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Karolinska Institutet and MSD are celebrating ten years of strategic research collaboration focused on patient-centred, registry-based research. Over the past decade, the collaboration has resulted in more than 40 joint studies and, to date, around 30 scientific publications in areas such as vaccines, oncology, cardiometabolic diseases, immunology, and neurology.

Karolinska Institutet and the Institute of Applied Biosciences (INAB) at the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), Thessaloniki, Greece, have signed a formal agreement to strengthen and expand their academic cooperation in research, education, and innovation.

A key international handbook on how to improve care for older people is now available in Swedish. The document, developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), focuses on person-centred care in primary healthcare and has been carefully translated with help from experts at Karolinska Institutet and partner organisations.

The virtual SASUF+ AIMday event, 26-27 May is approaching. The regular registration period has closed but there are around twenty challenges, several within the theme of Sustainable Health, for which it is still possible for late registration.

For a week, a conference room at the old Långholmen prison in Stockholm and the lawn outside were transformed into the fictional country of Marconia, when Sweden’s new emergency medical team initative met to conduct a training exercise. The week-long exercise was planned and carried out by the research group Global Disaster Medicine Karolinska Institutet (KI), which is a designated centre of expertise in the field by the National Board of Health and Welfare.

KI researcher Mai‑Lis Hellenius has been named the winner in the Health category of the Most Promising Over 60 award 2026. She receives the award in recognition of her long‑standing and dedicated work to make research on lifestyle and health understandable, relevant, and accessible to a broad audience.

What does an anthro-ethnologist and zoonotic virologists have in common? In the case of those who attended the Nordic Universities Health Crises Network’s two-day meeting at Karolinska Institutet (KI) in April, the common denominator was that they work in areas that connects research and policy, with a special focus on crisis. The meeting explored how universities can remain relevant during crises and strengthen societal engagement, so that they can be a supportive partner to the rest of society

Are you planning an event for autumn 2026 being aimed at the public? Schedule it between 5 to 12 October and be a part of Nobel Calling Stockholm. A week that offers inspiring events and educational meetings in the spirit of knowledge.

Karolinska Institutet Innovation is now being launched, offering staff and students support in testing their ideas. The ultimate aim is to ensure research is converted into innovations that serve the public and patients’ best interests.

In less than two years, Professor Robert Harris at Karolinska Institutet has reached more than 16 million people through his engagement on the social media platform LinkedIn. He has now been admitted to Le Centile, an exclusive international network for leading digital creators.

Rachel Fisher, together with Louisa Cheung and Jurga Laurencikiene, has been awarded the Prize for Internationalisation in Teaching and Learning 2026, a joint national award from the medical faculties in Sweden, for the international education initiative BalticSeaBioMed.

Do you want to stimulate young people's interest in research and innovation? Show how research is done and develop your communication skills? On 25 September, the Science Festival Forskarfredag (European Researchers' Night) and the Researchers' Grand Prix competition will take place at Albanova and Vetenskapens hus in Stockholm.

KI Transdisciplinary Research Center for Personalized Dementia Prevention & Care (TraCedem), held its kick-off on 1 April 2026, at Karolinska Institutet. The newly established centre brings together researchers, clinicians, and stakeholders to advance dementia research across the full care pathway.

Through KI’s participation in the South Africa Sweden University Forum (SASUF+), researchers and doctoral students at KI can take part in the virtual AIMday event.

Through the South Africa–Sweden University Forum, SASUF+, researchers at SASUF partner universities can now apply for funding to develop new or strengthen existing research collaborations between Sweden and South Africa.

Through South Africa Sweden University Forum, SASUF+, researchers at SASUF partner universities can now apply for funding to organise a local Academic Industry Meeting Day (AIMday). 

The Centre for Health Crises at Karolinska Institutet works to ensure that experience gained from working on health crises internationally can be transformed to benefit Sweden’s crisis preparedness. As part of this, they have conducted a one-day training excerise on global outbreak epidemiology in collaboration with the Swedish Red Cross. Its aim is to provide further education for people who have worked on projects abroad.

For the first time, the course Sustainable Health and Development was offered to master’s students within the Master’s Programme in Global Health at Karolinska Institutet. While the course has previously been delivered to undergraduate and doctoral students, it now offers new opportunities for interdisciplinary learning at the master’s level and for international collaboration.

On 15 April, Karolinska Institutet will host an open seminar on threats to academic freedom, with a special focus on imprisoned researcher Ahmadreza Djalali.

During a well-attended seminar at The Cell, leading politicians, including Minister Lotta Edholm, and researchers gathered for talks about crisis preparedness, what it takes to build a resilient society and about the universities' important role in this work. The seminar was organised by the University Alliance Stockholm Trio, where KI is a member, and Stockholm Science City.

A group of senior leaders from Flemish organisations working with older people (In4Care) visited the Aging Research Center (ARC) at Karolinska Institutet on 25 March 2026. The visit, hosted by the Transdisciplinary Research Center for Personalized Dementia Prevention & Care (TraCeDem), focused on how research, policy and care practice interact within the Swedish system.

The Swedish Research Council has published national guidelines for responsible internationalisation.

