
Exploding star shocks its neighbor
2015-05-21
To quickly discover exploding stars opens new windows to study their nature. An early glimpse of ultraviolet light revealed a shocked neighboring star.
High biodiversity gives healthy seagrass beds
2015-05-20
Loss of algal-feeding invertebrates have surprisingly large effects on health of valuable seagrass meadows. These are the new results from a unique set of coordinated experiments.
Viking dragon head found at Birka
2018-03-28
Archaeologists from Stockholm University and Germany made an unexpected discovery last week when they were digging in the port of the Viking town of Birka, on Björkö in Lake Mälaren.
Ecosystem management that ignores “taboo tradeoffs” is likely to fail
2015-05-19
A new approach to reveal “taboo” and “tragic” tradeoffs may protect marginalized people and improve conservation success. This is shown by a team of researchers from Kenya, the UK, Sweden and Canada in an article in the journal “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences”.
Stain- and waterproof clothing are harmful
2015-05-18
The Madrid Statement documents the scientific consensus on the potential for harm of highly fluorinated chemicals being used in stain- and waterproof clothing. Two hundred scientists from 38 countries, including several researchers from Department of Applied Environmental Science (ACES), Stockholm University have signed the Madrid Statement. In the document the scientists outline a roadmap to prevent further damage.
A big brain helps against predators
2015-05-15
Having a big brain may provide survival benefits, at least if you are a female guppy. A unique new study published in the journal Ecology Letters shows that guppy females with large brains are less likely to be eaten than females with smaller brains.
Prestigious award for studies on effects of climate change on Baltic Sea fauna
2017-03-14
BEAM-associated researcher Agnes Karlson has been awarded a grant of 85000 SEK by the King Carl XVI Gustaf 50-year Foundation for Science, Technology and Environment for her work on a important sediment-living amphipod in the Baltic Sea and how it adapts to climate change.
Joint physical custody less problematic than sole custody
2015-04-29
A new study on children’s living situation after a divorce has received international media attention. The study was recently profiled in the magazine Time. Joint custody seems to be less problematic than sole custody, the findings suggest.
Woolly mammoth genomes mapped
2018-03-28
Before the world's last woolly mammoth took its final breath, the iconic animals had already suffered from a considerable loss of genetic diversity. These findings were made in the first ever publication of the full DNA sequence of the extinct animal by an international team of scientists from Stockholm University, the Swedish Museum of Natural History and Harvard Medical School among others.
Researchers may have discovered a new type of galaxy
2015-04-27
Researchers have found two galaxies that appear to consist of only hydrogen and helium. Galaxies lacking heavier elements than hydrogen and helium have never been observed before.
Prize for study on migration and border controls
2015-04-23
Ruben Andersson has received the BBC’s Thinking Allowed, in association with the British Sociological Association, annual Ethnography Award for his book “Illegality, Inc.: Clandestine Migration and the Business of Bordering Europe”.
Paul Boyce on queer anthropology and same-sex sexualities in West Bengal
2015-04-22
In this episode of AnthroTalking we talk to Paul Boyce who is a lecturer in Anthropology and International Development at the School of Global Studies, University of Sussex. For his research, Paul has done fieldwork in West Bengal, India, to study same-sex sexualities and transgender experiences in regard to modernity and social change.
Control factors of the marine nitrogen cycle
2015-04-22
Welcome to the academic dissertation: Control factors of the marine nitrogen cycle. The role of meiofauna, macrofauna, oxygen and aggregates by Stefano Bonaglia, Department of Geological Sciences.
New book about the integration of descendants of Turkish migrants in Stockholm
2015-04-20
A new book edited by Charles Westin has just been published: “The Integration of Descendants of Migrants from Turkey in Stockholm. The TIES Study in Sweden”. The book presents the results of the Integration of the Second Generation in Europe survey that examines the experiences of residents of Stockholm who are descended from Turkish migrants.
Policy Brief: The cosmetics clean-up
2017-05-05
Hygiene products are a small but important point source for microplastics to the environment. In a Policy Brief from April 2015, Baltic Eye summarized a number of recommendations on how to limit the release of microplastics from hygiene products.
Plant pollination synchronized with full moon
2015-04-02
A previously unknown correlation between plant pollination and the full moon has recently been discovered. Researchers at Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences present their research results in the international journal Biology Letters.
New project on ecosystem services of the Baltic Sea
2015-06-11
Well-being from the Baltic Sea – applications combining natural science and economics. BalticAPP is a BONUS project that will study both the supply and demand of marine ecosystem services across the entire Baltic Sea region in a spatially and temporally detailed manner.
Northern lakes’ history can predict future methane emissions
2015-03-26
More and more methane gas is being released from northern lakes in Sweden. Now, a link has been found between methane bubbling and total summer sunshine. This new research result from Stockholm University enables improved predictions of future methane emissions.
The fragile power of think tanks
2015-03-24
While think tanks often succeed in getting their message across, their power is much more fragile than often assumed, says Christina Garsten, Professor in Social Anthropology, in an article published on University of Oslo’s website.
Get smart: lifelong learning and relearning
2015-03-18
Watch Crosstalks on March 19, 6 pm, to see Uno Fors and Tessy Ceratto Pargman discuss the topic "Get smart: lifelong learning and relearning".
New findings from DNA traces the emergence of languages
2015-03-13
Christos Economou, a PhD student at the Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies at Stockholm University is one of the researchers who participated in the international research team that did the study.
Guppy male with large brain most attractive
2015-03-17
A new study shows that guppy males with larger brains are more colorful and have bigger tails than those with smaller brains.
More millions from BEAM to Baltic Sea research
2015-03-05
Baltic Ecosystem Adaptive Management (BEAM) is one of the strategic research initiatives at Stockholm University. Recently BEAM was prolonged for one year and 24 new projects, all university-based and about research linked to the Baltic Sea management, were granted funding.
New book: Modern Techniques for Successful IT Project Management
2015-02-27
Shang Gao from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, China and Lazar Rusu from Stockholm University, Sweden are the editors of a recently published book by IGI Global that is entitled “Modern Techniques for Successful IT Project Management”.
Policy Brief: Multiannual plan
2015-02-24
The cod stocks should be a top priority in the Baltic Sea says the Baltic Eye as a comment on the proposal for EU’s new multiannual management plan for Baltic cod, herring and sprat.
Leading climate Professor: Sweden is a model
2015-02-17
Emissions of carbon must be reduced and in this, Sweden can be a model. This was the message when climate Professor Raymond Pierrehumbert held a public lecture in the presence of King Carl XVI Gustaf.
New findings on animal memory
2015-02-06
A new study shows that all animals have equally bad short term memory. The only species that stands out is man.
Climate Professor aiming for zero emissions
2015-02-03
Chance took Ray Pierrehumbert to Stockholm where he fell for the city - and Sweden. On the King's environmental professorship, he now works on to illuminate the complex systems that explain the earth's climate and to get decision makers to switch to a fossil free society.
Chemistry researcher awarded large scholarship
2015-01-29
The 2015 Alf de Ruvo scholarship worth SEK 500 000 has been awarded to Dr. Andreas Fall at the Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University. Andreas Fall is given the scholarship for his comprehensive mapping of colloid chemistry interactions in nanocellulose systems. The research may contribute to the development of entirely new materials.
The Wellness Syndrome
2015-01-29
Are you obsessed with maximising your individual health and happiness? According to researchers a new phenomenon is emerging which they call the wellness syndrome - an obsession with health that is often counter-productive.
First major analysis of Human Protein Atlas is published in Science
2015-01-23
A research article published in Science on 23 January presents the first major analysis based on the Human Protein Atlas, including a detailed picture of the proteins that are linked to cancer. Professor Gunnar von Heijne at Stockholm University is one of the co-authors of the article.
Grant for recruiting Nobel Prize Laureate
2015-01-19
The Swedish Research Council has decided on grants for recruitments of international outstanding researchers, out of which the Department of Physics at Stockholm University has received a contribution to recruit Professor Frank Wilczek who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2004.
Biodiversity threatened by twentieth century land-use change
2015-01-19
The magnitude of rural landscape change has been more dramatic than previously thought. A new large-scale study by researchers at Stockholm University shows that 96% of species-rich grassland has disappeared during the last 100 years, with serious consequences for plant biodiversity.
Four of nine planetary boundaries now crossed
2015-01-16
Four of nine planetary boundaries have now been crossed as a result of human activity, says an international team of 18 researchers with representatives from Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University in the journal Science, published 16 January. Crossing the boundaries could have serious consequences, both in the present and the future.
How to make China's aquaculture more sustainable
2015-01-09
Stockholm Resilience Centre researchers have written an article in the latest issue of Science on how China's aquaculture can tip the balance in world fish supplies and what can be done about it.
New research project: Screening Protest
2015-01-08
The "Screening Protest" project compares (tele)visual narratives of dissent across time, space, media culture and genre in three studies that are analytically distinct yet inter-related.
Wallenberg funding to research on social mobility and elite recruitment
2015-01-08
Professor Erik Olsson, Department of Social Anthropology, has received a research grant from the Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation for a four-year project: “Pathways to Success: the upcoming elite among descendants of migrants in Sweden”.
Askö Laboratory in numbers
2014-12-16
At Askö Laboratory research, monitoring and education is carried out throughout the year. The station is open on equal terms to researchers from all over Sweden and the world. This movie gives you a quick tour and 20 fast facts in less than two minutes.
Bacteria in the Baltic Sea reduce acidification
2014-12-15
Alkalinity production in the Baltic Sea is much larger than previously known. Researchers at Stockholm University determined the alkalinity delivered by rivers to the Baltic Sea and concluded that there are large internal sources in the sea that generate alkalinity.
BEAM funding available
2017-03-14
The BEAM Steering Group invite applications for economic support for 2015.
EMCDDA award 2014 goes to ALICE RAP paper
2015-01-16
The visiting research fellows Ludwig Kraus and Robin Room at Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs (SoRAD), along with ten other European scientists working in the EC-funded ALICE RAP project were awarded a prestigious EMCDDA 2014 Scientific Paper Prize.
New ways to understand the life of the cod
2014-12-15
Halfway through the DEMO-project, scientists now study how environmental factors and food availability affect the cod and its body growth in different life stages.
Major Viking Hall Identified in Sweden
2014-12-08
A Viking feasting hall measuring almost 50 metres in length has been identified near Vadstena in Sweden. Archaeologists from Stockholm University and Umeå University used ground-penetrating radar, a non-invasive geophysical method, to locate and map the house foundation.
First Askö Day gathered many
2014-11-25
On November 20th 2014 the first Askö Day was organized with the aim to present the excellent research that is carried out at the Askö Laboratory.
Night work increases the risk of breast cancer
2014-11-14
Women who work night has an increased risk of developing breast cancer. This is confirmed in a new study by professor Torbjörn Åkerstedt
New book by Mark Graham
2014-11-13
"Anthropological Explorations in Queer Theory" was recently published by Ashgate. The book is written by Mark Graham, Associate Professor at the Department of Social Anthropology. The book discusses central concerns of contemporary anthropology, drawing on both the latest anthropological research as well as classic theories.
103 million SEK to research in Science and Technology
2014-11-05
The Swedish Research Council call for project funding for Science and Technology has awarded Stockholm University 34 projects grants totaling 103.2 million SEK.
Large grant to research on the sense of smell
2014-10-29
The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation has decided to award nearly SEK 300 million to research in the humanities and social sciences. A total of 67 projects, including three major research programmes, have been granted funding.
Concentrated effort to gain new knowledge about membrane-bound proteins
2014-10-24
A large grant from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation to researcher David Drew at Stockholm University has enabled four research teams to proceed to develop new methods for determining the structure of human membrane proteins and their dynamic functions.
Large grant awarded for new method of protein structure determination
2014-10-24
Increased knowledge of how cells produce proteins, and the three-dimensional structure of these proteins, is of great importance to both basic research in biology and the development of medicine. Professor Gunnar von Heijne at Stockholm University has been granted a total sum of SEK 66 million for a new protein structure determination laboratory. In addition, he has been awarded a continuation grant for Wallenberg Advanced Bioinformatics Infrastructure (WABI) at SciLifeLab.
Seafloor animals play a bigger role in nutrient cycling than expected
2014-10-22
Biogeochemical processes in Baltic Sea sediments provide essential ecosystem services, such as reducing eutrophication by removing nutrients or converting them to useful food sources for marine organisms. New research from Stockholm University shows that small animals in the sediment affect the cycling of nitrogen – an essential nutrient, much more than expected.
Hand blenders used for cooking can emit persistent chemicals
2014-10-28
Eight out of twelve tested models of hand blenders are leaking chlorinated paraffins when used according to the suppliers’ instructions. This is revealed in a report from Stockholm University where researchers analyzed a selection of hand blenders which are available on the Swedish market.
Are the regulations that steer Baltic Sea management ecosystem-based?
2014-10-20
Using an ecosystem approach in managing for example fisheries and eutrophication seems to be something that most Baltic Sea countries strive for, but how is that implemented in the binding laws and regulations? To illuminate that was the purpose of the conference Towards an ecosystem-based legal framework for the Baltic Sea held at Stockholm University on October 7th 2014.
Science for ecosystem-based adaptive management of the Baltic Sea
2014-10-17
Since 2010 science within the strategic research programme Baltic Ecosystem Adaptive Management, BEAM, has been conducted with the common aim to support ecosystem-based management of the Baltic Sea environment. Recently 25 BEAM-researchers gathered for 1,5 day’s scientific workshop to present new results and discuss potential future developments.
Two researchers comment the Nobel Prize in Literature 2014
2018-04-09
On October 10, it was announced that the French writer Patrick Modiano is awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Literature. Two researchers at Stockholm University comment on the election and talk about their research on Modiano.
Center for Toxicological Sciences, Swetox, inaugurated
2014-10-08
This Tuesday Swetox, Center for Toxicological Sciences, was inaugurated at Astra Zeneca's former premises in Södertälje. This collaboration between eleven Swedish universities will conduct innovative interdisciplinary basic research, applied research and other business services and even coordinate programs at the masters and doctoral level, including graduate school.
Both precipitation and temperature control land carbon cycling
2014-10-03
Precipitation is at least as important as temperature in determining the turnover time of carbon, states a new report published in Nature. The report also establishes that overall more carbon than what was previously thought is stored in land ecosystems – especially in soil.
Polar research expedition goes ashore
2014-10-06
The international research expedition SWERUS-C3 that has been in the Arctic Ocean is now coming ashore after about 100 days at sea. The exciting process to evaluate all data will now take over.
- The material will be able to provide new perspectives on the Arctic sea ice development history and gas hydrates stability along the Arctic continental shelves, says Martin Jakobsson, Professor at Stockholm University.
Linnaeus environments at the highest international level
2014-09-24
The Swedish Research Council and Formas have conducted a midterm evaluation of the 20 Linnaeus environments that were granted funding in 2008. Two research environments at Stockholm University received Linnaeus grants in 2008: the Linnaeus Centre on Social Policy and Family Dynamics in Europe – Stockholm University (SPaDE) and the Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics – Stockholm University (OKC). Both have now been evaluated and given excellent ratings.
Mothers with intellectual disabilities can have children with secure attachment
2014-09-23
In the first scientific study worldwide on attachment among children of mothers with mild intellectual disabilities (ID), researchers at Stockholm and Uppsala University report that a substantial proportion of these children harbor secure attachment representations and that only a small minority have disorganized attachment representations.
Changes in groundwater chemistry before earthquakes in Iceland
2014-09-22
The chemistry of groundwater changed prior to two consecutive earthquakes in northern Iceland, reports a study published online this week in Nature Geoscience. The study was led by scientists in Sweden and Iceland.
Watch the Polar researcher elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
2014-09-17
Professor Örjan Gustafsson has recently been elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. A few weeks ago he returned home from the first leg of the Polar research expedition Swerus-C3. On September 18 you can watch him live on the academic talkshow Crosstalks, talking about his research.
Gustaf Arrhenius appointed as new director of the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm
2014-09-11
Gustaf Arrhenius, Professor of Practical Philosophy at Stockholm University, is known for his research on our moral obligations to future generations and on issues in democratic theory. On November the 1st, he will assume the position as director of the Institute for Futures Studies, based in Stockholm.
Towards more ecosystem based fishery
2014-09-01
Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre takes action in developing a more ecosystem based fishery management. During a week in late August, twenty marine scientists from most of the Baltic countries met to outline the first steps towards a future system for ecosystem based management and advice for assessing the Baltic Sea fish stock.
Kebnekaise south peak is melting at record speed
2014-08-28
Kebnekaise is the highest mountain in Sweden. Now there is only 70 centimeters difference between the South and North peaks. The South peak measured to 2097.5 meters above sea level at this year’s annual measurement of the peaks, performed at the end of each summer season by Stockholm University research station Tarfala.
Stockholm University recruits top researcher
2014-08-25
The Swedish Research Council has decided on a research grant to Stockholm University for Professor John Wettlaufer, to do research at Stockholm University and Nordita, the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics.
Expert meeting on fisheries management
2014-08-22
An international group of leading fish scientists will gather at the fieldstation Askö Laboratory August 25-29. It is the first in a series of workshops in the research project DEMO – DEMOnstration exercise for Integrated Ecosystem Assessment and Advice of Baltic Sea fish stocks.
Half time for the Polar expedition SWERUS-C3
2014-08-19
The first leg of the International Polar research expedition SWERUS-C3 is approaching its end. In the beginning of next week, the expedition is expected in Barrow, Alaska to change researchers and crew.
Extensive ‘border industry’ controls path into Europe
2014-08-27
Ruben Andersson, associated researcher at the Department of Social Anthropology and postdoctoral research fellow at The London School of Economics and Political Science, recently came out with Illegality, Inc., a book about Europe’s counterproductive border controls. In a recent blog post on Border Criminologies he writes about a just held one-day migration conference at King’s College London that discussed ‘the borders of Europe’.
New international study into the link between human activities and cloud formation
2014-08-06
This summer the Cloud and Aerosol Experiment Åre (CAESAR) was launched which aims to better understand the influence of human activities on the composition of the air and microphysical properties of clouds. The project is a collaboration between Departement of Applied Environmental Science (ITM) at Stockholm University, the Finnish Meteorological Institute and the Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland.
University researcher won competition in protein structure prediction
2014-07-18
A research group at SciLifeLab, led by Jens Carlsson at Stockholm University, has won a worldwide competition (GPCR DOCK 2013) to predict the three-dimensional structure of a G protein-coupled receptor using computer modeling. Their results are published in two articles in the scientific journal Structure.
SWERUS-C3 scientists begin methane measurements in outer Laptev Sea
2014-07-18
After nine days in transit, the Arctic expedition SWERUS-C3 has reached the first sampling station located in the Nansen Basin-Laptev Sea. The researchers focus on measuring methane emissions in the outer Laptev Sea. Areas where methane is “bubbling up” from the seabed will be studied in detail to understand how this system functions today.
SWERUS-C3 en route to the Arctic Ocean: the final hours before cast-off
2014-07-15
After four years of intensive preparations, SWERUS-C3, a polar expedition to the East Siberian Arctic Ocean and its adjacent continental slope, finally kicked off on 5 July from Tromsø, Norway. Under a beating sun spirits were running high and a surge of excitement was taking hold of researchers and crew on board the icebreaker Oden.
Cyanobacterial summer blooms progressively earlier in the Baltic Sea
2014-07-08
The cyanobacterial summer bloom in the Baltic is now almost three weeks earlier than 35 years ago, according to a study published in Biogeosciences. The blooms had been predicted to become earlier in the future, as a result of climate change, but now it appears that the future is already here.
Top recruitment in Theoretical Physics
2014-07-07
Another top recruitment has been secured by Stockholm University with a grant from the Swedish Research Council's program for international recruitment of leading researchers.
Many connections are not always bad for health
2014-06-24
Ayco Tack is one of the authors of a paper recently published in the Science journal. The paper describes an extensive study of over 4000 plant populations infected by a pathogenic fungus. The unexpected result contradicts what is predicted from classical ecological theory.
Small crustaceans help us assess the effects of pollution and oxygen deficiency in the Baltic sea
2014-06-18
Two of the most pressing environmental problems in the Baltic Sea are pollution and oxygen deficiency. Despite this, our knowledge about how this affects the animals living in the sea is limited. To test the single and combined effects of polluted sediment and oxygen deficiency on benthic organisms small crustaceans (Monoporeia affinis) from the Baltic Sea were studied in experiments. These crustaceans were demonstrated to have a defence mechanism against the cellular damage that changes in water oxygen concentrations can induce. Exposure to polluted sediment was also shown to activate these defence mechanisms.
Population Modeling: a “new era” in environmental protection?
2014-06-03
Models that can project the effects of contaminants on populations of organisms may help fulfill goals set for environmental risk assessment, shows a new PhD thesis from Stockholm University. These findings could help improve the way we assess the hazards that contaminants may pose to the environment.
Genomic Diversity and Admixture differs for Stone-Age Scandinavian Foragers and Farmers
2014-04-30
An international team led by researchers at Uppsala University and Stockholm University reports a breakthrough on understanding the demographic history of Stone-Age humans. A genomic analysis of eleven Stone-Age human remains from Scandinavia revealed that expanding Stone-age farmers assimilated local hunter-gatherers and that the hunter-gatherers were historically in lower numbers than the farmers. The study is published, ahead of print, in the journal Science.
Honorary doctorates 2014
2014-04-15
Stockholm University has now chosen this year’s honorary doctors, all of whom have contributed in distinctive ways to the University's activities in research and education. Prominent names include Eleanor Sharpston, Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union, and the renowned French philosopher Francois Recanati. Within the humanities, in addition to Recanati, recipients of this year’s honorary doctorates include Elaine Aston and Patricia K. Kuhl; in the social sciences: Sandra Wallman and Marie-Laure Djelic; and in the natural sciences: Maria João Ramos, Lynne B. McCusker, Walter Neupert and Thomas Rossby.
Poor mimics can succeed as long as they mimic the right trait
2014-04-10
There are both perfect and imperfect mimics in nature. An imperfect mimic might have a different body shape, size or colour pattern arrangement compared to the species it mimics. Researchers have long been puzzled by the way poor mimicry can still be effective in fooling predators not to attack. In the journal Current Biology, researchers from Stockholm University now present a novel solution to the question of imperfect mimicry.
Deer droppings good for biodiversity
2014-04-08
By collecting deer droppings, and then growing the seeds found within, researchers from Stockholm University have been able to see how deer spread different types of plants.
Updated map of ocean floors
2014-04-03
A new version of the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) is now available. This is the third version, and once again, researchers at the Department of Geological Sciences at Stockholm University have played a prominent role.
New concept for the treatment of cancer
2014-04-03
A team of researchers from five Swedish universities have identified a new way of treating cancer. The concept is presented in the journal Nature and is based on inhibiting a specific enzyme called MTH1, which cancer cells, unlike normal cells, require for survival. The research group at Stockholm University has determined the structure of MTH1 and made detailed structural studies important for the development of efficient inhibitors targeting MTH1.
Mats Nilsson appointed Site Director at SciLifeLab in Stockholm
2014-04-02
Mats Nilsson, professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Stockholm University, has been appointed Site Director for SciLifeLab in Stockholm. The decision was made by the Vice-Chancellors of Karolinska Institutet, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University. Mats commenced his duties at SciLifeLab from 1 April.
Large-scale investment in study of inaccessible marine areas
2014-04-03
A national infrastructure for studying hard conditions in the ocean is now being created with support from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. University of Gothenburg, Chalmers and Stockholm University are behind the consortium MUST, Mobile Underwater System Tools, now assigned to SEK 38 million.
Wallenberg funding to mathematics researchers
2014-03-31
In order for Sweden to regain an international, cutting edge position in mathematics, the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, in cooperation with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, is supporting prominent researchers in mathematics. Two researchers now receiving research funding are Per Alexandersson at Stockholm University and Christiane Tretter who is at present Professor at the University of Bern, Switzerland and soon to be visiting Professor at Stockholm University.
New centre for the ethics of war and peace
2014-03-26
Why do different ethical rules apply in war and peace? A new centre has been established at the University seeking to explore the reasons for these differences.
Johan Kuylenstierna Sweden’s top environmental influencer
2014-03-26
Two scientists at Stockholm University have been named as the top two environmental influencers in Sweden, according to the Swedish magazine Miljöaktuellt, "Environment News". The top influencer is Johan Kuylenstierna, Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute and Adjunct Professor at Stockholm University. The number two influenser is Johan Rockström, Director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre and Professor of Environmental Science at Stockholm University.
Supernova explosion provides clues into expansion of cosmos
2014-03-21
Observations of the supernova SN2014J, which exploded on January 14, provide important clues into the nature of these explosions, as well as the accelerated expansion of the cosmos. The observations have been made by the intermediate Palomar Transient Factory (iPTF) team and led by Ariel Goobar from the Oskar Klein Centre at Stockholm University.
New study shows connection between olfactory impairment and later dementia
2014-02-27
A unique new study shows a connection between olfactory impairment and later dementia. Self-reported olfactory impairment and/or an inability to identify odors can be an early sign of dementia conversion within the next ten years. The study is the first of its kind to follow people from healthy ageing to dementia, focusing on olfactory impairment.
University receives 125 million SEK to recruit top researcher
2014-03-31
Stockholm University has received 125 million SEK from the Swedish Research Council as part of their programme to recruit distinguished researchers. The funding will be used to appoint Anders Nilsson, currently at Stanford University, to join Stockholm University, and will be spread out during a ten-year period.
New professor: Lazar Rusu
2014-02-12
Lazar Rusu was appointed professor at DSV on December 1, 2013. His research area is IT management with a special focus on business-IT alignment.
Excellent marine and Baltic Sea research
2015-04-29
Stockholm University has long had a leading role in research about the Baltic Sea. A review of 10 years of published articles shows that the University is an important contributor to marine research in the Baltic, as well as globally.
Ethnographic perspectives on border controls
2013-12-17
The recently concluded international workshop on ethnographies of border controls organised by Ruben Andersson and Shahram Khosravi, Department of Social Anthropology, reflected on both the nature of contemporary border controls and how to approach these ethnographically. In a post on the Border Criminologies blog, Ruben Andersson writes about the workshop.
Swedish researchers in physics breakthrough
2013-12-17
Swedish researchers from Stockholm University and Uppsala University have played a significant role in the IceCube research project, dubbed by Physics World as the “breakthrough of the year”. Scientists have made the first observation of cosmic neutrinos, thereby opening “a new window on the universe”.
Landscape-scale effect of wetlands in reducing nutrient loads to the Baltic Sea
2013-12-06
The Baltic Sea is heavily impacted by eutrophication due to excessive nitrogen and phosphorus loading from various anthropogenic sources. Protection, restoration and creation of wetlands are often proposed as a solution, but scientists at Stockholm University now warn that the effect of wetlands on nutrient retention is undetectable at landscape-scales.
New estimates of the Baltic Sea biological pump
2013-12-06
Blooms of phytoplankton in the Baltic Sea leads to sedimentation of organic material. This cycling of carbon, nutrients and pollutants have huge impact on the overall Baltic system. Researchers at Stockholm University are now investigating the extent of this vertical flux in order to improve Baltic Sea models and help the marine management.
Researchers at Stockholm University published in the prestigious Requirements Engineering Journal
2013-12-04
The research paper "Capturing consumer preferences as requirements for software product lines" written by Jelena Zdravkovic, Eric-Oluf Svee and Constantinos Giannoulis, has been published by the Requirements Engineering Journal, the highest ranked journal in this area of research, also Level 2.
Detailed cancer diagnostics with new analysis method
2013-12-03
New cancer treatments require good prior characterization of the tumour. Today, molecular diagnostics is time-consuming work, and important knowledge is still lacking when it comes to how drugs should best be used for individual patients. Scientists at the Science for Life Laboratory in Uppsala and Stockholm have now developed a new technique for discovering mutations in cancer tissues. The study is now published in Oncotarget.
Aspects of law on ecosystem based management
2013-12-05
Ecosystem-based management is a word commonly used to guide the marine ecosystem- and resource management into becoming sustainable and holistic. But how does it work from a legal perspective? A group of legal scientists have been studying national laws in different Baltic Sea countries in order to understand how they adapt to the “ecosystem approach”.
Physics Nobel Laureates François Englert and Peter Higgs visit Albanova
2013-12-10
On December 7, this year’s Nobel Laureates in Physics, Prof. Peter Higgs and Prof. François Englert, visited AlbaNova for a reception and panel discussion. The panel discussion, which took place in the Oskar Klein auditorium at Alba Nova University Center. focused on the importance of the new boson and its discovery.
