Mobility of people – a strategic issue
Through knowledge exchange and strategic alliances with various players in the world around us we can more easily identify and discover innovative solutions for the challenges of the future. At KTH we have a long and very positive history of working in cooperation with businesses, research institutes, government authorities and local government at the municipal and county levels – and our partnerships often involve the mobility of people.
In addition to their knowledge, specialists who work within our core areas – research and education – offer valuable interfaces. They are also an important resource for their principal employers in that they increase contact between their company or organisation and the research community.
Our aim is to increase the number of people who move between KTH and the outside world. This is part of our vision for 2027 – to ensure that KTH is a leading university of technology in the international arena. Collaboration is key. Combined careers should be possible and regarded as a merit.
One of my important tasks as Vice President and head of KTH’s Faculty for Innovative Engineering is to simplify the exchange process by clarifying what we mean by adjunct and affiliated – professors, educators, researchers and doctoral students – but also by bringing exchange-related issues up to management level. The mobility of people is a strategic issue.
The movement of people between KTH and the world around us in the form of industrial postdocs or adjunct experts is also a process that urgently needs to be facilitated.
MARGARETA NORELL BERGENDAHL
Professor and Vice President
Faculty for Innovative Engineering