Karolinska Institutet is offering collaboration awards to strengthen its long‑term partnerships with the University of Tokyo and RIKEN.

Karolinska Institutet is recognising three students who, during the academic year 2024/2025, have offered particularly engaging accounts of their international experiences.

Joint seed funding is available for research collaborations between the University of Tokyo and Karolinska Institutet, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University.

Are you studying medicine, biomedicine, or life sciences at KI and curious about the future of brain research?

The Unit for Teaching and Learning (UoL) welcomed colleagues from the Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA) - Ana Luiza Pires de Freitas, Associate Professor and UFCSPA Internationalisation at Home Coordinator, and Daniela Levandowski, Associate Professor and General Coordinator of the UFCSPA postgraduate programmes - from 9th to 13th March 2026.

KI is part of NeurotechEU, a European University Alliance. The NeurotechEU collaboration funding has opened, offering up to €10,000 to support educators who want to develop meaningful, cross‑institutional learning activities with a focus on challenge-based learning.

The Internationalisation Board at KI has allocated limited competitive funds for KI faculty and staff for grant applications to strengthen collaborative interactions within research and education.

The Junior Faculty at KI SÖS strives to support junior researchers and encourage interdisciplinary collaborations. Therefore, the Junior Faculty at KI SÖS is announcing a Start-up Collaboration Grant.

Karolinska Institutet (KI) and the University of Toronto (U of T) have announced the second cohort of Mats Sundin Fellows in Human Developmental Health for postdoctoral researchers. The two-year exchange programme offers promising young researchers the opportunity to grow and test their wings in other research environments. Behind the initiative is ice hockey legend Mats Sundin, whose engagement lays the groundwork for the next generation of leading researchers.

A large-scale multi-omics study from Karolinska Institutet, published in Genome Medicine, provides new insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying unstable atherosclerosis, one of the most important causes of ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction.

NeurotechEU, the European University alliance that KI is part of, is launching a new self-paced online training on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) to help students, educators and support staff in intentionally designing more inclusive higher education learning environments.

Reykjavik University, member of the European University Alliance NeurotechEU that KI also is part of, is organising a staff week 19 - 22 October 2026.

The Vietnam–Sweden Health Partnership Forum, co-organized by the Embassy of Vietnam in Stockholm and Karolinska Institutet, brought together leaders in government, research, and healthcare to mark more than 50 years of bilateral collaboration. The event also outlined an ambitious new phase of research-driven cooperation centered on innovation, capacity building, and maternal and newborn health.

The School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong University, offers laboratory - based research internship designed for international students

Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, offers the possibility to participate in International Summer School of Lab Internship on Basic Medical Science during July, 2026

In December, 18 researchers from Karolinska Institutet, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and Stockholm University gathered in Stockholm and Brussels for Stockholm Trio's annual EU course. This year's course gave participants the opportunity to visit the European Commission and meet with its representatives.

The Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health (CESH) has released a film that tells the story of Professor Stefan Swartling Peterson and a 25-year collaboration between Karolinska Institutet and Makerere University in Uganda. Through his personal reflections and experiences in Uganda, the film highlights long-term partnerships, sustainable health systems, and the impact of cross-border collaboration on improving maternal and child health.

The University of Toronto invites doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows at KI to apply to the summer course “Summer in Design” given by “Medicine in Design” given the 8-17th of June 2026.

While in Sweden for psychological rehabilitation through the Repower project, Ukrainian combat medics visited Stockholm for a day of discussions and experience-sharing with Swedish healthcare professionals, decision-makers, and other actors within the Swedish total defence system.

Karolinska Institutet (KI) and Karolinska University Hospital have signed a collaboration agreement on medical library services. From 1 July 2026, the Karolinska Institutet University Library (KIB) will provide library services for Karolinska University Hospital.

How can we reduce the climate impact of consumption – from the food we eat to how we travel, live and shop? This question was at the heart of AIMday Sustainable Consumption, held on 3 December at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and organised by the University Alliance Stockholm Trio.

The Cell, the National Museum of Science and Technology's branch in Hagastaden, invites KI staff to the last events of the year. Discover the connection between biology, geometry and creativity in a workshop with KI student Samayeen Rahman on 9 December, or listen to Teresa Wennberg, a pioneer in digital art, on 11 December.

A Karolinska Institutet (KI) delegation led by KI Vice President Martin Bergö visited Hong Kong and mainland China in November to deepen academic partnerships and connection with KI alumni and to participate in a joint KI-SDU symposium.

The Karolinska Institutet (KI) and Shandong University (SDU) held their Joint Symposium in Jinan, China, on November 17–18, 2025, on the theme of cross-disciplinary medical research.

The Karolinska Institutet (KI) and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) hosted their annual joint symposium in Stockholm on October 21–22, 2025, bringing together leading experts to strengthen high-level research collaboration.

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Karolinska Institutet, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm University and Region Stockholm intend to establish a new centre for medical radiation science in Stockholm. By combining the universities' cutting-edge expertise in key research areas with healthcare sector expertise, it is a gathering of forces to develop the cancer treatment of the future.

The InFuturum meeting in Stockholm gathers together Sweden’s seven ALF regions for a discussion on the future of education, research and care with a focus on common challenges, from health data to changing global trends.