Methane bubbling from thawed subsea permafrost in Arctic Siberia
2013-12-02
In this week’s issue of Nature Geoscience, a Russian-US-Swedish study show extensive release of the powerful greenhouse gas methane from the East Siberian Arctic Seas, a shallow coastal ocean covering an area equivalent to four times the area of Sweden.
Partnering with University of South Africa
2013-11-27
DSV has ventured into a partnership with University of South Africa (UNISA) – Nelson Mandela’s university. UNISA through Professor Liza Ceciel van Jaarsveldt will participate in a study on PhD programmes in four countries.
Cosmic flash highlights flaws in theories about our Universe
2013-11-22
An international team of researchers, including members from Sweden's KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University, has observed one of the most powerful cosmic explosions yet measured. The results are difficult to explain with any existing model, showing that we have a long way to go before understanding the most extreme events in our Universe. The findings are published in two articles in this week's edition of the journal Science.
Sweden-China environmental collaboration awarded SEK 24 million
2013-11-21
Professor Åke Bergman, of the Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, has been awarded a Swedish Research Council framework grant of SEK 24,078,000 for a Sino-Swedish project on environmental monitoring and chemical analysis of environmental contaminants in the Yangtze River Delta region.
PFAA levels in Swedish otters on the rise
2013-11-14
Concentrations of perfluoroalkyl acids, or PFAAs, in the liver of otters from Sweden have steadily been increasing over the last 40 years despite the reduction in PFAA emissions, shows a new study published in the journalEnvironmental Science & Technology this week. The upward trend is of "great concern for the Scandinavian otter populations," write scientists from ITM and colleagues from the Swedish Museum of Natural History.
Large grant to Stockholm University for supernova research
2013-11-05
Stockholm University has received a large grant for supernova research. A research team led by Professor Jesper Sollerman from the Department of Astronomy has received SEK 33 million from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation to study supernova explosions.
Archaeology that elicits stories from coin treasures
2013-11-05
Many people find old coins fascinating. To Nanouschka Myrberg Burström, they are also a window to our ancestors’ ways of socialising and thinking. The coins can reveal political and cultural processes, human traditions, or the fate of certain families.
Prehistoric population patterns subject of new research project
2013-10-28
Researchers from Stockholm University and Uppsala University are to undertake a six-year interdisciplinary research project investigating prehistoric population patterns using genetic data from 400 prehistoric individuals. Last week it was revealed that the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond has awarded SEK 35.4 million for the research programme, "Atlas of prehistoric human genome in Sweden ".
Project on perceptions of cloud and its environmental effects receives RJ funding
2013-10-28
On October 24 Riksbankens Jubileumsfond decided on research funding for 2013. Asta Vonderau, researcher in the Department of Social Anthropology, was awarded funding for a research project on the digital cloud. The project aims to better understand internet’s materiality and to address the risk of an energy crisis of information.
The Japanese House
2013-10-28
Dr. Inge Daniels, University of Oxford, recently visited the Department of Social Anthropology as one of our guest researchers. As part of our visual anthropology stream the department has produced a short film during which Inge discusses her recent research on Japanese material culture.
Rebecca Empson on her stay as Guest Researcher in the Department
2013-10-25
Dr Rebecca Empson, Department of Anthropology, University College London, has been a Guest Researcher in the Department of Social Anthropology this autumn. Rebecca Empson conducts research in Inner and East Asia and has among other things done long-term fieldwork with herding families along the Mongolian Russian border.
A new take on efficient delivery in regenerative medicine
2013-10-23
An international research group has successfully tested the use of a new type of porous material for the efficient delivery of key molecules to transplanted cells derived from stem cells. These results can lead to improvements in the way stem cell-based neurodegenerative diseases are treated.
Yanis Varoufakis will be guest professor at DSV
2013-10-22
Yanis Varoufakis - a well-known academic economist and leading profiles in the debate on the recent economic crisis - will be a guest professor at DSV on 20 % during November 1 2013 – February 29 2016.
James Siegel interviewed by Johan Lindquist
2013-10-22
In the latest issue of Public Culture, Johan Lindquist, Associate Professor at the Department of Social Anthropology, interviews James Siegel, Professor of Anthropology and Asian Studies.
The brightest explosions in the Universe
2013-10-21
A paper published in Nature today, led by scientists at Queen’s University, and with co-authors from the Oskar Klein centre at Stockholm University, sheds new light on the brightest supernovae yet discovered in the Universe. The article proposes that these enigmatic explosions could well be powered by neutron stars with gigantic magnetic fields that spin hundreds of times a second, rather than the previously held view of pair-instability catastrophes.
Baltic Eye - puts the Baltic Sea on the agenda
2014-07-09
New research about the Baltic Sea is published on a regular basis and Stockholm University has long had a leading role in the field, with both comprehensive and in-depth science. So why does it take so long to solve problems connected to the Baltic Sea environment? Baltic Eye at Stockholm University's Baltic Sea Centre will provide decision makers with the knowledge about the Baltic Sea they need.
New book on forced migration
2013-10-10
People on the Move. Experiences of Forced Migration edited by Charles Westin and Sadia Hassanen deals with various issues of forced migration from developing countries, in some cases to neighbouring countries, in others to countries in the developed world. Charles Westin is Emeritus Professor of International Migration and Ethnic Relation and Sadia Hassanen, PhD, is an affiliated researcher, both at the Department of Social Anthropology.
Physics Prize: Stockholm University researchers active at CERN
2013-10-08
François Englert and Peter W. Higgs are jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2013 for the theory of how particles acquire mass. Both took part in this summer's major physics conference at Stockholm University's Aula Magna. Several researchers at the University are also active in the work of the CERN laboratory which confirmed the existence of the Higgs particle.
Performance of immigrant children in education and the labour market discussed in new article
2013-10-04
Associate professor Alireza Behtoui and Professor Erik Olsson, Department of Social Anthropology, argue in a new article published in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies that it is more difficult for offspring of immigrants, compared with young people who have native parents, to achieve a social status appropriate to their skills and merits.
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.
International Baltic Sea course in Askö archipelago
2013-09-17
Outside the Askö Laboratory bay a German research vessel has anchored. Time has come for the returning high-level international Baltic Sea course that Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research in Warnemünde, IOW, and Stockholm University jointly organize.
Doctoral student Elin Uppström in the board of directors for IRIS
2013-09-24
The Department of Computer and Systems Sciences strengthens its position in the Nordic information systems sphere when Elin Uppström will be functioning as a graduate student representative on the board of the Nordic conference IRIS (Information systems research seminar in Scandinavia).
Chapter on Sweden’s pension system reviewed in reputable journal
2013-08-30
The book chapter "Sweden's National Pension System as a Political Technology" by Anette Nyqvist is reviewed in the latest issue of the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.
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.
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 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.
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.
Traders flee fighting in Aleppo
2013-07-03
The war in Syria has ruined the economy of Aleppo and many of the city's traders have left the country. Some are trying to continue trading in neighbouring countries and learn how to cope without the confidence and relationships and networks that the business culture in Aleppo depended on. Annika Rabo, Professor of social anthropology with extensive experience of research on Syria, was recently quoted in the media about the traders’ situation. Her book, A Shop of One's Own Independence and Reputation among Traders in Aleppo, is now available for free download.
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.
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.
Humans cause rapid evolution in Baltic Sea fish
2013-06-25
In a new dissertation, Emma Lind shows that the three-spined stickleback fish have developed genetically in a short time in response to the environmental impact of humans.
Latest issue of JBA out now
2013-06-20
A new issue (Vol 2, No 1) of the Journal of Business Anthropology was recently published. Professor Christina Garsten at the Department of Social Anthropology is its editor together with Professor Brian Moeran at Copenhagen Business School.
Network on diaspora studies organises international conference
2013-06-17
The Department of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University is one of the partners of CoHaB, a Marie Curie Initial Training Network, focusing on diaspora studies. In September the network is organising an international conference in Germany.
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.
Carbon dioxide passes symbolic milestone
2013-06-05
Readings taken by Stockholm University scientists at the Zeppelin Observatory near Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, revealed that global carbon dioxide (CO2) levels topped symbolically important milestone for five consecutive months since the beginning of 2013.
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 Stockholm University 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.
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).
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.
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.
Student at DSV wins Sorbonne Best Poster Award
2013-09-24
Master's student Thomas Speckert at Department of Computer and Systems Sciences at Stockholm University wins Sorbonne Best Poster Award.
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
2013-04-18
In stores, most perfumes are categorized as either feminine or masculine, but a new dissertation from Stockholm University shows that many perfumes are perceived as "unisex", and that these are the scents preferred by most people.
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.
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.
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.
New thesis: Collaborative E-learning Approach in Higher Education in Uganda
2013-04-03
In developing countries e-learning is often limited and in some cases lacking. A new thesis focuses on how collaborative e-learning can be integrated in the teaching and learning process to support learning at the university level in a developing country.
Smartphones for Human Rights
2013-02-24
The research project Mobile Online Learning for Human Rights offers an open online course on Human Rights to people in Kenya. Using a smartphone all interested students can access the free, online course.
Newfound signal may shed light on dark matter
2013-02-22
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.
Growing health gap between educational groups
2013-02-06
Professor Denny Vågerö at CHESS is one of the researchers behind a study showing a growing health gap between educational groups.
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.
A warmer Greenland
2013-01-24
A new study provides surprising details on changes in the Earth’s climate during the Eemian interglacial period, more than 100,000 years ago.
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.
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.
10 new honorary doctors for 2011
2011-10-24
Honorary degrees were awarded to 10 outstanding individuals on Friday 30 September 2011, during the inauguration and graduation ceremony that took place in the beautiful surroundings of Stockholm City Hall.
Warmer autumns could spell bad news for butterflies
2022-04-04
New research finds that longer and warmer autumns make it less likely that green-veined white butterflies will survive winter to emerge in spring.
Men face a greater risk of ethnic discrimination in the labour market
2022-03-29
Men with foreign-sounding names applying for a job receive significantly fewer responses to their applications than female applicants with a foreign-sounding name.
Researchers at SU and Imperial College show how Photosystem II can produce reactive oxygen species
2022-02-08
Photosystem II (PSII) is a key enzyme in photosynthesis that produces oxygen by capturing sunlight. The reaction couples to the reduction of plastoquinone, which in turn is used for the synthesis of biomass by fixation of CO2.
Basic research for the benefit of ALS patients
2022-01-21
By understanding why certain nerve cells and the muscles they control are resistant to fading in the deadly disease ALS, it is possible to create new possibilities for treatments. Researchers at Stockholm University are now trying to identify and transfer the properties of these resistant nerve cells.
Ambassador of Rwanda visits DSV
2022-01-11
Digital health was on the agenda when the Ambassador of Rwanda to Sweden visited DSV at Stockholm University. The ongoing collaboration is financed by Sida.
Why do girls opt out of math in school?
2021-12-28
In school, girls in general outperform boys in math-related fields. But even when girls have a relatively higher ability in math, they more often choose other education trajectories.
Researchers at DBB explore the functional dynamics of an ancient membrane-bound hydrogenase
2021-12-01
Biological energy conversion is based on membrane-bound proteins that convert chemical or light energy into an electro-chemical gradient across a biological membrane. The primordial archaea convert energy by membrane-bound hydrogenases (Mbh) that produce hydrogen gas (H2) and couples this to proton pumping and Na+/H+ exchange across the archaeal membranes. However, the molecular principles of its redox-driven ion-transport mechanism remain puzzling and of major interest for understanding bioenergetic principles of early cells.
Coronene molecules contribute to complex chemistry in space
2021-11-26
Carbon forms the basis of all organic chemistry and thus the building blocks of life. There is increasing evidence that amino acids and other complex organic molecules can be formed in space and spread to planets through, e.g., comet impacts. Large carbon-based molecule such as coronene could play an important role in how such organic molecules are produced in astronomical environments. Michael Gatchell has been interested in understanding the universe for as long as he can remember. Here he tells us about his research at Atomic Physics division of Fysikum and new results can change how we imagine molecules such as coronene contribute to chemistry in space.
Christian Broberger awarded council professorship by the Swedish Research Council
2021-11-25
The Swedish Research Council has decided on council professorships in medicine and health. Of the three new professorships, one is awarded to Stockholm University.
Mental health problems in school linked to greater risk of exclusion from society
2021-11-03
Teenagers that experience mental health problems during secondary school are less likely to be in employment or in education as young adults, compared to those with few symptoms, a new study show.
DSV and Spotify in scientific collaboration
2021-11-01
Three industrial doctoral students from Spotify study the future of machine learning together with researchers from DSV at Stockholm University.
Geopolitics, e-health and drones at popular hybrid conference
2021-10-28
From national security to designs of the future, pregnancy apps, drone deliveries and smart cities. 650 participants from 45 countries got together at Digitalize in Stockholm 2021.
Occupation alone not linked to a higher risk of dying from Covid-19
2021-10-21
A new study from Stockholm University shows that occupation on its own was not linked to a higher risk of dying from Covid-19 in Sweden. However, older people who lived with adults in working age who could not work from home had a higher risk of dying from Covid-19.
Utilizing X-rays to understand catalysis
2023-04-05
The conversion of carbon dioxide back into fuels via electrochemistry is a very attractive alternative. - In my studies, I am developing the essential understanding of these reactions by following time-resolved transformation at the atomic and molecular level, says Sergey Koroidov.
DSV researchers wrote one of the most downloaded articles at AMCIS 2021
2021-10-06
Among the many papers at the 2021 AMCIS conference, the contribution of Rahmat Mulyana, Lazar Rusu and Erik Perjons stood out.
2021 OCT | RA 8 Seminar with Aelys M. Humphreys from DEEP
2022-01-24
Variation in the thermal tolerance of plants at global and local scales.
Sharing is (not always) caring
2021-09-30
Would you like to have a total stranger sleeping in your spare room? DSV researcher Airi Lampinen studies interpersonal aspects of the hyped sharing economy.
Research-based tools battle disinformation on Twitter
2021-09-28
Fake or fact? Social media is flooded with disinformation. A European team led by DSV researchers has created tools to expose “fake news”.
Urban butterflies and moths have evolved adaptations that extend their flight season
2021-09-28
A new study shows that butterflies and moths tend to be active later in the fall in urban than in rural environments.
Time for the sixth round of SWEOLD
2021-09-17
The SWEOLD survey has been running since 1992 and aims to investigate changes in the living conditions of the population over 75. The researchers behind the study can now describe developments over the past 30 years, a period during which there have been clear changes in welfare.
How is ”refugeeness” constructed in Swedish newspapers – and are counter-images possible?
2021-09-09
In Swedish newspapers, people fleeing are often depicted as victims or as a security threat to the Swedish nation state, a new PhD thesis in sociology shows. As a reaction to this visual framing limited to stereotypes, the author Jelena Jovičić participated in a project where people with experiences of flight created their own counter-images. Here is what she found out.
Aerosols and climate modelling – meet new Bolin member Sara Blichner
2021-09-03
Post-doctoral researcher Sara Blichner has contributed to the latest IPCC report and is now involved in EU’s FORCeS project.
Language barriers do not explain why immigrants have higher mortality from COVID-19
2021-11-02
Language barriers or lack of institutional awareness do not explain why immigrants in Sweden have a higher mortality from COVID-19. These are the conclusions of a new population-based study from Stockholm University that analyzed intermarried couples--immigrants partnered with Swedes.
"It is important that people's own voices are heard"
2021-09-07
The seventh round of the Living Standards Survey (LNU) at SOFI is currently contucted. Carina Mood, Professor of Sociology, talks about the work of collecting people's own voices about their living conditions.
Kebnekaise’s south peak continues to melt
2021-08-18
On August 14, 2021, the southern peak of Sweden´s highest mountain Kebnekaise was measured at 2 094,6 meters above sea level by researchers at Tarfala Research Station. This is the lowest height that has been measured since the measurements started in the 1940s, and almost two meters lower than the corresponding time last year.
New type of massive explosion explains mystery star
2021-07-08
An ancient star with a unique chemical composition has been discovered by an international research team.
PhD candidate Gianfranco Selgas receives LASA Section Award 2021
2021-07-02
The Best Article on Venezuela Award by the Venezuelan Studies Section of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) recognizes high quality research on the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Friendships across class boundaries can influence political views - regardless of your own class
2022-12-08
The class background of people in your social circles seems to have an effect on your political attitudes – regardless of which social class you belong to yourself.
Risk of developing depression declined during the first Covid-19 lockdown in Denmark
2021-06-11
Fewer were in the risk zone for developing stress or depression in the weeks following the Danish lockdown compared to the weeks prior to lockdown. But challenges in everyday life increased for many.
The rocky road to accurate sea-level predictions
2021-06-15
The type of material present under glaciers has a big impact on how fast they slide towards the ocean. Scientists face a challenging task to acquire data of this under-ice landscape, let alone how to represent it accurately in models of future sea-level rise.
Important message from scientists sets sail for the COP26 meeting
2021-05-26
If managed right, coastal zones have a large capacity to effectively store greenhouse gases and mitigate climate change. That was the take-away message from the scientists when Relay4Nature met Baltic Sea Centre on its way to the coming COP26.
New Book: Birka’s Black Earth Harbour
2021-05-17
The excavation of Birka’s Black Earth Harbour in 2015/16 is now published.
New study on lockdown measures, greenhouse gas emissions and quality of life
2021-05-05
Together with colleagues at Karolinska Institutet, Bolin Centre scientists Alasdair Skelton and Kevin Noone published an article titled “Lockdown measures which reduced greenhouse gas emissions with little negative impact on quality of life”.
Nina Kirchner – glaciologist in battle against time
2023-02-23
Tarfala research station is one of the world's most beautiful workplaces, but also one of the most challenging. Nina Kirchner, new director of Tarfala, recently returned from the spring fieldwork season. Now, the next phase will begin, in which the research data is analysed.
Succeeding at home and abroad: accounting for the international spillovers of cities’ SDG actions
2021-04-29
In a comment in the journal NPJ Urban Sustainability, Bolin Centre scientists are calling for research priorities to enable and empower cities to account for the international spillovers of their local 2030 Agenda implementation strategies.
New book (in Swedish) about Megaprojects
2021-04-28
In YMER 2021, megaprojects are explored in different parts of the world. The authors are cultural and social anthropologists, cultural geographers and political scientists who, from their respective perspectives, show that megaprojects are characterized by politics and that power relations are central to their design, creation and social effects.
Call For Papers: SAGE Special Issue with Earth in focus
2021-04-27
SAGE guest editor and Stockholm University professor Miyase Christensen welcomes contributions from a wide variety of research fields to an upcoming special issue of the International Journal of Cultural Studies - On Mediations and the Environment: Earth in Focus.
Catamaran for research at the Askö Laboratory
2021-04-26
From the summer 2021 and onwards a new research vessel will replace R/V Limanda. The vessel will be used for expeditions in Askös vicinities.
A glimpse into the formation of a mitoribosome
2021-04-19
An assembly intermediate of the ribosomal large subunit in mitochondria reveals 22 associated factors that cooperatively organize its biogenesis.
Several prizes awarded to DBB scientists by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
2021-04-15
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.
DNA analyses highlight kinship structures in early farming groups in Anatolia
2021-04-14
An international research team with participants from Stockholm University has analyzed ancient DNA from human remains of the earliest Neolithic cultures from 10,000-8000 years ago in today's Turkey.
Forests protect animals and plants against warming
2021-04-13
The impacts of climate warming are buffered inside forests due to the thermal insulation of forest canopies.
Thick sea-ice warms Greenland fjords
2021-04-12
A new study shows that thick sea-ice can increase the sensitivity of Greenlandic fjords to climate warming.
We follow our older siblings' choice of higher education
2021-05-06
In a new study from the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) at Stockholm University Researchers have been able to isolate a direct effect, and measure how an older sibling's educational experience affects the choices of younger siblings.
A kinship relation found between bishop Peder Winstrup and a fetus in his coffin
2021-04-07
DNA-analyses prove a kinship relation between bishop Peder Winstrup (1605-1699) and a fetus found in his coffin.
After Suez: Have the containerships grown too big?
2021-04-06
During six days in March 2021, “Ever Given”, an ultra-large containership run by a Taiwanese shipping company and flagged in Panama, was stuck in the Suez Canal. Hege Høyer Leivestad explains why containerships have become too big and the consequences of this exceptional growth for infrastructure, the environment and people’s working conditions.
What I cannot create, I do not understand – exploring proteins by artificial design
2021-03-30
Researchers in the Ville Kaila Lab at Stockholm University and Technical University of Munich have designed artificial proteins that show how proteins stabilize essential charged networks while folding into their exact three-dimensional shape. The study was published in the prestigious Nature Communication-journal.
Re-made in Sweden: Success Stories in a Swedish Migration Context
2021-04-09
New publication by Erik Olsson, Professor of International Migration and Ethnic Relations at Stockholm University
Early Childhood Development Programming
2021-03-22
IIES Professor Ingvild Almås and Bet Caeyers (Research Economist at FAIR NHH) are leading the design and implementation of an ambitious Early Childhood Development (ECD) research program in Tanzania.
Reduce coastal trawling to protect the Baltic herring
2021-03-11
Increased herring catches close to the Swedish Baltic east coast, and the negative trend for several herring stocks accentuate the need for reduced fishing pressure and more detailed knowledge about herring subpopulation structure.
How to provide Unemployment Insurance?
2021-03-10
How to design unemployment insurance is a heavily contested question across the political spectrum around the world. This research develops a novel framework to think about the optimal provision of unemployment insurance and quantifies the relevant trade-offs using rich Swedish administrative data. The work provides highly policy-relevant insights.
The creative collaboration between Giorgio Armani and Robert Wilson
2021-03-09
In a chapter for the new publication Staging Fashion: The Fashion Show and Its Spaces (Bloomsbury), professor of theater studies at Stockholm University Dirk Gindt and professor of art historiy John Potvin (Concordia University, Montreal), write about the the creative collaboration between Giorgio Armani and Robert Wilson.
Exploring the unfinished encyclopedias
2021-04-23
Linn Holmberg, researcher in History of Ideas at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, and Maria Simonsen researcher at Aalborg University are the editors of Stranded Encyclopedias, 1700–2000, a new anthology published by Palgrave Macmillan in the series ”New Directions in Book History”.
Eutrophication expert Bo Gustafsson honored with prestigious award
2021-05-20
Bo Gustafsson, director of Baltic Nest Institute at Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre, receives the 2021 Ruth Patrick Award for his outstanding contributions to the understanding and management of eutrophication and hypoxia in the Baltic Sea.
Large temporary increase in unemployment insurance optimal response to COVID-like recession
2022-03-23
New research from IIES Associate Professor, Kurt Mitman, and co-author, Assistant Professor Stanislav Rabinovich (UNC Chapel Hill) investigates whether, when and how to extend unemployment insurance (UI) in recessions.
A new warming phase in the Subpolar North Atlantic
2021-04-09
2005–2015 has been a cool period, but since 2016 and onwards, scientists now can see the first signs of a new warming period.
A better understanding of how soil carbon is distributed in the Arctic
2021-04-09
Two scientific articles bring a better understanding of the spatial variability of soil organic carbon in the Arctic permafrost region.
New discovery on how genes are activated
2021-02-24
A new study shows how genes are unpacked in the cell nucleus and activated in some cells, while remaining inactive in other cells and is important for animal development and survival.
"Entangled memories of violence", new article by Victoria Fareld
2021-03-09
In a new article in the journal Memory Studies (16/2 2021), Victoria Fareld, associate professor in History of Ideas, Stockholm University, analyzes how the Austrian writer Jean Améry formulates his memories of the Holocaust in the contemporaneous situation of decolonisation.
“We sequenced the oldest ever DNA, from million-year-old mammoths”
2021-02-18
In a new study, researchers at Stockholm University show that mammoth DNA as old as 1.2 million years can be recovered from remains found in permafrost deposits. “By sequencing this DNA – studying the make up of its genetic information – we found a lineage of mammoths never described before, the hybrid origin of a mammoth species, and more”, they write in The Conversation.
Call for better management of micropollutants in wastewater
2021-02-23
Urban wastewater treatment plants are important collection points for many chemical contaminants that are widespread in the aquatic environment. But micropollutant emissions from them are poorly assessed and regulated.
Mapping energy conversion in cells
2021-02-10
Billions of years of evolution are behind the ingenious protein machinery in nature’s cells, which captures and converts energy. Ville Kaila is conducting a detailed study of the structure and function of the proteins to learn more about the energy conversion process. That knowledge may eventually result in therapies for diseases where the powerhouses of the cells fall short.
Water’s Heat Capacity Becomes Extreme in Supercooled Conditions
2021-02-08
Using x-ray lasers, researchers at Stockholm University have developed a new ultrafast calorimetry technique to measure the heat capacity (Cp) of water down to 228 K. The finding is that Cp increases dramatically below 240 K and reach a maximum at around 230 K indicating an extreme amount of entropy fluctuations. The results are consistent with existence of a critical point at temperatures around 210-215 K and at pressures 800-1000 bar. Their findings are published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy (US).
Seeking proof for Viking identity in DNA
2021-04-09
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?
How population development in Sweden would have been without the war in Syria
2021-01-25
What would Sweden’s population development have been like if it wasn’t for the uprising against Assad and the following war in Syria? A new study in demography published in the academic journal PLOS ONE has the answer. In the study, the authors have created and calculated hypothetical scenarios to determine the demographic development in Sweden and Norway – without the immigration following the Syrian war.
Bioenergetics: New features of ATP synthase
2021-01-18
An intricate organisation of the ATP synthase in mitochondria is reported in two cryo-EM studies that illuminate the structural basis for its oligomerisation.
Plankton measurements reveal the Baltic Sea’s contaminant levels
2021-01-07
To ensure that results from contaminant monitoring are interpreted correctly, a long-term perspective and measurements of both plankton and benthic organisms are required. This according to a new study.
Ancient DNA analysis reveals Asian migration and plague
2021-01-08
Ancient DNA reveals a history of migrations, continuity, and diseases in northeastern Asia.
Quantifying the known unknown
2021-04-09
Stockholm University researchers on the potential climate impacts of thawing subsea permafrost
How groundwater flows into the Baltic Sea?
2020-12-18
Discovered seafloor terraces of clay in the Baltic Sea are the focus in a research project lead by IGV.
Sofia Lodén participates in SCAS Talks podcast
2020-12-17
Listen to Sofia Lodén talking about how "translations create new literary traditions and links between European cultures”
New issue of Nordic Journal of Francophone Studies – franorfon.org
2020-12-08
Mickaëlle Cedergren and Christophe Premat, co-editors in chief for the Nordic Journal of Francophone Studies, have the pleasure to announce the publication of a new issue on the North in Francophone literatures.
Call for proposals: Covid-19 pandemic research and preparedness
2020-12-15
SciLifeLab, with support from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, now seeks proposals within five calls on COVID-19 research
Echo sounders track hypoxia in the Baltic Sea
2020-11-30
It is possible to trace oxygen depleted zones in the Baltic Sea with acoustic methods. This, according to a new study. The scientists suggest the method to be an important complement to existing marine monitoring programs.
“I don’t necessarily view my scholarship as activism, but more as contributing to Public Sociology”
2020-11-30
Her undergraduate thesis in English literature in the US was passed with honors, but got the comment “this belongs in the Sociology department”. Some years later, Vanessa Barker is indeed a Professor of Sociology at Stockholm University. Part of bringing her to Stockholm was her interest in how Swedish society was rapidly transforming.
Exploring the collective and individual channels of light-matter interaction
2020-11-12
In two reports published this month, we investigate atomic emission and light-matter correlations in absorptive optical bistability. From a linearized treatment of quantum fluctuations we show a visible departure from classical behavior and propose an experimental setup to extract the otherwise hidden collective degree of freedom coupled to the intracavity field.
Data from Uncharted Waters Provides Key Insights into Glacial Melting Processes
2021-04-09
New bathymetric and oceanographic data collected by an international team of ocean scientists provide important insights into the processes that are controlling the rapid loss of the Greenland Ice Sheet over the last four decades.
