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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Connecting Minds, Shaping Digital Futures: Highlights from Open Research Day 2025

10/04/2025

On April 9, 2025, the Digital Futures Open Research Day brought together a vibrant community…

Francesca Larosa co-authors landmark nature sustainability piece on “Earth Alignment” for AI

07/04/2025

A new opinion piece co-authored by Digital Futures postdoctoral researcher Francesca Larosa was published on 28 March in Nature Sustainability,…

Bridging AI, Earth Observation, and Urban Sustainability: Stefanos Georganos’ journey from Digital Futures to Karlstad University

03/04/2025

How can Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Earth Observation (EO) contribute to more accurate urban population…

From postdoc at Digital Futures to academic leadership: Francisco J. Peña’s journey in AI research

25/03/2025

Francisco J. Peña’s path from postdoctoral researcher at Digital Futures to assistant professor at KTH…

Best Paper Award for Research on Conversational Companion Robots

21/03/2025

At Digital Futures, we are thrilled to share that our former Digital Futures Postdoc Bahar Irfan has received…

Postdoc Anna Furberg discusses AI’s impact on electricity consumption in recent radio interviews

20/03/2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly expanding, driving a significant increase in electricity consumption, particularly in…

Digital Futures announcing calls

17/03/2025

Four calls were announced on 10 March within the Industrial and Societal Partnership Program (ISPP)…

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Open call: For Support Funding for ERC grants

28/02/2025

This new instrument provides an incentive to Digital Futures faculty members to apply for European…

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