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The Environmental Humanities Laboratory (EHL) was founded in 2011 as a cross-cutting unit of the Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment at KTH.

Join us for the Climate march on Sunday! We’ll be marching along with KTH Climate Action Centre KTH Students for Sustain...
21/08/2026

Join us for the Climate march on Sunday! We’ll be marching along with KTH Climate Action Centre KTH Students for Sustainability DM us for more information. Can’t make it Sunday? Then come to Sergels Torg to listen to Sverker Sörlin, co-founder of EHL and professor of environmental history 🌍

How can caring transform our economic system? Next week, Kelly Dombroski, Professor of Geography Massey University - Te ...
18/08/2026

How can caring transform our economic system? Next week, Kelly Dombroski, Professor of Geography Massey University - Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa, will give a lecture on the transforming role of care where she examines the surplus generated through the time energy, and emotional labour dedicated to economic transformation. Organized by our colleagues at the research school TRANSPLACE (https://www.kth.se/en/transplace)

📅 26 August
🕕 14:00
📍 KTH Royal Institute of Technology
🔗 More info and registration: https://www.kth.se/en/transplace/nyheter-events/kalender/towards-postcapitalist-economies-of-care-transformative-care-in-the-meantime-1.1484996?date=2026-08-26&orgdate=2026-08-17&length=1&orglength=0

"A climate model does not just calculate. It assumes. It decides what counts as a unit... those decisions were made by s...
14/07/2026

"A climate model does not just calculate. It assumes. It decides what counts as a unit... those decisions were made by specific people in specific contexts and then encoded”

Meet Nat Arslan, a PhD student at our department whose path to research was anything but a straight line.

From organizing Greenpeace anti-whaling photos to building machine learning models for satellite imagery, Nat’s work sits at a critical intersection: How do the technical tools we use to map climate change shape what we can actually see and feel about the world?

In this interview, Nat talks about the gap between data and institutional power, and asks the question: Can AI be used to interrupt the climate crisis, or is it just accelerating it?

Read the interview here: https://www.kth.se/en/abe/forskning/sarskilda-satsningar/digitalisering-och-h/ai-for-klimatforandringar-problem-och-losningar-inom-vetenskap-och-vetenskapskommunikation-1.1477167

This past spring we had the pleasure to have Jacob Tropp, as our guest at EHL. Jacob is a Professor of History and John...
07/07/2026

This past spring we had the pleasure to have Jacob Tropp, as our guest at EHL. Jacob is a Professor of History and John Spencer Professor of African Studies at Middlebury College in Vermont (USA), and his research the past years been concentrated on the transnational dimensions of particular Native American histories in the mid- to late 20th century – focusing on health, the environment, and development.

Here is what Jacob shared about his time at ours!

🔹 Why did you want to come to EHL?
To be able to immerse myself in this great inter- and transdisciplinary “laboratory” as I work on a historical project – transnational activism against uranium mining – that cuts across multiple fields in the environmental humanities.

🔹 How has your experience been?
Wonderful! I’ve really enjoyed the collegial spirit of EHL, the Center for Anthropocene History, and the wider division, as well as the opportunity to take advantage of various ongoing events this spring (film festival, reading groups, Higher Seminars, etc.)

🔹 What will you take with you?
Thinking creatively about how to approach and institutionalize transdisciplinary work in the environmental humanities and beyond.

🔹 Favorite nature spot?
Ooh, that’s a tough question and hard to choose. In Stockholm, I’ve liked watching the sun set from high points in certain city parks (like Vanadislunden); in Vermont in the U.S., the views from certain peaks in the Green Mountain range; and in Cape Town, South Africa, where I’ve also lived, exploring the top of Table Mountain.

Crosscuts, EHL’s environmental humanities festival for film and text, will happen again, save the date 21-22 October, 20...
03/07/2026

Crosscuts, EHL’s environmental humanities festival for film and text, will happen again, save the date 21-22 October, 2026! Stay tuned for the final program after the summer!