Tiina Rosenberg about the Eurovision Song Contest in a new article
2020-11-06
Tiina Rosenberg, professor of Theatre Studies at the department, har written an article about kitsch, camp and queer culture in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Scientists show how a molecular machine works to regulate our cell’s internal pH and sodium levels
2020-10-28
Scientists at Stockholm University in Stockholm have established a mechanism by which our cells fine-tune their internal pH and sodium levels. Using cryo electron microscopy they have determined the first 3D-structure of a so-called “sodium/proton exchanger” that carries out this task. Ever since the discovery of these transport machines by Peter Mitchell in the 1970s we finally have a molecular picture of this fundamental process carried out in most, if not all, cells. Their findings could help in the development of anticancer drugs in particular.
Higher risk of COVID-19-death for elderly people in Stockholm who live with a person of working age
2020-10-28
60 per cent higher. This is how much higher the risk of dying from COVID-19 is for individuals aged 70 and older in Stockholm County who live in the same household as a person of working age compared with the elderly who live with other old individuals. Crowded living conditions are not a risk factor in themselves for the elderly, however.
Small mussels in the Baltic are getting even smaller
2020-10-27
Blue mussels in the Baltic Sea are getting smaller with time but bigger in numbers, according to a new study analyzing data since the 90's.
Sociocultural Pragmatics - Latest issue - (SOPRAG) - International Journal of Spanish Linguistics
2020-10-23
Sociocultural Pragmatics (SOPRAG) is a biannual open access journal focusing on social and cultural aspects of the Spanish language in all its forms and expressions.
SOPRAG is published with the financial support of Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council, Ministry of Education and Research, Sweden).
What are Lockdowns Good for?
2020-10-19
Research suggests that the only way to avoid the massive costs associated with the Covid-19 pandemic is through the timely development of a vaccine (and an optimally set lockdown policy until its arrival), or the successful implementation of a TTQ program that can effectively curtail community transmission.
Molecular structure of mammalian mitochondrial complex I reveals substrate reduction principles
2020-10-16
The respiratory complex I is a gigantic redox-driven proton pump that initiates cellular respiration in mitochondria — the powerplants of our cells. Moreover, dysfunction of complex I has been linked to half of all human mitochondrial disorders, but the molecular mechanism remains one of the most puzzling unsolved questions of bioenergetics.
Robin Wahlsten Böckerman has published a new book
2020-10-09
The Bavarian Commentary and Ovid is the first complete critical edition and translation of the earliest preserved commentary on Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
New Policy Brief from the Bolin Centre Climate Arena
2021-04-09
This policy brief tries to clearefy what is being discussed and compared in regards to aviation’s influence on climate.
Electron–spin dynamics studied on its natural time-scale
2020-10-09
By using extremely short light pulses and coincidence technology, researchers from several Swedish universities have managed to follow the dynamic process when the electron's spin - its rotation around its own axis - controls how an atom absorbs light.
Comments on new Chemical Strategy
2020-10-16
The new Chemical Strategy has just been presented. Researchers, policy experts and communicators have joined forces to communicate the relevant science from Stockholm University.
The south peak of Kebnekaise continues to melt
2021-04-09
During the last 25 years, the south peak has lost one metre per year on average
Wallenberg grant for research on aggression
2020-09-30
How is aggression controlled in the brain and what methods can we use to influence it? These are some of the questions that Christian Broberger, professor of neurochemistry, hopes to get answers to during a five-year project that now receives SEK 20.4 million from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
IIES COVID Research published in BMJ Global Health
2020-09-24
In a new paper a team of researchers from IIES at Stockholm University, Aceso Global and Center for Global Development provide new predictions of the infection fatality rate (IFR) for COVID-19 for each country in the world.
The Fifth and Final Volume of Ars Edendi Lecture Series
2020-09-23
This "Ars Edendi Lecture Series Volume V" is the final volume of lectures on textual criticism and classical philology given within the framework of the Ars edendi research programme (2008-2015), edited by Erika Kihlman and Denis Searby.
Guillemots of the Baltic: Linking the seabed and the sky
2020-09-23
On the island of Stora Karlsö up to 100 000 seabirds nest. In a new study a group of curious young researchers from three different universities show how guillemots fuel northern Europe's largest colony of house martins.
He wanted to move towards retirement in southern Europe, but the research kept him in Sweden
2020-09-15
His goal was to take the first chance to move abroad and then move further south through research jobs to finally retire in a warmer climate. But for Gunnar Andersson, Professor of Demography, things turned out differently.
First result from DESIREE using merged-beams
2020-09-16
The DESIREE facility, with its unique design of two storage rings with a common straight section was constructed in order to study reactions between pairs of oppositely charged atomic or molecular ions. The results of the first such experiment have recently been published.
Alcohol-related mortality affects people with lower education more
2020-09-11
When the alcohol consumption in society increases, alcohol-related deaths also increases. But the increase is not equally spread in the entire population, it particularly affects people with lower education.
A new role for transnational corporations in an increasingly crowded ocean?
2020-09-11
What does stewardship mean on a global scale? After all, the ocean is the beating heart of a dozen global industries, the Earth’s climate system, and the biosphere.
ERC Starting Grants to researchers in Psychology and Sociology
2020-09-04
Two researchers at Stockholm University have been granted the ERC Starting Grant. The researchers who will receive the prestigious grant are Mikael Lundqvist at the Department of Psychology and Ben Wilson at the Department of Sociology.
Swedish-Russian Arctic expedition to study thawing permafrost and greenhouse gases
2021-04-09
Thawing permafrost and collapsing methane hydrates from the Siberian-Arctic coastal oceans can trigger increasing emissions of climate-warming gases.
New ERC grant to study the lives of children and grandchildren of refugees
2020-09-03
A lot is known about the inequalities experienced by refugees, but much less is known about their children’s lives. Ben Wilson, a post-doctoral researcher at the Stockholm University Demography Unit (SUDA), Department of Sociology, receives a new ERC Starting Grant to study the inequalities that are faced by the children and grandchildren of refugees living in Sweden.
Ulf Hannerz top influential anthropologist
2020-09-01
Ulf Hannerz, emeritus professor of social anthropology at Stockholm University, is number one when Academic Influence lists the most influential anthropologists in the world the last ten years.
A roadmap for gene expression in mitochondria
2020-09-02
A new study from the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics reveals the molecular connectivity of processes implicated in the synthesis of proteins within mitochondria. The study is published in the scientific journal Molecular Cell.
A spatial regime shift
2020-08-27
The three-spined stickleback have gradually taken over large parts of the Baltic Sea’s coastal ecosystem, a new scientific study shows. This has caused a shift from predator to prey dominance.
New book: The Scandinavian Early Modern World
2020-08-28
Researcher Jonas Monié Nordin has recently published an essential book on The Scandinavian Early Modern World
We lose about 30 minutes of sleep each night of the working week, new study shows
2020-08-27
How much sleep is lost on days when we work? Johanna Garefelt at Stockholm University shares her latest research in a new article in The Conversation.
A large lottery win makes us more content with life – but not necessarily happier
2020-08-27
To win a large sum of money from a lottery makes people feel more satisfied with their life, and this effect lasts a long time, according to a new study from the Swedish Institute for Social Research.
Sleepiness can have a negative impact on your social life
2020-08-18
Being socially active generally increases your chances of getting a good night’s sleep. But if you are active late into the evening, it reduces the number of hours you sleep – and can also affect your social life.
Ancient genomes suggest woolly rhinos went extinct due to climate change
2020-08-17
The extinction of prehistoric megafauna has often been attributed to humans. A new study found that the extinction of the woolly rhinoceros may have different cause: climate change.
“We mapped the world’s frozen peatlands – what we found was very worrying”
2020-08-17
Gustaf Hugelius, researcher at Stockholm University, and his colleagues have just produced the most accurate map yet of the world’s peatlands and discusses the results in a new article in The Conversation.
Rikard Hoogland about Lars Noren and Jon Fosse in new article
2020-08-14
Rikard Hoogland, associate professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, has written an article in the new anthology Contemporary European Playwrights, eds. Maria M. Delgado, Bryce Lease, Dan Rebellato (Routledge).
Breaking molecular traffic jams with finned nanoporous materials
2020-08-12
Thousands of chemical processes used by the energy industry rely on the high speed of catalytic reactions. An entirely new class of porous catalysts help the molecules to skip the lines that limit the reaction.
Large stocks of peatland carbon and nitrogen are vulnerable to permafrost thaw
2020-08-25
A study by Gustaf Hugelius et al finds that warming will likely shift the greenhouse gas balance of northern peatlands.
X-rays indicate that water can behave like a liquid crystal
2020-08-11
Scientists at Stockholm University have discovered that water can exhibit a similar behavior like a liquid crystal when illuminated with laser light. This effect originates by the alignment of water molecules, which exhibit a mixture of low- and high-density domains that are more or less prone to alignment. Can this discovery have future technological applications?
The dancing male mosquitos
2020-08-07
An international team of researchers led by Noushin Emami at Stockholm University have discovered that male malaria mosquitos attracts the females by producing distinctive scents.
Unexpected differences between rats and mice gives new insight into the male parental brain
2020-08-06
By making use of an unexpected species difference between rats and mice, scientists have identified a system in the brain that controls how males behave when they become fathers.
“Is humanity doomed because we can’t plan for the long term?”
2020-08-05
While the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are still unclear, it is certain that they are a profound shock to the systems underpinning contemporary life.
“Iran: decades of unsustainable water use has dried up lakes and caused environmental destruction”
2020-08-04
Salt storms are an emerging threat for millions of people in north-western Iran, thanks to the catastrophe of Lake Urmia.
The cave lion was divided into two subspecies
2020-08-04
New research at the Centre for Palaeogenetics shows that the extinct cave lion was a separate species, and that it was subdivided into a western and eastern subspecies.
Flight shaming: how to spread the campaign that made Swedes give up flying for good
2020-07-28
Europe’s major airlines are likely to see their turnover drop by 50% in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, while European airports expect to welcome 700 million fewer passengers. It’s a brutal shock to a global industry, writes Avit K Bhowmik in a new article in The Conversation.
New structural transformation phenomenon can break the way in searching for novel materials
2020-07-28
All over the world science is looking for new materials to tackle environmental problems. Scientists have now found a new way of generating novel zeolites, which are widely used for producing basic chemicals and recently drawn interests in CO2 capture. The route is based on the discovery of a structural transformation phenomenon introduced by deep dehydration – allowing brand new materials to be obtained from existing ones.
New soil models may ease atmospheric CO2, climate change
2020-07-29
To remove carbon dioxide from the Earth’s atmosphere in an effort to slow climate change, scientists must get their hands dirty and peek underground.
Pristine environments offer a window to our cloudy past
2020-07-28
A new study uses satellite data over the Southern Hemisphere to understand global cloud composition during the industrial revolution. This research tackles one of the largest uncertainties in today’s climate models — the long-term effect of tiny atmospheric particles on climate change.
Priming effect of plant roots boosts carbon emissions from thawing permafrost
2020-07-27
A key uncertainty in climate projections is the amount of carbon emitted by thawing permafrost in the Arctic. Plant roots in soil stimulate microbial decomposition, a mechanism called priming effect.
New depth map over the Arctic Ocean
2020-07-13
Details of a new depth map of the Arctic Ocean have been published in the Nature Journal Scientific Data.
New insights into causes of the North Atlantic warming hole
2020-09-29
A new study by scientists from Stockholm University and the Max Planck Institute shows multiple causes of the warming hole in the northern North Atlantic.
Researchers need help with bat observations
2020-07-06
Have you seen a bat? Then let the researchers in the BatMapper project know about it! The purpose of the project is to find out how bats are affected by climate change.
Unrecorded plant extinction in poor countries is driven by inequality
2020-08-26
Here we summarized five key points of the paper 'Inequality in plant diversity knowledge and unrecorded plant extinctions: An example from the grasses of Madagascar'.
Spring Term’s online education: a challenge with development potential
2020-07-03
The Center for the Advancement of University Teaching now presents the first results of the survey where students and teachers at Stockholm University have answered questions about their experiences of switching to online education this spring.
Roots and branches will become clothes for healthcare professionals
2020-07-01
Residues from Swedish forestry will replace cotton in the production of clothing textile fabrics for attire worn by healthcare providers, and thus reduce the climate load.
Professor: "Everyone assumed that men founded the film industry"
2020-07-20
”Friends of those heads of industries wrote those first versions of what happened. And little by little it was forgotten that women were instrumental”, said Professor Jane Gaines, Columbia University, N.Y., newly awarded with an honorary doctorate degree by Stockholm University.
Excess Events observed in Dark Matter Experiment
2020-06-18
Scientists from the international XENON collaboration announced today that data from their XENON1T, the world's most sensitive dark matter experiment, show a surprising excess of events.
Potentials of mechanistic modeling of biogeochemical processes
2020-06-18
In a new paper, researchers from the Baltic Sea Centre together with others, discuss and review mechanistic modeling of biogeochemical processes in coastal areas. According to the authors, including and improving the descriptions of biomasses and metabolism of benthic fauna in ecosystem models is necessary if we want to understand the effects of environmental changes.
How does conflict in the “homeland” affect the diaspora?
2020-06-16
The ongoing Ukrainian-Russian conflict can also affect the diaspora in Sweden.
Non-Indigenous Australians need to educate themselves
2020-06-12
The recent Black Lives Matter protests in Australia have highlighted the pressing and continued need for non-Indigenous Australians to take responsibility for reconciliation, writes Marnie Graham and colleagues.
New intermediate steps of gene expression are characterized in human mitochondria
2020-06-12
Researchers from DBB and Karolinska Institute visualized early steps on the initiation pathway of translation in human mitochondria. The study published in Nature Communication involved cryo-EM, fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy, and single-molecule imaging.
Human eggs prefer some men’s sperm over others, research shows
2020-06-10
Human eggs use chemical signals to attract sperm. New research from Stockholm University and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust shows that eggs use these chemical signals to “choose” sperm.
In the end, most people tend to marry – even in Iceland
2020-06-08
Even though a vast majority of the firstborn children in Iceland are born outside of marriage, most parents there tend to marry in the end.
SSF funded Research Center in Plant Biotechnology
2020-06-08
The lab of Alexey Amunts will be part of a new SSF Research Center for Future Advanced Technology for Sustainability
Stockholm Resilience Centre launches partnership with Universeum
2020-06-08
Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) and the Swedish national science centre Universeum join forces in an effort to bring the latest science on climate change and biosphere stewardship closer to people’s attention.
2020-06-03 How do volcanic eruptions affect El Niño?
2020-06-29
A new study, published in the journal Science Advances, describes how a simulated volcano eruption affects the El Niño phenomenon.
New study could help predict plant species responses to climate change
2020-06-02
A new global study which could help to predict plant species losses and responses to climate change and warming has been published.
Flore Kunst receives the Oseen medal
2020-06-03
Flore Kunst defended her PhD thesis at the Department of Physics last year. She has now been awarded the Oseen medal for her promising thesis.
Time for smarter and safer chemical management
2020-06-02
Today’s massive flow of chemicals places new demands on risk management. Managing chemicals in groups and introducing mixture risk assessments into all chemicals legislation are two key measures to protect health and the environment.
Research at SUBIC about how we talk to each other
2020-06-01
The newly opened Stockholm University Brain Imaging Centre in the Arrhenius Laboratory at the University’s Frescati campus has advanced equipment performing for brain imaging for research related to how the brain works. Julia Uddén at the Department of Psychology and Mattias Heldner at the Department of Linguistics are two of the research scientists who have used the equipment.
New NiMH batteries perform better when made from recycled old NiMH batteries
2020-06-01
A new method for recycling old batteries can provide better performing and cheaper rechargeable hydride batteries (NiMH) as shown in a new study by researchers at Stockholm University.
Perspective article in Science
2020-09-10
Seafloor mapping shows that Antarctic ice sheets retreated
faster during the last deglaciation than today
The gene helping submerged plants
2020-05-28
Climate change threatens plants as the risks of flooding increase. A new study from Stockholm University shows that special genes are key to keeping plants from withering, remaining healthy and resistant to a lack of oxygen when they are underwater for a period of long time.
‘Dust bowl’ heatwaves more than twice as likely
2020-05-29
New study shows that heatwaves like the 1930s Dust Bowl in the US are more than twice as likely due to climate change.
Why a 17% emissions drop does not mean we are addressing climate change
2020-05-22
The global COVID-19 quarantine has meant less air pollution in cities and clearer skies. But these relatively small and temporary changes should not be mistaken for the COVID-19 pandemic actually helping to fix climate change.
First newsletter from the CIVIS alliance
2020-05-07
Stockholm University is a member of CIVIS – the European Civic University Alliance, that brings together students and employees from eight universities in Europe, since last year. The alliance's first newsletter has now been released and it includes, among other news, an interview with President Astrid Söderbergh Widding, who is now the President of CIVIS.
Creating Inclusive Labor Markets for Refugees
2020-06-17
Francesco Loiacono, with PhD fellow Mariajose Silva-Vargas (Maastricht University and UNU-Merit) have been awarded grants from Peace & Recovery Competitive Fund from IPA and from PEDL.
New mapping shows which cells SARS-CoV-2 can infect
2020-04-30
Scientists have identified which cells in the body that the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) can infect. The results could lead to better treatment of the virus.
The experts’ best book tips for corona times
2020-04-30
Are you tired of the world being limited? It doesn't have to be. Four literature experts from Stockholm University give their best book tips for the time of corona.
Inferring entropy production from short time series
2020-04-28
Recent research at Fysikum, published in Physical Review Letters, discovers a simple method to quantify dissipation in microscopic non-equilibrium systems by analysing short time series data.
Doctoral Thesis by Sofia Cedervall
2020-04-27
Sofia Cedervall is a PhD graduate from University of Chester. She is a lecturer in Drama at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Education and the project manager for 'Kulturskoleklivet', Supplementary teacher training for Schools of Arts at Stockholm University.
“We simulated how a modern dust bowl would impact global food supplies, the result is devastating“
2020-04-23
What consequences would a disruption like the Dust Bowl have now, when the Great Plains of the US are a major producer of staple cereals for the world?
AI can tackle the climate emergency – if developed responsibly
2020-04-23
As pressures on the planet and its climate increase, so does the hope that novel technologies will be able to help us detect, adapt and respond to the growing environmental crisis.
Look to the sky and help researchers in a new citizen science project
2020-04-23
Assist researchers in the classification of images of the night sky. The goal is to identify light sources that has vanished.
Children's fears in the time of Covid-19
2020-04-23
At the present time many children see the future as frightening and very uncertain. Helena Hörnfeldt, Associate Professor of Ethnology, has recently completed a research project about children’s fears.
New study looks at connection between sense of smell and COVID-19
2020-04-22
Research reports and anecdotes show that people with COVID -19 can experience a reduced sense of smell and taste. Researchers at Stockholm University will join a large international team investigating the connection.
New Twist on Strongly Correlated Quantum Matter
2020-04-24
Exotic new states of quantum matter form in twisted graphene systems, according to research from Fysikum published as Editors’ suggestion in Physical Review Letters.
14 Million SEK to metabolism research
2020-04-17
The Novo Nordisk Foundation in Denmark has chosen 2020’s Ascending Investigator Grant in Endocrinology & Metabolism. The grant went to Martin Jastroch of Stockholm University.
SU researchers seek solutions to the obesity problem
2020-04-17
The increasing prevalence of obesity is a major challenge to society. At the Department of Molecular Biosciences, the Wenner-Gren Institute, researchers are investigating how increased metabolism can help the body burn fat and sugar.
Speeding-up quantum computing using giant atomic ions
2020-04-15
Trapped Rydberg ions can be the next step towards scaling up quantum computers to sizes where they can be practically usable, a new study in Nature shows.
Nine new Honorary Doctorates at Stockholm University 2020
2020-04-15
Stockholm University has chosen this year’s honorary doctors, all of whom have contributed in distinctive ways to the University’s activities in research and education. The new honorary doctors are: Jane Gaines, Tobias Svanelid, Lars Hörngren, Yuto Kitamura, Ann Åberg, Karen Kohfeld, Fernando Martín, Joanna Rose and John Rubinstein.
Mobile phone can contribute to simple virus testing
2020-04-14
Professor Mats Nilsson at Stockholm University is leading one of the projects focusing on covid-19, which now receives funding from SciLifeLab and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. The project is about developing a quick and easy test for viruses, where the mobile phone can become an important tool.
On the hunt for a Covid-19 treatment
2020-04-22
Immunologist Anna-Lena Spetz is leading the "Fight–nCoV" project at Stockholm University. Her team has been granted 2.8 million euros from the EU to develop an antiviral treatment for Covid-19.
Artificial intelligence for simulating pandemics
2020-04-08
Aron Larsson and Panagiotis Papapetrou are supported by Vinnova to simulate pandemics together with the Public Health Agency of Sweden.
Domitor: Early Cinema, from Provenance to Media Archaeology: Notes from the Media Matter Conference
2020-04-06
The 'Media Matter: Media-Archaeological Research and Artistic Practice' conference at Stockholm University last year "sought to rethink the relationship among media objects, materiality, history, and art practice by exploring a wide range of both well-known and forgotten media artifacts", writes Domitor's Hugo Ljungbäck.
Fewer premature deaths from air pollution in Stockholm likely due to Corona Effect
2020-04-03
In the midst of the ongoing coronavirus crisis, traffic in major streets in central Stockholm was reduced by a fifth on average during March.
Isa Blumi examines the Albanian question in new article
2020-04-02
In “The Albanian question looms over the Balkans again” in Current History (March 2020), Isa Blumi details the political situation affecting Albanians and their international relations in an article that has already proven to be prescient.
Stockholm University is switching to online thesis defences
2020-03-30
When Sweden's universities are switching to digital teaching, dissertations are also managed via link. One of the first out at Stockholm University was Petra Petersen.
Publishers urged to make content open access
2020-03-27
The Bibsam Consortium where Stockholm University's President Astrid Söderbergh Widding acts as Chair urges academic publishers to make content open access on account of the corona virus.
Knowledge about networks important for battling epidemics
2020-03-30
In order to understand how serious illnesses spread and how we can fight them, we need to understand people’s network of contacts and how those contacts affect transmission dynamics.
Why coronavirus may forever change the way we care within families
2020-03-26
The global spread of COVID-19 has illuminated the “care crisis” that has been building for decades, writes researchers in a new article in The Conversation.
Climate researchers test methods for Arctic expedition
2020-03-25
To anticipate future emission of greenhouse gases, Stockholm University researchers will join an Arctic expedition this fall. As a preparation, a pilot week aboard R/V Electra has just been performed.
Who believes in conspiracy theories and why?
2020-04-07
Research shows that people who believe in one conspiracy theory are more likely to believe in others. Interview with anthropologist Annika Rabo from Stockholm University in the podcast “Expert guide to conspiracy theories”.
Project to create a more resilient food system receives 64 mSEK
2020-03-23
Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) is a major partner in a new initiative that seeks to transform Swedish food systems through research, innovation, and policy in dialogue with agriculture and industry.
Roth’s book on PC Chang listed among “Best Human Rights Books of All Time”
2020-03-18
BookAuthority has named “PC Chang and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights” by Hans Ingvar Roth as 55th out of 75 of the best books about human rights
How heat shock proteins communicate information across large distances
2020-03-16
The Kaila Lab at the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Stockholm University in collaboration with research groups in Germany, have revealed how the cellular stress protein, the heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90), uses chemical energy from ATP molecules to help other proteins find their correct three-dimensional structure in the eukaryotic cell.
Mathematical models predict the spread of pandemics
2020-03-13
Using mathematical models, Tom Britton, professor of mathematics, can calculate how fast the coronavirus is likely to spread.
OKC named one of top three Linnaeus Excellence Centres in Natural Sciences
2020-10-13
In 2005, the Swedish government commissioned the development of Centres of Excellence, known as Linnaeus Centres, in order to build strong research environments and improve the international competitiveness of Swedish research. This programme has now been evaluated by an international panel; the results were presented at a conference in Stockholm in March.
2020 Rolf Schock Prize awarded to Dag Prawitz and Per Martin-Löf
2020-03-15
Dag Prawitz and Per Martin-Löf, Stockholm University, are specialising in proof theory and constructivist philosophy of mathematics.
Cryo-EM reveals unexpected diversity of Photosystems
2020-03-11
Annemarie Perez Boerema from Alexey Amunts lab reconstructed the atomic models of new forms of Photosystem I in collaboration with scientists from Israel and China. The studies, published in two Nature Plants articles, expand on the fundamental understanding of how bioenergetic complexes are assembled and regulated in the photosynthetic membranes of cyanobacteria and algae.
Our SPaDE center ranked a top-three achiever in social sciences among Linnaeus Centers
2020-03-11
On March 4, the Swedish Research Council held a conference in Stockholm to present the final evaluation of all their past Linnaeus Centers and the concept of supporting Swedish Centers of Excellence.
A step towards developing new sustainable materials
2020-03-11
A new method by researchers in materials chemistry can help understand why certain topological materials are more effective than others.
The gender wage gap – worst in high-prestige occupations
2020-03-11
The wage gap between women and men are biggest among occupations with high prestige, a study in sociology show. Unlike in other occupational groups the difference has not decreased in this category.
Stockholm University among top 50 in the world within five subjects
2020-03-18
This year’s QS World University Rankings by Subject covers a total of 48 disciplines, grouped into five broad subject areas.
The history of the word “crusade”
2020-03-05
The word “crusade” has always had different meanings and has served as a political instrument, writes Benjamin Weber in a new article in the digital magazine The Conversation where he untangles the history of the word.
Göran Gustafsson Prize winners from Stockholm University
2020-03-02
Hiranya Peiris, professor of physics and David Drew associate professor of biochemistry are awarded the Göran Gustafsson Prize 2020. The prize is one of Sweden's most prestigious awards for younger researchers, awarded annually to researchers who are no more than 45 years old in the fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry, molecular biology and medicine.
Göran Gustafsson Prize winners from Stockholm University
2020-03-02
Hiranya Peiris and David Drew are awarded the Göran Gustafsson Prize 2020. The prize is one of Sweden's most prestigious awards for younger researchers.
2020-03-02 Warmest winter in Stockholm on record
2020-09-10
This year’s winter in Stockholm is the warmest one on record since daily weather observations began in 1756. Explore the database of Bolin Centre for Climate Research.
Researchers map mixing in the Southern Quark
2020-02-27
At present, a unique research expedition is taking place outside Grisslehamn. The team will study vertical mixing, an important mechanism for understanding circulation in the Baltic Sea.
Scientists “film” a quantum measurement
2020-02-26
Measuring a quantum system causes it to change – one of the strange but fundamental aspects of quantum mechanics. Researchers at Stockholm University have now been able to demonstrate how this change happens.
Symposium: Photography in Children's Literature
2021-04-20
A symposium on Photography in Children's Literature will be held online at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics on 20-21 May 2021. The symposium should have been held 19–20 March 2020 but was postponed due to participating guests' travel restrictions.
Migratory birds, insects and plants adapt differently to climate change
2020-02-24
A warmer climate has caused plants flowering and migratory birds arriving earlier in the year than before. Now a global study also shows that changes in the life cycles between plants and animals that depend on each other is also moving faster.
Mapping out the properties of antimatter
2020-02-21
Why does anything exist? That is really the fundamental question we try to answer through high-precision studies of antimatter. All matter that builds up the universe we see should really have been annihilated through contact with it mirror image – antimatter. Clearly, this has not happened, which is one of the great still unsolved mysteries of Physics.
Frozen bird turns out to be 46 000-year-old horned lark
2020-02-21
Scientists have recovered DNA from a well-preserved horned lark found in Siberian permafrost. The results can contribute to explaining the evolution of sub species.
Green chemistry important in transformation to sustainability
2020-02-18
There is huge potential in green chemistry which can speed up the transformation to a sustainable society. That was the message when Professor Paul T. Anastas held his inaugural lecture.
Media Matter: Media-Archaeological Research and Artistic Practice
2020-02-17
Read our full report from the international conference 'Media Matter: Media-Archaeological Research and Artistic Practice' in Stockholm on November 27-29, 2019. Written by Doron Galili, research fellow, and John Fullerton, professor emeritus.
Did inbreeding kill the last mammoth?
2020-02-13
Before dying out, the world’s last mammoths lived isolated for 6,000 years on Wrangel Island. Love Dahlén’s research group wants to find out what happened.
Career seminar at Stockholm University
2020-02-13
Stockholm University and the Young Academy of Sweden arranged the seminar “How to succeed as a researcher at SU” on 3 February.
DNA studies give a new view of Sweden’s history
2020-02-13
The Atlas of 1,000 Ancient Genomes Project (ATLAS) has changed the picture of Scandinavia’s settlement and how agriculture spread across Europe.
