Lectures and seminars Introductory meeting for research staff: support services for researchers - Autumn

Welcome to the event and general information about KI.  Ulla Tunkara and Vladimir Pabón-Martínez

Grants Office - Ying Zhao

Grants Office provides support for KI internal research funding and pre-award support for external funding. Grants office also organises training on internal processes for larger applications and coordination of agreements.

Intellectual Property and Impact Support - Fernando Farieta

Every one of us can make a difference and together we can improve society and human health. Impact includes social, environmental, cultural or economic benefits from academic research and knowledge.

In addition to research and education, KI’s mission is to interact with the surrounding society. Much of this interaction takes place in the business sector. For KI this entails the commercialisation and utilisation of intellectual property (IP) in order to develop new therapeutic methods and products of benefit to patients.

International Staff Services - Ulla Tunkara

Karolinska Institutet (KI) offers support service for international researchers and doctoral students. Here you can find all kinds of necessary information for your stay in Sweden and KI.

Karolinska Institutet Career Service - Vladimir Pabón-Martínez

Karolinska Institutet Career Service works to educate and advise students, doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers and researchers for a future career inside and outside academia. We organize a doctoral course and a financed internship program for doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers. We offer extensive seminars, workshops, lectures and online support.

Core facilities for research - Antonio Checa

Karolinska Institutet offers a wide range of core facilities, providing service, recourses and competence to academic research in Sweden. These core facilities were all founded to meet the needs of the university’s own scientists, and they are under constant development to provide the latest techniques and knowledge within their fields of expertise. Karolinska Institutet is also a major partner in several national research infrastructures.

Sustainable development - Maya Petrén / Lilia Daianova

KI contributes to sustainable development through research, education and collaboration. KI's vision is to promote knowledge about life and strive towards better health for everyone. It includes taking responsibility for the environment and social perspective for both current and future generations.

Karolinska Institutet University Library - Lina Waltin

The University Library provides support throughout the academic life cycle, from first-year students to senior researchers. On the University Library's website, you can find all the resources and tools that the library offers for research, work or study at KI. KIB is a public library open to everyone.

Marie Arsenian-Henriksson KI's Vice President for Research.

The Committee for Research provides support to the Faculty Board by means of preparation, quality control and implementation regarding research.

KI Postdoc Association - Luis Miguel Cardoso Dos Santos

The KI Postdoc Association (KIPA) is a member-driven organisation, which was founded in 2012 to give the postdoctoral community at KI a voice, a supportive network and representation. Our aim is to work closely with KI leadership and administration to achieve the best possible working conditions for KI postdocs, thereby making KI a more attractive place for postdoctoral training in the future.

KI Junior Faculty - Hassan Abolhassani

Junior Faculty is an interest organization of researchers with a PhD but not yet a permanent academic position as lecturer or professor. KI Junior Faculty aims is to promote development of a career system at all levels; through participation in KI boards and dialogue with KI leadership, funding agencies and government. In addition we provide support to junior faculty by organizing seminars, workshops and hearings.

KI Innovation AB - 

Karolinska Institutet has developed an unique system for innovation support with agents and organisations that in various ways can support the development of ideas and results.

Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship - Marianne Castrén

SSES is a global platform for interdisciplinary education. Throughout our twenty-year history we have been elevating minds, generating ventures, forging connections and inspiring new ways of thinking. From the cutting-edge of higher education SSES provides free of charge courses, experiences and incubation for students and alumni of Stockholm’s top six universities: Karolinska Institutet (KI), the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design (Konstfack), the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), Stockholm University (SU) and the Royal College of Music (KMH).

Stockholm Business Region - Alicia Parvin

Stockholm Business Region is the official business office for the city of Stockholm, responsible for the strategic development and international promotion of the city, as well as the brand Stockholm - The Capital of Scandinavia.

Stockholm Dual Career Network - Brita Lundström

Stockholm Dual Career Network (SDCN) offers career development and social networking to expat partners in Stockholm. SDCN supports its members to settle in Stockholm, search for jobs in the Swedish market, explore the Swedish culture, and broaden their social and professional networks. SDCN welcomes partners of employees of the network’s affiliated organizations.

At Karolinska Institutet the three local union organisations OFR, Saco-S, and Seko represent all union members in negotiations with the employer about issues regarding salary and benefits, working conditions and the work environment.

OFR (Public Employees’ Negotiation Council) - Bodil Moberg

Saco (Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations) - Björn Andersson