Stockholm University
State-governed Stockholm University in Sweden holds sustainability and the environment as central issues. It looks to work actively – through education, research, and collaboration with business, state and civil society – to help achieve the global sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the 2015 UN Resolution known as Agenda 2030.
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OVERVIEW
Located in Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm University is state-governed and Sweden’s fourth-oldest university.
It was founded as a college in 1878 as a radical alternative to the traditional educational establishment. The college then did not offer exams and diplomas, but instead gave open lectures on a wide range of subjects – including mathematics, physics, chemistry, geology, cultural history and economics. The tradition of giving open lectures continues today.
Granted university status in 1960, Stockholm University is one of the top 50 universities in Europe and amongst the 200 highest-ranked in the world, according to well-established tables such as the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (THE), QS Rankings and the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). There are five Nobel Prize winners among its alumni.
Sustainability and the environment are fundamentally important to Stockholm University. In 2019, it was the first Swedish university to sign the UN Agreement on Global Sustainability Goals for Higher Education (Climate Emergency Letter) – committing the university to being carbon neutral by 2040, mobilising more resources towards action-oriented climate research and skills creation, and developing environmental and sustainability courses across disciplinary boundaries.
The university collaborates actively with business, state and civil society to help achieve the global sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the 2015 UN Resolution known as Agenda 2030. The overarching aim of Agenda 2030 is to eradicate extreme poverty, reduce the inequalities and injustices in the world, promote peace and justice, and solve the climate crisis by 2030.
The Sustainability Forum – Hållbarhetsforum – is a recurring event at Stockholm University where people meet to discuss sustainable development. It is a platform where those in the academic, business, political and non-profit sectors can network, exchange experiences and find future possibilities for collaboration.
MISSION STATEMENT
Strategies and core values:
Stockholm University contributes to the development of a sustainable democratic society through knowledge, enlightenment and the pursuit of truth, based on critical thinking and accomplished through research and education of the highest quality.
These ideals create the framework for how the university prioritises research, education, collaboration and support functions in “Strategies for Stockholm University 2019-2021”.
The Strategies are presented every four years and laid down by the university board. The Strategies also include the profile areas for research.
Stockholm University’s core values of knowledge, enlightenment and the pursuit of truth are found in the Strategies, together with the fundamental academic values of autonomy, academic freedom, justice and integrity.
The core values form the basis of all of the university’s activities. They were developed through engagement with the Living Values project in 2019.
FUNDING SOURCES
Stockholm University is a Swedish state-governed public university.
Around half of the university’s funding for research and doctoral education comes from grants, and is mainly awarded in competition with other research institutions. The funding comes from research councils, private research financers and public foundations, amongst others. The most active of these are: the Swedish Research Council, the Wallenberg Foundations and the European Commission.
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RECENTLY PUBLISHED BY STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY
Relationship-to-profit: A theory of business, markets, and profit for social ecological economics
OVERVIEW REFERENCES
- https://www.su.se/english/about-the-university/cultural-heritage-and-history/the-history-of-stockholm-university/the-history-of-stockholm-university-1.532188
- https://www.su.se/english/about-the-university/university-facts/stockholm-university-in-world-ranking-tables
- https://www.su.se/english/about-the-university/prizes-and-academic-ceremonies/nobel-prize/nobel-laureates-1.519092?open-collapse-boxes=collapseCollapsible1620737330228_735259.0100000.0
- https://www.su.se/english/about-the-university/environment-climate-and-sustainability/environment-climate-and-sustainability-at-stockholm-university
- https://www.su.se/english/about-the-university/environment-climate-and-sustainability/stockholm-university-sustainability-forum-2021
- https://www.su.se/staff/organisation-governance/governing-documents-rules-and-regulations/environment/stockholm-university-climate-roadmap-for-the-period-2020-2040-1.536900