Old genes in new centre
2020-02-14
Mammoth, man or microbe. Severely degraded DNA is being investigated by researchers brought together by the new Centre for Palaeogenetics.
SU researcher receives funding for new artificial photosynthsis project
2020-02-07
Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by a living organism as the result of a chemical reaction during which energy is converted to light energy. This is a natural phenomenon and it is most common in deep sea living creatures.
The burden on ocean ecosystems discussed in The Conversation
2020-02-04
The so called “Blue Acceleration” will have significant consequences for life on the blue planet, writes SU researcher Robert Blasiak in a new article in the digital magazine The Conversation.
Climate action commented by SU researcher in The Conversation
2020-02-04
Can individual behaviour make a real difference to the environment? In a new article in The Conversation, researchers from Stockholm University and Keele University discuss the relationship between alternatives and resistance.
Blind and sighted individuals remember in the same way
2020-02-04
Can odors and sounds evoke memories in the same way for the blind as for the sighted? Yes, according to a new study by researchers at the Department of Psychology.
Regulation of alternative fat burning mechanisms could guide new therapies for obesity
2020-02-03
A new study has identified the regulation of alternative energy-wasting in adipose tissue of mice; a finding that opens a new window to treat obesity in human patients who usually show suppressed conventional fat burning.
Critical advances in quantifying methane released from the Arctic Ocean
2020-01-30
A new study now demonstrate that the amount of methane presently leaking to the atmosphere from the Arctic Ocean is much lower than previously claimed in recent studies.
Scientists discover how malaria parasites import sugar
2020-01-30
Researchers at Stockholm University has established how sugar is taken up by the malaria parasite, a discovery with the potential to improve the development of antimalarial drugs.
Protein machine by which cyanobacteria concentrate carbon dioxide from the atmosphere revealed
2020-01-24
For the first time, researchers from Stockholm University together with collaborators from Germany and Japan have solved the atomic structure of the photosynthetic complex I – the protein responsible for the carbon concentration process in the atmosphere. It is a step towards understanding how photosynthesis, the driving force behind all aerobic life on Earth, works at cellular level.
Mitochondrial ultrastructure facilitates ATP production in mitochondria by kinetic coupling
2020-01-24
A new study by scientists from the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics indicates how the mitochondrial ultrastructure enables efficient energy conversion. The study is published in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA).
Research project in technology-enhanced learning receives grant from the Swedish Research Council
2020-01-20
The Swedish Research Council awards Jalal Nouri, Panagiotis Papapetrou, Mohammed Saqr and Thashmee Karunaratne SEK 6 million for computer-driven school development and application of machine learning in education.
Scientists unexpectedly witness wolf puppies play fetch
2020-01-17
Researchers report that the remarkable ability to interpret human the social communicative cues that enables a dog to go for a ball and then bring it back also exists in wolves.
Women in leadership positions face more sexual harassment
2020-01-16
Power in the workplace does not stop women’s exposure to sexual harassment. On the contrary, women with supervisory positions are harassed more than women employees.
Silica particles may lead to new treatments for obesity and diabetes
2020-01-14
Engineered ingestible molecular traps created from mesoporous silica particles (MSPs) introduced to the gut can have an effect on food efficiency and metabolic risk factors.
New e-book collections: JSTOR e-books and Taylor & Francis e-books
2020-01-13
Stockholm University users can now access 48,000 e-books from JSTOR, and 20,000 Humanities and Social Science titles from Taylor & Francis.
Where does the carbon go - a meagre future for benthic fauna?
2020-01-10
In order to understand carbon flows in the Baltic Sea, mechanistic models need to take benthic macrofauna into consideration. This is concluded in new studies from the Baltic Bridge initiative.
The Vikings erected a runestone out of fear of a climate catastrophe
2020-01-08
Thanks to an interdisciplinary research project the Rök stone, a Viking Age runic monument, has a new interpretation. It deals with the conflict between light and darkness, warmth and cold, life and death.
Cod severely affected by thiamine deficiency in the Baltic Sea
2020-01-07
Newly published research shows that a Baltic Sea population of Atlantic cod is severely affected by thiamine deficiency. Thiamine, or vitamin B1, is an essential vitamin for all animal cells.
Prominent US chemists guest professors at Stockholm University
2020-01-07
Robin D. Rogers and Paul Anastas are world-renowned for their work on developing eco-friendly chemicals. In 2019 and 2020, they are guest professors at Stockholm University.
An intricate sensor system to balance protein production in mitochondria
2020-01-24
A new study by scientists from the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics indicates the molecular wiring of a feedback loop to regulate synthesis of a mitochondrial encoded protein. The study is published in the scientific journal Molecular Cell.
The Arctic – while the ice is melting and the research behind it
2019-12-19
An exhibition that tells the ancient tale of ice, of geological history, and of how mankind pushed ever further northwards.
Short-lived light sources discovered in the sky
2019-12-17
Roughly a hundred of very red, star-like sources that have appeared and vanished in short period of time have been discovered by a team of researchers.
Strategic research grant to theoretical physics
2019-12-16
Nordita, the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, has been awarded a grant of 95 million SEK to set up research groups within two new areas: quantum information and complex networks.
Funding of almost SEK 100 million granted to two professors
2019-12-13
The Swedish Research Council has selected the applications to be granted funding within the distinguished professor programme. Two of the grants go to Stockholm University.
Four research environments receive funding from the Swedish Research Council
2019-12-13
The Swedish Research Council has decided to award grants to research environments within natural science and technology. Out of nine grants, four are awarded to Stockholm University, totalling SEK 70 million.
Scientists call for action to limit emissions from Earth’s frozen regions
2019-12-12
As the Madrid climate talks enter their final stages, a group of leading scientists has called for countries to hold temperatures under 1.5°C because of the dangerous physical response of the Earth’s frozen regions even at 2°C.
Better pollination produces firmer apples that better withstand storage
2020-01-06
Good pollination of apple flowers can extend the time apples can be stored without rotting. Apple harvests are also bigger, producing firmer and tastier apples.
How is urban growth affecting biodiversity?
2019-12-10
What do scientists know and not know about how urban growth is affecting biodiversity? An international team of researchers have assessed the direct and indirect effects on a global scale.
Singles without children new risk group for poverty in Sweden
2019-12-04
While the risk of poverty among single parents has long been known to be a problem, a new study from the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) shows that single persons without children also faced a drastic increase in poverty risk. The researchers can now link this increase in poverty to cutbacks in the unemployment insurance.
Four Wallenberg Academy Fellows
2019-12-03
The Wallenberg Academy fellowships make it possible for four researchers to study the atmosphere of the oldest stars in the Milky Way, energy conversions in cells, the role of group theory in geometry as well as the long-term effects of unconditional cash transfer.
Tiny woodlands are more important than previously thought
2019-12-03
Small woodlands in farmland have more benefits for humans per area, compared to large forests according to a new study.
Researcher position in large-scale watershed nutrient dynamics
2019-11-29
Baltic Sea Centre is announcing a new position. We are looking for a researcher with a genuine interest in large scale nutrient budgets and links to food production patterns.
What power do algorithms have over us?
2019-11-24
Every day we hand over control to machines even though we do not understand how they work. Stanley Greenstein wants to shed light on the black boxes of artificial intelligence that are making decisions that affect people.
New agreement with Elsevier – 100 percent Open Access
2019-12-02
The agreement covers university wide reading rights to about 2,000 scientific journals from Elsevier and allows researchers affiliated with Stockholm University to publish Open Access at no extra costs.
Sociocultural Pragmatics - Latest issue - (SOPRAG) - International Journal of Spanish Linguistics
2019-11-21
Pragmática sociocultural - Revista Internacional sobre Lingüística del Español - Volume 7 Issue 2 (2019). Ed. by Bernal, Maria / Bravo, Diana. ISSN: 21948305
New observations shed light on most powerful explosions in the Universe
2019-11-21
Gamma-ray bursts arise from the most powerful explosions in the known Universe, and are linked to the birth of a black hole. New observations reveal that they are even more powerful than expected, and emit radiation at higher energies than previously known.
Nine researchers at Stockholm University among the world’s most cited
2019-11-20
The Web of Science Group recently published its prestigious annual list of the world’s most cited and influential researchers. Nine researchers from Stockholm University have been named on the 2019 Highly Cited Researchers list.
SEK 40 million to the doctoral school: Relevancing mathematics and science education
2019-11-15
The Swedish Research Council has granted the doctoral school Relevancing mathematics and science education: A graduate school for teacher educators (RelMaS) 40 million SEK.
Meet ACM member Airi Lampinen
2019-11-13
Meet Airi Lampinen, an Associate Senior Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction at Stockholm University, and a member of Association for Computing Machinery, ACM.
Mosquito nets: Are they catching more fishes than insects?
2019-11-11
Mosquito nets designed to prevent malaria transmission are used for fishing which may devastate tropical coastal ecosystems, according to a new scientific study.
An altered planetary anatomy
2019-11-07
Humans have transformed much of the planet to produce more and more food, fibre and fuel, now we need to radically transform this global production ecosystem.
More stringent regulations on chemical mixtures
2019-11-08
Throughout life, humans are exposed to complex mixtures of chemicals of varying degrees of harmfulness. How does that affect us? Whose responsibility is this? Christina Rudén, professor of toxicology, was appointed by the government to investigate this matter.
2020 winners of the Stockholm Prize in Criminology
2020-07-16
The 2020 Stockholm Prize in Criminology lauds Philip J. Cook, Duke University and Franklin E. Zimring, University of California at Berkeley for their evidence-based explanations of gun policy effects.
SciLifeLab-South Korea collaboration
2019-11-04
Stockholm University and SciLifeLab Cryo-EM training project travels to South Korea and delivers results through international collaboration.
OKC researchers will use Wallenberg grant to study light from merging neutron stars
2021-07-03
The era of multi-messenger astrophysics has just begun and recently a merging neutron star system has been detected in gravitational waves and subsequently electromagnetically. This grant supports a concentrated research effort across groups at the OKC to study future neutron star merger events from their detection, through simulations and modeling and extending to their electromagnetic follow-up and the use of these events to measure the expansion rate of our Universe.
SEK 132 million awarded to research projects at Stockholm University
2019-10-23
The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has awarded research grants to four projects at Stockholm University. In total, 20 projects receive grants of SEK 640 million.
Understanding dynamic processes in quantum matter
2019-10-21
In quantum technology, which is predicted to take over from today’s silicon-based electronics, the possibilities are endless
Ionic liquids can help in the production of more effective medicines
2019-10-21
Project to investigate if ionic liquids could replace organic solvents, thus creating completely new opportunities for the production of medicines
Finding out more about the cell’s energy factories
2019-10-21
New opportunities for the development of drugs against tuberculosis and an increased understanding of how the cell’s energy factory works.
A Rocky Road Decade – From Promising Lab Data to Growing Biopharma Firm
2019-10-18
Xbrane Biopharma is a promising biotechnology company that started at Stockholm University. If everything goes as planned, the company’s first drug will be approved in 2021.
Why are birth rates in Sweden falling?
2019-10-15
Fewer and fewer children are being born in Sweden, while the average age of first-time mothers is rising.
Physicists have found a way to “hear” dark matter
2019-10-09
Physicists at Stockholm University and the Max Planck Institute for Physics have turned to plasmas in a proposal that could revolutionise the search for the elusive dark matter.
Only low-earning fathers penalized when taking parental leave
2019-10-07
Taking parental leave as a father can lead to lower wages afterwards – if you already have a lower wage. But fathers who have higher wages may instead get a raise.
KAW grants awarded to three projects in which researchers from Fysikum are involved
2019-10-11
The Knut and Alice Wallenberg fundation has announced 20 ground-breaking research projects to receive grants for a total of 640 million SEK. Among them three projects include several researchers at the Department of Physics as co-investigator.
Royal visit at dyslexia and brain symposium
2019-10-04
Keynote speaker was Usha Goswami, professor of neuroscience, Cambridge University. Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden attended the symposium and made a study visit at the research centre.
Corner States of Light
2019-10-07
Researchers at Stockholm University have managed to create a new kind of light wave whose unique properties may become important e.g. in future communication technology. In a recently published article in Nature Photonics, they have shown how ideas from theoretical quantum and materials physics can be realised in a completely different context, namely in optical waveguides.
Applied Developmental Science
2019-09-24
Applied Developmental Science (ADS) uses what we know about human development in order to better people's lives. The research program "Applied Developmental Science" is consistent with Stockholm University's profile area ”Worlds and conditions of children and youth”.
Designing on a nanoscale for a more sustainable society
2019-09-30
Using mainly forest waste as raw material and a 3D printer, Aji Mathew works in materials designs – at the smallest level. The result: bio-based nanomaterials with tailor-made properties.
New book on organization edited by Professor Emeritus Göran Ahrne
2019-09-19
In this book, “Organization outside Organizations”, the authors highlight a new way of investigating the importance of organizations to the society around them.
The President awards gold medals
2019-09-17
The President has decided to award the Stockholm University Gold Medal in the 8th size to three people who have contributed to university activities in various ways.
Southern peak of Kebnekaise now stands one metre below the northern peak
2019-09-05
The southern peak now stands at 2095.6 metres, 1.2 metres below the northern peak at 2096.8 metres.
New scientific model can predict moral and political development
2019-08-26
How come today’s conservatives are more liberal than yesterday’s liberals? Why has the public opinion in large parts of the world shifted so rapidly in favour of gay and lesbian rights, but been virtually unchanged on other contested issues such as abortion rights? A study from a Swedish team of researchers recently published in the social science journal Nature Human Behaviour answers several critical questions on how public opinion changes on moral issues. They have created a scientific model that can predict public opinion changes on moral issues.
Switching on the Atlantic heat pump
2019-08-22
34 million years ago the warm ‘greenhouse climate’ of the dinosaur age ended and the colder ‘icehouse climate’ of today commenced. Antarctica glaciated first and geological data imply that the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, the global ocean conveyor belt of heat and nutrients that today helps keep Europe warm, also started at this time. Why exactly, has remained a mystery.
Subscription to RefWorks terminates at year end – save your references
2019-08-20
Stockholm University Library will end the subscription to the reference management program RefWorks December 31, 2019.
Unique workshop for young scientists
2019-08-12
Baltic Sea Science Congress and BONUS welcome young scientists to take part in a unique training session with communication trainer Nancy Baron.
First new protein structure solved using micro-crystal 3D electron diffraction
2019-08-12
In collaboration with scientists at the Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, the Högbom laboratory at the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics has solved a new protein structure using a method called micro-crystal 3D electron diffraction, MicroED.
Building Xbrane Biopharma
2019-08-05
On the Nature Bioengineering Community webpage Xbrane's co-founder Jan-Willem de Gier tells how in 2007 Xbrane was conceived at DBB and how it matured into a biosimilar developer.
SciLifeLab, Stockholm University and AstraZeneca use cryo-EM to advance biomedicine
2019-08-07
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics/SciLifeLab Fellow Alexey Amunts and his team in collaboration with AstraZeneca unravel the molecular details of the extracellular region of the receptor tyrosine kinase RET involved in cell signalling.
SciLifeLab, Stockholm University and AstraZeneca use cryo-EM to advance biomedicine
2019-08-02
SciLifeLab Fellow Alexey Amunts and his team in collaboration with AstraZeneca unravel the molecular details of the extracellular region of the receptor tyrosine kinase RET involved in cell signalling.
Where do microplastics go in the world’s oceans?
2019-07-05
Two PhD students at Stockholm University have participated in a scientific cruise from Canada to Singapore to understand how microplastics behave in the water and in marine food webs.
Presidents present Stockholm trio university alliance
2019-07-02
The presidents of Karolinska Institutet, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University presented the "Stockholm trio" university alliance during the Swedish "political week".
Nordic Demography celebrated in Iceland
2019-07-02
June 13-15 saw the 21st Nordic Demographic Symposium being held in Reykjavik. The symposium was organized by our demographers at SUDA at the Department of Sociology, Stockholm University on behalf of the Swedish Demographic Association.
SU ninth in the world within Geography
2019-07-02
Geography at Stockholm University is ranked nine in the world. Environmental Sciences & Engineering and Atmospheric Science at Stockholm University are also among the top 25 in the world.
University collaboration receives EU grant
2019-07-02
The university alliance CIVIS, consisting of Stockholm University and seven other European universities, is one of seventeen pilot projects selected for funding from the European Commission.
Large research grant to develop green chemistry
2019-06-24
Financier Mistra and industry partners are investing SEK 100 million in the research program SAFECHEM, which aims to create a sustainable chemicals industry and reduce exposure to hazardous substances.
Report bat sightings in citizen science project
2019-07-02
In a new citizen science project the general public across Sweden can help researchers find bat roosts
Stockholm University ranks 191 in QS ranking
2019-07-02
Stockholm University is at place 191 in the QS World University Ranking 2020 presented on 19 June.
Study finds new evidence of 5 more Allied gift shops in Italy
2019-06-25
Historians know that the Allied forces ran gift shops exclusively for foreign military personnel in different European cities during World War II. But a new study by Dr. Chiara Faggella, Stockholm University, reveals that there were another 5 Allied gift shops in Italy, run by a civilian; the businessmann and commissionaire Giovanni Battista Giorgini.
Successful physicist making research accessible
2019-06-05
In an era when both experts and logical thinking are under attack, it is even more important to make research accessible– and astronomy might be a gateway. Professor Hiranya Peiris is a successful researcher with a strong urge to facilitate public understanding of science.
Scientists discover how to “sweeten” proteins for drug development
2019-06-03
Scientists led by David Drew at the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University have established how a sugar called “sialic acid” is delivered into Golgi organelles. The outcome is likely to be able to engineer cells with a better capacity for sialic acid delivery, which could improve the potency of many drugs that are decorated by sialic acid.
Polar expedition to shed light on Greenlandic glacier
2019-07-25
In august, a research expedition on icebreaker Oden departs for Ryder glacier. The expedition will investigate the connection between climate change and glaciers, but also how Greenland was colonised.
Policy Brief: European chemicals regulation needs greater transparency
2019-06-25
To meet the challenges of chemical risks in everyday life, risk assessments under the REACH registration process must be improved. One key element in this transformation is to introduce greater transparency.
Versatile solvents offer hope for greener chemistry
2019-05-17
For Professor Anja Mudring and other chemists, ionic liquids present an opportunity to contribute to a more sustainable society.
New microscope finally in place
2019-05-20
After almost five years and major renovations in the Arrhenius Laboratory, the University’s new electron microscope is finally in place.
Chewing gums reveal the oldest Scandinavian human DNA
2019-05-16
The first humans who settled in Scandinavia more than 10,000 years ago left their DNA behind in ancient chewing gums, which are masticated lumps made from birch bark pitch.
Clues of carbon release from thawing permafrost found in Arctic rivers
2019-05-09
Arctic rivers may hold vital clues to the accelerated release of carbon stored in Arctic permafrost. This is shown in new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA.
Scientists coordinate a new Horizon 2020 project on how air pollution affects climate
2019-05-08
The project ”Constrained aerosol forcing for improved climate projections”, or FORCeS, will contribute to more precise climate projections by reducing the uncertainty on how particles in the air affect climate.
Breaking bread with rivals leads to more fish on coral reefs
2019-05-03
Cooperation is key to most successful endeavours. And, scientists find, when fishers cooperate with their fiercest competitors this can improve fish stocks on coral reefs.
The extreme of rarity
2019-04-30
OKC researchers helped reveal the rarest nuclear reaction now known to mankind. To observe this ultra-rare process, XENON1T watched a tonne of ultra-pure liquid xenon for a year. The experiment was featured on the cover of the scientific journal 'Nature'
Political Discourses at the Extremes: Expressions of Populism in Romance-Speaking Countries
2019-04-26
The authors of this edited volume focus on the emergence of populist discourses, coming from movements or parties from Romance-speaking countries in Europe and in Latin America.
Political Discourses at the Extremes: Expressions of Populism in Romance-Speaking Countries is an edited volume in English, French and Spanish.
Baltic Sea research in focus at Skansen
2019-04-23
The Skansen Baltic Sea Knowledge Centre, the Baltic Sea Science Centre, has been inaugurated by Crown Princess Victoria. Researchers at Stockholm University have a central role in this effort to raise awareness of challenges in the Baltic.
New ERC grant on immigrants’ future life chances
2019-04-11
How do the life courses of immigrants and their descendants look? And why do they differ between different groups? A new project in collaboration with Stockholm University aiming to answer these questions has been granted funding from the European Research Council, ERC.
Initiative in environmental human sciences
2019-04-04
Climate refugees, climate change in fiction and protest movements. These are topics that will be studied in environmental human sciences.
Jean Claude Byungura wins the Outstanding Paper Award
2019-03-28
Byungura wins the Outstanding Paper Award at SITE 2019 for his paper “Development and Validation of a Holistic IT-institutional Alignment Model for Higher Education institutional performance”.
Wallenberg grant to research the origins of geometric objects
2019-03-28
Associate Professor Wushi Goldring will receive funding from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation to recruit an international researcher for a postdoctoral position at the Department of Mathematics, Stockholm University.
Wallenberg Scholar grant awarded for analyzing biomolecule structures
2019-03-28
Xiaodong Zou, professor in Structural Chemistry at Stockholm University, is one of 22 Wallenberg Scholar grant receivers 2019. The researchers, among the most prominent in Sweden, are each awarded a 18 million SEK five year grant from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
Health risks associated with mixtures of man-made chemicals are underestimated
2019-03-26
The cocktail of man-made chemicals that we are exposed to daily is a health risk which current regulations and risk assessment overlook. This is the conclusion of the EU Horizon 2020 EDC-MixRisk project.
Arctic Avenue: strategic cooperation between Stockholm and Helsinki
2019-03-07
The two universities have decided to launch a new research spearhead in Arctic research called Arctic Avenue.
New research makes non-rechargeable batteries rechargeable
2019-02-28
Non-rechargeable alkaline batteries commonly use zinc and manganese dioxide. Through a modification of the manganese dioxide, researchers can now recharge non-rechargeable alkaline batteries.
Neutron star mergers will resolve tension in Universe's expansion rate measurement
2019-02-14
There are numerous ways to measure the expansion rate of our Universe, otherwise known as the Hubble constant, and right now even the most trusted methods don't agree. This is causing some scientists to argue that there are problems with the standard cosmological model. In the next ten years, neutron star mergers will be able to solve the problem.
Molecular basis for the variability of mitoribosomes revealed
2019-02-14
Mitochondrial ribosomes are known to be highly variable across species, but the molecular basis for this phenomenon was not known. The analysis published in Molecular Biology and Evolution uncover a fundamental evolutionary mechanism that drives the increasing diversity. The interdisciplinary study was led by Alexey Amunts in collaboration with researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology and Harvard Medical School.
In Sweden, the lowest number of babies are born nine months after Valentine's day
2019-02-13
Lots of sex during holidays in Sweden used to translate into lots of babies nine months later. But not anymore.
Rain-repelling fluorochemicals in outdoor clothing are unnecessary
2019-01-31
Waterproof clothing using highly fluorinated chemicals are over-engineered for consumers, building in unnecessary repellency to oil and other stains, when only repellency to water is required. The researchers say effective alternatives, that are better for the environment, are readily available.
New perspectives on Tennesse Williams
2019-01-30
Dirk Gindt, Associate Professor in Theatre Studies at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, has published a new book: Tennessee Williams in Sweden and France, 1945–1965. Cultural Translations, Sexual Anxieties and Racial Fantasies (Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2019).
Shaking atoms and watching them dance at a higher tempo
2019-01-21
By shaking atoms and looking at their dance, one can control and understand the properties of matter in a new way, a new study shows.
Discuss Plan S with President Astrid Söderbergh Widding
2019-01-21
The EU initiative Plan S was launched in September this year and in order to be able to conduct an open dialogue on a complex issue, Stockholm University arranges a seminar on 28 January.
Classic double-slit experiment in a new light
2019-01-21
An international research group develops new X-ray spectroscopy method based on the classical double-slit experiment to gain new insights into the physical properties of solids
Diet, food production must radically change to avoid catastrophic damage
2019-01-18
We can feed 10 billion people by 2050 with a healthy and sustainable diet, but it requires new eating habits, improved food production, and reduced food waste.
An engineered botulinum toxin with improved medicinal potential
2019-01-17
The botulinum neurotoxin is a common medicine for the treatment of a wide range of neuromuscular disorders, including muscle spasms, overactive bladder, cervical dystonia, and cerebral palsy (CP), as well as chronic migraine, and hyper-sweating. A team from Stockholm University, in collaboration with Ipsen Bioinnovation and Harvard Medical School, has now determined the molecular details of why a botulinum toxin variant, that they have designed, has enhanced receptor-binding properties. This engineered toxin shows great promise as a drug candidate.
An engineered botulinum toxin with improved medicinal potential
2019-01-17
New cooperation between Stockholm University, Harvard Medical School and Ipsen Bioinnovation reveals molecular mechanisms in engineered botulinum toxin.
What influences migrant fertility in Sweden?
2019-01-09
Dr. Eleonora Mussino, Associate Professor of Demography & Sociology at Stockholm University, received 3.63 million kronor for a three-year project on migrant fertility. Mussino about her upcoming projects.
New findings on respiratory supercomplexes
2019-01-02
A team from Stockholm University has determined the architecture of an assembly of respiratory chain complexes, revealing in near-atomic detail how energy conversion occurs and is organized.
Swedish research multiplies the life of rechargeable NiMH batteries
2018-12-20
Researchers at Stockholm University have developed a method to multiply the lifespan of nickel-metal hydride batteries, giving them great many more charging cycles without losing capacity.
Insects of Sweden and Madagascar to be surveyed
2018-12-20
A research project was launched this autumn that will survey the insects of Sweden and Madagascar. The project is made possible thanks to a large number of volunteers who are helping to empty the insect traps.
How a controversial research project was revived – a new book on Project Metropolitan
2018-12-19
In the winter of 1986 a major debate broke out on the sociological study Project Metropolitan. Recently Dr. Sten-Åke Stenberg, Professor of Sociology, who works on the study released a book about the project.
Feedback on the implementation of Plan S
2018-12-29
Provide your feedback on the guide on how to implement Plan S, the EU initiative that aims towards 100% open access for all scientific publications that result from public funding.
Our choices as employees may lead to workplace segregation
2018-12-18
A new study from Stockholm University and the Institute of Futures Studies shows that our own choices as employees may increase workplace segregation.
David Drew receives ERC Consolidator Grant
2018-12-17
David Drew at the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant. He and his team will study how the cell maintains a healthy working environment. The aim of the research is to establish how a family of proteins required for transporting nutrients and ions in and out of the cell are being turned on-and-off. The outcome is likely to bring us closer to understanding the role of these transporting machines in the human body for the benefit of human health.
Who will dare to publish if the corporations sue?
2018-12-14
What should researchers do who have controversial material and are threatened with lawsuits if they publish their results in a scientific journal?
New halogenated contaminants found in polar bears
2018-12-13
A team of scientists has used a new method to measure chemical contaminants in polar bears. Doing this they found a large variety of new chlorinated and fluorinated substances.
Increasing seal population will not harm largest fish stocks in the Baltic
2018-12-08
Seals feeding on fish does not decrease fish stocks of Baltic cod, herring and sprat the most – climate change, nutrient load and fisheries do.
Structure reveals new routes to target tuberculosis
2018-12-06
New research has revealed the structure of a large respiratory complex from a closely related species of the deadly human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which infects the lungs. This new structure provides many routes to develop novel therapies to combat this deadly disease. The study is published in the scientific journal Nature Structural and Molecular Biology.
Nobel Laureate in Physics visits Stockholm University
2018-12-07
Professor Donna Strickland, one of the 2018 Nobel Laureates in Physics, visited the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences in Kista during Nobel Week 2018.
New research project on women’s employment and household inequality
2018-12-05
Dr. Rense Nieuwenhuis at the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) was recently awarded a FORTE research grant for his four-year project “In it together? Supporting women’s employment to reduce economic inequality among all households". The project investigates gender equality in the labor market and inequality between households.
Great apes and ravens plan without thinking
2018-12-20
Planning and self control in animals do not require human-like mental capacities, according to a study from Stockholm University.
More negative side effects of capping
2018-11-27
Sediment capping with activated carbon might affect, among other things, essential benthic ecosystem functions.
Does winning the lottery make you happier?
2018-11-23
We asked Professor Erik Lindqvist, professor of Economics at SOFI, Stockholm University on his recent study on winning the lottery and life satisfaction.
What makes employers discriminate by gender and parenthood?
