The goal of the guest researcher programme is to develop exchange and cooperation between researchers at our department and researchers from other universities. The purpose of funding such activities is to help support the development of creative research environments, research studies, paper writing and innovative projects.
Swedish and international researchers are welcome to apply to the programme no later than April 30th (for visits between Sep 1st-June 15th) and September 30th (for visits during 2025).
The visit should be planned for 3-8 weeks. Funding for travel and accommodation can be applied for.
You must have a connection to a researcher/research area at the department. If you don't have an established contact with a researcher you can propose researchers that you would like to collaborate with.
A guest researcher is expected to present his/her work at the department, give a guest lecture and participate in other activities organized by the department.
For the application process you need this documentation prepared:
Application
At the Department of Informatics, research and education are conducted with a focus on digitalization of society, organizations and interaction.
Digital technology has become an enabler for changing ways of living and conducting business.
In our research, we study these changes and processes of change and we study the interaction between humans and technology to understand the possibilities of technology and it’s limitations.
In our studies of digitalization, we move in many contexts such as the public sector, media, games, entertainment, finance companies, entrepreneurship, IT companies, manufacturing industry and trade.
