23-04-2025
How Sweden can woo American scientists
This week's episode of Sweden in Focus Extra for Membership+ subscribers features interviews with Gothenburg politician Axel Darvik and Uppsala University vice chancellor Anders Hagstedt.
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With the Trump administration withdrawing funding from many universities and colleges, a growing number of US-based research professionals are weighing up their alternatives and Sweden is eager to present itself as an irresistible option for anyone setting their sights on Europe.
This week we have interviews with two Swedes who are working to attract American academics to Sweden.
Earlier this month The Local Sweden's deputy editor Becky Waterton spoke to the Gothenburg politician Axel Darvik from the Liberal Party about why the west coast city would make an excellent new home for American academics looking to relocate.
She also caught up with Anders Hagfeldt, the vice chancellor of Uppsala University. He too is keen to attract Americans to what is the oldest university in the Nordic region and one of the most respected.
Membership+ subscribers can listen to the interviews in the latest episode of Sweden in Focus Extra, out 23 April.
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