2018-11-21
Magnus Bygren, Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology, recently received funding from Forte for the project ”What makes employers discriminate by gender and parenthood?”.
Why is it good to sleep in on weekends?
2018-11-19
We asked Professor Torbjörn Åkerstedt of the Stress Research Institute at Stockholm University on his recent study related to sleep duration and mortality.
New inflammation inhibitor discovered
2018-11-19
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from four universities has developed an anti-inflammatory drug molecule with a new mechanism of action.
New inflammation inhibitor discovered
2018-11-16
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Karolinska Institutet, University of Texas, Uppsala University and Stockholm University have developed an anti-inflammatory drug molecule with a new mechanism of action. By inhibiting a certain protein (OGG1), the researchers were able to reduce the signals that trigger an inflammation. The study is published in Science.
Why do some stroke patients live longer than others?
2018-11-07
The Stockholm University Demography Unit, SUDA, recently invited Anna Meyer to give a talk on her award-winning master’s thesis, “Having children is associated with a longer survival after ischemic stroke. A population-based cohort study of 62,580 Swedes over the age of 65.”
100 years since the first student exchange with China
2018-11-16
A 100 years ago Stockholm University began its first international student exchanges with China. The exchange was part of the university’s increasing internationalisation at the time.
Mycoplasma bacterias sneaking past our line of defense
2018-11-05
New research reveals that Mycoplasma pathogens make DNA in a unique way that may protect them from our immune response. The study is published in the scientific journal Nature.
Climate change mitigation project threatens local ecosystem resilience in Ethiopia
2018-10-29
To increase forest cover in the Global South in order to mitigate climate change does not always have positive effects. It can also threaten biodiversity and the survival of unique alpine plants.
SU plays a key role in a growing research field on cultural change
2018-10-23
A study shows that the Centre for Cultural Evolution has a central role in a growing interdisciplinary field studying cultural change.
Programme on knowledge resistance awarded SEK 50.4 million
2018-10-23
Åsa Wikforss, professor of philosophy at the Department of Philosophy is awarded SEK 50.4 million for the programme “Knowledge Resistance: Causes, Consequences and Cures”.
New research programme: The Neighbourhood Revisited
2018-10-19
The Riksbankens Jubileumsfond has awarded a large six-year grant to the research programme “The Neighbourhood Revisited: Spatial polarization and social cohesion in contemporary Sweden”. The programme is coordinated by Professor Bo Malmberg, Department of Human Geography, Stockholm University.
"Unselfish people are the winners" – Kimmo Eriksson on unselfishness
2018-11-09
Kimmo Eriksson talks about a new study that shows that unselfish people tend both to have more children and to receive higher salaries.
Small-brained female guppies aren’t drawn to attractive males
2018-10-10
Female guppies with smaller brains can distinguish attractive males, but they don’t recognise them as being more appealing or choose to mate with them
Anezka Kuzmicova about how our memory is affected when we read digitally
2018-10-09
The online journal “First Monday” has published a new article by Anezka Kuzmicova, Literature scholar at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, co-authored with Theresa Schilhab, neurobiologist at Aarhus University, and Gitte Balling, library and information specialist at the University of Copenhagen.
Formas supports #MeToo research at DSV
2018-10-05
Karin Hansson from DSV have received an urgent grant from Formas to collect data on # MeToo activism in Sweden.
Five major research grants to Stockholm University
2018-10-05
The projects span research into the creation of mitochondrial ribosomes – which can give new tools against certain types of cancer – to studying and learning more about the fundamental physical nature of dark matter and dark energy.
Broad genetic variation on the Pontic-Caspian Steppe
2018-10-04
The genetic variation within the Scythian nomad group is so broad that it must be explained with the group assimilating people it came in contact with. This is shown in a new study on Bronze and Iron Age genetics of the Pontic-Caspian Steppe, situated in the Black Sea region.
Fish habitats degraded by recreational boating
2018-10-03
Small boat marinas have a distinct impact on the vegetation on the seabed. This vegetation is very important for recruitment of several coastal fish species, including perch and pike.
Inauguration and Conferment 2018
2019-02-07
Stockholm University has held its annual inauguration and conferment ceremony in the City Hall. New professors were installed and new doctors were conferred. In addition, seven jubilee doctors and nine honorary doctorates were conferred.
Wallenberg Project Grant to OKC Director Hiranya Peiris
2021-07-02
The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation have awarded a project grant of 37.8 million crowns over five years to OKC Director Hiranya Peiris for the project Understanding the Dynamic Universe
Topology of non-Hermitian systems unraveled
2018-10-02
The study of topological materials has been an important task in condensed matter physics over the past few decades and was the subject of the 2016 Nobel prize in physics. Recent experiments and theoretical works have shown that unexpected phenomena occur in many open, non-equilibrium and complex systems that can be described using non-Hermitian physics.
Electra returns from successful SWE-FIN research cruise
2018-10-05
During Electras 2nd multi-disciplinary research trip in the Finnish archipelago, a range of environmental questions were investigated. One of the projects involved exploring the carbon cycling in the sea using state-of-the-art-systems.
Baltic Eye evaluated in new study
2018-09-27
The Baltic Eye Project has been evaluated in an international study. The results show that the project has achieved impacts on a range of levels.
Three researchers receive EU funding within MSCA
2018-09-26
Three researchers at Stockholm University are awarded funding within Marie Skłodowska Curie (MSCA), which is the EU Research Mobility Program. The projects are in the fields of biochemistry and biophysics, molecular life sciences and astronomy.
New book about Art History and Modernism
2018-09-27
“Modernism as Institution: On the Establishment of an Aesthetic and Historiographic Paradigm” is a new book by Hans Hayden, Professor of Art History at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics.
Policy Brief: Why we need a list of ingredients on consumer articles
2018-10-19
Today, information on the chemical composition of articles is very scarce, making it difficult to understand which potentially hazardous chemicals are being released to the Baltic Sea. There is an urgent need for standardized methods and legal incentives to increase the transparency.
Japanese students visit Stockholm as part of university collaboration
2018-09-21
A group of students from the University of Tokyo visited Stockholm in September. The ten day program took place as a part of a collaboration between Stockholm University, KTH, KI and the University of Tokyo.
The future of neutrino physics is bright with the construction of Hyper-Kamiokande
2018-09-28
A large collaboration of scientists will build a new neutrino detector, known as Hyper-Kamiokande, in Japan. Construction will begin in 2020 and the completed instrument will explore neutrinos from supernovae as well as other unsolved problems in particle physics.
The best way to measure air pollution
2018-09-11
How much nitrogen oxide or asphalt particles are there in the air at a certain location in Trelleborg, Sundsvall or Stockholm? This is something that is recorded by different measurement stations located in urban environments around Sweden.
Drought hits rivers first and more strongly than agriculture
2018-09-06
Drought develops slowly and has multifaceted and Delayed effects. This makes it difficult to see what the consequences are, compared to extreme weather events, shows a new study.
Research on Earth’s climate sensitivities is funded within Horizon 2020
2018-09-06
What can the past of the earth teach us? Is it possible to define the risk of the Earth’s climate sensitivities? These are some of the issues that will be investigated in a research project that is being funded within the EU Horizon 2020 program.
Why are humans so different from other animals?
2022-09-09
Why do humans drive cars and not chimpanzees? What explanations can be found in our prehistory? Watch a short introduction to our research programme on evolutionary transitions in humans.
New book about travelling images
2018-08-28
Anna Dahlgren, Professor of Art History at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, har written the new book “Travelling Images. Looking Across the Borderlands of Art, Media and Visual Culture (in the series Rethinking Art’s Histories”, Manchester University Press, 2018).
Andreas Hellerstedt editor of new book
2018-08-24
Andreas Hellerstedt, researcher in History of Ideas at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, is the editor och the new book “Virtue Ethics and Education from Late Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century” (Amsterdam University Press, 2018).
Half the population of the Viking-town Sigtuna were migrants
2018-08-27
New analysis of the remains of 38 people who lived and died in the town of Sigtuna during the 10th, 11th and 12th century reveals high genetic variation and a wide scale migration.
Final conference on chemicals in dust indoors
2018-08-20
By studying the amount of chemicals in the blood of cats, it is possible to assess how the chemical exposure is for small children in our homes.
Expedition explores climate history of remote Arctic islands
2018-08-16
On the 19th of August, an eight-days expedition on M/V Stålbas will depart from Longyearbyen, Svalbard for Seven Islands (Sjuøjane) and Storøya, small islands north of Nordaustlandet, Svalbard.
Viking Age research on the Swedish island of Birka
2018-08-16
The Black Earth Harbour is a Viking Age harbour on the Swedish island of Birka. We visited the island and interviewed researchers from Stockholm University's Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies on their work and findings.
How electric fields in living cells control the currents of life
2018-08-13
In living organisms energy is provided in a process that involves separation of charges across
membranes by large membrane-protein complexes. The voltage that is maintained across these
membranes is equivalent to an electric field strength of about 100 000 V/cm. How these large field
strengths influence the function of the membrane-imbedded protein complexes has until now remained
unknown.
Three researchers at Stockholm University receive ERC Starting Grants
2018-08-07
Three researchers at Stockholm University, including Alexey Amunts at DBB receive the prestigious Starting Grant from the European Research Council, ERC. Project funding amounts to up to 1.5 million euros each.
Kebnekaise’s south peak lower than the north peak in August
2018-08-02
The annual measurement shows that Kebnekaise’s south peak no longer will be Sweden’s highest point in a very near future. The forecast is that the south peak will be lower than the north peak in August.
What causes the poor health of perch in the Baltic Sea?
2018-08-02
Why does the amount of perch decrease in the Baltic Sea? Could it be because of compounds naturally produced by algae and cyanobacteria? Could it also explain the poor health of several other species in the Baltic Sea?
Another clue in the search for the missing ice age carbon
2018-08-02
For the very first time, researchers have estimated the amount of organic carbon stored within the permafrost of the Last Glacial Maximum. The trio of scientists from Stockholm University show that the permanently frozen ground around 21,000 years ago held less carbon than the same area today, a result which is in direct opposition to what has previously been assumed.
Protein research facilitates discovery of neurodegenerative diseases
2018-07-20
Since 2015, the research project Protein Quality Control, led by researcher Tara Hessa at the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Stockholm University has been conducted. The research project, which is ongoing until 2020, focuses on mapping the cause of malignant proteins in the cell membrane. The research results can make it easier to detect chronic and neurodegenerative diseases at an early stage.
Neutrinos in the ice indicate source of cosmic rays
2018-07-12
An international research team have identified a likely source for the high energy cosmic rays reaching Earth. The discovery was made with the aid of the IceCube Neutrino Telescope at the South Pole.
Beam of light from first confirmed neutron star merger emerge from behind the sun
2018-07-03
An international research team led by astronomers at the University of Warwick and including Stockholm astronomy professor Stephan Rosswog had to wait over 100 days for the sight of the first of confirmed neutron star merger to re-emerge from behind the glare of the sun.
Healthy food for a sustainable planet
2018-07-02
The plate of the future has more vegetables and nuts than today, as well as less meat. At least if we are to believe Line Gordon. She wants us all to eat more healthily and sustainably, but without lectures and unilateral solutions.
Full speed ahead for the Institute of Latin American Studies
2018-07-02
Interest in the multifaceted and dynamic Latin American continent is increasing in both Europe and the USA, but most of all in China. “We have the wind in our sails,” says Andres Rivarola, associate professor and director of the Institute of Latin American Studies.
More support for researchers at Stockholm University to get published in full Open Access
2018-06-29
The money that Stockholm University saves at the cancelled agreement with large science publisher Elsevier will be used to publish research in full Open Access journals.
New mechanism to detoxify oxygen radicals
2018-06-28
Superoxide is a reactive oxygen species that causes damage to proteins, lipids and DNA and is implicated in many diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and neurodegenerative disorders.
New essay by Dirk Gindt
2018-06-27
Dirk Gindt, Associate Professor at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, has published a new essay in the volume Q2Q: Queer Canadian Theatre and Performance.
Grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to investigate sepsis
2018-06-27
By diagnosing infections in a simple and effective way many human lives can be saved. Mats Nilsson, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Stockholm University/SciLifeLab, and his research group have now been granted more than 1 million SEK by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a method for examination of children with sepsis.
New Centre for Palaeogenetics
2018-06-25
A new agreement brings the research in palaeogenetics of Stockholm University and of the Swedish Museum of Natural History together in the new Centre for Palaeogenetics.
Diet is the main source of halogenated flame retardants
2018-06-15
Dietary intake is the main route of exposure to halogenated flame retardants. That is one result from a research project that Joo Hui Tay at the Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES), presents in a recently defended doctoral thesis.
A new approach can shorten the time to assess cancer risk for chemicals
2018-06-14
Chemicals in refined cooking oils like palm oil can cause cancer. In a new doctoral thesis Jenny Aasa has studied two such chemicals, and by using a new approach she hopes to improve and shorten the time for more reliable cancer risk assessments.
Plastic degrading in the oceans release chemicals into the water
2018-06-12
Plastic debris accumulates in the environment and can cause physical harm to marine species. The degradation releases chemical compounds to the water and the compounds are dependent on the plastic polymer and the weathering condition of the plastic, shows a new doctoral thesis.
A new puzzle piece to control the aging and age-related diseases
2018-06-27
A basic discovery of how the cellular functions are connected to control aging is presented in the journal Cell Metabolism. The study shows that an increasingly deteriorating communication between the cells' organelles is an important cause of aging. The discovery is the result of a collaboration between five research groups at the Universities of Stockholm and Gothenburg including the research group of Martin Ott at DBB.
Racing to claim the biodiversity of the seas
2018-06-07
Who owns ocean biodiversity? New study reveals how a single company has registered half of all existing patents associated with genes from marine species.
NOFA7
2019-05-10
Nordic Conference on Teaching and Learning in Curriculum Subjects takes place at Stockholm University, 13-15 May, 2019.
Video: Expedition Arctic Ocean 2018
2018-06-01
The preparations for the expedition to the Arctic are in full progress. Watch and listen to the researchers packing and testing their equipment, and hear what they hope to achieve.
What drives aspirants who will take on new jobs that don’t yet exist?
2018-05-31
The digital transformation of the labour market is a much-discussed challenge on a policy level. But on a micro level - what drives the individuals who will take on these new jobs that “don’t yet exist”?
Mission: To manage the cocktail effect
2018-05-25
What happens when we are exposed to many chemicals in a complex mix? As the Swedish government’s special investigator, Christina Rudén, Professor at the Department of Environmental Sciences and Analytical Chemistry (ACES), will propose strategies for taking into account the cocktail effect in the chemicals legislation.
Atmospheric research at the top
2018-05-18
A team of atmospheric scientists from the Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES) is currently taking part in air measurements at the highest atmospheric research station in the world.
A new puzzle piece to control the aging and age-related diseases
2018-05-16
A basic discovery of how the cellular functions are connected to control aging is presented in the journal Cell Metabolism. The study shows that an increasingly deteriorating communication between the cells' organelles is an important cause of aging.
New book: ‘Mozart’s “La clemenza di Tito”: A Reappraisal’
2018-05-11
‘Mozart’s “La clemenza di Tito”: A Reappraisal’ is edited by Magnus Tessning Schneider and Ruth Tatlow. The book is a product of the Performing Premodernity research project, based at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics.
Collapse of the Atlantic Ocean heat transport might lead to hot European summers
2018-04-24
Severe winters combined with heat waves and droughts during summer in Europe. Those were the consequences as the Atlantic Ocean heat transport nearly collapsed 12,000 years ago. The same situation might occur today.
Gig workers in the platform economy bear the burden of entrepreneurs’ responsibilities
2018-04-23
Gig workers take the same risks and responsibilities of entrepreneurs, without getting the freedom. Airi Lampinen discusses gig economy on YLE TV1's A-studio.
Protein can slow intestinal tumour growth
2018-04-23
A new mechanism for regulating stem cells in the intestine of fruit flies has been discovered by researchers at Stockholm University. In addition, it was discovered that a certain protein can slow the growth of tumours in intestinal tissue. A better understanding of these mechanisms can teach us more about how diseases in human intestines occur, as well as contribute to the development of new medicine to cure them.
Cleaner air has increased life expectancy by up to 1 year
2018-04-12
The residents of Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö live one year longer today than 25 years ago. The reason is that the levels of air pollutants from road traffic have fallen.
New book by Dirk Gindt
2018-04-04
Dirk Gindt, Associate Professor in Theatre Studies, has just published the volume "Viral Dramaturgies: HIV and AIDS in Performance in the Twenty-First Century" (Palgrave Macmillan 2018), co-edited with Alyson Campbell (University of Melbourne).
The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation boosts important research
2018-04-04
Four of the 2018’s grants from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation’s comprehensive investment in mathematics goes to researchers at the Department of Mathematics.
The Swedish government is investigating the cocktail effect of chemicals
2018-03-28
Christina Rudén, Professor at the Department of Environmental Sciences and Analytical Chemistry (ACES), will investigate the risks involved with the cocktail effect of chemicals.
Exposure to highly fluorinated chemicals peaks in early life
2018-03-28
Children are exposed to a wide range of highly fluorinated chemicals through multiple pathways including breastfeeding, air inhalation and dust ingestion. The exposure peaks in the first year of life, shows a new doctoral thesis.
The Cambridge Analytica case highlights the need to consider privacy as a social issue
2018-03-28
Airi Lampinen discusses the Cambridge Analytica case as well as on what it reveals about Facebook and its users on Swedish Radio.
Molecular regulator keeps the immune system in balance
2018-03-26
The immune system must be able to distinguish between friend and foe, therefore it has to be turned on and off quickly. A research group at the Department of Molecular Biosciences at Stockholm University has recently discovered a new mechanism that cells in the intestine use to increase or decrease the activation of the immune system.
Professor Jenny White to Present Spindle Autocracy Article at UiO in Norway
2018-03-26
Professor Jenny White to present widely acclaimed recent article in Oslo
Fake news are not ”news” – fueling populism since 1917
2018-03-26
Did you know that fake news circulated more than a hundred years ago? An example is the gruesome anti-German hoax that had momentous consequences. Our PhD student Serena Coppolino Perfumi gives a historical perspective on misinformation in a new blog post.
Meeting the need for higher education on a massive scale in Sub-Saharan Africa
2018-03-19
“We need to invest in human capital and education with regard to economic growth, and as the promoter of democratic freedom in Sub-Saharan Africa", says Love Ekenberg to University World News.
Thiamine deficiency in wild animals is a serious threat to biodiversity
2018-03-14
Soon the common eiders will return from their winter quarters in Central Europe, but the mortality during the last years has been so high that large areas in the archipelago will be devoid of breeding common eiders.
Get it right on fish intensity, get it right for aquaculture
2018-03-12
A study from Bangladesh shows that intensification of aquaculture production can reduce some environmental impact, producing more using less.
To fly or not to fly – what should climate researchers do?
2018-03-02
To encourage a change in travel habits among the research community, the Department of Environmental Sciences and Analytical Chemistry has launched a project where employees log their own greenhouse gas emissions.
We don’t know enough to fix the Baltic Sea with geo-engineering
2018-02-27
Geo-engineering measures have been proposed to mitigate the internal load of phosphorus and speed recovery of the Baltic Sea. But there are still uncertainties about the fluxes and dynamics of phosphorus and their contribution to eutrophication, which was discussed at the HELCOM-EUSBSR workshop where the Baltic Sea Centre participated.
A saltier North Atlantic kick-started circulation at the end of the greenhouse world
2018-02-26
A drastic change in ocean circulation patterns over 34 million years ago occurred because surface waters in the far North Atlantic became salty enough to sink. This start-up of Northern deep-water formation purged stagnant waters sourced from the Arctic resulting in a release of carbon dioxide into our atmosphere.
What role do ocean margins play in the global carbon cycle?
2018-02-23
By using the radiocarbon dating of land-plant molecules as a clock, an international research team has been able to assess the timescale for transport of organic carbon released from land across coastal seas.
New book from Stockholm University unlatched in global Open access project
2018-02-21
Stockholm University has since the start 2014 supported the initiative Knowledge Unlatched, which unlocks research published at traditional publishing houses, and releases it as open access. In March, The triple bind of single-parents families, co-authored by Rense Nieuwenhuis, will be published. But it is already available as a free download.
Life at Tarfala research station at Kebnekaise – over 1km above sea level
2018-02-16
Life at Tarfala research station at Kebnekaise – over 1km above sea level
A different kind of fire
2018-02-16
Forest fires during drought periods rather than deforestation fires increasingly dominate Amazonian carbon emissions.
Carl Cederström – the researcher who tried to optimise himself
2018-02-15
How can we become better people – better-looking, smarter, healthier, and more productive? Over the course of a year, researcher Carl Cederström explored various self-improvement strategies – using himself as the subject. This short film documents what Carl put himself through during that year – in order to optimise his life.
Keep your head high – the Stone Age in a new light
2018-02-15
Stone Age society and Stone Age people’s conception of the world were more complex than previously believed. This according to new analyses of skulls found in Motala, Sweden.
More researchers need to get involved in Open Science
2018-02-09
Shared data means that several people can use the same data – and spot mistakes. It benefits everyone and changes the dynamic of research, but more researchers need to get involved.
A biological switch regulates the amounts of DNA building blocks
2018-02-02
The enzyme that produces DNA building blocks continues to amaze. The latest surprise is that the enzyme’s on/off switch is positioned at a completely novel site in some marine bacteria. Evolution has once again used an existing component in a new way.
Why marry a married man?
2018-01-31
Having a mother who is married to a man who has at least one other wife – that is, polygynously married – can be better than having parents who are married monogamously for some children in Ethiopia. At least for outcomes such as child survival, education and marriage. But how children fare depends on the wife rank of the mother, and outcomes vary for sons and daughters, a new study by Caroline Uggla et al shows.
The Novo Nordisk Foundation is awarding the 2018 Novozymes Prize to Gunnar von Heijne.
2018-01-29
He is awarded for his scientific breakthroughs in studies of membrane proteins. The Prize is accompanied by DKK 3 million.
Strong interest in study of recovery from eutrophication
2018-02-08
Lakes and coastal areas can recover from eutrophication, but it takes time and we need patience. This was the conclusion of one of the most downloaded articles from the scientific journal Limnology & Oceanography in 2017. Michelle McCrackin, researcher at the Baltic Sea Centre, led this study.
The road to civilization goes through threat and punishment
2018-01-25
Changes in norms can occur in the meeting between individuals where one punishes the other’s behaviour if it feels threatening, shows a new study.
Swedish-Danish initiative on network collaboration on cryomic microscopy
2018-01-23
A new Swedish-Danish research alliance wants to advance understanding of how biological molecules look and behave. With support from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and the Novo Nordisk Foundation, scientists at four universities in Sweden and Denmark will join forces to create a Nordic network in cryoelectron microscopy, whose developers were awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Book Discussion Week on Nordic Nationalism and Penal Order: Walling the Welfare State
2018-01-23
Border Criminologies is running a book discussion week on our researcher Vanessa Barker’s new book Nordic Nationalism and Penal Order: Walling the Welfare State (Routledge, 2018).
Why Sweden was ready for Metoo
2018-01-19
No matter what long-term consequences will follow, it is clear that Metoo has had a huge impact in Sweden. There are some trends that are specific to the Swedish context that I believe have contributed to why Metoo has evolved into a mass movement in Sweden, our PhD student in sociological demography Signe Svallfors writes in a new blog post.
Connecting Swedish and Japanese universities through research, education and innovation
2019-12-10
MIRAI is a collaboration project between seven Swedish universities and eight Japanese universities which aims to strengthen academic collaboration between Sweden and Japan.
New institution strengthens social science public health research
2018-01-11
In January 2018, the Department of Public Health Sciences was formed when the research institutes CHESS and SoRAD joined forces. This merger promises to further strengthen social science research on public health at Stockholm University.
Special issue of Nordic Theatre Studies
2018-01-09
Erik Mattsson, scholar in Theatre studies, is the editor of a special issue of the academic journal Nordic Theatre Studies. Lena Hammergren, Rikard Hoogland, Hélène Ohlsson and Willmar Sauter, scholars at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, are all among the writers.
Outstanding environmental chemist Visiting Professor at the University
2017-12-27
Derek Muir, senior research scientist at Environment and Climate Change Canada, has been appointed as the holder of King Carl XVI Gustaf’s Visiting Professor in Environmental Science.
We are solving the mysteries of water
2017-12-27
Researchers at Stockholm University are closing in on the truth about water. Why is it different from all other fluids?
Seven Wallenberg Academy fellows to Stockholm University
2017-12-15
Johanna Rickne is one of the outstanding researchers who have been selected as Wallenberg Academy Fellows this year.
Smoking leads to less increase in life expectancy for less educated women
2017-12-12
Life expectancy in Sweden has risen steadily during the last few decades for most groups. One exception is women whose highest educational level is primary school. This is mostly because of smoking.
How the cat parasite exploits immune cells to reach the brain
2017-12-07
Scientists have previously shown that a parasite from cats can infect people's brain and affect our behaviour. Now, researchers at Stockholm University have discovered how the parasite takes control of our cells.
Antarctic expedition heading towards Queen Maud Land soon
2017-12-07
Queen Maud Land is largely covered by the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. The ice is so thick that only the highest mountain peaks, so-called nunataks, protrude through the ice sheet.
When it comes to men having children, money matters more than education
2017-12-05
Study field and income are important factors for understanding childlessness among college educated Swedish men. A fourth of them remain childless, while women partner with men with lower education.
Investigating the allure of the cloud
2017-11-28
The virtual data cloud is often portrayed as something clean and invisible. But in reality it is a heavy industry that has both social and environmental effects. A workshop gathers researchers to discuss what makes the cloud so attractive.
New book: Rhythms of Writing
2017-11-27
Professor Helena Wulff in the Department of Social Anthropology is the author of the new book “Rhythms of Writing. An Anthropology of Irish Literature” published by Bloomsbury.
Ambidextrous blue whales spark interest of the international press
2017-11-27
A joint study of the blue whale co-authored by Stockholm University’s James E. Herbert-Read and published in Current Biology has captured the imagination of news outlets worldwide.
Early farming may have spread over Europe from Greece
2017-11-22
The Neolithization, when societies were restructured during the Stone age and people turned from hunting and gathering to farming, is probably the most important process in our history. For a century researchers were much guessing how the process happened, and only during the recent years have they been able to work out how the process occurred, with the help of DNA from ancient remains.
Self-driving cars confuse pedestrians
2017-11-20
Barry Brown points out that while robot cars are safe, their actions can sometimes seem strange to pedestrians or other drivers who struggle to know what the cars are going to do next.
Teslas in autopilot can make lane changes considered as rude by human drivers
2017-11-17
Press-clip. Barry Brown found that Teslas in autopilot can make lane changes in ways that would be considered rude by human drivers. Article in The Guardian.
Seagrass is a key fishing ground globally
2017-11-17
New research demonstrates that seagrass meadows are important fishing grounds all around the globe. The work highlights that there is an urgent need to start appreciating and understanding this role to be able to build more sustainable fisheries. A new study examines the global extent to which these underwater meadows support fishing activity.
Terrorist attacks can lead to increased ethnic segregation – but only for a short while
2017-11-16
In a paper published in 2016, we - Christofer Edling, Jens Rydgren and Rickard Sandell - provide a scientific account of both attitudes and behavior in reaction to a terrorist attack, showing that also behavior is subject to resilience.
Later-borns choose less prestigious programs at university
2017-11-15
First-borns are more likely to study more prestigious subjects at university such as medicine and engineering and can thus expect greater earnings than later-borns, according to a new study.
Generous people listen with their heart
2017-11-15
Some people like to share with others. Why is this so? New research shows that sometimes generosity goes hand in hand with “listening to your heart.”
The Zwicky Transient Facility sees “first light”: a new era in the study of the dynamic sky
2021-07-02
The Zwicky Transient Facility is now ready to start operations. A new robotic camera with the ability to capture hundreds of thousands of galaxies in a single shot has taken its first image of the sky. The recently installed camera is part of a new automated sky-survey project based at the Palomar Observatory in California and a revolutionising tool for the study of rapidly varying cosmic phenomena
The political turn of business
2017-11-14
Christina Garsten and Adrienne Sörbom have edited the new anthology “Power, Policy and Profit. Corporate Engagement in Politics and Governance” published by Edward Elgar Publishing.
