Independent research in an international environment
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IN FOCUS
2026-03-02
Arctic Seabed Mapping Paves Way for Fibre-Optic Cable
This summer, Stockholm University researchers continue to take part in the Polar Connect project, mapping the Arctic seabed from the icebreaker Oden . The work aims to improve and secure fibre-optic communications between Europe and Asia.
Department of Geological Sciences
2026-03-05
Spruce volume is increasing, including among young trees, across all regions
Spruce volume increases across Sweden – despite shrinking areas suited under future climate, shows new study from Stockholm University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU).
Department of Physical Geography
2026-03-09
Childhood Friendships Could Have an Impact on Income, Mobility and Health
The people you were sitting next to in school may matter more than you think. For children from a low-income background, having a friend from a more privileged background may be enough to succeed later in life and thus also have better health. This is shown in a new thesis by PhD student Klara Gurzo from the Department of Public Health Sciences at Stockholm University.
Department of Public Health Sciences
2026-03-05
From code to emotions: “AI is changing storytelling in games”
Today’s game characters can express joy and sorrow and act on their own desires and needs, much like people. Game researcher Mirjam Palosaari Eladhari develops intelligent agents, AI systems designed to behave like humans, complete with emotions and moods.
2026-02-02
Timing challenge for self-driving cars
How do we actually know who should go first in a roundabout? Often, it’s not about traffic signs or formal rules, but about eye contact, small movements, and timing. Humans handle this intuitively, but for self-driving cars it is a major challenge.
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NEWS
2026-03-19
“Will we find ways to treat ALS? Yes, definitely”
Why do some neurons withstand amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) better than others? It is a question neurochemist Eva Hedlund has been pursuing since she began researching the fatal neurological disease more than two decades ago.
2026-03-16
New Book: Attachment, Religion, and Spirituality
Together with Ward Davis at Wheaton College in Illinois, professor Pehr Granqvist at the Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, have just published Attachment, Religion, and Spirituality in Cambridge University Press's Elements series. The book is available online as of March 11, 2026, with print publication in April.
Department of Psychology
2026-03-16
New dissertation in History of Ideas
Linnea Ripenberg has written the thesis Racial Play: Representations of Blackness in Court Festivals of the Early Modern Holy Roman Empire and Scandinavia.
Department of Culture and Aesthetics
2026-03-12
Three Postdoctoral Positions Available
The Department of Physical Geography is seeking three postdoctoral fellows to contribute to our research. The projects focus on digital soil mapping in permafrost regions, paleomapping and digital mapping of northern peatlands.
Department of Physical Geography
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CALENDAR
20 March
Seminar
Nils Landén Mammos, Stockholm University
Final review seminar in economics
Department of Economics
24 March
Seminar
Colloquiums in German and Dutch: Steffen Pappert on East German identity
The seminar is organised in cooperation with Uppsala University.
Department of Slavic and Baltic Studies, Finnish, Dutch and German
25 March
Thesis defence
Sophie ten Hietbrink's Academic dissertation
Cryospheric influences on offshore Arctic groundwater systems: Offshore freshened groundwater and submarine groundwater discharge in a polar context
Department of Geological Sciences
25 March
Seminar
Open seminar with Rosaria Galanti on the tricks, traps and thorns of studies on public health interventions
Wednesday March 25, Rosaria Galanti, Professor Emeritus at Karolinska Institutet, will give a seminar in the Department of Public Health Sciences at Stockholm University's seminar series PHS Talks. Galanti will talk about public health internventions some of these challenges and some methodological cues to address them.
Department of Public Health Sciences
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