Department of Clinical Neuroscience
At the Department of Clinical Neuroscience (CNS), we conduct research and teaching regarding the function of the brain - from a molecular level to the effect on society.


Erik Andersson receives the Great Psychologist Award in 2023
This year's winner of the Stora Psykologpriset 2023 is Erik Andersson, psychologist, PhD, docent in clinical psychology at Karolinska Institutet and chairman of the Swedish Association of Clinical Psychologists.

Clinical training clinic at Optometry program wins the KLOK award 2023
This year's KLOK award goes to the Optometry program, which together with the St. Erik Eye Hospital has developed a clinical training clinic where students from several educational programs can broaden and deepen their knowledge in an interprofessional learning environment.The clinical training clinic is a collaboration between KI and St.Erik Eye Hospital where different professions together supervise students from a number of educational programs in an interprofessional learning environment.

Simon Jangard receives this year's Jörgen Engels scholarship
Simon Jangard, psychologist and doctoral student at CNS where he divides his time between the Division of Psychology and the Centre for Psychiatry Research, is awarded this year's Jörgen Engel scholarship for an article in which he investigated a number of different aspects of social decision-making in young people with alcohol use syndrome.

Pete Williams is awarded 3 MSEK from StratNeuro for eye treatment with nanotechnology
Pete Williams, associate professor and research group leader at Karolinska Institutet and St. Erik Eye Hospital, has been awarded 3 MSEK from the Strategic Research Area Neuroscience (StratNeuro) at Karolinska Institutet to develop methods for delivering neuroprotective drugs to the eye using nanocarriers.
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Environment and Sustainable Development at CNS
We as part of a University has a central roll in the work to combat climate change, both by contributing through teaching and research, but we also need to contribute by reducing the impact of our own activities. Here you can find tips on what changes you can do in your daily life to reduce your climate footprint.
GDPR at KI
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, or Dataskyddsförordningen) for the processing of personal data is to be applied on May 25 2018 in Sweden. Here you will find information on GDPR and the implementation of the regulation at KI.