Research on Arctic permafrost is funded within Horizon 2020
2017-11-24
How does climate change affect the Arctic coastal environment? And how can the challenges be met by people who live there? These are some of the issues that will be investigated in the project Nunataryuk, which is being funded within the EU Horizon 2020 program.
Grants awarded to projects on click farms, maritime logistics and big data
2017-11-13
Johan Lindquist, Hege Høyer Leivestad and Darcy Pan in the Department of Social Anthropology have been awarded project grants from the Swedish Research Council.
How a “shadow zone” traps the world’s oldest ocean water
2017-11-13
New research from an international team has revealed why the oldest water in the ocean in the North Pacific has remained trapped in a shadow zone around 2km below the sea surface for over 1000 years.
Nordic Nationalism and Penal Order - new book by Vanessa Barker
2017-11-09
In her new and compelling book, Vanessa Barker explores the Swedish case study to challenge several key paradigms for understanding penal order in the twenty-first century and makes an important contribution to our understanding of punishment and welfare states.
The stars that refuse to die
2017-11-13
In recent years, two new supernovas have been observed which don't act like supernovas usually do. New, more effective scanning telescopes are catching new behaviours.
Seed money to project on the travel of tea seeds
2017-11-09
Bengt G. Karlsson has received seed funding from The Seed Box to carry out the pilot project “Assam Tea, Kenya: The Travel of Seeds, Clones and Science Between India and Kenya”.
A strange stellar explosion with enduring brightness
2017-11-15
Located in a dwarf galaxy 500 million light years away, supernova iPTF14hls initially seemed like an ordinary explosion of a red giant star. Then it lasted more than four times longer than a normal supernova.
Five new positions in Baltic Sea research
2017-11-20
In 2018, Stockholm University will start a new interdisciplinary Baltic Sea research network. Within this team, we now announce three tenure-track Assistant Professor positions and two Postdoctoral positions.
Study confirms thiamine deficiency behind eider population decline
2017-11-06
Lethal deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B1) is widespread among wildlife over large geographical areas in the Northern Hemisphere. Now, researchers from Stockholm University with colleagues from the Swedish National Veterinary Institute show that there is a direct link between thiamine deficiency and the population decline in the common eider in Sweden.
All insects in Sweden will be mapped with the latest DNA technique
2017-11-06
The Swedish Museum of Natural History starts a new research project to map Sweden's insects and the microscopic animals that live on them. Ayco Tack, researcher at DEEP, will participate in the study, together with researchers from SLU and KTH.
Male mammoths more often died in natural traps
2017-11-03
Most wolly mammoths found are male. These new findings suggests inexperienced male mammoths more often travelled alone and got themselves killed by falling into natural traps.
A song of ice sheets and fire
2017-10-31
Past volcanic eruptions triggered abrupt melting events on ancient ice sheets, according to an article published in Nature Communications this week. The findings imply the deposition of ash on ice surfaces could result in an increase in the contribution of ice sheet melt water to global sea level rise.
Beatrice Crona, SRC, awarded fellowship on global health
2017-10-30
SRC researcher Beatrice Crona selected as fellow to the Swedish Institute for Global Health Transformation (SIGHT).
The Guanches originated from North Africa, shows DNA-study
2017-10-26
The aboriginal inhabitants of the Canary Islands, commonly known as the Guanches, originated from North Africa. A team of international researchers led by Stockholm University, and including Liverpool John Moores University’s Dr Linus Girdland-Flink, has now confirmed this long-held hypothesis. The result has been achieved by sequencing ancient DNA extracted from the University of Edinburgh’s collection of skulls from Guanches who lived on Gran Canaria and Tenerife prior to the European conquest in the 15th century AD.
What happens to migrants and failed asylum seekers after deportation?
2017-10-26
The new anthology “After Deportation. Ethnographic Perspectives”, edited by Shahram Khosravi, provides insight into what happens to migrants and failed asylum seekers post-deportation.
New book on Europeanisation, good governance and corruption
2017-10-26
On 24 October, SUITS celebrated the release of a book by Digdem Soyaltin, former SUITS postdoctoral researcher.
Novel activity of chromatin regulator controls gene expression
2017-10-20
Researchers from Sweden and USA have shown how the protein CBP regulates the expression of genes, an essential process in every cell in our bodies.
Merging neutron stars detected in gravitation waves and electromagnetic radiation
2019-02-13
Gravitational waves from the merger of two neutron stars have been detected for the first time. Scientists around the world pinpointed the source to a galaxy 130 million light years away.
Turkish diaspora provides insight into current migration issues
2017-10-19
'Migration from Turkey to Sweden,' co-edited by Bahar Baser and Paul T.Levin, studies integration, belonging and transnational community.
Baltic clams and worms release as much greenhouse gas as 20 000 dairy cows
2017-12-15
Worms and clams enhance the release of methane up to eight times more compared to sea bottoms without animals, shows a study by scientists at Stockholm University and Cardiff University.
How parental background is connected with children’s pathways into adult life
2017-10-12
Children brought up in families in Finland with high level of socioeconomic resources follow more successful pathways to adulthood compared to the pathways of those with fewer such resources. Educational choices strongly shape the patterns of other life paths and events in early adulthood. These are some of the results of a new study in Demography.
Cultivating memories of belonging and conviviality
2017-10-11
In a new article by Annika Rabo – Anthropological Methods and an Analysis of Memory: Migration, Past and Present in Raqqa Province, Syria – the history of mobility and settlement in the province of Raqqa is used as examples to highlight memories of both conflict and conviviality.
Professor Jenny White gives series of high-profile lectures
2017-10-09
Social anthropologist Jenny White specialises in Turkish culture, society and politics. Her recent inauguration to professor was celebrated with a number of lectures in Stockholm and Uppsala.
The life of cells – live!
2017-10-05
Soon we will have a nearly complete picture of the cell’s molecular machinery. The issue now is understanding how protein molecules work together to create a microcosm that is stable and functions as well as it does. Thanks to a 20 million SEK (2.5 million USD) grant, Michael Oliveberg and his colleagues can search for the answer.
Quest for the unknown elementary particle
2017-10-05
One of particle physics’ biggest unsolved mysteries is how the Higgs particle can be so light, which is at odds with the prevailing theories. Thanks to a 35.2 million SEK (4.34 million USD) grant, Sara Strandberg and her colleagues can go on the hunt for new particles that could explain the mass of the Higgs boson.
Busy schedule for Honorary Doctor Thuram
2017-10-03
Lilian Thuram, French author and former football player spent a busy week in Stockholm in connection with receiving an Honorary Doctorate at Stockholm University.
What makes conspiracy theories appealing?
2017-10-02
Who believes in conspiracy theories? Why are certain things surrounded by speculation and rumours? A new interdisciplinary and international research network aims to discover the origins and mechanisms of conspiracy theories.
Inauguration and Conferment 2017
2018-03-20
The Stockholm City Hall was fully packed at Stockholm University's conferment ceremony of new doctors and new professors. The Vice-Chancellor highlighted the importance of the University's independent research and its importance to the surrounding society.
High ambitions but lacking contacts can be a health risk
2017-09-28
Young adults with non-Swedish background suffer more often from worse mental health than their peers without immigrant background. In particular, young adults with Iranian parents experience depressive symptoms more often.
Need for information regarding the processing of personal data
2017-09-28
On 25 May 2018, the EU’s new data protection regulation will enter into force.
Trend towards free access
2017-10-19
Financiers and researchers are demanding increased access to research data and publications, and this development has already come a long way.
First research collaboration between Stockholm and Tokyo is on ageing
2018-01-19
How can research help a society deal with an ever-ageing population? This issue was discussed at a workshop held to mark the start of a collaboration between Stockholm’s three leading academic institutes and University of Tokyo.
North-Europeans in Spain – new special issue of NJMR
2017-09-22
The latest issue of the Nordic Journal of Migration Research is a special issue titled “Liquids and Sediments: Practices of Community in the Context of Migration, Mobility and Transnationalism”. It has been co-edited by Erik Olsson.
Climate Report presented in the UN
2017-09-19
It is possible to limit global warming to less than two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, but only if the world takes fast action. This is the conclusion in a new report written by 33 leading climate scientists and climate advisors. The report “Well Under 2 Degrees Celsius. Fast Action Policies to Protect People and the Planet from Extreme Climate Change” was presented on September 18 at the United Nations headquarters in New York, during the United Nation’s Climate Week.
New books from members of the Department of Social Anthropology
2017-09-13
Three anthologies edited by member of the Department of Social Anthropology were recently published: “Small Countries. Structures and Sensibilities”; “Geographies of Difference: Explorations in Northeast Indian Studies”; and “Ethnographies of Conferences and Trade Fairs. Shaping Industries, Creating Professionals”.
The underwater jungles of the sea give clearer water
2017-08-31
When you take a swim in the sea and entangle your toes in underwater plants you can stay calm, they are doing good.
Shared custody equals less stress for children
2017-08-30
Children who live full time with one parent are more likely to feel stressed than children in shared custody situations. These are the results of a new study from Stockholm University’s Demography Unit.
Kebnekaise’s south peak still highest in Sweden
2017-08-24
The annual measurement by researchers from Stockholm University shows that Kebnekaise’s south peak is still the highest peak in Sweden. Climate change, however, will make the north peak the country’s highest point within a few years.
Virtual meeting on meeting
2017-08-23
Renita Thedvall participated together with other researchers in two online meetings convened by allegralaboratory.net to discuss the importance of investigating meetings ethnographically. Read what came out of their conversations.
Software revolutionises the fashion industry
2017-08-23
Unlimited opportunities to integrate technology into everyday clothes hamper when a focus is not on software development, Oskar Juhlin says, in El Espectador.
New book about film music by Tillman
2017-08-17
Joakim Tillman, Associate Professor in musicology at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, is one of two editors of the new book Contemporary Film Music: Investigating Cinema Narratives and Composition, at Palgrave Macmillan.
Researchers and fishing companies form coalition for sustainable seas
2017-08-09
Researchers from Stockholm Resilience Centre convened seafood companies to form a coalition to end unsustainable practices such as overfishing, modern slavery and destructive impacts on marine life.
A new Botulinum Neurotoxin discovered
2017-08-03
The first new Botulinum Neurotoxin in almost half a century has been discovered by researchers at Stockholm University and Harvard Medical School.
What matters for attitudes towards including immigrants in the welfare state
2017-08-11
Native-born Swedes who have unemployed immigrants in their neighborhoods are more likely to feel negatively towards immigrants’ inclusion in the welfare state.
Stronger West African Monsoon during Green Sahara may have affected ENSO
2017-07-11
Accounting for a vegetated and less dusty Sahara reduces the variability of El Niño during the Mid-Holocene to closer to that which is observed in several paleoclimate records. This is shown by researchers at the Department of Meteorology at Stockholm University in a recent study, published in Nature Communications.
Water Exists as Two Different Liquids
2017-06-28
Scientists at Stockholm University have discovered two phases of liquid water with large differences in structure and density.
Arctic subsea permafrost is thawing faster than thought
2017-06-27
The permafrost in the ocean bottom below the East Siberian Arctic Sea is thawing at a rate of 14 cm per year. That’s a lot faster than for permafrost on land and the process may eventually lead to increased global warming through increased release of methane according to a new study published by Nature Communications with Stockholm University scientists among the research team.
New insights into the toxin behind tetanus
2017-06-26
Tetanus toxin is the neurotoxin that causes lockjaw. Many are vaccinated, but tetanus still kills tens of thousands of people per year worldwide. Researchers from the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, led by Dr Pål Stenmark, have now uncovered the poison’s structure. For the first time, the way the poison is constructed has been revealed.
"Trump's silence after the London mosque attack speaks volumes"
2017-06-21
On Tuesday professor Christian Christensen commented the absence of Trump tweets after the mosque attack in London.
The spacing between siblings doesn’t matter
2017-06-21
When is the best time to have another baby? This is a question that might intrigue parents planning to have more kids. But does it really matter for long-term outcomes in Sweden?
Memory for stimulus sequences distinguishes humans from other animals
2017-06-21
Humans possess many cognitive abilities not seen in other animals, such as a full-blown language capacity as well as reasoning and planning abilities. Despite these differences, it has been difficult to identify specific mental capacities that distinguish humans from other animals. Now reserachers have discovered that humans have a much better memory to recognize and remember sequential information.
Mapping the world sea floor
2017-06-19
By 2030, the entire sea floor will be charted. The Nippon Foundation intends to provide 18.5 million USD and Stockholm University is one of four research centres involved.
Over-educated foreign-born workers are more likely to report poorer health
2017-06-19
Over-educated workers born outside of Western Europe are more likely to report poor self- rated health than workers born in Sweden with an attained level of education that matches that of their occupation.
This is how family change affects children
2017-06-19
Recent decades of family change have seen increases in cohabitation rather than marriage, family dissolution, step-family formation and joint residential custody. Children are involved in many of these increasingly common family transitions and family forms, and we need to consider how they are affected, Juho Härkönen writes in a new blog post.
Microscopes and collaboration will make the University a world leader
2017-06-19
One of the world’s most advanced electron microscopes will soon be located at Stockholm University. The collaborative project CEM4MAT will be launched in connection with this investment in order to make better use of available microscopes in the region and become a world leader in electron microscopy.
Swedish/Chinese collaboration results in publication on chemical pollution
2017-06-09
A major collaboration between Swedish and Chinese researchers recently resulted in the publication of a book entitled “Chemical Pollution: Challenges in the Yangtze River Delta”.
Sahara greening intensify cyclone activity
2017-06-08
Future climate warming could lead to a re-greening of the southernmost Sahara, with decreased dust emissions and changes in land cover.
Struggle for mobility
2017-06-09
A new study by Tekalign Ayalew examines the motivations, organizations and impact of overland migratory journeys from Ethiopia and Eritrea across the Sahara desert and Mediterranean Sea to Sweden.
Welcome to our Search Hub!
2017-09-28
The Search Hub, close to the information desk, offers you help with any questions you might have about searching information and registration for audio books and more.
New article by Karin Dirke
2017-05-23
Karin Dirke, associate Professor of History of Ideas at the department, has written a chapter in the new book Shared Lives of Humans and Animals. Animal Agency in the Global North.
A new book by Ulf Olsson
2017-05-19
Professor of Literature Ulf Olsson has written a book about the rock band the Grateful Dead.
Diffuse feelings of uncertainty can hinder couples from having children
2017-05-18
Couples postpone childbearing not only because they are insecure about their future job or income stability but, on top of that, also because they are uncertain about the financial solidity of their country, postdoc Chiara Ludovica Comolli concludes in a new blog post based on an article in Demographic Research.
New book series: Anthropology & Society
2017-04-27
Anthropology & Society is a new peer-reviewed open access book series published by Stockholm University Press. It was launched at the Swedish Anthropological Association’s conference in April 2017.
Lactate from Human Cells May Trigger Key Step in Invasion by Meningitis-Causing Bacteria
2017-04-11
Lactate produced in the upper throat might trigger meningitis-causing bacterial cells to detach from tiny colonies and spread within the body, according to a new study published in PLOS Pathogens. Findings could improve understanding of how harmless bacteria in throat can turn dangerous
Cyber security central to democracy
2017-04-11
Fredik Blix has been involved with cyber security for 20 years. He recently hacked a phone on live radio, and he warns that both society and individuals are too naive in their use of IT.
Record-young Professor in Computer and Systems Sciences
2017-04-05
Professor Panagiotis Papapetrou is, at the age of 35, the youngest person appointed to a professorship at the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences.
Stockholm University helps shape Europe’s startup hub
2017-03-31
Stockholm is one of Europe's most important tech hubs. Several of those researching and studying at Stockholm University is also those behind the next generation of startup companies.
Volunteering might reduce the chance of developing dementia
2017-03-30
Individuals who decide to retire from the workforce, but start to volunteer instead, report substantially less cognitive complaints and are far less likely to be diagnosed with dementia compared to retired workers who do not volunteer.
This is how Iraq ended up with a system of violence
2017-03-31
The main driving forces of the violence in Iraq have been the reforms and the political system based on ethno-sectarianism imposed by the US, according to a new thesis by Thomas Sommer-Houdeville.
Hack4Sweden and Minister Ardalan Shekarabi at eGovlab/DSV
2017-03-27
The Minister of Public Administration Ardalan Shekarabi visited eGovlab/DSV during the hack for Sweden contest. He fully supported our efforts for a smarter and inclusive Public Administration.
Chemistry professor Xiaodong Zou inducted to IVA
2017-03-13
The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) has elected eight new members. One of the new members is Xiaodong Zou in the Chemical Engineering division.
“The Cloud can’t keep autonomous vehicles from crashing”
2017-03-10
There are two looming obstacles to the full realization of the Internet of Things (IoT).
Promising young neurolinguistic researcher wins prize
2017-03-08
Julia Uddén is one of two researchers to win this year’s L’Oréal-Unesco ‘For Women in Science’ Prize. Her research in language and psychology focuses on why some people are better at communicating than others.
Baltic Sea Future moves forward
2017-03-10
The congress Baltic Sea Future has gathered people from all over the Baltic region to share thoughts and ideas, experiences and solutions.
America observed – on an international anthropology of the United States
2017-02-27
Helena Wulff and Ulf Hannerz have contributed to the new anthology “America Observed: On an Anthropology of the United States”.
When counting isn’t enough – creating a more equal society
2017-02-24
The profile area Normativity, Law & Ethics analyses inequalities in society and the ethical considerations, laws and policies that work to perpetuate or alleviate them. Dr Eva Wittbom talks about her research on how the ideals of equality are translated into practice.
”Collaboration is about relations” – successful closing of academic collaboration forum
2017-02-20
Collaborations and relations were in focus at the Stockholm Excellence Seminar, hosted by Stockholm University and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, which attracted more than hundred participants from higher education and research institutions around the world.
A few snapshots of the US borders
2017-02-15
A new text by Shahram Khosravi written in response to the Trump administration’s Executive Order on immigration has just been published.
Data Management in the Life Sciences
2017-03-06
Niclas Jareborg will talk about ongoing efforts by national and European infrastructures that aim to facilitate proper data management and Open Access movement for Life Science research data.
Risk of divorce increases if women do more housework – and don’t get credit for it
2017-02-14
Heterosexual couples in Sweden are more likely to divorce if men discount women’s housework contributions.
Professor at a record-young age
2017-02-11
Professor Ilona Riipinen at the Department Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES), is the youngest person appointed to a professorship at Stockholm University in the 21st century.
Why malaria mosquitoes like people with malaria
2017-02-09
Malaria mosquitoes prefer to feed – and feed more – on blood from people infected with malaria. Researchers from Stockholm University among others have discovered why. The findings can lead to new ways to fight malaria without using poisonous chemicals.
New paper on nitrogen cycling in the sediments of the Gulf of Bothnia
2017-02-04
Funded by the recently finished Baltic Ecosystem Adaptive Management project, Stefano Bonaglia et.al., just published their new results on the fate of fixed nitrogen in marine sediments.
Waiting and hope in Iran
2017-01-31
In the new book “Precarious Lives: Waiting and Hope in Iran” Shahram Khosravi examines the complexities and contradictions of everyday life in Iran.
Stockholm University hosts international meeting on research collaboration
2017-01-31
Stockholm University will host the Stockholm Excellence Seminar with participants from Republic of Korea, Singapore, China, Indonesia and Brazil on 14 February. The seminar is the final activity in a two year project for research collaboration between researchers in Sweden and these five countries.
The paradox of migration – links, loss and belonging
2017-01-26
Migrants of all types employ different strategies - adapting to their new environment and adapting their environments to themselves. Profs Annika Rabo, Erik Olsson and Bengt Karlsson discuss education, welfare and policy making.
Major Viking Age manor discovered at Birka
2017-01-19
For centuries it has been speculated where the manor of the royal bailiff of Birka, Herigar, might have been located. New geophysical results provide evidence of its location at Korshamn, outside the town rampart of the Viking Age proto-town Birka in Sweden. The results will be published in the international scientific journal Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt.
New anthology on racism and social justice
2017-01-18
Tekalign Ayalew and Siri Schwabe are contributing with chapters on everyday practices of Ethiopian homemaking in Sweden and Palestinian street protest in Chile in the new anthology “Spatial Justice and Diaspora”.
Challenges in adding up the sources of methane
2017-01-18
The greenhouse gas methane has many natural sources, and understanding how large each of those sources are remains an unfinished task. This is important when trying to predict future methane emissions and global warming. A new study from researchers at Stockholm University shows how double-counting of methane sources, particularly wetlands and lakes, might be occurring in research. The study has been published in Geophysical Research Letters.
Contextualising art – physical artefacts and immaterial legacies
2017-01-17
Making meaning out of what we experience is central to being human, and the interpretation of works of art (both scholarly and not) can reveal surprising, multi-valent insights. Profs Peter Gillgren and Anders Andrén explore issues of Cultural Heritage, Historical Artefacts and Processes.
Expression, mutation and adaptation – genetics beyond DNA
2017-01-13
While understanding DNA and chromosomes is essential to genetics, how genes are actually expressed is just as important. Profs Neus Visa and Mattias Mannervik discuss their research into the protein complexes that regulate DNA and RNA and the future of epigenetics.
Understanding the climate one tree, bog and bird at a time
2017-01-04
The changing climate is one of our most pressing problems, and innovative approaches are crucial to our continued survival. Drs Britta Sannel, Ilona Riipinen, and Henrik Österblom all discuss the power of one organism to change our view of the world.
Thiamine deficiency in wildlife more widespread than previously thought
2017-01-02
Deficiency of vitamin B1 (thiamine) in wildlife was previously described as a problem among certain species within relatively limited geographical areas. Now, researchers at ACES, together with colleagues from several other research institutions in Europe and North America, show that thiamine deficiency is far more widespread than previously thought.
Victimisation & rehabilitation - Crime as a mirror of society
2017-01-13
Research into Crime and Punishment is as complicated as it is important. Drs Tove Pettersson, Eva Tiby, and Petter Asp address how the ways in which we treat victims, offenders and bystanders show who we are as a society.
Paula Uimonen at EFURU@50 in Nigeria
2016-12-22
Paula Uimonen recently returned from Nigeria where she conducted fieldwork for her project on African women writers as part of the research programme “World Literatures”.
New book by Ulf Hannerz on global future scenarios
2016-12-21
“Writing Future Worlds. An Anthropologist Explores Global Scenarios” is the title of a new book by Ulf Hannerz published by Palgrave Macmillan.
Today’s particle physics, tomorrow’s technology
2016-12-22
Astrophysics, cosmology and particle physics ask the “big questions” at both the subatomic and galactic levels. In videos, Drs Sara Strandberg and Jan Conrad describe their research questions, demonstrate their processes using models, and reveal how breakthroughs in physics have led to major technological revolutions.
Spectacular supernova was spinning black hole
2016-12-19
The supernova ASSASN15lh drew headlines earlier this year as the brightest supernova ever, but scientists have found it difficult to explain the fenomenon. In an article in Nature Astronomy researchers from Stockholm University, among other universities, are launching a theory that it is in fact a star that has ended up too close to a supermassive black hole and been torn apart by gravity.
Stockholm University Researchers in the Antarctic
2016-12-16
The research project MAGIC-DML aims to study the changes in the ice sheets covering Queen Maud Land in Antarctica. The goal is to create a detailed history of the ice cover, focusing on how its thickness and surface area has varied over time. The international collaboration includes researchers from Stockholm University.
Anthropological insights applied outside of academia
2016-12-12
Associate Professor Shahram Khosravi has written the chapter “Engaging Anthropology: An Auto-Ethnographic Approach” published in the new anthology “Engaged Anthropology. Views from Scandinavia”.
Who will save your social media photo album?
2016-12-12
Never before have we photographed and shared our daily lives as much as today. But how do we collect and preserve our everyday photos? The new research project “Collecting Social Photo” will explore this question.
Uncertainty affects China’s labour NGOs
2016-12-09
A new study in Social Anthropology investigates the dynamics of state control in China with a focus on labour NGOs and Western funding agencies. It shows that a notion of uncertainty permeates the daily work of the NGOs and their relationships with the Chinese state.
Recent publications from the Department of Sociology
2022-03-31
Recent publications in peer-reviewed journals and books by the Department of Sociology.
On memory, politics and being Palestinian in Santiago de Chile
2016-12-15
The world’s largest Palestinian diaspora outside the Arab world is found in Chile. A new PhD thesis in Social Anthropology gives novel perspectives on how a particular diasporic form of being Palestinian is constituted and practiced in the Chilean context.
Researchers Develop Methods for Fighting Crime on Cyber Network Tor
2016-12-02
Department of Computer and Systems Sciences receives SEK 3.5 million for developing techniques to collect evidence of cyber crime on the anonymity network Tor. Oliver Popov is responsible for digital forensics and IT security.
Study sheds new light into the link between thawing permafrost and climate change
2016-12-02
A new study by researchers at Stockholm University shows how large-scale thawing of Arctic permafrost released huge amounts of carbon at the end of the last Ice Age. Frozen carbon reservoirs in the Arctic are currently being released again, which threatens to accelerate climate warming. The results were published in the journal Nature Communications.
Amid rapid change, major Arctic study highlights need to prepare for surprises
2016-11-25
The Arctic Resilience Report, published today, is the first comprehensive assessment of ecosystems and societies in the region. It identifies 19 “tipping points” in natural systems that could radically reshape the Arctic in the coming century, and calls for urgent cooperation to build local communities’ resilience and capacity to adapt to rapid and widespread change.
Strengthening research on Asia at Stockholm University
2016-11-23
Professor Johan Lindquist, Department of Social Anthropology, is from 2016 the new director of the Forum for Asian Studies, a multidisciplinary research forum at Stockholm University.
Researchers analyse healthcare data to improve treatment of heart failure
2016-11-23
Researchers at Stockholm University receive SEK 4.5 million to study factors of importance for the treatment of heart failure patients.
Baltic Seminar: Linking human and natural sciences
2016-12-16
The fourth Baltic Seminar focused on how to link human and natural sciences to improve the state and management of the Baltic Sea. A cooperation very much needed, all speakers agreed, and also pointed out the challenges in this task.
Photo exhibition begins tour of India and Nepal
2016-11-22
Gangtok in the Indian state of Sikkim is the first stop for the mobile photo exhibition “Wayfinding: a photoethnography of indigenous migration”. The exhibit makes two more stops in India before it concludes in Kathmandu.
How companies shall work with digitalisation to achieve sustainable business value
2016-11-19
Jens Ohlsson, the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, has the answers to how companies should work with efficiency to release resources that can be used for digital innovation.
Traces and memories of a land conservation project in Tunisia
2016-11-18
A new project – Time and development in Sidi Bouzid – aims to advance our knowledge of the long-term impacts of development processes. The project is funded by Formas and will be carried out by Professor Annika Rabo, Ulrik Mårtensson och Lazhar Gammoudi.
Communicating the unthinkable
2016-11-17
Associate Professor Ivana Maček is the author of the book chapter “Communicating the Unthinkable: A Psychodynamic Perspective” published in the coming anthology “Memory and Genocide. On What Remains and the Possibility of Representation”.
GLOBHE and Stockholm University carry out landscape analysis project by drones
2016-11-17
Monica Winge, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, carries out an UAV landscape analysis project in collaboration with Globhe. The analysis is made for Chemonics International and for USAID.
Panagiotis Papapetrou receives SEK 3.4 million from Swedish Research Council
2016-11-08
Panagiotis Papapetrou, the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, receives a starting grant for his project “Temporal Data Mining for Detecting Adverse Events in Healthcare”.
Policy Brief: Raising quality of marine protection
2017-03-22
A new Policy Brief from Baltic Eye at the Baltic Sea Centre on why preserving biodiversity and securing a sustainable exploitation of natural assets will require a new way of setting up marine protection.
One hormone to rule them all
2016-11-02
Identifying stress hormones in insects can be a step towards environmentally friendly pesticides. Researchers from Stockholm University have discovered that one hormone coordinates the responses to stress in fruit flies. Their study is recently published in the Royal Society journal Open Biology.
Aron Henriksson awarded the Börje Langefors Prize for his doctoral thesis
2016-11-02
Aron Henriksson, the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, receives the Swedish premier prize in Information Systems/Informatics in 2016, the Börje Langefors Prize.
Reaching Out with Open Access – A new era for Latin American Studies in the Nordic Region
2016-10-31
As of October the Iberoamericana – Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies is published openly online, replacing its print edition since 1977 with a more accessible format.
Rainstorms transport aerosol particles essential for cloud formation
2016-10-27
A new study published in Nature shows that rapid downdraft during precipitation carries a sufficient number of small particles and thus provide a new population of particles that eventually forms new cloud.
