Last week, I took part in the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions (SUHF) annual conference in Luleå on the theme of universities of the future, to which several international speakers had been invited. This week, several KTH colleagues and I visited the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim to hear about … Continue reading “Compass set to the future”
Despite the fact that Sweden and Norway are top of the class when it comes to digitalisation in general, the two countries are far less impressive in the case of digitalisation within the public sector. I have just written my first scientific article in Norwegian, my native language, an interesting experience in its own right. … Continue reading “Digitalisation within the public sector must be improved”
With increasing turbulence due to rising geographic tensions around the world and a pandemic tend to lead to greater protectionism. It also effects academic collaboration . Here, networks provide a strengthening and stabilising force, not least when it comes to Nordic Five Tech. This Nordic network consists of KTH, as chair in 2021/22, the Technical … Continue reading “Nordic collaboration is world-class”
It is an image that is often used in the EU to show how the academic system works based on a gender perspective. The image is called the leaky pipeline. It was created based on facts from the most recent 20-year period on how the gender balance has changed over time within the university world. … Continue reading “Have you heard about the leaky pipeline?”
