Focus Period
The Digital Futures Focus Period is a 5-week flagship international guest researcher program held annually in Stockholm, designed to spotlight a research theme of high scientific importance. Each year, the program brings outstanding senior and junior researchers to our community, supports their stay in Stockholm, and fosters high-quality scientific exchange, networking, and collaboration around emerging research challenges central to Digital Futures.
By convening world-leading experts, the Focus Period serves as a strategic instrument for positioning Digital Futures as a thought leader in rapidly evolving scientific domains, while catalyzing new international collaborations and showcasing the centre’s capacity to mobilize world-class talent.
Through various activities, the Focus Period accelerates the development of high-impact research directions that advance Digital Futures’ long-term vision and strategic ambitions.
Focus Periods
- 2026: AI-mediated education
- 2025: Feminist technology
- 2024: Learning Networks
- 2024: Scientific machine learning for simulation and inverse modelling
- 2023: AI and Agricultural Management

For questions, please send a mail to call@digitalfutures.kth.se and write “Focus Period” in the subject.