Learning ecosystem complexity – A study on small-scale fishers’ ecological knowledge generation
2016-10-26
Diana Garavito-Bermúdez defends her thesis on October 27th. The title of her dissertation is: Learning ecosystem complexity – A study on small-scale fishers’ ecological knowledge generation.
Diaspora – a concept in development
2016-10-19
A new study by Delmi contributes to policy relevant knowledge in the areas of diaspora, transnationalism, migration and development. It is written by Erik Olsson, Professor in International Migration and Ethnic Relations at the Department of Social Anthropology.
"Parental leave is not funded by income tax"
2016-10-19
Ann-Zofie Duvander, Associate professor of Sociology and Demography, was interviewed on her expert area Swedish parental leave policies in the podcast "From Sweden". In contrast to what one might think, the generous parental benefit is not funded by income tax, Ann-Zofie Duvander explains.
VIDEO: Populism and the dangers of anti-liberal communication
2017-02-09
Watch the recorded public lecture with professor Silvio Waisbord, George Washington University, from last Wednesday.
Jelena Zdravkovic receives a grant from Bengt G. Lundberg's Foundation
2016-10-17
Jelena Zdravkovic, the Department of Computer and System Sciences, receive a grant of nearly SEK 215,000 from Bengt G. Lundberg's Foundation to be used for expanded research in Information Systems.
Delivering outsourcing services in diverse contexts with a new approach
2016-11-02
Janis Stirna, Jelena Zdravkovic and Martin Henkel, the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, has developed a method to help businesses adapt to rapid changes in the world. The result commercialises by Altice Labs, Portugal Telecom Inovacao, CLMS, Croz, Everis and Siv AG.
Grow dense, make sense?
2016-10-14
A Baltic Bridge project to investigate the role of drift algae, aquatic plant density and traits for secondary production and shelter from predation.
The EU should meet the needs of future families
2016-12-21
Families in Europe are becoming increasingly varied and complex. The EU needs to increase the possibility of combining work and children for both men and women, in order to get the economy and population structure in balance, says Livia Oláh from the Department of Sociology.
Barry Brown's research on Smart Implicit Interaction receive SEK 12 million
2016-10-11
The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research has awarded Barry Brown at the Department of Computer and systems Sciences, and the Mobile Life Centre a grant sum of SEK 12 million for the project "Smart Implicit Interaction”.
New research vessel to help reduce Baltic Sea pollution
2016-10-18
Researchers are celebrating the inauguration of Stockholm University’s new research vessel Electra af Askö. Packed with high-tech equipment, it will give a more complete picture of pollution in the Baltic Sea.
The mysterious health benefits of Pokémon Go (and other games)
2016-10-07
Barry Brown, the Department of Computer and System Sciences in The Inquirer on game design, parents' attitude changes, how gamification is at the heart of making the digital world a place to nurture health, and why Pokémon Go get people to move, interact and lose weight.
Climate change is studied from a wide perspective
2016-10-03
What happens to water and soil conditions, ecology and biodiversity when the temperature rises? And how are species of plants and animals affected? Researchers at the interdisciplinary research programme Ekoklim at Stockholm University are looking for answers to these questions.
Research across disciplines aims to understand the climate
2016-10-06
The Bolin Centre for Climate Research gathers researchers from Stockholm University, KTH and SMHI.
Disconnections: The possibility of communication across differences and conflict
2016-09-27
Guest professor Silvio Waisbord addressed the challenge of attending to disconnections and fostering communication across social, political and cultural differences at the JMK Higher Seminar on September 21, 2016.
Alf Norkko honoured with Royal Baltic Sea professorship
2016-09-27
It is now decided that Alf Norkko will receive the visiting professorship in Baltic Sea research which Stockholm University gave the King as a 70-year-gift. Professor Alf Norkko from the University of Helsinki is an internationally renowned scientist in the field of ecological Baltic Sea research.
Professor defends Kaepernick's rights
2016-09-14
Lifelong 49ers fan and professor Christian Christensen defends NFL player Colin Kaepernick's rights to make a silent protest during the national anthem.
Riksbankens Juileumsfond funds a sabbatical where Artificial Intelligence analyses medical records
2016-08-30
Professor Hercules Dalianis at the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences receives funding with 1,327,000 SEK from RJ Sabbatical for his project where Artificial Intelligence analyses.
Uncovering the sources of the Himalayan glacier melt
2018-04-11
A Swedish-Chinese study has determined the source of the soot particulates which are causing the Himalaya-Tibet glaciers to melt, according to an article in Nature Communications. The researchers can not only determine the causes of the soot, e.g. wood burning or fossil fuels, but also its geographical origin.
Tony Lindgren awarded for best presentation at ICAIR 2016
2016-08-22
Tony Lindgren at the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences (DSV) won the prize for best oral presentation at ICAIR 2016 in Kitakyushu, Japan.
Dark matter comes closer to the light
2016-09-02
Dark matter – what it is, what it does, what it’s made of – is one of the most fascinating and hotly contested subjects in astrophysics today. A team from the Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics at Stockholm University, headed by Manuel Meyer, has come one step closer to cracking the code. Working with the Fermi Telescope, they investigated whether a widely held assumption about dark matter might be 180 degrees wrong.
Thin tropical clouds cool the climate
2016-08-17
Thin clouds at about 5 km altitude are more ubiquitous in the tropics than previously thought and they have a cooling effect on climate. This is shown in a recent study by researchers from Stockholm University and the University of Miami published in Nature Communications.
Hunter-Gatherers Experimented with Farming in Turkey before Migrating to Europe
2016-08-04
Clusters of hunter-gatherers spent much of the late Stone Age working out the basics of farming in what is now Turkey before taking this knowledge to Europe. In an analysis of ancient genomes in Current Biology, researchers at Stockholm University and Uppsala University in Sweden and Middle East Technical University in Turkey report that at least two waves of early European settlers belonged to the same gene pool as farmers in Central Turkey.
Two Stockholm University researchers win the prestigious Pro Futura
2016-06-17
Historian Aryo Makko and Linguist Julia Uddén are two of the five young researchers chosen as 2016 Pro Futura fellows. Riksbankens Jubileumfond sponsors the award for cutting-edge research in the humanities and social sciences.
Tougher border policy has damaging effects
2016-05-27
EU’s harsher efforts to stop migrants and refugees show how migration has increasingly come to be treated as a security and border issue – with very negative consequences. This according to a new report by anthropologist Ruben Andersson.
New light into our climate’s cloudier past
2016-05-26
In two new papers published in Nature, researchers from Stockholm University along with colleagues from Europe and the USA, imply that the baseline pristine pre-industrial climate may have been cloudier than presently thought. New results from the CLOUD experiment at CERN, Switzerland, shows that organic vapours emitted by trees produce abundant aerosol particles in the atmosphere in the absence of sulphuric acid.
Open Seminar at Score June 2
2016-05-26
Jonas Tallberg, Professor of Political Science, Stockholm University: Legitimacy in Global Governance
Need for international convention on data surveillance
2016-05-24
The personal data of EU citizens is insufficiently protected by US law from being data mined within the context of American national intelligence programs. This is the conclusion of a dissertation from the Faculty of Law at Stockholm University.
How to solve problems with non-response
2016-09-21
As the non-response rates of important studies continue to rise, the quality of the results are getting worse. Per Gösta Andersson from the Department of Statistics researches together with Carl-Erik Särndal, Professor Emeritus of Statistics Sweden, into a method that mitigates the effect of non-response.
R/V Oceania at Askö for important satellite overpass
2016-05-16
Last week several european research groups gathered at Askö Laboratory to take part in an intercalibration workshop to secure data quality of remote sensing reflectance over the Baltic Sea.
Score Lecture on Organization May 27
2016-05-24
Professor John W. Meyer, Stanford University:
Highly Institutionalized Organization: Status and Prospect.
Baltic Bridge - bridging gaps in Baltic Sea science
2016-04-21
Last week researchers from Stockholm University and the University of Helsinki met to discuss concrete collaboration on Baltic Sea research and education. This initiative is part of the strategic collaboration between the two universities. The meeting was held in perfect spring weather at beautiful Askö.
New book on anthropological writing
2016-04-20
Professor Helena Wulff is the editor of the new book “The Anthropologist as Writer: Genres and Contexts in the Twenty-First Century” published by Berghahn.
Syria to Sweden – refugee stories
2016-04-19
The latest issue of Anthropology Now features the article “Syria to Sweden: Refugee Stories” written by Rasmus Rodineliussen, first year master’s student at the Department of Social Anthropology.
Youngest Ph.D wants to understand the mathematics of non-experts
2018-04-09
Whether mathematics is real, or a story we agreed upon, has long been debated by philosophers. A new dissertation from Stockholm University shows that philosophers failed to include non-experts in the theories. Stefan Buijsman recently defended his thesis in philosophy of mathematics, as Sweden's youngest Ph.D ever.
Severe Arctic Ocean acidification via permafrost thawing and river runoff
2016-04-20
When organic material from thawing permafrost is transported to the sea and breaks down in the seawater it contributes to a more rapid acidification of the Arctic Ocean, finds new research by scientists from Stockholm University and colleagues.
Jenny White – new professor of Turkish Studies
2016-04-11
New professor at the Institute for Turkish Studies (SUITS) at the Department of Asian, Middle Eastern and Turkish Studies is Jenny White, currently Professor of Antropology at Boston University. Jenny White was Distinguished Visiting Professor at SUITS during the academic year 2013–2014.
Large variations in precipitation over the past millennium
2016-04-06
According to a new study in Nature, the Northern Hemisphere has experienced considerably larger variations in precipitation during the past twelve centuries than in the twentieth century. Researchers from Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland have found that climate models overestimated the increase in wet and dry extremes as temperatures increased during the twentieth century. The new results will enable us to improve the accuracy of climate models and to better predict future precipitation changes.
Detection of the neurotoxin BMAA in Swedish individuals
2016-04-05
BMAA can be produced by cyanobacteria and was earlier detected in fish and several other organisms in the Baltic Sea. The toxin is now also found in the central nervous system in three out of 25 examined individuals in Sweden.
Baltic Seminar on fish in human hands
2016-05-16
Our third Baltic Seminar had the focus on effects on fish: from key processes in coastal habitats to the influence by global actors. Two keynotes, Johan Eklöf (DEEP) and Henrik Österblom (SRC), gave inspirational presentations and then a panel talk with discussions ended the seminar before our customary Baltic Bar started.
ClimeFish - not a prank!
2016-04-01
Climate changes are not an April Fool’s Day prank. They are real, they are happening right now and they are threatening the sustainable growth of aquaculture and fisheries worldwide. Stockholm university Baltic Sea Centre is one of 21 partners of the Horizon 2020 funded project ClimeFish that focus on forecasting and anticipating effects of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture.
The legend of Erik the Saint may be true
2016-03-18
Erik the Holy may well have been killed in the way the legend says. Archaeologists at Stockholm University has contributed with important clues about the injuries found on the skeleton, and about diet habits and migration patterns of the individual whose remains have been examined.
“Give Open Access and Open Science the attention they deserve”
2016-03-18
The Vice-Chancellor of Stockholm University, Astrid Söderbergh Widding, is one of Europe's Open Access Champions. She is a high level academic who advocate Open Access with no hesitation.
New book on Sweden’s remade national pension system
2016-03-17
Anette Nyqvist is the author of the new book “Reform and Responsibility in the Remaking of the Swedish National Pension System”, an anthropological study of Sweden’s mandatory national pension system introduced in 1999.
Regime shifts in the Northern Benguela ecosystem
2016-03-14
A new article written by BNI researcher Maciej T. Tomczak and Johanna J. Heymans from the Scottish Marine Institute explains how increased fishing and climate drivers during the last 50 years have led to regime shifts, with reorganized ecosystem structure and changes in the main demersal species.
Small brain is good for the immune system – if you are a fish
2016-03-29
A new study shows that guppies with smaller brains have stronger immune responses than guppies with larger brains.
*DSV 50 years* – open jubilee event
2016-03-08
Welcome to our second 50th Anniversary seminar! Henrik Hansson, Associate Professor, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, and Kerstin Borglin, Director at Spider, will be presenting ICT4D.
Svend Pedersen Lecture Award 2016 - to Steve Alsop
2016-05-30
Professor Steve Alsop, Faculty of Education, York University, Canada has received Svend Pedersen Lecture Award for the year 2016. Professor Steve Alsop gave the award lecture on the 25th of May 2016, at 1.00 PM to 2.30 PM in Vivi Täckholmssalen, Svante Svante Arrhenius väg 20 A, Arrheniuslaboratorierna hus P.
The source of nitrogen in the boreal forests now identified
2016-03-01
Researchers have now discovered which organism that contribute the most to the nitrogen cycle in Sweden’s largest biotope - the boreal forests.
Successful launch of Sentinel-3 - the ocean satellite
2016-02-17
ESA:s third satellite within the Copernicus mission was successfully launched from Siberia on the 16th of February. A series of satellites will be carried into orbit over the coming two decades to provide a ‘bigger picture' for the environment programme.
Kilometre-thick ice covered the Arctic Ocean 140 000 years ago
2016-02-12
For the first time, researchers at Stockholm University, in collaboration with researchers in Gothenburg, United States and Russia, have been able to show that the Arctic Ocean was covered by a one kilometre thick layer of ice during glacial periods. The discovery provides, among other things, an insight into the stability of floating glacier ice of a type now mainly found around the Antarctic.
ERC Consolidator Grant to Maja Schlüter
2016-02-11
Maja Schlüter from the Stockholm Resilience Centre has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant worth SEK 18 million.
Award to the International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
2016-02-11
The International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (Elsevier) has won the PROSE Award for Excellence in Reference Works. Several members of the Department of Social Anthropology have contributed to its section for anthropology.
Children in joint physical care have better health than children living with one parent
2016-01-21
In Sweden one in ten school children live in joint physical custody, that is, they move between their parents. The trend suggests that it will be even more common in the future. How do kids who move between their parents actually feel? A recently completed research project shows that they are fine compared to children living alone with one parent.
Large methane emissions from northern lakes
2016-01-07
Climate-sensitive regions in the north are home to most of the world’s lakes. New research shows that these northern freshwaters are critical emitters of methane.
The first European farmers are traced back to Anatolia
2016-01-11
When farming spread throughout Europe some 8000 years ago, Anatolia functioned as a hub, spreading genes and the new ideas westward. An international study coordinated from Stockholm and based on DNA from Anatolian remains indicates the importance of the role Anatolia played, and also in attracting attention both from the east and the west.
Who were the first Vikings?
2016-01-07
A new research project will find out more about the first Vikings. The project has received 50 million SEK in research grants from the Swedish Research Council.
Swedish researchers reveal security hole
2015-12-18
Quantum cryptography is considered a fully secure encryption method, but researchers from Stockholm University and Linköping University have discovered that this is not always the case. The results of their research have been published in Science Advances.
Unique text discovered in language research programme
2015-12-15
Only a few researchers in the past hundred years have discovered new texts written by the church father Augustine. Last winter, Brian Møller Jensen became the latest one. He is involved in Ars edendi, a philological research programme at the Department of Romance Studies and Classics.
Major investment in brain research
2015-12-15
Stockholm University Brain Imaging Centre will provide equipment for research on brain imaging in humans and animals. The research will cover linguistic and behavioural fields and be a multidisciplinary meeting place.
Video available from RSC Workshop: Refuge from Syria
2015-12-15
On December 9, the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford organised the one-day workshop “Refuge from Syria”. Professor Annika Rabo was there to present her research on formal and informal education in Syria, 1980-2010.
Changing seasonality of the Baltic Sea
2015-12-15
Summer season in the Baltic Sea starts earlier. The number of days with sea water warmer than 17°C have almost doubled over the past 30 years. The productive season has also been prolonged. These findings are based on satellite data and the results demonstrate how such indicators of seasonality can be used to detect long-term changes.
20 years after Dayton peace deal
2015-12-14
Today, on December 14, is it exactly twenty years since agreement was reached in Dayton to end the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ivana Maček conducted a project in Sarajevo during the war and is now studying war experiences among Bosnians in Sweden.
Johan Rockström optimistic about Paris Climate Conference
2015-12-08
We need an agreement good enough to hold the increase in global average temperature below two degrees, says Johan Rockström, leading scientist on global sustainability, about the Paris Climate Conference.
How will current research strengthen ecosystem-based management of our sea?
2015-12-08
LATEST RESEARCH NEWS FROM BEAM. After BEAM was prolonged through 2015 over 4 MSEK were used for projects in BEAM's sphere of interest. The funded researchers have now summarized their work.
Ocean toxicity hampered the rapid evolution of complex life
2015-12-04
By examining rocks at the bottom of ancient oceans, an international group of researchers have revealed that arsenic concentrations in the oceans have varied greatly over time. But also that in the very early oceans, arsenic co-varied with the rise of atmospheric oxygen and coincided with the coming and going of global glaciations.
New study raises the global human freshwater footprint
2015-12-04
Dams and irrigation raise the global human consumption of freshwater to a much higher level than previously thought, according to research from Stockholm University. The results are published in the scientific journal Science.
Ilona Riipinen: How are particles removed from the air and atmosphere?
2015-12-03
The amount of particles in the atmosphere is decisive for both our health and the Earth’s climate. Researchers have spent a great deal of time investigating what causes the emission of particles, but knowledge about how they leave the atmosphere is not as advanced. Ilona Riipinen, researcher at Stockholm University and new Wallenberg Academy Fellow, will now study how clouds and rain, for example, contribute to cleaner air.
Fataneh Farahani: What are the limits and terms for hospitality?
2015-12-03
The refugee crisis is one of the most significant civil rights issues of our time. Fataneh Farahani, researcher at Stockholm University and new Wallenberg Academy Fellow, will compare the work with asylum seekers and migrants, and investigate what shapes hospitality in three multicultural cities: London, Stockholm and Sydney.
Emil Bergholtz: Mathematics that may lead the way to quantum computers
2015-12-03
If researchers succeed in building quantum computers, today’s computers will appear as hopelessly old fashioned as typewriters do now. Wallenberg Academy Fellow Emil Bergholtz is developing mathematical theories that may guide the development of a particular form of quantum matter, which has special properties that researchers believe may be a platform for quantum computers.
Mobile Life Centre's study reveals that most Apple Watch owners use it as a watch
2015-12-03
A breakdown in usage of Apple Watch is done by Mobile Life Centre at the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences. The majority of Watch interactions (20%) come from time checking.
Antigone's Diary becomes a mural when youth in Husby tell about their lives
2015-12-02
A motif from the mobile phone performance Antigone's Diary by the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences's Rats Theater becomes a mural when youth in Husby are empowered to transform their area.
New camera can measure methane
2015-12-01
A camera so advanced that it can photograph and film methane in the air around us is now presented by researchers Stockholm University and Linköping University. It can be an important part of the efforts to measure and monitor greenhouse gases. A study was recently published in Nature Climate Change.
Exploring anthropological methods
2015-11-26
Even after years of studies, students and researchers of the discipline might find it difficult to pin down what exactly distinguishes anthropological research. In this episode, we are addressing the simple, yet much discussed and at times mystified question: “What is the anthropological method”?
University Baltic Sea research in short
2015-11-24
What are the effects of brominated substances on marine wildlife? How does regulation to decrease eutrophication look in Baltic Sea countries? Why can trawling lead to toxic pollution? These are some of the issues that scientists in a large research program at Stockholm University work with.
Large grant to research on global foresight
2015-11-20
How are models for future scenarios produced and by whom? What do these models tell us about the proposed solutions for tackling urgent global challenges? Starting in 2016, Professor Christina Garsten will lead a new project on global foresight.
Fighting and Females Determine How Males Make Sperm
2015-11-18
Why do mice have longer sperm than elephants? A new study shows that the size of the female’s reproductive tract holds the key for understanding how males make sperm.
Melting Scandinavian ice provides missing link in Europe’s final Ice Age story
2015-11-18
Molecular-based moisture indicators, remains of midges and climate simulations have provided climate scientists with the final piece to one of the most enduring puzzles of the last Ice Age.
New behavior of gases in metal-organic frameworks observed
2015-11-11
Metal-organic frameworks are materials useful for capturing and storing gas. An international team, led by scientists from Stockholm University and University of California, Berkeley, have been able to show how gases organize in the material, a completely new finding and important for further development. The result was recently published in the scientific journal Nature.
Volcanic eruptions have long-lasting global climate effects
2015-11-10
Strong volcanic eruptions at high-latitudes have large impacts on the global climate system that can last for several decades. This is shown in a new study from Stockholm University published in the scientific journal, PNAS
Toxins remain in your clothes
2015-10-23
Thousands of chemicals are used in clothes manufacturing. Researchers at Stockholm University have examined if there are chemicals in the clothes we buy as well.
New crystal captures carbon from humid gas
2015-10-16
A new material with micropores might be a way to fight climate change. Scientists have created crystals that capture carbon dioxide much more efficiently than previously known materials, even in the presence of water. The research was recently published in a report in the scientific journal Science.
EU funding for non-animal chemical testing
2015-10-14
In a large international program called “EU-ToxRisk”, the European Commission grants 280 million SEK for developing alternatives to animal testing.
Nobel Prize puts focus on the Antarctic ice
2015-10-08
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2015 to Takaaki Kajita, Super-Kamiokande Collaboration, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan and Arthur B. McDonald, Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Collaboration, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada for “for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass.
Breakthrough in understanding sugar uptake
2015-09-30
Researchers from Stockholm University, in international collaboration with UK and Japan, has reached a breakthrough in understanding how fructose is transported into our cells. This could be a potential benefit for the development of novel treatments against some forms of cancer, obesity and diabetes. The results are published as an article in the scientific journal Nature.
Fucus radicans – the Baltic Sea's newest species
2015-09-28
The brown macroalga Fucus radicans probably only exists in the Baltic Sea. This species, previously believed to be a dwarf form of the bladderwrack Fucus vesiculosus, was described only ten years ago but is nevertheless extremely important to the Baltic Sea ecosystem. A new PhD thesis from Stockholm University presents new knowledge about this macroalga which also has the capacity to reproduce clonally, which is very unusual among species in the wrack family.
Workshop: Indigenous Migrants in Asian Borderlands
2015-11-09
Please note, the time and venue for the workshop have changed. It will now take place from 13.00 to 15.00 in room B600 at the Department of Social Anthropology.
How is a changing climate linked to my Baltic Sea research?
2015-09-07
During a one-week course 16 well-renowned experts connected climate change to our most studied Baltic Sea issues, such as; biogeochemical processes, the carbon cycle and food web structures. It resulted in equipping 20 young researchers from all around the Baltic Sea with new problem-solving skills and knowledge that might help develop strategies for a sustainable Baltic Sea management.
The world's CIOs to Stockholm to discuss the prospects of mobile government
2015-09-04
The world’s CIOs gather for the International Council for IT in Government Administration Conference hosted by eGovlab and the Swedish Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation.
Stephen Hawking in Stockholm: ”Black holes ain’t as black as they are painted”
2015-08-27
There is a way out of black holes. That was the message communicated by Professor Stephen Hawking in a public lecture in Stockholm which attracted more than 3000 people to the audience.
Postdoctoral Fellow in Baltic Sea Research
2015-08-24
Vacancy: Postdoctoral Fellow in Baltic Sea Research Ref. No. SU FV-2503-15 at Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre. Closing date: September 20, 2015.
Successful SWE-GER Baltic Sea course
2015-08-24
The returning international Baltic Sea course that Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research in Warnemünde, IOW, and Stockholm University jointly organize has just ended. During one week 20 Swedish and German students have learned and practised research methods for studying the Baltic Sea, from the seascape to the nearest coastal zone.
Temporal development of coastal Baltic ecosystems
2015-08-19
Coastal areas are among the most biologically productive aquatic systems worldwide, but face strong and variable anthropogenic pressures. Few studies have, however, addressed the temporal development of coastal ecosystems in an integrated context. Researchers at the Baltic Sea Centre have contributed to a newly published article (Olsson et al, 2015) on the temporal development of coastal ecosystems in the Baltic Sea over the past two decades.
Scientists on the way to Petermann glacier
2015-07-20
On July 27, Swedish polar scientists set off to Greenland to meet the icebreaker Oden in Thule. The mission this time is to examine the Petermann Glacier in north-western Greenland.
New family of chemical structures can effectively remove CO2 from gas mixtures
2015-07-15
A newly discovered family of chemical structures, published in Nature, could increase the value of biogas and natural gas that contains carbon dioxide.
Environmental conditions at Askö measured in real-time
2020-02-27
At the station B1 right outside the Askö Laboratory an automatic measuring buoy records and displays oceanographic data in real-time. It is part of a network of similar measuring buoys along Sweden’s coast.
Promoting healthy sleep may be an effective strategy to improve life at work
2015-07-06
A new study suggests that there may be a reciprocal, causal pathway between job strain and disturbed sleep, implying that interventions to treat sleep problems may improve work satisfaction.
Single gene controls fish intelligence
2015-06-26
The gene Angiopoietin-1 could play an important role in the brain development of other vertebrates, including humans.
Global freshwater consumption crossing its planetary boundary
2015-07-06
Planetary boundaries have been proposed to describe a safe operating space of humanity. Human consumption of freshwater is the used control variable for a freshwater planetary boundary. Research from Stockholm University is now showing that global freshwater consumption has already pushed beyond its boundary. The article is published in Science.
Environmental award to research observatory NEO
2015-06-10
Navarino Environmental Observatory (NEO), a research observatory at Stockholm University has been awarded the "Ecopolis Award 2015 for Environmental Projects" for its research on climate change in the Mediterranean region.
Janis Stirna - new Professor at DSV
2015-06-05
Janis Stirna appointed as professor within Information Systems at the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University.
Take a stand for the Baltic Sea
2015-06-04
On the fourth of June, the two Swedish adventurers Oskar Kihlborg and Sören Kjellkvist, have scheduled to start a two weeks long paddle adventure on the Baltic Sea. By collecting microplastics while paddling they want to raise awareness about problems connected to microplastics, especially the unnecessary plastic pollution by personal care products.
Elephant movement patterns mapped
2015-06-03
The elephant’s movement pattern has, for the first time, been studied with GPS tags in a previously unexplored area in western Tanzania. A thesis from Stockholm University shows that elephants move in the vicinity of the roads that park guard’s use, and avoid the areas where there is a greater risk of poaching.
Neurotoxin found in commercial seafood
2015-06-03
Popular commercial seafood purchased from Swedish supermarkets at the Stockholm region contains Beta-Methylamino-L-Alanine (BMAA), shows a doctoral thesis from Stockholm University. BMAA is a naturally-occurring amino acid with a possible link to neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. It is the first screening study to measure BMAA in commercial seafood from metropolitan markets.
Jalal Nouri awarded the prize for best PhD thesis and scientific performance 2015
2015-06-02
Jalal Nouri at the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences awarded the prize for best PhD thesis and scientific performance 2015 at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Stockholm University.
Greek research station NEO agreement renewed
2015-05-22
The Navarino Environmental Observatory (NEO), a cooperation between Stockholm University, the Academy of Athens and TEMES S.A., dedicated to research and education on climate and environment of the Mediterranean region, recently renewed its agreement to enable continued research collaboration.
Prehistoric DNA reveals dog origin
2018-03-28
Man's best friend, the dog, may have been around far longer than we thought. A new study shows that the dog's predecessor was separated from the wolf already sometime between 27 000 and 40 000 years ago.
Exploding star shocks its neighbor
2015-05-21
To quickly discover exploding stars opens new windows to study their nature. An early glimpse of ultraviolet light revealed a shocked neighboring star.
High biodiversity gives healthy seagrass beds
2015-05-20
Loss of algal-feeding invertebrates have surprisingly large effects on health of valuable seagrass meadows. These are the new results from a unique set of coordinated experiments.
Viking dragon head found at Birka
2018-03-28
Archaeologists from Stockholm University and Germany made an unexpected discovery last week when they were digging in the port of the Viking town of Birka, on Björkö in Lake Mälaren.
Theo Kanter on Crosstalks TV – The promise and threat of Artificial Intelligence
2015-05-20
Artificial Intelligence might soon be as ubiquitous as electricity in our everyday lives. The possibilities are seemingly endless. But can the rise of intelligent machines pose a grave threat to humanity?
