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Digital Futures awards funding to 12 new International Postdoctoral projects

The newly funded projects span a broad range of research areas, including trustworthy and human-centred AI, next-generation communication systems, smart cities, sustainable energy solutions, digital health, autonomous systems, and technology-enhanced education. The programme also reinforces collaboration across KTH, Stockholm University, and RISE while attracting outstanding early-career researchers from leading institutions worldwide…

12 new International Postdoctoral projects funded
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Stockholm invigde ny AI-sandlåda för framtidens hållbara städer – Stockholm Digital Sandbox

Den 29 maj invigdes Stockholm Digital Sandbox och Stockholm Urban Innovation Lab vid Kristinehovs Malmgård i Stockholm. De nya satsningarna ska stärka samarbetet mellan forskning, offentlig sektor och näringsliv för att utveckla smartare, tryggare och mer hållbara städer med hjälp av AI och digital teknik…

Stockholm Digital Sandbox
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The Stockholm Digital Sandbox – a trusted platform enabling governed data sharing and real-world testing for digital and AI-driven urban solutions

Real problems. Real data. Real Stockholm. As a Digital Futures initiative, the platform provides a governed and secure platform for sharing data between problem owners, data holders, researchers, and innovators. It enables validated experimentation, real-world testing, and accelerated development while reducing friction, risk, and cost…

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Digital Futures researcher featured in Svenska Dagbladet on AI and data centres

Digital Futures researcher and faculty member Anna Furberg was recently interviewed by Svenska Dagbladet, one of Sweden’s leading daily newspapers, for an article exploring the growing debate around the environmental impact of AI and the increasing public resistance to new AI data centres in the United States…

Svenska Dagbladet on AI and data centres debate
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Drone Gymnasium explores new relationships between humans and autonomous technology

A new video released by the Digital Futures research project Drone Gymnasium offers a glimpse into an experimental space where drones become tools for creativity, reflection, and human exploration rather than machines with fixed purposes…

Drone Gymnasium
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Digital Futures awards funding to 12 new International Postdoctoral projects

11/06/2026

On 3 June 2026, the President of KTH Royal Institute of Technology decided to award…

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Digital Futures researcher featured in Svenska Dagbladet on AI and data centres

10/06/2026

Digital Futures researcher and faculty member Anna Furberg was recently interviewed by Svenska Dagbladet, one of Sweden’s leading…

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Stockholm invigde ny AI-sandlåda för framtidens hållbara städer – Stockholm Digital Sandbox

29/05/2026

Den 29 maj invigdes Stockholm Digital Sandbox och Stockholm Urban Innovation Lab vid Kristinehovs Malmgård…

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Distinguished Lecture: Prof Steffen Leonhardt, Aachen University

June 11, 2026

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

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Workshop: Feedback control of biomedical systems

June 11, 2026

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

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Celebration of Complexity

June 11, 2026 – June 12, 2026

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, The Beijer Hall, Lilla Frescativägen 4A, Stockholm

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