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Nobel Calling: Discovering how the digital society of the future is being shaped at Digital Futures

16/10/2025

On 8 October 2025, the Digital Futures hub opened its doors for Nobel Calling Stockholm, welcoming…

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Towards Human–AI Symbiosis: Google XR’s Mar Gonzalez-Franco to speak at Digitalize in Sthlm

15/10/2025

How will humans and AI collaborate in the future? As artificial intelligence continues to evolve,…

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Sacha Baclet wins “Best Young Researcher Elevator Pitch” award at EU Forum in Brussels

13/10/2025

Brussels, October 2025 — KTH young researcher Sacha Baclet has been awarded the prize for “Best Young Researcher…

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Shaping the next five years: Annika Szabo Portela on leading Digital Futures

01/10/2025

Digital Futures marks its fifth anniversary this October – five years since its inauguration on…

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SafeComp 2025: Shaping the Future of Safety-Critical Computing

24/09/2025

From September 9–12, 2025, nearly 200 participants from more than 20 countries gathered at KTH Royal Institute…

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From Stockholm to Berkeley: Students on research without borders

22/09/2025

Every summer, the Digital Futures Summer Research Internship (SRI) offers students from KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University the…

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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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