Stain- and waterproof clothing are harmful
2015-05-18
The Madrid Statement documents the scientific consensus on the potential for harm of highly fluorinated chemicals being used in stain- and waterproof clothing. Two hundred scientists from 38 countries, including several researchers from Department of Applied Environmental Science (ACES), Stockholm University have signed the Madrid Statement. In the document the scientists outline a roadmap to prevent further damage.
Prestigious award for studies on effects of climate change on Baltic Sea fauna
2017-03-14
BEAM-associated researcher Agnes Karlson has been awarded a grant of 85000 SEK by the King Carl XVI Gustaf 50-year Foundation for Science, Technology and Environment for her work on a important sediment-living amphipod in the Baltic Sea and how it adapts to climate change.
Woolly mammoth genomes mapped
2018-03-28
Before the world's last woolly mammoth took its final breath, the iconic animals had already suffered from a considerable loss of genetic diversity. These findings were made in the first ever publication of the full DNA sequence of the extinct animal by an international team of scientists from Stockholm University, the Swedish Museum of Natural History and Harvard Medical School among others.
Paul Boyce on queer anthropology and same-sex sexualities in West Bengal
2015-04-22
In this episode of AnthroTalking we talk to Paul Boyce who is a lecturer in Anthropology and International Development at the School of Global Studies, University of Sussex. For his research, Paul has done fieldwork in West Bengal, India, to study same-sex sexualities and transgender experiences in regard to modernity and social change.
New book about the integration of descendants of Turkish migrants in Stockholm
2015-04-20
A new book edited by Charles Westin has just been published: “The Integration of Descendants of Migrants from Turkey in Stockholm. The TIES Study in Sweden”. The book presents the results of the Integration of the Second Generation in Europe survey that examines the experiences of residents of Stockholm who are descended from Turkish migrants.
Policy Brief: The cosmetics clean-up
2017-05-05
Hygiene products are a small but important point source for microplastics to the environment. In a Policy Brief from April 2015, Baltic Eye summarized a number of recommendations on how to limit the release of microplastics from hygiene products.
Plant pollination synchronized with full moon
2015-04-02
A previously unknown correlation between plant pollination and the full moon has recently been discovered. Researchers at Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences present their research results in the international journal Biology Letters.
New project on ecosystem services of the Baltic Sea
2015-06-11
Well-being from the Baltic Sea – applications combining natural science and economics. BalticAPP is a BONUS project that will study both the supply and demand of marine ecosystem services across the entire Baltic Sea region in a spatially and temporally detailed manner.
New discovery in old ring shows connection between the Vikings and Islam
2015-03-27
A new analysis shows an Arabic inscription on a Viking ring and only little wear on the ring. It may be a proof that there was a direct link between the Viking Age Scandinavia and Islam.
Northern lakes’ history can predict future methane emissions
2015-03-26
More and more methane gas is being released from northern lakes in Sweden. Now, a link has been found between methane bubbling and total summer sunshine. This new research result from Stockholm University enables improved predictions of future methane emissions.
The fragile power of think tanks
2015-03-24
While think tanks often succeed in getting their message across, their power is much more fragile than often assumed, says Christina Garsten, Professor in Social Anthropology, in an article published on University of Oslo’s website.
The world’s most iconic ecosystems are at risk of collapse under climate change
2015-03-20
Today Friday 20 March a new study by a team of researchers is published in Science magazine. One of the researchers is Professor Carl Folke, Science Director at Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University.
Get smart: lifelong learning and relearning
2015-03-18
Watch Crosstalks on March 19, 6 pm, to see Uno Fors and Tessy Ceratto Pargman discuss the topic "Get smart: lifelong learning and relearning".
New findings from DNA traces the emergence of languages
2015-03-13
Christos Economou, a PhD student at the Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies at Stockholm University is one of the researchers who participated in the international research team that did the study.
Guppy male with large brain most attractive
2015-03-17
A new study shows that guppy males with larger brains are more colorful and have bigger tails than those with smaller brains.
More millions from BEAM to Baltic Sea research
2015-03-05
Baltic Ecosystem Adaptive Management (BEAM) is one of the strategic research initiatives at Stockholm University. Recently BEAM was prolonged for one year and 24 new projects, all university-based and about research linked to the Baltic Sea management, were granted funding.
Policy Brief: Multiannual plan
2015-02-24
The cod stocks should be a top priority in the Baltic Sea says the Baltic Eye as a comment on the proposal for EU’s new multiannual management plan for Baltic cod, herring and sprat.
Leading climate Professor: Sweden is a model
2015-02-17
Emissions of carbon must be reduced and in this, Sweden can be a model. This was the message when climate Professor Raymond Pierrehumbert held a public lecture in the presence of King Carl XVI Gustaf.
Program Board Meeting for CAiSE 2015
2015-03-02
The Program Board for Caise 2015 met at the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences (DSV).
New findings on animal memory
2015-02-06
A new study shows that all animals have equally bad short term memory. The only species that stands out is man.
Chemistry researcher awarded large scholarship
2015-01-29
The 2015 Alf de Ruvo scholarship worth SEK 500 000 has been awarded to Dr. Andreas Fall at the Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University. Andreas Fall is given the scholarship for his comprehensive mapping of colloid chemistry interactions in nanocellulose systems. The research may contribute to the development of entirely new materials.
The Wellness Syndrome
2015-01-29
Are you obsessed with maximising your individual health and happiness? According to researchers a new phenomenon is emerging which they call the wellness syndrome - an obsession with health that is often counter-productive.
First major analysis of Human Protein Atlas is published in Science
2015-01-23
A research article published in Science on 23 January presents the first major analysis based on the Human Protein Atlas, including a detailed picture of the proteins that are linked to cancer. Professor Gunnar von Heijne at Stockholm University is one of the co-authors of the article.
Grant for recruiting Nobel Prize Laureate
2015-01-19
The Swedish Research Council has decided on grants for recruitments of international outstanding researchers, out of which the Department of Physics at Stockholm University has received a contribution to recruit Professor Frank Wilczek who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2004.
Biodiversity threatened by twentieth century land-use change
2015-01-19
The magnitude of rural landscape change has been more dramatic than previously thought. A new large-scale study by researchers at Stockholm University shows that 96% of species-rich grassland has disappeared during the last 100 years, with serious consequences for plant biodiversity.
Four of nine planetary boundaries now crossed
2015-01-16
Four of nine planetary boundaries have now been crossed as a result of human activity, says an international team of 18 researchers with representatives from Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University in the journal Science, published 16 January. Crossing the boundaries could have serious consequences, both in the present and the future.
New research project: Screening Protest
2015-01-08
The "Screening Protest" project compares (tele)visual narratives of dissent across time, space, media culture and genre in three studies that are analytically distinct yet inter-related.
Askö Laboratory in numbers
2014-12-16
At Askö Laboratory research, monitoring and education is carried out throughout the year. The station is open on equal terms to researchers from all over Sweden and the world. This movie gives you a quick tour and 20 fast facts in less than two minutes.
Bacteria in the Baltic Sea reduce acidification
2014-12-15
Alkalinity production in the Baltic Sea is much larger than previously known. Researchers at Stockholm University determined the alkalinity delivered by rivers to the Baltic Sea and concluded that there are large internal sources in the sea that generate alkalinity.
BEAM funding available
2017-03-14
The BEAM Steering Group invite applications for economic support for 2015.
New ways to understand the life of the cod
2014-12-15
Halfway through the DEMO-project, scientists now study how environmental factors and food availability affect the cod and its body growth in different life stages.
Major Viking Hall Identified in Sweden
2014-12-08
A Viking feasting hall measuring almost 50 metres in length has been identified near Vadstena in Sweden. Archaeologists from Stockholm University and Umeå University used ground-penetrating radar, a non-invasive geophysical method, to locate and map the house foundation.
Research project about impact of civil society organisations on student performance secures funding
2014-11-26
Alireza Behtoui, Associate Professor at the Department of Social Anthropology, has received a research grant from the Swedish Research Council for a three-year study on how civil society organisations can affect students’ performances in school.
First Askö Day gathered many
2014-11-25
On November 20th 2014 the first Askö Day was organized with the aim to present the excellent research that is carried out at the Askö Laboratory.
Night work increases the risk of breast cancer
2014-11-14
Women who work night has an increased risk of developing breast cancer. This is confirmed in a new study by professor Torbjörn Åkerstedt
New book by Mark Graham
2014-11-13
"Anthropological Explorations in Queer Theory" was recently published by Ashgate. The book is written by Mark Graham, Associate Professor at the Department of Social Anthropology. The book discusses central concerns of contemporary anthropology, drawing on both the latest anthropological research as well as classic theories.
Inauguration of New Professors and Conferment of Doctoral Degrees
2019-08-15
The combined ceremony for the conferment of doctoral degrees and inauguration of new professors will take place on Friday 27th September 2019 at 5 p.m. in Stockholm City Hall.
Seafloor animals play a bigger role in nutrient cycling than expected
2014-10-22
Biogeochemical processes in Baltic Sea sediments provide essential ecosystem services, such as reducing eutrophication by removing nutrients or converting them to useful food sources for marine organisms. New research from Stockholm University shows that small animals in the sediment affect the cycling of nitrogen – an essential nutrient, much more than expected.
Hand blenders used for cooking can emit persistent chemicals
2014-10-28
Eight out of twelve tested models of hand blenders are leaking chlorinated paraffins when used according to the suppliers’ instructions. This is revealed in a report from Stockholm University where researchers analyzed a selection of hand blenders which are available on the Swedish market.
Are the regulations that steer Baltic Sea management ecosystem-based?
2014-10-20
Using an ecosystem approach in managing for example fisheries and eutrophication seems to be something that most Baltic Sea countries strive for, but how is that implemented in the binding laws and regulations? To illuminate that was the purpose of the conference Towards an ecosystem-based legal framework for the Baltic Sea held at Stockholm University on October 7th 2014.
Science for ecosystem-based adaptive management of the Baltic Sea
2014-10-17
Since 2010 science within the strategic research programme Baltic Ecosystem Adaptive Management, BEAM, has been conducted with the common aim to support ecosystem-based management of the Baltic Sea environment. Recently 25 BEAM-researchers gathered for 1,5 day’s scientific workshop to present new results and discuss potential future developments.
Two researchers comment the Nobel Prize in Literature 2014
2018-04-09
On October 10, it was announced that the French writer Patrick Modiano is awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Literature. Two researchers at Stockholm University comment on the election and talk about their research on Modiano.
Center for Toxicological Sciences, Swetox, inaugurated
2014-10-08
This Tuesday Swetox, Center for Toxicological Sciences, was inaugurated at Astra Zeneca's former premises in Södertälje. This collaboration between eleven Swedish universities will conduct innovative interdisciplinary basic research, applied research and other business services and even coordinate programs at the masters and doctoral level, including graduate school.
Both precipitation and temperature control land carbon cycling
2014-10-03
Precipitation is at least as important as temperature in determining the turnover time of carbon, states a new report published in Nature. The report also establishes that overall more carbon than what was previously thought is stored in land ecosystems – especially in soil.
Changes in groundwater chemistry before earthquakes in Iceland
2014-09-22
The chemistry of groundwater changed prior to two consecutive earthquakes in northern Iceland, reports a study published online this week in Nature Geoscience. The study was led by scientists in Sweden and Iceland.
Young researcher at ITM received award for “significant research contribution to aerosol science”
2014-09-01
Associate Professor Ilona Riipinen at the Department of Applied Environmental Science (ITM) & Bert Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, received the Smoluchowski Award during the Annual European Aerosol Conference in Busan, Korea.
Towards more ecosystem based fishery
2014-09-01
Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre takes action in developing a more ecosystem based fishery management. During a week in late August, twenty marine scientists from most of the Baltic countries met to outline the first steps towards a future system for ecosystem based management and advice for assessing the Baltic Sea fish stock.
Kebnekaise south peak is melting at record speed
2014-08-28
Kebnekaise is the highest mountain in Sweden. Now there is only 70 centimeters difference between the South and North peaks. The South peak measured to 2097.5 meters above sea level at this year’s annual measurement of the peaks, performed at the end of each summer season by Stockholm University research station Tarfala.
Expert meeting on fisheries management
2014-08-22
An international group of leading fish scientists will gather at the fieldstation Askö Laboratory August 25-29. It is the first in a series of workshops in the research project DEMO – DEMOnstration exercise for Integrated Ecosystem Assessment and Advice of Baltic Sea fish stocks.
Half time for the Polar expedition SWERUS-C3
2014-08-19
The first leg of the International Polar research expedition SWERUS-C3 is approaching its end. In the beginning of next week, the expedition is expected in Barrow, Alaska to change researchers and crew.
Extensive ‘border industry’ controls path into Europe
2014-08-27
Ruben Andersson, associated researcher at the Department of Social Anthropology and postdoctoral research fellow at The London School of Economics and Political Science, recently came out with Illegality, Inc., a book about Europe’s counterproductive border controls. In a recent blog post on Border Criminologies he writes about a just held one-day migration conference at King’s College London that discussed ‘the borders of Europe’.
New international study into the link between human activities and cloud formation
2014-08-06
This summer the Cloud and Aerosol Experiment Åre (CAESAR) was launched which aims to better understand the influence of human activities on the composition of the air and microphysical properties of clouds. The project is a collaboration between Departement of Applied Environmental Science (ITM) at Stockholm University, the Finnish Meteorological Institute and the Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland.
SWERUS-C3 scientists begin methane measurements in outer Laptev Sea
2014-07-18
After nine days in transit, the Arctic expedition SWERUS-C3 has reached the first sampling station located in the Nansen Basin-Laptev Sea. The researchers focus on measuring methane emissions in the outer Laptev Sea. Areas where methane is “bubbling up” from the seabed will be studied in detail to understand how this system functions today.
SWERUS-C3 en route to the Arctic Ocean: the final hours before cast-off
2014-07-15
After four years of intensive preparations, SWERUS-C3, a polar expedition to the East Siberian Arctic Ocean and its adjacent continental slope, finally kicked off on 5 July from Tromsø, Norway. Under a beating sun spirits were running high and a surge of excitement was taking hold of researchers and crew on board the icebreaker Oden.
Cyanobacterial summer blooms progressively earlier in the Baltic Sea
2014-07-08
The cyanobacterial summer bloom in the Baltic is now almost three weeks earlier than 35 years ago, according to a study published in Biogeosciences. The blooms had been predicted to become earlier in the future, as a result of climate change, but now it appears that the future is already here.
Many connections are not always bad for health
2014-06-24
Ayco Tack is one of the authors of a paper recently published in the Science journal. The paper describes an extensive study of over 4000 plant populations infected by a pathogenic fungus. The unexpected result contradicts what is predicted from classical ecological theory.
Genomic Diversity and Admixture differs for Stone-Age Scandinavian Foragers and Farmers
2014-04-30
An international team led by researchers at Uppsala University and Stockholm University reports a breakthrough on understanding the demographic history of Stone-Age humans. A genomic analysis of eleven Stone-Age human remains from Scandinavia revealed that expanding Stone-age farmers assimilated local hunter-gatherers and that the hunter-gatherers were historically in lower numbers than the farmers. The study is published, ahead of print, in the journal Science.
Deer droppings good for biodiversity
2014-04-08
By collecting deer droppings, and then growing the seeds found within, researchers from Stockholm University have been able to see how deer spread different types of plants.
Updated map of ocean floors
2014-04-03
A new version of the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) is now available. This is the third version, and once again, researchers at the Department of Geological Sciences at Stockholm University have played a prominent role.
New concept for the treatment of cancer
2014-04-03
A team of researchers from five Swedish universities have identified a new way of treating cancer. The concept is presented in the journal Nature and is based on inhibiting a specific enzyme called MTH1, which cancer cells, unlike normal cells, require for survival. The research group at Stockholm University has determined the structure of MTH1 and made detailed structural studies important for the development of efficient inhibitors targeting MTH1.
Mats Nilsson appointed Site Director at SciLifeLab in Stockholm
2014-04-02
Mats Nilsson, professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Stockholm University, has been appointed Site Director for SciLifeLab in Stockholm. The decision was made by the Vice-Chancellors of Karolinska Institutet, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University. Mats commenced his duties at SciLifeLab from 1 April.
Large-scale investment in study of inaccessible marine areas
2014-04-03
A national infrastructure for studying hard conditions in the ocean is now being created with support from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. University of Gothenburg, Chalmers and Stockholm University are behind the consortium MUST, Mobile Underwater System Tools, now assigned to SEK 38 million.
New centre for the ethics of war and peace
2014-03-26
Why do different ethical rules apply in war and peace? A new centre has been established at the University seeking to explore the reasons for these differences.
Johan Kuylenstierna Sweden’s top environmental influencer
2014-03-26
Two scientists at Stockholm University have been named as the top two environmental influencers in Sweden, according to the Swedish magazine Miljöaktuellt, "Environment News". The top influencer is Johan Kuylenstierna, Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute and Adjunct Professor at Stockholm University. The number two influenser is Johan Rockström, Director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre and Professor of Environmental Science at Stockholm University.
Supernova explosion provides clues into expansion of cosmos
2014-03-21
Observations of the supernova SN2014J, which exploded on January 14, provide important clues into the nature of these explosions, as well as the accelerated expansion of the cosmos. The observations have been made by the intermediate Palomar Transient Factory (iPTF) team and led by Ariel Goobar from the Oskar Klein Centre at Stockholm University.
Image of supernova explosion by Hubble Space Telescope
2014-02-27
On 27 February, the Hubble Space Telescope News Center published a composite image of the supernova explosion, SN2014J, in the M82 galaxy.
University receives 125 million SEK to recruit top researcher
2014-03-31
Stockholm University has received 125 million SEK from the Swedish Research Council as part of their programme to recruit distinguished researchers. The funding will be used to appoint Anders Nilsson, currently at Stanford University, to join Stockholm University, and will be spread out during a ten-year period.
New professor: Lazar Rusu
2014-02-12
Lazar Rusu was appointed professor at DSV on December 1, 2013. His research area is IT management with a special focus on business-IT alignment.
Excellent marine and Baltic Sea research
2015-04-29
Stockholm University has long had a leading role in research about the Baltic Sea. A review of 10 years of published articles shows that the University is an important contributor to marine research in the Baltic, as well as globally.
Swedish researchers in physics breakthrough
2013-12-17
Swedish researchers from Stockholm University and Uppsala University have played a significant role in the IceCube research project, dubbed by Physics World as the “breakthrough of the year”. Scientists have made the first observation of cosmic neutrinos, thereby opening “a new window on the universe”.
Landscape-scale effect of wetlands in reducing nutrient loads to the Baltic Sea
2013-12-06
The Baltic Sea is heavily impacted by eutrophication due to excessive nitrogen and phosphorus loading from various anthropogenic sources. Protection, restoration and creation of wetlands are often proposed as a solution, but scientists at Stockholm University now warn that the effect of wetlands on nutrient retention is undetectable at landscape-scales.
New estimates of the Baltic Sea biological pump
2013-12-06
Blooms of phytoplankton in the Baltic Sea leads to sedimentation of organic material. This cycling of carbon, nutrients and pollutants have huge impact on the overall Baltic system. Researchers at Stockholm University are now investigating the extent of this vertical flux in order to improve Baltic Sea models and help the marine management.
Researchers at Stockholm University published in the prestigious Requirements Engineering Journal
2013-12-04
The research paper "Capturing consumer preferences as requirements for software product lines" written by Jelena Zdravkovic, Eric-Oluf Svee and Constantinos Giannoulis, has been published by the Requirements Engineering Journal, the highest ranked journal in this area of research, also Level 2.
Aspects of law on ecosystem based management
2013-12-05
Ecosystem-based management is a word commonly used to guide the marine ecosystem- and resource management into becoming sustainable and holistic. But how does it work from a legal perspective? A group of legal scientists have been studying national laws in different Baltic Sea countries in order to understand how they adapt to the “ecosystem approach”.
Physics Nobel Laureates François Englert and Peter Higgs visit Albanova
2013-12-10
On December 7, this year’s Nobel Laureates in Physics, Prof. Peter Higgs and Prof. François Englert, visited AlbaNova for a reception and panel discussion. The panel discussion, which took place in the Oskar Klein auditorium at Alba Nova University Center. focused on the importance of the new boson and its discovery.
Methane bubbling from thawed subsea permafrost in Arctic Siberia
2013-12-02
In this week’s issue of Nature Geoscience, a Russian-US-Swedish study show extensive release of the powerful greenhouse gas methane from the East Siberian Arctic Seas, a shallow coastal ocean covering an area equivalent to four times the area of Sweden.
Partnering with University of South Africa
2013-11-27
DSV has ventured into a partnership with University of South Africa (UNISA) – Nelson Mandela’s university. UNISA through Professor Liza Ceciel van Jaarsveldt will participate in a study on PhD programmes in four countries.
Cosmic flash highlights flaws in theories about our Universe
2013-11-22
An international team of researchers, including members from Sweden's KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University, has observed one of the most powerful cosmic explosions yet measured. The results are difficult to explain with any existing model, showing that we have a long way to go before understanding the most extreme events in our Universe. The findings are published in two articles in this week's edition of the journal Science.
Sweden-China environmental collaboration awarded SEK 24 million
2013-11-21
Professor Åke Bergman, of the Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, has been awarded a Swedish Research Council framework grant of SEK 24,078,000 for a Sino-Swedish project on environmental monitoring and chemical analysis of environmental contaminants in the Yangtze River Delta region.
PFAA levels in Swedish otters on the rise
2013-11-14
Concentrations of perfluoroalkyl acids, or PFAAs, in the liver of otters from Sweden have steadily been increasing over the last 40 years despite the reduction in PFAA emissions, shows a new study published in the journalEnvironmental Science & Technology this week. The upward trend is of "great concern for the Scandinavian otter populations," write scientists from ITM and colleagues from the Swedish Museum of Natural History.
Archaeology that elicits stories from coin treasures
2013-11-05
Many people find old coins fascinating. To Nanouschka Myrberg Burström, they are also a window to our ancestors’ ways of socialising and thinking. The coins can reveal political and cultural processes, human traditions, or the fate of certain families.
Project on perceptions of cloud and its environmental effects receives RJ funding
2013-10-28
On October 24 Riksbankens Jubileumsfond decided on research funding for 2013. Asta Vonderau, researcher in the Department of Social Anthropology, was awarded funding for a research project on the digital cloud. The project aims to better understand internet’s materiality and to address the risk of an energy crisis of information.
The Japanese House
2013-10-28
Dr. Inge Daniels, University of Oxford, recently visited the Department of Social Anthropology as one of our guest researchers. As part of our visual anthropology stream the department has produced a short film during which Inge discusses her recent research on Japanese material culture.
Rebecca Empson on her stay as Guest Researcher in the Department
2013-10-25
Dr Rebecca Empson, Department of Anthropology, University College London, has been a Guest Researcher in the Department of Social Anthropology this autumn. Rebecca Empson conducts research in Inner and East Asia and has among other things done long-term fieldwork with herding families along the Mongolian Russian border.
Yanis Varoufakis will be guest professor at DSV
2013-10-22
Yanis Varoufakis - a well-known academic economist and leading profiles in the debate on the recent economic crisis - will be a guest professor at DSV on 20 % during November 1 2013 – February 29 2016.
James Siegel interviewed by Johan Lindquist
2013-10-22
In the latest issue of Public Culture, Johan Lindquist, Associate Professor at the Department of Social Anthropology, interviews James Siegel, Professor of Anthropology and Asian Studies.
The brightest explosions in the Universe
2013-10-21
A paper published in Nature today, led by scientists at Queen’s University, and with co-authors from the Oskar Klein centre at Stockholm University, sheds new light on the brightest supernovae yet discovered in the Universe. The article proposes that these enigmatic explosions could well be powered by neutron stars with gigantic magnetic fields that spin hundreds of times a second, rather than the previously held view of pair-instability catastrophes.
Baltic Eye - puts the Baltic Sea on the agenda
2014-07-09
New research about the Baltic Sea is published on a regular basis and Stockholm University has long had a leading role in the field, with both comprehensive and in-depth science. So why does it take so long to solve problems connected to the Baltic Sea environment? Baltic Eye at Stockholm University's Baltic Sea Centre will provide decision makers with the knowledge about the Baltic Sea they need.
New book on forced migration
2013-10-10
People on the Move. Experiences of Forced Migration edited by Charles Westin and Sadia Hassanen deals with various issues of forced migration from developing countries, in some cases to neighbouring countries, in others to countries in the developed world. Charles Westin is Emeritus Professor of International Migration and Ethnic Relation and Sadia Hassanen, PhD, is an affiliated researcher, both at the Department of Social Anthropology.
Physics Prize: Stockholm University researchers active at CERN
2013-10-08
François Englert and Peter W. Higgs are jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2013 for the theory of how particles acquire mass. Both took part in this summer's major physics conference at Stockholm University's Aula Magna. Several researchers at the University are also active in the work of the CERN laboratory which confirmed the existence of the Higgs particle.
Performance of immigrant children in education and the labour market discussed in new article
2013-10-04
Associate professor Alireza Behtoui and Professor Erik Olsson, Department of Social Anthropology, argue in a new article published in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies that it is more difficult for offspring of immigrants, compared with young people who have native parents, to achieve a social status appropriate to their skills and merits.
The confusing consequences of international tests of mathematics achievement
2013-10-01
Finland has for a long time been seen as a model for excellence in education given their excellent results on standardized tests. But are these results the results of an outstanding educational system?
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.
International Baltic Sea course in Askö archipelago
2013-09-17
Outside the Askö Laboratory bay a German research vessel has anchored. Time has come for the returning high-level international Baltic Sea course that Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research in Warnemünde, IOW, and Stockholm University jointly organize.
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.
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 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.
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.
Humans cause rapid evolution in Baltic Sea fish
2013-06-25
In a new dissertation, Emma Lind shows that the three-spined stickleback fish have developed genetically in a short time in response to the environmental impact of humans.
Major EU grant for research on arsenic and the origin of life
2017-11-06
Ernest Chi Fru has been awarded a prestigious ERC grant to examine the distribution of arsenic in the world’s oceans two to three billion years ago.
Latest issue of JBA out now
2013-06-20
A new issue (Vol 2, No 1) of the Journal of Business Anthropology was recently published. Professor Christina Garsten at the Department of Social Anthropology is its editor together with Professor Brian Moeran at Copenhagen Business School.
Network on diaspora studies organises international conference
2013-06-17
The Department of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University is one of the partners of CoHaB, a Marie Curie Initial Training Network, focusing on diaspora studies. In September the network is organising an international conference in Germany.
Carbon dioxide passes symbolic milestone
2013-06-05
Readings taken by Stockholm University scientists at the Zeppelin Observatory near Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, revealed that global carbon dioxide (CO2) levels topped symbolically important milestone for five consecutive months since the beginning of 2013.
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 Stockholm University launched a new study into this worrying trend and hint towards thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency syndrome as a likely culprit.
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).
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.
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.
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.
Student at DSV wins Sorbonne Best Poster Award
2013-09-24
Master's student Thomas Speckert at Department of Computer and Systems Sciences at Stockholm University wins Sorbonne Best Poster Award.
Scent of a woman - not that feminine
2013-04-18
In stores, most perfumes are categorized as either feminine or masculine, but a new dissertation from Stockholm University shows that many perfumes are perceived as "unisex", and that these are the scents preferred by most people.
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.
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.
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.
New thesis: Collaborative E-learning Approach in Higher Education in Uganda
2013-04-03
In developing countries e-learning is often limited and in some cases lacking. A new thesis focuses on how collaborative e-learning can be integrated in the teaching and learning process to support learning at the university level in a developing country.
Smartphones for Human Rights
2013-02-24
The research project Mobile Online Learning for Human Rights offers an open online course on Human Rights to people in Kenya. Using a smartphone all interested students can access the free, online course.
Newfound signal may shed light on dark matter
2013-02-22
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.
Growing health gap between educational groups
2013-02-06
Professor Denny Vågerö at CHESS is one of the researchers behind a study showing a growing health gap between educational groups.
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.
New research project examines changes in family formation and social policies across Europe
2013-01-31
Are existing social and family policies compatible with changes in family patterns? Livia Oláh will coordinate a major European research project investigating the diversity of family forms, relationships and life courses in Europe in relation to policies.
A warmer Greenland
2013-01-24
A new study provides surprising details on changes in the Earth’s climate during the Eemian interglacial period, more than 100,000 years ago.
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.
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.
10 new honorary doctors for 2011
2011-10-24
Honorary degrees were awarded to 10 outstanding individuals on Friday 30 September 2011, during the inauguration and graduation ceremony that took place in the beautiful surroundings of Stockholm City Hall.
