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    <title>Interactive game helps students tackle antibiotic resistance</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/interactive-game-helps-students-tackle-antibiotic-resistance</link>
    <description>In a pilot project within the course Biomedical Communication, students have tackled the complex issue of antibiotic resistance (AMR) through gamification. When the AMR Knowledge Space Game was integrated into the curriculum, the response from both teachers and students was overwhelmingly positive. With the success of the pilot, the interactive game may become part of future courses and educational research at Karolinska Institutet (KI).</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 13:40:51 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>KI and Akademiska Hus deepen their partnership for a sustainable campus </title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/ki-and-akademiska-hus-deepen-their-partnership-for-a-sustainable-campus</link>
    <description>Akademiska Hus and KI have long cooperated on issues concerning sustainability on campus, a partnership that has now been deepened by the signing of a new sustainability agreement. The agreement contains a cooperation model with regular follow-ups and opportunities for staff and students to become involved, creating more favourable conditions for lasting, systematic sustainability efforts.  </description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 14:44:24 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>PMI Lab&#039;s sustainability efforts awarded Platinum Medal</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/pmi-labs-sustainability-efforts-awarded-platinum-medal</link>
    <description>The Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care Laboratory (PMI Lab) at the Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology (CLINTEC) has been awarded a Platinum Medal by My Green Lab – an internationally recognised certification for sustainability efforts in laboratory environments.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 13:41:32 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>Health reasons outweigh climate arguments in lifestyle counseling in healthcare </title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/health-reasons-outweigh-climate-arguments-in-lifestyle-counseling-in-healthcare</link>
    <description>Today, we know that individual climate action can yield great benefits for human health, and in discussions about lifestyle, healthcare professionals have the opportunity to highlight benefits of a plant-forward diet and physical activity for both individual patient outcomes as well as planetary health. But how are such messages received by patients?</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 13:56:59 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>KI strengthens commitment to planetary health</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/ki-strengthens-commitment-to-planetary-health</link>
    <description>The latest Planetary Health Report Card (PHRC) has been recently released, in which health profession students evaluate planetary health content at their universities. KI has improved its scores in most areas, especially in support for student-led sustainability initiatives.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 08:52:49 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>University College London (UCL) and Stockholm Trio initiate joint seed funding to support collaborations</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/university-college-london-ucl-and-stockholm-trio-initiate-joint-seed-funding-to-support-collaborations</link>
    <description>UCL and Stockholm Trio have a joint call to support collaborations activities. </description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:50:48 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>Female fertility sensitive to chemicals in plastics</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/female-fertility-sensitive-to-chemicals-in-plastics</link>
    <description>A study from the Institute of environmental Medicine (IMM) at Karolinska Institutet shows that the chemical di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), which is found in many plastic products, has clear negative effects on hormones and fertility endpoints relevant to female fertility. </description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2025 12:53:42 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>Air pollution and extreme heat increase mortality in India</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/air-pollution-and-extreme-heat-increase-mortality-in-india</link>
    <description>A new study from the Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet reveals that days with both high air pollution and extreme heat substantially raise the risk of death in Indian cities more than either factor alone.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2025 13:59:17 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>Ester Gubi and Ann Liljas receive the KI Sustainability Prize 2025</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/ester-gubi-and-ann-liljas-receive-the-ki-sustainability-prize-2025</link>
