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In 2026 Cybercampus Sweden launched the first national Swedish PhD School on cybersecurity to strengthen national cybersecurity research and competence.

Cybercampus Sweden's PhD school is the first national PhD school on cybersecurity, with a unique structure. In it's first round the PhD school includes 15 PhD positions employed at 15 different academic partners. Each PhD project is co-supervised by experts from at least two participating Cybercampus partners. This collaborative model allows us to bring together knowledge from different fields and enables research efforts that go beyond what individual institutions can achieve on their own. The launch of the PhD school marks a significant step forward in our commitment to building a more cyber-secure Sweden.

Meet four of the PhD students!

PhD students Anton Israelsson, Mira Pop, Madeleine Lindström and Amira Gourbal Abdallah
Photo: Sofia Röjder

The photo shows four of the first PhD students:

Anton Israelsson, RISE. Research theme: Machine Learning over Encrypted Data  

Mira Pop, Jönköping University. Project name: Personalized Cybersecurity Awareness Training with Generative AI

Madeleine Lindström, FHS. Project name: Invincible AI-based cyber deception 

Amira Gourbal Abdallah, Luleå University. Project name: An Innovative Semi-Supervised Explainable Expert System to Predict Cybersecurity Threats

The photo was taken at the SWITS seminar  in Jönköping in June 2026, which Cybercampus sponsored.

15 PhD positions

Following a thorough selection process to identify projects aligned with the Cybercampus research strategy, the following Cybercampus partner organisations have been recruiting PhD candidates:

  • Blekinge Institute of Technology 
  • Chalmers University of Technology
  • Halmstad University 
  • Jönköping University 
  • Karlstad University 
  • KTH - position still open
  • Linköping University
  • Luleå University
  • Lund University
  • RISE 
  • Stockholm University
  • Skövde University
  • The Swedish Defence University
  • Umeå University 
  • Uppsala University 

Most of the positions of the first cohort are already filled.

Unique Opportunities for PhD Students in Cybersecurity

Being part of the PhD school will enable to do research at excellent Swedish Universities and research centers in cooperation with Cybercampus Sweden. PhD students will benefit from extraordinary networking opportunities, an outstanding interdisciplinary PhD training program in cybersecurity and cybersecurity research infrastructures and support that will be available at the partner organizations and the Cybercampus Sweden facilities. PhD students will be employed for 4-5 years and will in addition to an attractive salary also receive travel and mobility grants for visiting other Cybercampus partners. 

When selecting eligible candidates for the Cybercampus PhD training program, universities should consider the Report “The Swedish Security Service 2024-2025”  concerning security-threatening activities against Sweden.

Revised for clarity on February 24, 2026.