Student Research on Sweden’s Energy Transition (SWEET)
Introduction
SWEET engages a cohort of 8 undergraduate and graduate students from DC-area universities in a collaborative and interdisciplinary research experience spanning the spring and summer. Students will work closely with faculty mentors at the Luleå University of Technology (LTU), Sweden’s northernmost university, to investigate the challenges and opportunities in Sweden’s green energy transition. Students explore questions such as: How will we power the industries of the future? How can we balance tensions between political priorities, labor and environmental variables, and technological possibilities in the green transition?
Selected students participate in a 3-credit course in research methods in Washington, DC during the spring semester before traveling to Luleå, Sweden for 5 weeks in the early summer to support ongoing research. Upon returning to the U.S., students spend the rest of the summer synthesizing their findings.
Selections for the 2026 cohort have been made. Applications to join the 2027 cohort will open in September 2026.
Project Team
Robert Orttung
The George Washington University
Caitlin Grady
The George Washington University