    <description>KI has awarded this year's Sustainability Prize to Ester Gubi, a doctor and sociologist, and Ann Liljas, associate professor in global public health and assistant lecturer, both at the Department of Global Public Health at KI. They receive the prize for their outstanding contributions to sustainable development. The prize was awarded for the third time and in connection with KI's Sustainability Day on 2 April.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:10:12 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>KI´s Sustainability Day 2 April – “Planetary boundaries + health”</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/kis-sustainability-day-2-april-planetary-boundaries-health</link>
    <description>Wednesday, 2 April, it is time for KI’s Sustainability Day. This year, the theme is planetary boundaries and the connection to health. Employees and students are invited to a day in Biomedicum with inspirational lectures, good examples from KI’s operations and several award ceremonies. Carl Johan Sundberg, professor and dean of KI Nord, highlights the connection between planetary boundaries and health, and Maria Wolrath Söderberg from Södertörn University delves into climate rhetoric.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2025 11:26:01 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>KI strengthens collaboration with UCL</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/ki-strengthens-collaboration-with-ucl</link>
    <description>KI has signed a letter of intent with University College London (UCL) within the framework of the Stockholm trio university alliance, comprising KI, KTH and Stockholm University. The new agreement aims to expand research collaboration between the universities, initially focusing on sustainability, the climate crisis, and mental health. </description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 13:31:25 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Call for interest for a collaborative Stockholm trio-UCL workshop in London</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/call-for-interest-for-a-collaborative-stockholm-trio-ucl-workshop-in-london-1</link>
    <description>Stockholm Trio (Karolinska Institutet, KTH Royal Institute of Technology &amp; Stockholm University) and University College London (UCL)  invite you to express interest in two days of workshops in London, the 8-9 April 2025.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2025 13:18:55 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Wellness - part of a sustainable working life</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/wellness-part-of-a-sustainable-working-life</link>
    <description>As an employee at KI, you have the opportunity to take wellness hours and utilise wellness allowances and campus gyms - activities that contribute to a sustainable working life. Take advantage of the Health Hub's tips and services to break the sedentary lifestyle and get more physical activity into everyday life.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:24:19 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>The new PhD course, Sustainable Health and the 2030 Agenda, is planned to be offered again in Fall 2025</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/the-new-phd-course-sustainable-health-and-the-2030-agenda-is-planned-to-be-offered-again-in-fall-2025</link>
    <description>Last month, Karolinska Institutet launched the first-ever Sustainable Health and the 2030 Agenda PhD course, organized by the Department of Global Public Health (GPH) and the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health (CESH). Offered within the framework of the Doctoral Programme in Health Care Science (PUF-V), the course received incredible feedback and enthusiasm from participants. It is now planned to be offered again in Autumn 2025.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 14:39:37 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Environmental and sustainability efforts at Biomedicum 2024</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/environmental-and-sustainability-efforts-at-biomedicum-2024</link>
    <description>Jennie Eldh Bastman, the environmental and sustainability representative at Biomedicum, talks about the environmental initiatives that have been carried out throughout the year.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2024 19:33:50 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>The doctoral course &#039;Sustainable Health and the 2030 Agenda&#039; has started</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/the-doctoral-course-sustainable-health-and-the-2030-agenda-has-started</link>
    <description>For the first time, the course 'Sustainable Health and Agenda 2030' is being offered here at KI. It is part of the Doctoral Programme in Health Care Science (PUF-V). </description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2024 17:19:26 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>KI President visited Uganda and Rwanda to strengthen global collaborations</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/ki-president-visited-uganda-and-rwanda-to-strengthen-global-collaborations</link>
    <description>A delegation from Karolinska Institutet (KI), led by KI President Annika Östman Wernerson, travelled to Uganda and Rwanda in November 2024. The delegation visited Makerere University in Uganda and met with representatives from the University of Rwanda and the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda, emphasizing Karolinska Institutet’s commitment to global collaborations, which rely on strong relationships, contextual knowledge, and robust infrastructure.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2024 16:07:18 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Alumni event in Uganda: celebrating decades of collaboration and academic exchanges</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/alumni-event-in-uganda-celebrating-decades-of-collaboration-and-academic-exchanges</link>
