STINT

Chair: Professor Leona Achtenhagen, Economics, Jönköping University

Evaluation of STINT’s programme Strategic Grants for Internationalisation

JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (short-term)

The purpose of the programme is to contribute to the renewal and development of internationalisation at the institutional level.

Challenges and opportunities, Christine Ennew

The page describes a shift toward proactive, strategic internationalization at higher education institutions, alongside increasing global competition and commercialization and expanding cross-border academic activity. Curricula and teaching are also becoming internationalized.

Stanford Next Asia Policy Lab (SNAPL) announced the STINT-SNAPL Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2027–2028.

STINT was established by Government and Parliament decision in 1994 to promote internationalisation in Swedish higher education and research. It builds expertise and invests in projects proposed by researchers, teachers and leaders at Swedish higher education institutions.

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Dr Erik Forsberg has been the STINT Representative in APAC since 2018. He has worked in China for more than 17 years, and was the Founding Vice Director of the Sino–Swedish Joint Research Center of Photonics as well as a Postdoctoral Fellow and an Associate Professor at Zhejiang University, China.

Visiting Scholar, Nat’l Graduate Inst. for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

Dr Niklas Kviselius has been STINT’s Representative in North America since 2019. He previously served as Science and Innovation Counsellor at the Embassies of Sweden in Tokyo and Seoul and has led an innovation office in Canada since 2017.

Dr Said Irandoust has been STINT Senior Science Fellow since August 2026. He previously led the establishment of the American University of Technology in Tashkent in partnership with Arizona State University and has first-hand experience of higher education in Central Asia.

The company collaborates with the USA, Brazil, Chile, South Africa, China, Japan and Malaysia, among other countries.

STINT, the Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education, was established by decision of the Government and Parliament in 1994 to promote the internationalisation of Swedish higher education and research.

Evaluation of Joint China-Sweden Mobility Programme, 2021

In a rapidly changing and complex world, where more and more countries are taking leading positions in science and innovation, it is increasingly important to understand global developments through in-depth analysis and strategic relationship-building on the ground.

STINT provides information about its activities, seminars, calls for applications and internationalisation projects that it runs or funds.

The company offers university teachers at Swedish institutions fall-semester teaching opportunities at partner institutions in Africa, Asia or the United States to support higher education development in Sweden.

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