Research partnership

We are very interested in partnering with external actors. You can provide us with new perspectives and questions and we can produce important knowledge to support your innovations and activities. Below, you can read about the different opportunities for co-operation and ways to contact us.

We hope that we will have the pleasure of working together.

Partnering opportunities

Two forms of partnering for research projects

In research, there are two possible forms of partnering: commissioned research and collaborative research. You can read more about the differences between these two forms of partnering here: Commissioned research and collaborative research

Staff exchanges

Adjunct professors: An opportunity for knowledge exchange between the University and the community by employing qualified individuals who have their principal economic activity outside the University on a part-time basis. These positions are personal to particular individuals and therefore are not advertised. You can sometimes apply for funding for adjunct professors and other strategic mobility from the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) and Vinnova.

Externally employed doctoral students: An externally employed doctoral student has a job in the private sector or public sector but is permitted to carry out research studies on a part-time basis as part of their job without any impact on their salary. A contract is signed between the Department and the company/organisation to clarify the obligations of the company/organisation in the doctoral student’s studies. Some externally employed doctoral students complete most of their studies at their workplace, while others spend most of their time at the Department where they have been admitted. Often the doctoral student has one supervisor at the workplace and another at the Department. Doctoral students being able to access experience and resources from several quarters is extremely valuable. There are a number of ways of applying for funding for externally employed doctoral students.

More about research collaboration at Uppsala University´s central web

Contacts/Access

Contact our researchers in the area that you think can provide answers to your problems.

Contact our Collaboration Coordinator
Jordi-Lluís Figueras if you are unsure who to contact, or more generally want to discuss collaboration opportunities.

Uppsala University Innovation Partnership Office is a university-wide gateway to collaboration between companies, organisations and university researchers.

The Centre for Interdisciplinary Mathematics (CIM) promotes research collaborations between mathematical sciences and other disciplines. The Centre offers interdisciplinary research training and various types of interdisciplinary activities.