    <description>Makerere University in Uganda and Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have been collaborating for nearly 25 years. On November 11th 2024 they celebrated their successful partnership during an alumni event at Makerere University's College of Health Sciences in Kampala, Uganda. The event highlighted their achievements, including a joint doctoral program that has supported nearly 50 Makerere doctoral students, many earning double degrees, and the publication of over 500 peer-reviewed articles.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:46:30 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Food waste collection is now being introduced throughout KI</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/food-waste-collection-is-now-being-introduced-throughout-ki</link>
    <description>During the month of December, food waste management will be introduced in all of KI's buildings. When the food waste is sorted out from other waste, it can be recovered and used as, for example, biogas and biofertilizers. It reduces the burden on the environment and contributes to sustainable development. This has been mandatory for all households and businesses in Sweden since 1 January 2024.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2024 15:56:44 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>KI’s new environmental policy is everyone’s responsibility </title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/kis-new-environmental-policy-is-everyones-responsibility</link>
    <description>Karolinska Institutet has produced a new environmental policy to tackle present and future environmental and sustainability challenges. The environmental policy describes the intentions and directions of KI’s work with environmental sustainability. In integrating the environmental perspective throughout the organisation, KI will make an active health-focused contribution to addressing society’s key environmental and climate challenges. </description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 17:20:00 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Fruitful discussions on sustainable development with Stockholm Trio for Sustainable Actions</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/fruitful-discussions-on-sustainable-development-with-stockholm-trio-for-sustainable-actions</link>
    <description>On 23 October, the Stockholm Trio University Alliance hosted a seminar at Karolinska Institutet on how interdisciplinary research and education can contribute to sustainable development. The seminar was organized by Stockholm Trio for Sustainable Actions, an initiative within the alliance that supports Karolinska Institutet, KTH and Stockholm University in their work to contribute to the UN's 17 global goals. </description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2024 12:24:33 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Infection control and outbreak preparedness when the virus is loose</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/infection-control-and-outbreak-preparedness-when-the-virus-is-loose</link>
    <description>We all recognise the scene from countless horror movies and thrillers. A new, unknown virus is spreading. Panic ensues! Suddenly, the streets of New York are filled with people in yellow hazmat suits with big helmets, carrying stretchers where people lie writhing in terrible agony. But what is does it really look like when we prepare for and manage communicable diseases? The Centre for Health Crises’ expert coordinator knows more. </description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2024 08:51:41 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>Preparedness for a creeping health crisis - the case of antibiotic resistance</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/preparedness-for-a-creeping-health-crisis-the-case-of-antibiotic-resistance</link>
    <description>Some health crises occur suddenly and intensely, for example in the event of an armed attack or an earthquake. Others come more stealthily. One of the clearest and most worrying examples of an insidious health crisis is antibiotic resistance, which will be addressed at a high-level meeting of the United Nations in September.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2024 08:10:39 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>Laboratory preparedness and the importance of making use of experience </title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/laboratory-preparedness-and-the-importance-of-making-use-of-experience</link>
    <description>Correct and functioning diagnostics are a basic prerequisite for knowing what is happening and what it is we are dealing with, both in everyday life, but not least in a health crisis. Therefore, the need for adaptable and scalable laboratory and diagnostic capabilities is central to rapid and adequate management in many health crises, whether infectious diseases or chemical spills.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2024 09:47:25 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>Preparedness in intensive care and the need for prioritisation</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/preparedness-in-intensive-care-and-the-need-for-prioritisation</link>
