• Collaboration
• Conference
• Global health
• Hans Rosling
• Pandemi
• samhälle

Rosling Seminar on Sustainable Health

Posted by Ole Petter Ottersen

On October 6, the first annual Rosling Seminar was arranged jointly by the World Health Organization and Karolinska Institutet. The seminar was held in Aula Medica in front of students […]

2021-10-18

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• Conference
• Hans Rosling
• International

In our time of global health challenges, Hans Rosling’s voice is greatly missed – welcome to the 2021 Rosling seminar

Posted by Ole Petter Ottersen

February 2022 marks five years since Hans Rosling, professor in international health at KI and co-founder and chairman of the Gapminder Foundation, passed away. I can’t help but constantly return […]

2021-09-17

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• Collaboration
• International
• Sustainability

Welcome to the launch of the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health

Posted by Ole Petter Ottersen

Earlier this year, Makerere University in Uganda and Karolinska Institutet signed an agreement to establish the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health (CESH). Now we push ahead: a digital launch […]

2021-09-01

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• Conference
• International
• Pandemi

Viktigt seminarium 30 september: Hur ska vi bygga beredskap inför nästa hälsokris?

Posted by Ole Petter Ottersen

Den fråga som vi nu i allt större utsträckning måste fokusera på i det globala samhället är hur vi ska bygga en bättre beredskap inför nästa större hälsokris. Det här […]

2021-08-30

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• Education
• International
• Strategy
• Student

Welcome international students!

Posted by Ole Petter Ottersen

The text below is based on the speech I gave to KI’s international students earlier today (27 August 2021) I would like to start by welcoming you all to Karolinska […]

2021-08-27

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• Debatt
• Forskningspolitik
• Hållbarhet
• International
• samhälle

Sverige bör satsa mer – inte mindre – på forskning och bistånd

Posted by Ole Petter Ottersen

I kväll (i papperstidningen fredag) publicerar vi – flera KI-medarbetare tillsammans med andra aktörer – en debattartikel i Svenska Dagbladet: “Stärk satsning på forskning i biståndet“. Delar av nedanstående text […]

2021-07-29

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• Ethics
• International
• Sustainability
• Vaccin

One year on: A new Bretton Woods conference is needed to rebuild a better and more equitable world

Posted by Ole Petter Ottersen

The following text is based on our letter that was published in Nature Medicine today – one year after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. What we ask for in this […]

2021-03-11

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• International
• Pandemi
• Samverkan

Stöd till Panzi-sjukhuset i Demokratiska republiken Kongo

Posted by Ole Petter Ottersen

KI:s Strategi 2030 skapades innan covid-19 bröt ut. Nu – efter att ha levt med och i pandemin i över sju månader – ser vi hur rätt det var att […]

2020-10-27

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• International
• Samarbete
• samhälle
• Samverkan

FN fyller 75 och behövs mer än någonsin för att skapa en bättre hälsa för alla

Posted by Ole Petter Ottersen

  Vi driver utvecklingen av kunskap om livet och verkar för en bättre hälsa för alla. Så lyder Karolinska Institutets vision. En bättre hälsa för alla innebär att alla ska vara inkluderade, […]

2020-10-23

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• International
• Sustainability

KI helps reach the Sustainable Development Goals

Posted by Ole Petter Ottersen

Swedish version below A new report from The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education, STINT (Stiftelsen för internationalisering av högre utbildning och forskning) was just published. […]

2020-10-12

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