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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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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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