    <description>Healthcare is a societal function that needs to function both in everyday life and in a health crisis. In any health crisis, be it a natural disaster, war in an unstable Europe or a new pandemic, the number of patients in need of care will increase. Among them, a certain proportion will be critically ill in need of intensive care. This will require difficult decisions and prioritisation from their doctors.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 10:21:45 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>Preparedness Week 2024 has begun, but what exactly is preparedness?</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/preparedness-week-2024-has-begun-but-what-exactly-is-preparedness</link>
    <description>Preparedness Week 2024 has started. The theme for the year is "Get started" and around the country, municipalities, regions, civil society organizations and many more are investing in information and communication campaigns. But what exactly is preparedness?</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2024 08:53:24 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>The 2024 KI Fun Run: a colourful celebration</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/the-2024-ki-fun-run-a-colourful-celebration</link>
    <description>The KI fun run was a fantastic afternoon filled with community, joy and movement! With over 350 participants, 33 teams and 22 officials, we created a wonderful atmosphere.</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2024 08:57:14 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>KI’s collaboration with IVI increases knowledge about vaccines in low- and middle-income countries</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/kis-collaboration-with-ivi-increases-knowledge-about-vaccines-in-low-and-middle-income-countries</link>
    <description>The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) will be teaming up with specialists from KI again this year for a vaccinology course aimed at healthcare professionals and researchers from around the world. The course also now forms part of doctoral education at KI.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 15:41:58 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>Challenge for researchers to keep up with the green transition</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/challenge-for-researchers-to-keep-up-with-the-green-transition</link>
    <description>In the wake of the green transition, new risks are emerging in people's work environments, says Karin Broberg, professor at the Institute of Environmental Medicine at Karolinska Institutet. "It goes very quickly from a pilot to being scaled up to become the next generation of fuel or to become the next plant for how to recycle plastic," she says. At the end of the year, her research team will publish a study on the work environment in Sweden for those involved in recycling metals.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 14:44:57 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>New Unicef report by KI researchers on how climate change affects children&#039;s health</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/new-unicef-report-by-ki-researchers-on-how-climate-change-affects-childrens-health</link>
    <description>Unicef is launching a report written by two KI researchers that describes the devastating consequences of climate change for children's health globally. The report summarises research from the field and over 30 experts. It identifies the six main climate hazards and shows that they pose a serious threat to children's health and well-being.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2024 17:05:08 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>Better grades and new study programme in student-driven planetary health report</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/better-grades-and-new-study-programme-in-student-driven-planetary-health-report</link>
    <description>Today, 5 June, we celebrate World Environment Day. Fittingly, the 2024 report from the Planetary Health Report Card (PHRC) was completed a couple of weeks earlier. Since its publication in May, the KI students who led the work can proudly present improved grades for the medical programme and one new programme in the report: the physiotherapy programme.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2024 09:00:16 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>Kickoff for the EU Horizon Changemaker project</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/kickoff-for-the-eu-horizon-changemaker-project</link>
    <description>The EU Horizon Changemaker project, led by Kristi Sidney Annerstedt, on sustainable adolescent nutrition in Kenya, Tanzania and Burkina Faso, successfully completed the first Consortium meeting.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2024 16:08:56 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Students initiated KI&#039;s first Planetary Health Report Card as part of efforts to establish a sustainable medical school</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/students-initiated-kis-first-planetary-health-report-card-as-part-of-efforts-to-establish-a-sustainable-medical-school</link>
    <description>The authors of KI's first Planetary Health Report Card (PHRC) are twelve students from KI's various educational programmes. The commitment comes from a common interest and concern for the environment, climate, and planetary health.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2023 07:33:31 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Physical activity calendar 2023</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/physical-activity-calendar-2023</link>
    <description>Counting down to Christmas, a calendar of delight,
Each day's a surprise, keeping you active and bright.
