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PhD student Elisabeth Ekener Petersen uses Twitter to expand her network in the research area of Social Life Cycle Analysis. (Photo: Marc Femenia)

Broadening her network – one tweet at a time

When Elisabeth Ekener Petersen tweets, she likes to stir things up in the debate on the environment and sustainable development. The microblog Twitter has become an important platform for finding news and extending her network.

Anti-stress campaign cranks up

Why does getting proper sleep make you smarter? How can you protect yourself against stress? Why are there so many overachievers at KTH? These are the subjects of three upcoming lectures, starting April 3.

It is rare for mathematics to be brought up at all in Congress. Most mathematicians that I have heard from have been very surprised," Mats Boij says.

It's not every day that the subject of mathematical research is raised in the United States Congress. But a California congressman recently praised KTH Professor Mats Boij's ground-breaking work in mathematics during a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives.

"I may actually say, ‘You can’t work more now.'" says Ann Lantz, Head of Department for Media Technology and Interaction Design. (Photo: Håkan Lindgren)

A boss must be able to say 'stop'

“The individual who works the most hours doesn’t always show the best performance,” Head of Department Ann Lantz points out. Instead, she encourages her colleagues to not work overtime and to adopt a more long-term view of their professional career and acquisition of qualifications.

Forgotten researchers improve the ranking

Last year KTH climbed more than 40 places on two of the most important global ranking lists. But in order to achieve the ranking goals more researchers need to produce world-class articles and KTH must raise the visibility of the research stars that the ranking institutes have missed.