Election Day is fast approaching, and the parties in the Riksdag have made many promises for the upcoming term. Everyone seems to agree that Sweden should be a prominent, world-leading nation with strong innovation. But what do the parties want to prioritize, and how can Sweden develop as a knowledge-based nation? Uppsala University is bringing together representatives of the Riksdag parties for an open debate on the future of academia. Our parliamentary parties will present and debate their proposals for the university and higher education sector, after which the debate will be commented on by a couple of our own researchers in the field of higher education and research policy.

The parties are pitted against each other on issues such as:

• Academic Freedom and Protection Against Political Influence
• Institutional Autonomy and Organizational Structure of Higher Education Institutions
• The Balance Between Base Funding and Targeted Research Funding
• The Impact of AI on Research and Education
• Views on the governance of both the content and scope of individual educational programs
• The conditions for recruiting and retaining the researchers of the future—including international talent
• What Higher Education Institutions Should Prioritize More—and What They Might Want to Stop Doing

The debate is open to staff and students at Uppsala University and SLU, as well as other organizations active in or with a strong interest in the academic world.

Coffee starting at 3:00 p.m.; the seminar begins at 3:15 p.m.

No advance registration is required. Welcome!

Zoom link to the seminar

Program

Moderator: Johannes Hylander

Anders Hagfeldt, Vice-Chancellor of Uppsala University, opens the event

Confirmed panelists:

• Josefin Malmqvist (M)
• Anders Ådahl (C)
• Lina Nordquist (L)
• Camilla Hansén (Green Party)
• Patrik Reslow (SD)
• Tobias Smedberg (V)

Analysis of the Differences Among the Political Parties

Anders Hagfeldt, Vice-Chancellor of Uppsala University, concludes

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