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This week, bachelor students from across the CIVICA alliance will gather in Madrid for this year's European Week. Hosted by IE University, the event will bring together students, academics, and experts to discuss the theme of "European Competitiveness" through workshops, lectures, and collaborative discussions.

As the rest of Sweden winds down for summer, eight new startups are joining SSE Business Lab's summer batch, most of them building AI for Swedish industry. The applications range from automating quality control in manufacturing to reviewing the thousands of technical drawings behind every ship. 

Innovation in creative industries rarely succeeds on merit alone. It must earn legitimacy, navigate institutional resistance, and find its place within cultural systems, often before society even knows it likes it.

Read more about how stronger sanctions enforcement, export controls, and company-authority cooperation can help counter Russia sanctions evasion.

In the Special Session, at the 5th Huangshan Dialogue on UNESCO-designated Sites and Sustainable Development, in China on 31st May 2026, Ranjula Bali Swain spoke on Big Earth Data, digital indicators, and system transformation for the SDGs.

From measuring climate risks and urban growth, to monitoring biodiversity hotspots and sustainable forest management, Earth observation data and derived insights play a key role in sustainable solutions.