Jump, walk, dance - a festive move to unfold,
In this active calendar, warmth and wellness to hold!</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2023 16:15:23 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Universities key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/universities-key-to-achieving-the-sustainable-development-goals</link>
    <description>With only six years left until 2030 when the Sustainable Development Goals are to be achieved, this year's Sustainability Forum was organised with a focus on the role of universities in sustainability work. The organisers were the University Alliance Stockholm Trio. </description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2023 20:38:15 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>Hanna Karlsson and Sara Widén receive KI’s Sustainability Award 2023</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/hanna-karlsson-and-sara-widen-receive-kis-sustainability-award-2023</link>
    <description>Hanna Karlsson and Sara Widén are the first ever recipients of KI’s new Sustainability Award, which they have earned in recognition of their efforts to support the KI faculty on issues of sustainability.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2023 10:45:49 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>KI Biobank about flexible working -advice and lessons learned</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/ki-biobank-about-flexible-working-advice-and-lessons-learned</link>
    <description>We asked three managers at KI Biobank about the main lessons they take away from last year.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2022 19:09:21 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Insights, challenges and opportunities</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/insights-challenges-and-opportunities</link>
    <description>Vice President Anders Gustafsson shares his thoughts on leadership and working methods based on lessons learned from the pandemic. </description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2022 19:07:09 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>A breakfast meeting focusing on climate and health</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/a-breakfast-meeting-focusing-on-climate-and-health</link>
    <description>Representatives from centres within Stockholm trio met at KI for a breakfast meeting and a chance to engage in conversations about activities and collaborations within the topic of climate and health. The collaboration group on climate and health creates spaces and opportunities for interdisciplinary cooperation in this wide and complex field. </description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2022 13:25:17 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>KI and Huddinge municipality sign a collaboration agreement with focus on sustainability</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/ki-and-huddinge-municipality-sign-a-collaboration-agreement-with-focus-on-sustainability</link>
    <description>Karolinska Institutet signs an agreement on collaboration with Huddinge municipality – the focus will be on equity in health and prevention, for a healthy life. On Tuesday, October 25, KI's President Ole Petter Ottersen and Huddinge municipality’s Director Camilla Broo signed the agreement.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2022 13:30:04 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>Horizon Europe grants over SEK 100 million to researchers at Karolinska Institutet</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/horizon-europe-grants-over-sek-100-million-to-researchers-at-karolinska-institutet</link>
    <description>Through the Horizon Europe programme, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have been granted large financial grants for approximately 20 different projects aimed at solving various societal challenges in health. One of the projects will explore the possibility of creating a common system for the reuse of already approved medicines to treat various diseases.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2022 16:14:49 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>This year&#039;s Rosling Seminar highlights the impact of climate on global health</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/this-years-rosling-seminar-highlights-the-impact-of-climate-on-global-health</link>
    <description>“Our planet, our health – an intergenerational dialogue” – the title of this year’s Rosling Seminar at Karolinska Institutet. The seminar, which was held 5 October, was jointly arranged by KI and the WHO with participants attending on site and online.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2022 08:45:56 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>Our health is on fire - campaign on the health impacts of climate change  </title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/our-health-is-on-fire-campaign-on-the-health-impacts-of-climate-change</link>
    <description>The students' association IFMSA runs the Vår hälsa brinner (Our health is on fire) campaign to raise awareness and educate about the health impacts of climate change. Students see a need to work concretely on the issue, not least during their medical training. They have made an alphabet series illustrating the impact of climate change on public health and hold educational workshops. During Politician's Week in Almedalen, they held a workshop and distributed posters with the alphabet.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2022 14:02:55 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>How climate worry can be used constructively</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/how-climate-worry-can-be-used-constructively</link>
    <description>About half of the Swedish population feels a strong climate worry. This is normal because the climate threat is real, says researcher Fabian Lenhard, who is starting a study on climate change. The research project will be attempting to channel worry about climate change into sustainable development. </description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2022 10:08:18 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>Joint Stockholm initiative for sustainable actions </title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/joint-stockholm-initiative-for-sustainable-actions</link>
