Lectures and seminars Global Health in Flux: Strategies for Emerging Scholars Amid Funding Uncertainty

17-04-2026 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Add to iCal
Campus Solna Karolina, Widerströmska Huset
Networking event for the GlobeLife student section, spring 2026. Speakers include Karin Tegmark Wisell (Swedish Global Health Ambassador), Anna-Mia Ekström (Professor, Chair of SweDev), Eren Zink (Senior Research Advisor at Sida), Sara Österlund (Senior P
GlobeLife Student Section Networking Event, Spring 2026 Photo: N/A

The global health landscape is shifting. Funding streams are shrinking. Political winds are changing constantly. And the competition for every development dollar is fiercer than ever. How do you build a resilient career in the middle of it all?

GlobeLife Student Section invites PhD and Master's students, faculty, and alumni from Karolinska Institutet and Uppsala University to an evening of expert dialogue, strategic exchange, and meaningful connection.

🎤 Confirmed Speakers & Panelists

The panel of speakers will include voices not only from global health but from development economics, diplomatic health policy, academic research networks, and the NGO sector.

Our Keynote Speaker:

🔹 Karin Tegmark Wisell, Sweden’s Ambassador for Global Health

Confirmed panelists include: 

🔹 Anna-Mia Ekström, Chairperson, SweDev — The Swedish Development Research Network 

🔹 Sara Österlund, the Senior Policy Advisor, RFSU — The Swedish Association for Sexuality Education

🔹Eren Zink, Senior Research Advisor, Sida — The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

🔹Judy Mielke, CEO and Co-founder, scientifyRESEARCH