• Conference
• Funding
• Research

Important to invite different perspectives

Posted by Karin Dahlman-Wright

Last week I delivered the introductory remarks at the second Brain and Culture Symposium organized by Ingemar Ernberg, Gunnar Bjursell och Fredrik Ullén. Giving introductory remarks is a big honour […]

2017-05-25

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• Conference
• Ethics
• Research

Framtidsrådets spring mingle “Ethics & the Future 2017″

Posted by Karin Dahlman-Wright

Last week I took part in Framtidsrådet’s Spring Mingle including two very inspirational lectures. Framtidsrådet strives to make Karolinska Institutet an attractive workplace for the students and employees of tomorrow, and […]

2017-05-14

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• Infrastructure
• International
• Organisation
• Research

Visiting the Aging Research Center and inaugurating a new campus plan

Posted by Karin Dahlman-Wright

Last Friday I took my bicycle over the Solna bridge to Gävlegatan, to a part of our university that I have not had the chance to visit before: The Aging […]

2017-05-07

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• Ceremony
• Education
• Health care
• International
• Research

Marching for Science and celebrating the student’s union 140 years

Posted by Karin Dahlman-Wright

Today, we were many people all over the world who marched for science. For us at Karolinska Institutet it was a matter of course to take part in the March […]

2017-04-22

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• Infrastructure
• Research

My first visit to Biomedicum

Posted by Karin Dahlman-Wright

Some time ago, the Karolinska Institutet management group was offered a guided tour of Biomedicum, Karolinska Institutet’s new ultramodern laboratory building for experimental biomedical research that opens in 2018. The […]

2017-04-02

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• Collaboration
• Health care
• Research
• Research policy
• Uncategorized

Common retreat for the three internal boards of KI

Posted by Karin Dahlman-Wright

This week the three internal boards – board of research, board of doctoral education and board of higher education – had a common retreat, a very important signal that there […]

2017-02-26

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• Collaboration
• International
• Research
• Research policy

Research affected by international politics

Posted by Karin Dahlman-Wright

It is becoming increasingly clear that no one is immune to international politics, including our own university in a country historically relatively unaffected by international restrictions and conflicts. As a […]

2017-02-05

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• Infrastructure
• Research
• Technology

Data storage and management on joint infrastructure agenda

Posted by Karin Dahlman-Wright

Research infrastructure – core facilities and lab environments – is one of KI’s greatest strenghts and we are currently investing heavily in state of the art research environments at both […]

2016-11-14

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• Health care
• Research

Discussing action plan with heads of departments and hosting ministerial visit

Posted by Karin Dahlman-Wright

Last week we had the autumns retreat with head of departments. These retreats represent excellent opportunities to exchange information and to discuss topics of general interest to all of us. […]

2016-10-24

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• Organisation
• Research

Developing a gender mainstreaming plan

Posted by Karin Dahlman-Wright

The Swedish government has requested that higher education institutions develop a gender mainstreaming plan 2016–2019. The plan should be presented by 15 May, 2017. The Swedish Secretariat for Gender Research […]

2016-10-17

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