A diagram with overlapping teal rectangles listing: Smart Society, Digitalised Industry, Rich and Healthy Life, Educational Transformation, and the words Trust, Cooperate, Learn between the layers.

Open call: Second Call for Research Pairs Projects in Technologies for a Digital Transformation

This is the second call for Research Pairs collaboration projects between two young researchers within Digital Futures in the area of technologies for a digital transformation. We will support projects that can show novelty and an interdisciplinary approach. KTH schools, Stockholm University (SU), and RISE Digital Systems are encouraged to apply.

Important dates

Call opens: 15 February 2021
Project registration:
10 March 2021
Call closes: 31 March 2021, 14:00 (CET)

The funding decision is expected by end of June. The earliest starting date of the projects is July 1, 2021.

The projects should address cutting-edge research within Technologies for a digital transformation and should involve researchers that complement each other and conduct interdisciplinary research. The proposals shall address subject areas at an intersection of the Digital Futures Research matrix illustrated below.

Figure 1 The three research themes Trust, Cooperate and Learn cut across the four contexts Smart society, Digitalized industry, Rich and healthy life, and Educational Transformation.
The three research themes Trust, Cooperate and Learn cut across the four contexts Smart society, Digitalized industry, Rich and healthy life, and Educational Transformation.

More information and How to apply can be found here:

https://www.digitalfutures.kth.se/research-calls/open-call-second-call-for-research-pairs-projects-in-technologies-for-a-digital-transformation

Matchmaking event

Digital Futures will host a “Matchmaking” on-line event open to all potential project applicants, to help with the creation of proposals.

24 February 2021 at 13:00-14:00, Swedish local time

More news

Poster with the text In the Belly of AI overlaid on a city slum with rubbish piles; the large letters AI contain blurred faces and binary code, with a cloudy sky above.

Beyond the algorithm: AI Film Festival sparks debate in Stockholm

31/03/2026

A thought-provoking film festival is turning the spotlight on the hidden impacts of artificial intelligence—inviting audiences...

A man with short brown hair and a beard, wearing a blue suit jacket and light blue shirt, smiles at the camera. The background is blurred with soft lights.

Belgioioso awarded prize for smarter infrastructure research

31/03/2026

Giuseppe Belgioioso, Assistant Professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Digital Futures Faculty member, has been...

A group of people sit facing a woman speaking at a lectern in a classroom or conference room, with a man standing nearby and a projection screen behind them.

Advancing Sweden’s AI Future: Insights from the Industry-Academia AI workshop at KTH

30/03/2026

On Thursday, 26 March 2026, leading voices from industry and academia gathered at KTH Royal...

A person holds a plastic cup under a water dispenser, filling it with water. The person is wearing a white shirt and a black wristband. Another person in a pink shirt is visible in the background.

New digital solutions strengthen critical infrastructures – watch the DEMOCRITUS project in action

30/03/2026

A major Swedish research initiative, DEMOCRITUS – Decision-making in Critical Societal Infrastructures, has now been successfully...