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On 9-10 October the Swedish network will be meeting in Stockholm at KTH Royal Institute of Technology . On the agenda is i.a. HRS4R, career development, reports from the EURAXESS training in Zagreb, from the EURAXESS conference in Hague and from study visits. A report from the working group dealing...

Information days will take place in Gothenburg, Luleå, Stockholm and Malmö/Lund. The information will be given in English. Read more about content and registration at www.vinnova.se/m/horisont-2020/aktuellt

The Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel are awarded in Stockholm. The official programme of the Nobel Week in Stockholm begins on 6 December with an informal get-together for the 2017...

In order to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls, and further achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/70/212 declaring 11 February as the International Day of Women and...

With hundreds of activities and about 70,000 visits The International Science Festival in Gothenburg is one of Europe’s leading popular science events and the only one of its kind in Sweden. Theme 2018: What are we? Why do we follow the stream? Why do we stand against things? What is it that makes...

Joachim Frank, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2017, will visit the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology on 12 June 2018 to give a lecture to employees, students and general public. Joachim Frank is a professor at Columbia University, New York, USA. He shared the Nobel Prize...

How can we increase international research mobility? We invite you to a day of information and discussions about internationalization and researchers' career development. See programme in Swedish below. The information will be given in Swedish   Informationsmöte om...

Concepts like ”post truth” and ”alternative facts” are being increasingly used, mainly in American politics, but also in debate internationally. Does this indicate a crisis of confidence in research? Not in Sweden anyway. A new report shows that the Swedes’ confidence in universities is greater than...

On 18 May, the Swedish Research Council together with Formas (Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning) and Vinnova – Sweden’s Innovation Agency signed a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding with the Brazilian organisations CNPq, FINEP and CONFAP. Read...

The last Friday of September, science and research is celebrated in over 340 cities across Europe and neighbouring countries. In Sweden, activities are organised in around 30 cities across the country each year. Read more at https://forskarfredag.se/researchers-night