    <description>Bringing together expertise, offering attractive training and providing a hub for collaboration. This is the vision for the Stockholm Trio for Sustainable Actions - a new initiative from Karolinska Institutet, KTH and Stockholm University to further contribute to sustainable societal development. </description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2022 09:15:04 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>The University Alliance mobilises for the health of man and the planet</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/the-university-alliance-mobilises-for-the-health-of-man-and-the-planet</link>
    <description>Partnership and cooperation are necessary to accelerate the work to achieve the global goals – and this is where academia plays an important role. This emerged during the seminar "New Partnerships for Human and Planetary Health" arranged by Karolinska Institutet, KTH and Stockholm University in May.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2022 16:25:33 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>Hybrid conference: The university as a vital driver of sustainable development</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/hybrid-conference-the-university-as-a-vital-driver-of-sustainable-development</link>
    <description>The day before the UN’s Stockholm+50 international conference in early June, KI, Stockholm University, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm Environment Institute are arranging a hybrid conference focusing on how scientists, academics and students can influence decision-makers and drive progress towards a sustainable society.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2022 12:45:10 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>Partnership necessary to reach sustainability goals</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/partnership-necessary-to-reach-sustainability-goals</link>
    <description>Many of society’s challenges, such as the climate issue, are too complex to be solved singlehandedly by different actors. Partnership and collaboration are necessary if the work of reaching the global goals is to be accelerated – and here academia plays an important part. This is the view of representatives of the Stockholm Trio, ahead of their May seminar showcasing how they mobilise to improve the health of people and the planet.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2022 12:37:50 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>KI&#039;s climate work at the top among Swedish universities</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/kis-climate-work-at-the-top-among-swedish-universities</link>
    <description>The organisation Climate Students recently published the report Climate Action Ranking, where they rank Sweden's higher education institutions according to their climate work. In this year’s report, KI came in third place.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2022 10:36:41 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>Nobel Calling- seminar on climate and environmental change and children&#039;s health </title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/nobel-calling-seminar-on-climate-and-environmental-change-and-childrens-health</link>
    <description>Line Gordon and Tobias Alfvén participated in Nobel Calling Stockholm 2021 with a lecture arranged by Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm Resilience Center at Stockholm University. Focusing on the United Nations Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)'s latest report, the current state of knowledge about climate and environmental change and how this affects the world's children was summarized and discussed.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2021 16:01:56 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Curious about climate-smart health – looking after our bodies and the planet</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/curious-about-climate-smart-health-looking-after-our-bodies-and-the-planet</link>
    <description>The COP26 agreement keeps the 1.5C goal alive and for the first time mentions the role of fossil fuels. The climate transition is about the future of humankind, but medical researchers say it can also have immediate health benefits here and now. </description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2021 16:14:30 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Climate network: There are lots of ways to contribute to a better climate</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/climate-network-there-are-lots-of-ways-to-contribute-to-a-better-climate</link>
    <description>On 31 October, the 13-day UN climate summit COP26 began with the aim of accelerating measures to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Climate Convention. Shervin Shahnavaz, member of the climate network at KI, has in recent weeks focused intensely on climate issues as a result of the meeting. </description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2021 09:09:51 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Solar cells on campus helping to reduce climate impact</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/solar-cells-on-campus-helping-to-reduce-climate-impact</link>
    <description>As many as six photovoltaic power installations have now been put into operation on campus Solna. The installations are located on the roofs of, among others, Widerströmska huset, A Working Lab Innomedicum and the Berzelius Laboratory. Together, the solar cells cover an area of approximately 2,100 square metres and provide the campus area with renewable energy.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2021 12:25:07 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>New center to promote sustainable health</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/new-center-to-promote-sustainable-health</link>
    <description>On Thursday 16 September the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health (CESH) was inaugurated. It's a digital competence center that has been established together with Makerere University in Uganda. The purpose of the center is to promote sustainable health and contribute to Agenda 2030 with the help of a long-term partnership.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2021 11:07:23 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>KI awarded funding from Sida for capacity building project in Africa</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/ki-awarded-funding-from-sida-for-capacity-building-project-in-africa</link>
    <description>Karolinska Institutet (KI) has been awarded a grant from Sida for a two and a half year capacity development project in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Somalia. The project aims to support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 13:35:54 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>Continued funding from SI for training programmes supporting the 2030 Agenda </title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/continued-funding-from-si-for-training-programmes-supporting-the-2030-agenda</link>
