Education
Researchers: Concerns and ambiguities slow down collaborations between academia and the industry
In Sweden, collaborations between companies and universities represent an important driver with regard to social development and commercially promising innovations. However, a...
Research report EducationLegal hindrances to collaboration? Issues of law and leadership in collaboration around PhD students
Collaborations between academia and the business sector give businesses access to the latest research while also enabling them to develop their operations...Researcher: Women in academia who become parents face negative outcomes – men are not affected
Women in academia face significant negative outcomes when becoming a parent. This is in stark contrast to their male colleagues, who are...
Research report EducationResearch or Family: How Does Becoming a Parent Affect Academic Productivity?
A successful academic career often advances cumulatively giving rise to a snowball effect stemming from research conducted early in the career; that...Researchers: Regional higher education institutions result in more individuals from non-academic backgrounds going on to higher education
Regional higher education institutions (HEIs) were introduced in Sweden as a result of the 1977 higher education reform. This helped reduce the social bias in recruiting to higher education, according to four researchers in a new SNS report.
Research report EducationDemocratizing and Decentralizing Higher Education: Evaluating the Swedish Higher Education Expansion in 1977
When the higher education sector was expanded in the postwar period, Sweden chose a model in which higher education institutions (HEIs) were...- Seminar Education
Girls in STEM
Occupational gender segregation is a prominent feature in the Swedish labor market. One property that commonly distinguish men’s and women’s work is... Researchers: Newer higher education institutions need more resources
New higher education institutions (HEIs) have resulted in more people gaining access to higher education. However, conditions at different universities may differ significantly for both teachers and students, according to three researchers in a new SNS report.
Research report EducationSwedish Higher Education: Caught between Offering High-Quality Education or Education for the Masses?
The number of students at Swedish higher education institutions (HEIs) has increased drastically since the mid-1990s. Today, approximately one in three of...Researchers: Swedish higher education policy leads to Swedish higher education institutions underperforming
The efforts to develop Swedish higher education policy move slowly. Increasing the amount of resources going to higher education institutions (HEIs) has not been translated into higher quality education and research, according to Mats Benner and Sylvia Schwaag Serger in a new SNS report.