In Chalmers podcast – Verapodden – you will hear personal conversations with researchers, students, teachers and alumni. What are their experiences, driving forces and visions? What will become of the knowledge from Chalmers?
About Verapodden
In Chalmers podcast – Verapodden – you will hear personal conversations with researchers, students, teachers and alumni. The podcast is named after the Chalmers alumn Vera Sandberg. She became Sweden's first female engineer in 1917.
Vera Sandberg studied as the only woman among 500 men. Today, Chalmers University of Technology has 10,500 students and one third are women.
Project leaders: Cecilia Hillman & Maria Saline, Genie
Original music: Stefan Karlsson
Programme manager, technology & editing: Malin Avenius
Producer: Anne-Christine Nordin
Art Director: Carina Schultz
Listen to Verapodden
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Learn more about the latest episodes of Verapodden:
Can the 70s Oil Crisis Teach Us About Energy Transition?
Jessica Jewell blends technology and social sciences in her research. By studying historical energy transitions, she aims to discover which climate actions have the greatest potential for rapid implementation and impact. In the Verapodden podcast, she discusses economic and political factors that can both slow down and accelerate the transition of society, even though we know fairly well from a scientific perspective what needs to be done to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
Baking to Batteries: An Energy Engineering Chat with Rosie Barnes
Dr. Rosemary Barnes is an internationally recognised expert in energy technology, and host of the popular Australian YouTube channel, Engineering with Rosie. In May 2025, she spoke at Sveriges Energiforum in Stockholm and gave a lunch seminar at Chalmers University of Technology. While she was at Chalmers, Professor Tomas Kåberger borrowed the Verapodden microphone to record a conversation with her.
Flying machines with flapping wings – a historic idea returns
Arion Pons is building digital twins of insects to study their extraordinary flying abilities. Just like when Leonardo da Vinci imagined a helicopter with flapping wings, the idea of letting flight technology be inspired by nature is once again in focus. But why did early aviation engineers abandon flapping wings – and how might the concept be revived for the future? Find out in Verapodden.
