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Chair Spotlight: Director General Katarina Bjelke from the Swedish Research Council
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Chair Spotlight: Director General Katarina Bjelke from the Swedish Research Council
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Chair Spotlight: Katarina Bjelke
Photo: Katarina Bjelke
Dr. Katarina Bjelke was appointed Director General of the Swedish Research Council in 2022. Previously she was University Director at Karolinska Institutet as well as Uppsala University. From 2008, she worked seven years as Director of Research Policies for the Government with main responsibility of the research policy bill for Sweden, which is put forward every fourth year. Simultaneously she was responsible for a number of research infrastructures agencies and the Swedish universities.
With a degree in dentistry and a PhD in Neuroscience from Karolinska Institutet, she has also previously worked as Director for Research and Postgraduate Education at Karolinska Institutet.
She has hold positions as Chair of the Audit Committee of the Nobel Foundation and the Swedish National Space Agency, elected member of the boards of Young Academy of Sweden, the Association of SE Higher Education Institutions, European Spallation Source, STINT and several holding companies.
At present she is an elected board member of Science Europe and Swedish Public and Science.
The SRC
The Swedish Research Council is Sweden’s largest governmental research funding body and supports research of the highest quality in all scientific fields. We advise the Government on research policy and work to ensure that research benefit society.
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Session outline for Balancing Competition with Collaboration
In today’s advanced knowledge economies, competition serves as a main driving force behind new inventions and scientific breakthroughs. Researchers are competing for funding. Universities are competing for visibility and impact. Countries are competing for talent. However, healthy competition requires standardized principles and openness for collaboration. While competitive behaviors continue to drive scientific breakthroughs, it is clear that collaboration and networks based on trust and inclusion are necessary components in the advancement of scientific creativity, innovation and excellence. This topical session asks how to balance competition with collaboration as a cornerstone of healthy, connected scientific institutions. How do universities and research funding agencies establish rules and principles for sound competition and collaboration? How do they ensure that European universities stay at the forefront of global science?
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