Read the full report from the ACCESS forum 2017!
The ACCESS platform was initiated by Lund University, Pontificia Universidad
Católica de Chile, Universidad de Chile and Uppsala University. The framework
of the platform was collectively agreed upon in November 2016 when the four
parties signed a Letter of Intent.
The ACCESS platform aims to facilitate and deepen the academic relations
between Chile and Sweden as well as to enable researchers, staff and students
to become more connected to each other. For this purpose, the four universities
have decided to create research seminars in Chile and Sweden, the first one took place at Lund
University 17-18 August 2017.
In order to contribute to research excellence, long-term collaborations and
increased academic mobility between the two countries, five research areas were
identified for the first seminar as common challenges for both countries. These
challenges were the starting point of the discussions in separate workshops,
followed by a general interdisciplinary discussion. Summaries from every
workshop can be found in this folder.
The five research areas from the 1st ACCESS seminar at Lund University 17-18
August 2017 were:
• Contemporary Migrations: New social challenges and experiences of
mobility in the Chilean and Swedish contexts
• Exploring the Water-Land-Energy Nexus: Towards Sustainable Agriculture,
Forestry and Mining in Chile and Sweden
• Health challenges of the modern society
- Cancer
- Ageing
- Antibiotic resistance