• Ceremony

Welcome, new KI professors!

Posted by Ole Petter Ottersen

Earlier today, I had the honour of congratulating Karolinska Institutet’s new professors in connection with the 2018 installation ceremony. Part of the text below is from my welcome speech, in […]

2018-10-11

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• Rankings

Högt söktryck och stark ställning i internationella rankningar

Posted by Ole Petter Ottersen

Då och då så ser jag uppgifter i samhällsdebatt och i medier om att Karolinska Institutet tappar i rankningar och förtroende både i Sverige och internationellt. Det har slagit mig […]

2018-09-27

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• Rankings

KI står starkt i rankingen

Posted by Ole Petter Ottersen

När vi nu börjar ladda upp för den stundande höstterminen – själv kom jag tillbaka till kontoret här i Solna i måndags morse – kan jag konstatera att Karolinska Institutets […]

2018-08-15

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• International

Bra med politisk uppmärksamhet om Ahmadreza Djalali

Posted by Ole Petter Ottersen

EU-parlamentet antog den 31 maj en resolution som kraftfullt och tydligt tar avstånd från den brist på rättssäkerhet som råder i Iran. Det är ett utmärkt ställningstagande som ytterligare sätter […]

2018-06-08

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• International

Djalali needs the world’s attention

Posted by Ole Petter Ottersen

Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali – a KI alumnus and Swedish citizen – has now spent two years in an Iranian prison, after a closed trial and with a death sentence hanging […]

2018-04-30

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• International

Our thoughts are with Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali

Posted by Ole Petter Ottersen

Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali, who is held in Tehran since April 2016, and who is a prominent researcher in the field of disaster medicine, appealed last month against the death sentence […]

2017-12-13

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• International
• Uncategorized

Letter of concern over the detention of Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali

Posted by Ole Petter Ottersen

Together with the Rector at the Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italy and the Rector at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, I as the Vice-Chancellor at Karolinska Institutet, have written a letter to Ayatollah […]

2017-10-31

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• Forskningsfinansiering
• Funding
• Research

Research funded by KAW brought Sweden to the fore

Posted by Ole Petter Ottersen

Last week I had the privilege to attend the symposium “Molecular Life Sciences” in celebration of the centennial of Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW). It all took place in […]

2017-09-19

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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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• Education

Welcoming our international masters students!

Posted by Karin Dahlman-Wright

Our campuses are now coming back to life with new students arriving and “old” ones coming back after the summer. To welcome new students is one of the most rewarding […]

2016-08-25

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