New op-ed on cuts in the research cooperation budget published in OmVärlden.
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In a new op-ed, SweDev Chair Fredrik Söderbaum, together with others at Swedish research intitutions, argue that the recent cuts in aid to research cooperation not only affect knowledge development in, and for, low-income countries, but also knowledge development in Sweden and Sweden’s ability to contribute to, and benefit from, international development cooperation.
Read the full article at OmVärlden (in Swedish).
Authors
Rolf Carlman, vice ordförande, Föreningen för Utvecklingsfrågor, FUF, Thomas Elmqvist, ordförande för Sidas vetenskapliga råd, Lisa Sennerby Forsse, ledamot i FN:s Scientific Group för Food Systems Summit 2021 Rektor, Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet 2006–2015, Anna Stenvinkel, generalsekreterare, ForumCiv, Fredrik Söderbaum, ordförande, Swedish Development Research Network, SweDev, Anders Wijkman, ledamot, Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien. Generaldirektör, Styrelsen för u-landsforskning, Sarec 1992-94.