    <description>Karolinska Institutet has been granted renewed funding from the Swedish Institute (SI) to implement two capacity building training programmes for professionals in Sub-Saharan Africa. The training programmes will be offered online during 2021 - 2022.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2021 15:23:38 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>Five KI-researchers awarded grants for work with sustainable development</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/five-ki-researchers-awarded-grants-for-work-with-sustainable-development</link>
    <description>Last autumn, KI announced an new internal funding for work on sustainable development initiatives. After fierce competition, five applications have now been selected to share one million SEK. </description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>Karolinska Institutet joins the Wellcome Leap Health Breakthrough Network</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/karolinska-institutet-joins-the-wellcome-leap-health-breakthrough-network</link>
    <description>Karolinska Institutet has signed an agreement with Wellcome Leap that enabled KI to join the Leap Health Breakthrough Network. This global network comprises many leading academic and research institutions across six continents, that are committed to solving the world’s most serious global health challenges.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:33:05 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>Reducing carbon dioxide emissions from travel, an important goal in KI&#039;s climate strategy</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/reducing-carbon-dioxide-emissions-from-travel-an-important-goal-in-kis-climate-strategy</link>
    <description>KI's President has decided on a climate strategy as part of KI's contribution to a more sustainable world. The strategy is to be followed up by an action plan with more concrete measures with everything from the purchasing of goods and services to reducing CO2 emissions from travel.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2021 13:56:33 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>KI and Makerere University establish centre for sustainable health</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/ki-and-makerere-university-establish-centre-for-sustainable-health</link>
    <description>KI and Makerere University have signed an agreement to establish the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health (CESH), a centre to promote partnerships and develop capacity, resources and tools for researchers and policy makers globally. The agreement is the next step in the deepening of the collaboration between the institutions. </description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 16:12:13 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Conference on bridging the SDGs to optimise health-related social protection</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/conference-on-bridging-the-sdgs-to-optimise-health-related-social-protection</link>
    <description>The virtual SPARKS conference held on 2-3 December will gather a network of global leaders in public policy and research to facilitate the exchange of knowledge on social protection and health. Knut Lönnroth is the founder of the SPARKS Network and Professor of Social Medicine. </description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2020 16:39:55 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>One step closer to a Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/one-step-closer-to-a-centre-of-excellence-for-sustainable-health</link>
    <description>An extensive workshop has been held to further the vision of creating a Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health. Karolinska Institutet is driving the development together with Makerere University in Uganda, with focus on non-communicable diseases and other high burden diseases.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2020 15:40:37 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Extra focus on sustainability</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/extra-focus-on-sustainability</link>
    <description>At Karolinska Institutet several staff and students are deeply committed to reduce the environmental footprint. One of the many departments at KI taking an active approach to climate issues is the Department of Clinical Neuroscience.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2019 09:13:22 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>KI in joint Sweden-South Africa conference on Agenda 2030</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/ki-in-joint-sweden-south-africa-conference-on-agenda-2030</link>
    <description>A research and innovation conference is currently in progress in Stellenbosch, South Africa, bringing together representatives of Swedish and South Africa universities. The main topic of the week-long conference, which opened on 6 May under the STINT-financed South Africa–Sweden University Forum (SASUF) project, is Agenda 2030.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2019 14:35:51 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visited KI</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/who-director-general-dr-tedros-adhanom-ghebreyesus-visited-ki</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2019 10:26:14 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>Rethinking Higher Education: Students in focus at conference on global goals</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/rethinking-higher-education-students-in-focus-at-conference-on-global-goals</link>
    <description>The integration of the UN’s Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals into higher education and the importance of engaging students in the process were in focus at the recent conference, “Rethinking Higher Education: Inspired by the Sustainable Development Goals”.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2019 13:25:17 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title>Shervin Shahnavaz travels by train to international conferences</title>
    <link>https://news.ki.se/shervin-shahnavaz-travels-by-train-to-international-conferences</link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2017 14:18:08 +0200</pubDate>
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