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Season’s Greetings & Highlights

As we look toward a new year, we extend our warmest thanks to our community of researchers, partners, and collaborators. Digital Futures continues to grow in scale, diversity, and impact. During our first five years, we have supported more than 200 research projects and fostered a thriving community of students and early-career researchers as well as professionals and faculty members, dedicated to shaping a sustainable and human-centered digital future.

2025 has been an exceptional year for Digital Futures, marked by strong engagement across academic, industrial, and public partners. Let me highlight a few events we engaged in…

Season’s Greetings & Highlights
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Digitalize in Sthlm ’25 Explores the Era of “AI Everywhere”

What happens when autonomous systems begin to act, learn, and decide alongside us? This question shaped the discussions at Digitalize in Sthlm ’25, held on Tuesday 11 November at Münchenbryggeriet under the theme “AI Everywhere – Exploring the Challenges, Risks, and Opportunities of Autonomous Systems.” With around 700 participants onsite, the event once again positioned Stockholm at the heart of the European conversation on responsible technology…

AI EVERYWHERE at Digitalize in Sthlm ’25
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Future Digileaders ’25 brings global early-career researchers to Stockholm

Twenty-three early-career researchers from 11 countries gathered in Stockholm for Future Digileaders ’25, an intensive three-day program designed to support the next generation of leaders in digitalization research. Held as part of the annual Digitalize in Stockholm 2025 conference, the event combined a career workshop, networking opportunities, mentorship, and discussions on how to build responsible and inclusive research leadership for the digital age…

Future Digileaders ’25
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Events & seminars

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Seminar | Open events

Re-decentralization

January 13, 2026

NSE seminar room, Teknikringen 33, KTH campus

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Co-sponsored event | Open events

Reference Group Meeting on Advanced Connectivity

January 13, 2026

Digital Futures hub, Osquars Backe 5, floor 2 at KTH main campus

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Seminar | Open events

Beyond Participation in HCI: Technology Design as Social Transformation

January 22, 2026

Digital Futures hub, Osquars Backe 5, floor 2 at KTH main campus OR Zoom

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> 350

Faculty members

> 230

Research projects

> 70

Scholars

> 120

Annual funding MSEK

Our ambition

Our vision is to shape a sustainable society – economically, environmentally, and socially – through digital transformation.

Our mission is to create an international hub for excellence in research, empowering individuals through innovation, education, leadership, and entrepreneurial spirit, while building a strong, collaborative community.

Our goal is to establish Digital Futures as one of the top five university research centers globally in digital transformation technologies, fostering close collaboration between academia, industry, and society.

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Digital Futures provides funding for strategic research projects that advance its vision by supporting specific actions or initiatives.

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Digital Futures supports multiple seminars, lectures, workshops, conferences, and related events every year.

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Digital Futures faculty and partners can use the Digital Futures facilities – conference rooms and office spaces.

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Close collaboration with industrial and public stakeholders in the broader Stockholm region – and beyond – is a key element of Digital Futures’ vision and goals.

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