Sweden is trying to attract more talent from far and wide to its universities, including (but not exclusively) US-based researchers hoping to escape the crackdown of the Trump administration. But what, in your opinion, can the Nordic country do to improve its chances?
Sweden has launched a number of initiatives in recent months aimed at foreign researchers.
At the end of April, the government launched an inquiry into protecting academic freedoms in Sweden, and the Swedish Research Council announced a new grant for researchers based outside of Europe, running from April to December this year.
Education Minister Johan Pehrson also hosted a roundtable in April with the goal of discussing recruitment of students and researchers as well as the possible consequences US policy could have on international collaboration and academic freedom.
We want to hear from foreign researchers currently working in Sweden ‒ you don’t have to be American or have experience of working in the US to answer. What do you think Sweden could do better in terms of attracting foreign researchers – and what things is the country already doing well, which should be replicated elsewhere?
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