How attractive is the Swedish labour market and its employers to those from other countries who have completed their doctoral studies in Sweden, and to those who have completed their doctorates in other countries and are looking around the world for possible career opportunities? How difficult is it for highly qualified people to establish themselves … Continue reading “How to attract talents to Sweden in the global labour market?”
In government, there is often a well-intentioned desire to do the right thing. It is taxpayers’ money that is being handled, and it is important to be constantly vigilant about how it is spent. This requires transparency and control of activities to ensure that high ambitions for quality, resource efficiency, effectiveness and legal certainty are … Continue reading “Layered governance makes things unnecessarily complicated”
One of the biggest challenges for universities in Sweden is the high level of external funding. Today, just over 60 per cent of research funding is won in a competitive bidding process. Our staff work hard to apply for money, follow up and report on grants to a variety of funders with different requirements for … Continue reading “University career systems play an important role in the working environment”
There have been a number of high-profile reports recently showing that Europe is lagging behind both the United States and Asian countries – perhaps especially China – in terms of competitiveness. This is also reflected in the development of research, where investment in research is particularly strong in China. But at the same time, there … Continue reading “Investing in tech research and innovation can turn the tide for Europe”
I have previously written about the unreasonable model we currently have for the provision of our premises, and the fact that grant funds are returned to the state budget via surplus profits and yield requirements at Akademiska Hus. The immediate and obvious measure would be either to introduce a cost-based rental model and exempt Akademiska … Continue reading “A market model highly distorted”
