From the Disciplinary Domain Board 25 September 2025
New police work study programme and premises
The Swedish Government has contracted Uppsala University to provide a study programme for police work starting in the 2027 spring semester. Fully developed, the programme will accommodate 960 full-time equivalents, half of whom will be distance education students. This will require extensive adaptations of premises, but at the same time create the conditions for a more efficient use of premises and resources.
Some departments at the Engelska parken campus will need to be relocated. These changes are being managed in the usual way, with risk and impact assessments. The disciplinary domain’s facilities planning committee has been tasked with looking at our premises as a whole, in close cooperation with the relevant activities.
Funding ending for HERO 2026
Next year, the Higher Education and Research as Objects of Study (HERO) multidisciplinary centre will be ending, in accordance with its instructions. The Disciplinary Domain Board has set aside SEK 1 million for HERO in 2026 and will propose that the activities that have been carried out within the centre be placed as a task within the Democracy and Higher Education research programme.
New instructions for the Centre for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences
In line with the adopted Action Plan for research infrastructure, the infrastructure committee has been tasked by the Disciplinary Domain Board with drafting new instructions for the Centre for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences (CDHU) with the aim of clarifying the Centre’s mission, function and responsibilities within the context of its future placement under the Disciplinary Domain Board.
Anders Sandrew Institute for Culture and Creativity
The Anders Sandrew Foundation has donated funds to Uppsala University to start the Anders Sandrew Institute for Culture and Creativity. The plan is to establish the Institute as of 1 January 2026. In preparation for its establishment, the Disciplinary Domain Board has appointed a working group to prepare draft instructions for the Institute.
Revision of goals and strategies
Work on a revision of the disciplinary domain’s goals and strategies has been initiated and will be discussed further in the autumn in a broad discussion within the disciplinary domain.
2026 Operational Plan adopted by the Disciplinary Domain Board
The Disciplinary Domain Board has decided to adopt the Operational Plan for 2026. With a PLO (an indexing factor) of 1.84 per cent, the faculties’ direct government funding for education is increased by a total of SEK 19.4 million, while direct government funding for research is increased by SEK 15.1 million compared with the current year, which is slightly higher than the PLO.