Manchester – KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University Joint Research funding
The University of Manchester, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University have joint research funding to support collaborative research projects and build on the existing partnerships between the three institutions.
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Further information
If you have any questions, please get in touch with the relevant contact at each university:
The University of Manchester
Helen Lusty, International Officer
email: international.partnerships@manchester.ac.uk
tel: +44 (0)161 275 2217
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Christina Murray, Advisor to the President on international affairs
email: tina@kth.se
tel: +46-8-790 65 50
Cell: +46 730 666550
Stockholm University/Stockholms Universitet
Henrik Smedjegården, Engagement and collaboration officer
email: henrik.smedjegarden@su.se
tel: + 46 (0)8 16 46 25
Grants awarded
2023
| UoM lead | Faculty | School (UoM) | KTH lead | SU lead | Research project title |
| Dr Clare Megarity | Science and Engineering | School of Natural Sciences | Dr Christian Schnepel | - | BiocatPlus: Partnering next generation biomanufacturing platforms for sustainable chemical production |
| Prof Guillaume De Bo | Science and Engineering | School of Natural Sciences | Dr Fredrik Schaufelberger | Prof Anneli Kruve | Mechanical bonds for mechanobiological applications |
| Prof Michael Wigelsworth |
Humanities |
School of Environment, Education and Development | - | Dr Laura Ferrer-Wreder | Understanding educational inequality through advancing social emotional learning in context |
| Dr Saleh Rezaeiravesh | Science and Engineering | School of Engineering | Prof Philipp Schlatter | Prof Gunilla Svensson | Comprehensive framework for data analytics in urban flows |
| Dr Emad Alsusa | Science and Engineering | School of Engineering | Dr Ragnar Thobaben | - | Physical-Layer Security for Future Wireless Systems |
| Dr Isabel Monteiro dos Santos Pires | Biology, Medicine and Health | School of Medical Sciences | - | Prof Nicole Pamme | Development of a multiplex spheroid-on-chip model of flow in cancer |
2022
| UoM lead | Faculty | School (UoM) | KTH Lead | SU Lead | Title of research project |
| Dr Cerys Manning | Biology, Medicine and Health | School of Medical Sciences | Dr Stefania Giacomello | Prof Christos Samakovlis | Single-cell multi-modal technologies conference hosted at University of Manchester |
| Prof Michael Fisher | Science and Engineering | School of Engineering | Prof Anne Håkansson | Prof Jelena Zdravkovic | Sustainable Urban Technology |
| Dr Kevin Couper | Biology, Medicine and Health | School of Biological Sciences | Dr Hans Blom | Dr Pär Engström | Exchange programme for technologists at University of Manchester and SciLifeLab |
| Dr Ahsan Nazir | Science and Engineering | School of Natural Sciences | - | Dr Jonas Larson | Gauging the performance of light-matter quantum technologies |
| Dr Mason Adshead | Science and Engineering | School of Engineering | Prof Katia Gallo | - | Engineering telecom photon emitters in LiNbO3 nanophotonic waveguides |
| Dr Laura Richards | Science and Engineering | School of Natural Sciences | Dr Zeynep Cetecioglu Gurol | - | Antimicrobial Resistance in Surface & Groundwater in the Ganga Basin |
| Dr Miguel Antonio Lim | Humanities | School of Environment, Education and Development | Prof Lars Geschwind | Prof Paula Mahlck | Inclusion for Innovation: Addressing Inequalities in STEM |
2021
| UoM lead | Faculty | School (UoM) | KTH Lead | SU Lead | Title of research project |
| Dr Laura Richards | Science and Engineering | School of Natural Sciences | Prof Prosun Bhattacharya | Prof Georgia Destouni | Water security in India: does artificial intelligence offer solutions? |
| Prof Michael Shaver | Science and Engineering | School of Natural Sciences | Dr Karin Odelius | Dr Mika Sipponen | Sustainable polymers for circular composite materials (SuperMat) |
| Dr Andrea Bottacin Busolin | Science and Engineering | School of Engineering | Dr Luigia Brandimarte | Dr Zahra Kalantari | Urban flood risk: multiple effects of nature-based vs technology-based solutions |
| Dr Riza Batista-Navarro | Science and Engineering | School of Engineering | Prof Cristian Rojas | Prof Panagiotis Papapetrou | Towards human-understandable and trustworthy explanations of deep learning-based predictions |
| Dr Reka Solymosi | Humanities | School of Social Sciences | Prof Vania Ceccato | Dr Ulf Jansson | Geoprivacy, confidentiality and data sharing in research and practice |
| Prof Adisa Azapagic | Science and Engineering | School of Engineering | Prof Joydeep Dutta | - | Decentralised circular water treatment |
| Dr Marta Romeo | Science and Engineering | School of Engineering | Dr Ilaria Torre | - | Investigating decisive factors for trust repair in human robot interaction |
| Dr Kayode Ogungbenro | Biology, Medicine and Health | School of Health Sciences | Dr Adam Darwich | - | The use of PKPD modelling to analyse real-world healthcare data |
| Dr Paul Tobin | Humanities | School of Social Sciences | - | Professor Andreas Duit | Non-state actors and the politicisation of climate change |