During Crosscuts 2024, we published a little book called “Skogar Florestas Bosques Matas Forests”! This book was distributed as free copies at our festival, and is also available online:https://www.kth.se/polopoly_fs/1.1470976.1776844376!/publication_crosscuts.pdf

The works cross Sweden, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Portugal: Skogar in Umeå, the north of Sweden, in Sanna Nilsson’s drawings, jewellery and poetry; Florestas in drawings of forest spirits from a trance with Amazonian wood, and in the manifesto of , the journalist platform from the Amazon; Bosques in the poems from poets of the Southern Cone from ; and Matas in essay about Mata do Bussaco in Portugal

They also cross between beings and dimensions to include spirits and dreams, fireflies, the many human and other-than-human beings of forests, their desires, their histories, knowledges, struggles. The diversity of mediums – poetry, photograph, drawings, jewellery, essay, manifesto bridges fields and disciplines, conveying forms of sensing and knowing, and the knowledges they create, relevant to environmental issues and discussions

Editor: .marques Cover: Artwork by .pone from a still of the video piece Il Vento Solo non Può ( .pone and ). Design Anja M Rieser. Support

"You might not think of the bicycle as a great heroic invention of the industrial age, but it can be described as a mach...
29/06/2026

"You might not think of the bicycle as a great heroic invention of the industrial age, but it can be described as a machine for freedom." 🚲

Long before AI and TikTok began shaping modern elections, everyday technologies were quietly rewriting the rules of democracy.

According to our colleague Professor Per Högselius, technological breakthroughs have always driven social equality. The 19th-century printing press gave rise to the labor movement, early telephone networks transformed public communication, and the bicycle radically accelerated women's participation in society.

But history also offers a warning: every "freedom machine" can quickly turn into a tool for surveillance or division. The internet didn't turn out exactly how the visionaries promised. will AI follow the same path?

Read the full interview on how tech has and might shape our freedom

Read the interview here: https://www.kth.se/philhist/historia/omoss/nyheter/fran-tryckpressen-till-tiktok-tekniken-som-paverkat-demokratin-1.1481398

Image: Professor Per Högselius with his ‘freedom machine’, photo by Jon Lindhe, KTH

In the fall, we had the pleasure of having as a guest at EHL, Camelia Dewan, an Associate Professor in Cultural Anthropo...
09/06/2026

In the fall, we had the pleasure of having as a guest at EHL, Camelia Dewan, an Associate Professor in Cultural Anthropology at Uppsala University! Here is what Camelia shared about her time at ours!

🔹Why did you want to come to EHL?
I was grateful for the opportunity to spend time at the Environmental Humanities Laboratory while working on my second monograph, Living with Toxic Development. EHL's strengths in environmental history and the history of science offered perspectives that help me think beyond disciplinary boundaries and deepen the anthropological questions at the heart of the project.

🔹How has your experience been?
Incredibly stimulating. Presenting my work in the Higher Seminar Series and receiving thoughtful feedback from scholars across disciplines pushed me to rethink key assumptions and sharpen the book's arguments. The conversations have been both generous and challenging in the best way.

🔹What will you take with you?
New ideas, new collaborations, and a renewed appreciation for interdisciplinary research. The engagement with environmental historians and historians of science has helped me complicate and nuance how I think about toxicity, development, and environmental justice. I'll carry those insights with me as I continue writing the book.

🔹 Favourite nature spot?
I love the water in Tantolunden, Södermalm, where the mandarin ducks live. Stockholm is my favourite city in the world. I love being surrounded by water in my everyday life

Thank you Camelia for your time with us and luckily, we still get to interact with Camelia and her work!
If you are interested in Camelia’s work, you can read more here: https://shorturl.at/bJhr4

Read more about our current guests here: https://www.kth.se/ehl/about-the-ehl/guests/guests-at-the-ehl-2026-1.1458628

🌱Join us this Thursday when we welcome Helena Norberg-Hodge for an evening talk at ABF-huset about how the future needs ...
02/06/2026

🌱Join us this Thursday when we welcome Helena Norberg-Hodge for an evening talk at ABF-huset about how the future needs to be local🌱

Helena is a linguist, author, filmmaker, founder of Local Futures, and recipient of the Right Livelihood Award. She is on a rare visit to Sweden to share her rich insights and experiences in what happens in communities when we start localising economies. She has been a leading voice in the movement to strengthen local economies for over half a century, arguing that localisation means more jobs, less waste and pollution, stronger and more prosperous communities, and creates institutions that people can trust. Her work calls for a new orientation – one that prioritises the real needs of people and the planet over corporate profits.

