The ACCESS platform was initiated in 2016 by Lund University and Uppsala University in Sweden together with the Chilean universities Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Universidad de Chile, looking 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.

The framework of the platform was collectively agreed upon in November 2016 and the founding members decided to create research seminars in Chile and Sweden. The first seminar was held in Lund 2017, the second in Santiago, the third in Punta Arenas, Chile, and the fourth will take place in Stockholm in June 2024.

Since then the ACCESS platform has grown and we are proud to now have 17 members, consisting of eight Swedish universities and nine Chilean universities, all working towards connecting our two countries through research and academic relations.