Opening event for KTH Africa Days

Welcome to the opening event of “KTH in Africa”, an evening where we hope we will be joined by everyone engaged in or interested in Africa-related research with impact! Hear from KTH faculty, partner universities in Africa, PhDs and students, network and get to know others who also have connections with Africa. Snacks and drinks will be offered.

Where: Teknikringen 1, KTH Campus. Find a map on KTH Places.

Date and time:  15 January, at 16.30-19.00

Fireside chat

"The role, challenges and responsibilites of Higher Education Institutions in a global world"

The opening event includes a fireside chat with Stefan Östlund, Vice President for international relations at KTH, and Andreas Göthenberg, Executive Director at STINT.

Time: 17.30-18.30

Click to watch the recorded Fireside Chat on YouTube

Based on our long experience of internationalisation we will discuss two relevant questions. Firstly, we notice a substantial increase in the interest in collaborations with Africa, not at least sub-Saharan countries. How can we take advantage of this opportunity? Secondly, international academic collaborations face several challenges due to geopolitical issues and increased concerns regarding national security. How can Swedish universities navigate this new situation?

Professor Stefan Östlund

Professor Stefan Östlund is Vice president for international relations at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden since 2017. In year 2000, he was appointed professor of Electric Power Engineering, specializing in electric railway traction. Today, he teaches courses in electrical machines and drives, power electronics and electric railway traction. His primary research interests are power electronics and drives with an emphasis on propulsion and power supplies for electric railway traction and electric vehicles.

Dr Andreas Göthenberg

Dr Andreas Gothenberg was appointed Executive Director of STINT, The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education, in 2009. From 2006 until 2009 he was a Science and Technology Attaché at the Embassy of Sweden in Tokyo, Japan. Previous to that he was working as a Center Manager and Senior Researcher in China, setting up joint research and education centers for KTH Royal Institute of Technology at Zhejiang University and Fudan University. Dr Gothenberg has been a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at Tokyo Institute of Technology and is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Christina Murray

The fireside chat will be moderated by KTH's Chief international advisor, Christina Murray. Since 1992, Christina Murray has been working with matters related to internationalisation at KTH. In her present position as chief international advisor to the president, which she has held since 2017, she provides strategic support and advice to the KTH management on international matters. This includes managing the initiation of ventures with certain selected partner universities and regions as well as leading and coordinating various international events on behalf of the president, deputy president and vice presidents at KTH