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EURAXESS Sweden projects, reports and collaborations

Find out more about the different projects and collaborations that EURAXESS Sweden is or has been part of

  • Can Sweden afford to lose them? Supporting international junior researchers' career opportunities outside academia

    Rapport Can we affor to lose them?

    Swedish companies are facing an unprecedented skills shortage, which is expected to worsen in the coming years. Many companies now realise that international recruitment is needed to fill the skills gap. However, there is no need to necessarily look abroad, as the most low-hanging fruits to pick are international academic talents already in the country – meaning primarily students and researchers currently at Swedish universities. While the work of retaining international students has begun, the effort to include international researchers, especially junior ones, as a possible and valuable infusion into the Swedish industry has not yet been emphasised. 

    With the above  in mind, EURAXESS Sweden received funding from, the Swedish Innovation Agency (Vinnova) to investigate possible actions to be done at Swedish universities, as well as the role of industry and other organisations, to support international junior researchers to find a possible career also outside academia in Sweden.

    The report is set up from four different perspectives:

    •    The researcher´s view on a career outside academia
    •    The role of Swedish universities
    •    The role of industry
    •    External actors/organisations – hindrance or enablers

    Six representatives from four different Swedish universities (Linköping University, Karolinska Insititutet, Malmö University and University of Gotheburgh) onducted the investigation and co-wrote the report.

    Full report - English version (revised 8 May 2024)
    Supporting international junior researchers' career opportunities outside academia_rev.240508.pdf

    Full report - Swedish version (revised 8 May 2024)
    Stöd till internationella juniora forskares karriärmöjligheter utanför akademin_rev 240508.pdf

  • Logo för programmet

    During Autumn 2024 and Spring  2025 EURAXESS Sweden offered a fully digital Career Outside Academia Programme, where early stage researchers could deepen their understanding of possible future career moves outside academia in Sweden. This project was funded by the EURAXESS Research Beyond Academia Hub (ReBeCa).

    The outline of the programme:

    • Session 1: Welcome to your future! - Meet two international PhD who stepped outside academia to a job and starting a business.
    • Session 2: Transitioning from academia to industry - How to handle the mental shift going from academia to the industry and translating your academic and research skills to match what the industry is looking for.
    • Session 3: Market yourself to possible employers - Write a selling application and CV.
    • Session 4: The power of networking - How do you expand your network and how can you use it finding and landing a position.
    • Session 5: The Swedish job market and its employers - EURES will explain the Swedish job market and you will meet a panel of employers and representatives from the business sector.
    • Session 6: Stepping into your own future - What kind of support is out there for your after this programme? Meet representatives from the unions and find out what other support you can find.

  • Global knowledge -Local impact

    Förstasidan rapport Global knowlegde_local impact
    International Industrial PhD students and internships for a stronger Sweden


    This pilot study was funded by the Swedish Agency of Economic and Regional Growth (Tillväxtverket) within the broader governmental mission "Work in Sweden."

    The aim of the study was to investigate how the number of industrial doctoral students at Swedish universities can increase and how internships can be a possibility for international early stage researchers. 

    It included examining opportunities for internships aimed at early-career researchers. This support is part of the agency’s broader mission, Work in Sweden. The investigation of how to increase the number of international industrial PhD students in Sweden has turned into a report which you can downlowad here Global knowledge - Local impact.

    For questions about the report please contact the EURAXESS project management at euraxess@liu.se

  • Universities for Labor Market Collaboration

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    Lärosäten för arbetsmarknadssamverkan (LASA)

    This project is also funded by the governmental mission "Work in Sweden", where 10 Swedish authorities, led by the Swedish Agency for Regional Growth, will find ways to make the processes for international talents to Sweden much easier and comprehensive.

    the aim of the project is to investigate how international programme students and doctoral students can get a closer connection to the Swedish labor market by closer collaboration between the univerisites, but also between universities and the labor market and businesses in Sweden.  

    There are 5 universites represented in this project: Linköping University, Linnaeus University, Uppsala University, Gothenburg University and Karolinska Institutet.

    The project findings will result in a report at the end of 2026.

EURAXESS Sweden collaborations

Euraxess Sweden collaborates with partners both inside and outside of academia. Read more about some of the partners and the joint ongoing projects below.