Popular science and dialogue
Research communication is a high priority at KI, enabling the public, organisations, and policymakers to access new knowledge and make evidence-based decisions. We showcase our research through various channels, such as news and press releases, a popular science magazine, a podcast, exhibitions, lectures, and events.
Reading
Photo: Pixabay CC0Interviews and portraits
Meet some of our researchers and doctoral students. The interviews and feature articles have previously been published in our Swedish magazine Medicinsk Vetenskap (Medical Science) or online on news.ki.se.
Photo: Pixabay CC0Spotlight on medical research
Our “Spotlight on” series is a collection of news articles, interviews and in-depth articles featuring various topics in medicine and health. It’s popular science at its best.
Photo: The Conversation / Getty ImagesAcademics writing popular science
The Conversation is a politically unaffiliated, non-profit international online news platform where articles are written by academics within their own area of expertise. Find articles and comments written by researchers at Karolinska Institutet.
Meetings and events
Executive functions in toddlers with autism or ADHD
An open webinar arranged by the research centre KIND. Listen to Dr Alex Hendry, a researcher at Oxford University, talk about the parent-toddler support programme START. The webinar will be held in English and is aimed at researchers, professionals in the field, and the interested public.
About appetite and food cravings in the series "Scientists show art"
Welcome to "Scientists show art" at The Cell with Janina Seubert, PI at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet. She will talk about how our senses, especially smell, taste and sight, influence appetite and food cravings. Language: English. Free admission.
The Hagströmer Library
The Hagströmer Library is a medical history library and has more than 150,000 books and journals in medicine, anatomy, pharmacy, natural history, biology, and chemistry. The oldest books are from the 1480s, but the focus of the collection is on the period 1600-1990. The library also offers lectures and guided tours of the collections.
The Cell – a stage for life science
The Cell is a venue of the National Museum of Science and Technology, situated in Hagastaden in Stockholm with Karolinska Institutet as knowledge partner. On 16 May 2025, the new exhibition series Me You We – Exploring Human Behaviour will open, featuring works by, among others, Lene Marie Fossen, Francesco Albano, and Teresa Wennberg.
The Lennart Nilsson compact exhibition
This exhibition can be found in the entrance of one of the office buildings at Karolinska Institutet's campus in Solna, just north of Stockholm City. It showcases material from the world-renowned photographer Lennart Nilsson’s last laboratory at our university.
Learn more
Photo: AFL/KIAbout animal research
Why is research conducted on animals? How are the animals treated, and why can’t tests be conducted on humans directly? A significant portion of the research at KI is carried out using, for example, cell cultures, but animal testing is still needed in several areas to gain new knowledge about diseases and treatments. Read more on our pages about animal testing.”
Photo: okändResearch subjects wanted
Would you like to participate in our clinical research projects as a trial subject? Your participation will contribute to progress in research, which can also result in new or more effective treatments, in Sweden and worldwide. Please note that there are more ads in Swedish than in English.
Photo: Lotte BrandtDownload doctoral theses for free
One of the missions of Karolinska Institutet is to educate new researchers. Doctoral studies are concluded with the student presenting their research in a doctoral thesis, which should also include a popular science summary. Here you will find current theses from KI.