Asexuality: Myths and Truths about Asexual People
“The whole world seems to be obsessed with sex. It’s promoted everywhere – from ads to movies. However, there are people for whom it all seems very weird, as they have no interest in sex. …
5 Advantages of Polyamorous Relationships
“Polyamory is a trendy alternative to the traditional format of loving relationships between men and women. …
Why see earth as a temporary place?
“I want to bring humanity into the debate on the colonization of space. I am interested in why humans perceive space as an exit strategy …
Science and fiction thrive on ideas
“The human being has been technological for a very long time. In my research I look at how science inspires fiction and fiction inspires science. …
Ideas of the future affect the way it turns out
“Ideas about the future affect the way it turns out. So it is very important to have a positive vision of the future. The vison …
We make robots and humans work safely together
“Our vision is to make future production environments attractive to young people. To do that we work with human-robot collaboration and we want to make …
How are social situations translated into health?
“Our research is concerned with the health effects of various stress exposures, and my own research is mainly focusing on labour market exposure, both in …
Communication without network is important
“I am interested in communication when there is no network available, for example in rural areas, in areas where networks have failed, because of natural …
We have to re-design our cities
“We are building the cities of tomorrow. This is a huge responsibility when it comes to understanding liveability, walkability and car independency in the future. …
I want to make technology a gift
“Is technology a gift or a curse? I work with long term environmental problems and how to connect them to short term decision making, specifically …
City and countryside are dependent
“In urban planning there is a tendency to only look at inner cities and tend to forget that there are surrounding areas that are very …
“We know much more about the planet Mars than about the ocean”
“I am fascinated by the Polar Oceans and the ice, where the Polar Ocean and the ice come together. This is a region that is …
“Your heart would not beat without membrane proteins”
“Anything that goes in and out of your cell is likely mediated by a membrane protein and it also explains every single nerve signal in …
What is the universe made of?
“If we take everything from our daily experience, your body, the chair you are sitting in, the air that you are breathing, the walls of …
We can learn so much from space
“I love space. You can travel there. You can use it to study earth. We use it to live better on earth, via satellite navigation …
The universe is accelerating
“My main scientific interest is to find out what the universe is made of besides light and atoms. One of the reasons we know that …
Birch bark is a fascinating polymer
“My research is focused on developing new organic materials for future needs in society. Here we can get inspiration from nature and find sources that …
One of the most interesting building blocks
“Modern society faces many challenges. One is the challenge of new materials. We need more environmentally friendly materials. We need materials with better performance. The …
How will we manage natural resources in a finite world?
“So many people want access to the same resources and we haven’t really developed sufficient governance frameworks to organize who will and who will not …
How do we move robots into a human centric environment?
“How do we move robots out of the traditional industrial settings that are designed completely on the robots terms, into more human centric settings, that …
How do children become language experts?
“In my research I try to incorporate social cues like eye gaze and gesture into a model of child language acquisition. I spend most of …
We build mathematical models of the human brain
“The long term goal of my research is to understand how the neuro mechanisms behind what we see, hear, think, feel and move works. I …
The human brain is still unexplored
“We only know three to five percent of what is in the human brain, so this is a great area for research. Come and join …
Understanding of nervcells key to neurological diseases
“If we can understand what is happening in the nervcell on a molecular level, we can also understand what is going on in the brain. …
Is technology making us smarter?
“I view technology as a socio cultural tool that is reflecting our institutionalized teaching and learning practices. The question if technologies are making us smarter …
Virtual real life situations engage students to learn
“What engages me is trying to find new ways to engage learners by virtual reality situations and cases. My virtual humans can react emotionally, they …
Build the future of games with us
“The Visualisation Studio VIC at KTH is a place for students, researchers and companies to explore and build the future tomorrow of games and gaming. …
Computer games have liberated us from being bystanders
“You are no longer watching someone else. You are the one doing. You feel because you do. In a few generations we have moved from …
Gaming skills are saving real lives with new rescue robot
“We are developing robots that enable firemen to search through buildings for victims with a control interface that is exactly the same as is used …
Energy a highway to development
“Understanding the way we harness and use energy is essential as a tool to address climate change. Energy systems will have to change radically. We …
Nuclear renaissance creates global security risk
“The world, and especially Asia, is facing a renaissance for nuclear power today. This development means that the safety and security risks grow, because if …
We can provide the world with clean energy for millions of years
“Our goal is to develop a sustainable energy source that can provide the world with clean energy for millions of years. We do this by …