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Hitachi Energy – new partner in the Digital Futures Industrial & Societal Partnership Program

16/09/2025

Joining forces to accelerate a sustainable energy future through digitalization Digitalization has the potential to…

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Scholar-in-Residence Paul Walton is bridging chemistry, equality, and digital futures

03/09/2025

Paul Walton, a leading figure in bioinorganic chemistry and an internationally known advocate for equality…

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CAVeaT project featured on Swedish national TV

01/09/2025

On 5 June 2025, the Connected Automated Vehicles trialling and Trustworthiness (CAVeaT) project at KTH was highlighted on Nyhetsdagen,…

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Digital Futures Summer Research Internship 2025 concluded with poster session

28/08/2025

The Digital Futures Summer Research Internship (SRI) 2025, which ran for eight weeks from June…

Honorable Mention for Paper on Intimate Technologies

26/08/2025

A team of researchers, including Digital Futures postdoctoral researcher Alejandra Gómez Ortega, received an Honorable Mention Award at…

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Digital Futures welcomes new Executive Director

25/08/2025

At Digital Futures, we are proud to announce Annika Szabo Portela as our new Executive Director. Annika Szabo Portela…

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How AI affects the energy demand of a Google search

20/08/2025

In a broadcast segment on AI and environmental impact, aired on August 17, 2025, on SVT Rapport, Anna…

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Time to take a break…

15/07/2025

…and watch some inspiring seminars and lectures. At Digital Futures, we have compiled a list…

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The hidden climate cost of AI and Internet use

23/06/2025

The rapid growth of AI and internet usage is contributing significantly to increased energy consumption…

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Reimagining Digital Futures through a Feminist Lens: Inside the FemTech and Feminist Tech Focus Period

19/06/2025

In May and early June 2025, the five-week Digital Futures FemTech and Feminist Tech focus…

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Digital Futures Summer Research Internship (SRI) Program 2025: A Launchpad for Future Researchers

16/06/2025

The Digital Futures Summer Research Internship (SRI) is an exciting initiative aimed at offering undergraduate and master’s…

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AI with a Purpose: AymurAI Supports Justice for Women and LGBTI People in Latin America

13/06/2025

A groundbreaking AI initiative is making a real-world impact in Latin America’s justice systems. Ivana…

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Digital Futures Researcher Receives Prestigious GEO Lifetime Achievement Award

12/05/2025

Professor Yifang Ban, a leading researcher at Digital Futures and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, has been…

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Shaping the Future Together: Digital Futures Faculty Workshop Builds Momentum for 2025–2030

09/05/2025

On May 7, 2025, nearly 90 faculty members and invited guests gathered at the historic Piperska…

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Championing Human-Centered Cybersecurity: Asreen Rostami’s Journey from Digital Futures to RISE

06/05/2025

Cybersecurity is often viewed as a purely technical field, but Asreen Rostami’s work challenges this…

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City of Stockholm innovation director wins award for industrial collaboration

11/04/2025

Karin Ekdahl Wästberg, the Director of Innovation for the City of Stockholm, has been awarded…

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