During the evening, the following will be discussed:
- How can we strengthen local economies
- Concrete examples of how economic systems can be organised in smaller, more resilient and democratically rooted contexts.
- What is required for a more resilient and human-rooted economy
- How globalisation affects local communities and democracy

📅 4th of June
🕐 18.00-19:30
📍 ABF-huset, Sveavägen 41, Stockholm
✔️ Tickets: https://secure.tickster.com/sv/9g99dnumgfwh6p1/products

This talk is organised by ABF Stockholm, Arena Idé, KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory and the newly started initiative The Real Economy.

More on Local Futures: https://www.localfutures.org/
More on Helena Norberg-Hodge: https://www.helenanorberghodge.com/
More on The Real Economy: https://www.therealeconomy.earth/

Proceeds support ABF's activities promoting lifelong learning, democracy, and equality.
Image credits: Diane van der Marel for We Are The ReGeneration

This Thursday, 28th May, Centre for Anthropocene History is hosting a seminar with Jo Guldi, 10-12:00. Her talk will out...
25/05/2026

This Thursday, 28th May, Centre for Anthropocene History is hosting a seminar with Jo Guldi, 10-12:00.

Her talk will outline a project that "uses Wikipedia's environmental history corpus as a publicly accessible testbed for mapping how environmental pasts are currently organized and narrated at planetary scale." Jo is a historian of capitalism and Professor at Emory University.

More info here: https://www.kth.se/anthropocenehistory/events/upcoming-events/jo-guldi-toward-a-plural-earth-governance-method-prototyping-computational-historiography-for-the-anthropocene-1.1472253

We have the pleasure of having Davide De Lillis with us as an EHL guest this spring. Here’s what Davide shared about hi...
12/05/2026

We have the pleasure of having Davide De Lillis with us as an EHL guest this spring. Here’s what Davide shared about his time here now at EHL:

🔹 Tell us a bit about yourself and what you work on
“I am a multidisciplinary artist, curator and Feldenkrais practitioner. My research combines somatic practices, screendance, and environmental humanities. I’m interested in how embodied experience and moving images can shape the way we relate to the more-than-human world.”

🔹Why did you want to come to EHL?
“I was drawn to EHL because of its strong interdisciplinary approach and its openness to dialogue between artistic research and environmental humanities. It feels like a space where different perspectives can meet and meaningfully inform each other.”

🔹 What are you hoping for during your guest visit here?
“I hope to engage in exchanges and dialogues with artists and researchers whose work intersects with mine, creating opportunities for mutual enrichment. I also see this visit as a valuable opportunity to build new collaborations.”

🔹 Do you have a favourite nature spot?
“One place I feel deeply connected to is the Lepini Mountains (Monti Lepini), above the town I come from in Italy, Cori. After living in different cities for many years, I’ve come to realise that the smell of wild mint instantly makes me feel at home — my body relaxes, and my breath and heartbeat slow down. In this mountainous landscape, even just walking through the grass and rocks, the scent of wild mint seems to permeate everything. From there, you can also see the Tyrrhenian Sea opening up the horizon, which helps me let go of anxieties and clear my thoughts.” ( See image 2)

Thank you Davide, for the many valuable perspectives you are bringing to EHL!

Davide has also hosted two eco-screen dance workshops for us this spring, letting us experience how screen-dance can connect us to our surroundings. We are sharing some photos from these lovely workshops (Images 3 & 4)

Read more about our current guests here:
https://www.kth.se/ehl/about-the-ehl/guests/guests-at-the-ehl-2026

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