The vision is a common collaboration arena with knowledge development for sustainable competitiveness. An arena where different companies and actors want to gather for knowledge and value development and thereby together meet society's future challenges for sustainable development.
"SEK 300 million over ten years is the framework for this collaboration that more people are welcome to contribute to," says Vice-Chancellor Peter Aronsson. Only together can we solve society's challenges.
" Together with the industry, we can hereby create a unique platform through the exchange of experience and resource mobilization. This collaboration gives us the opportunity to highlight a number of different research areas," says Professor Johan Bergh, head of the forest area at Linnaeus University.
What does this investment mean for Linnaeus University?
"It means a lot! We will be able to create new unique and high-quality educations with a broad research base. We also get the resources to staff the trainings in a good way. It also means that both the breadth and cutting-edge expertise in research increases. This is extremely important also for the educations, where the quality will increase significantly and create a better balance between research and education, explains Johan Bergh.
The collaboration will be based on a close and dynamic exchange between academia and the participating business community with clear benefits for industry, owners, customers, researchers / teachers, students and society. The common values are based on mutual respect and a curious, responsive and inclusive approach.
The first joint effort within the collaboration arena is to contribute to increasing the attractiveness of forest and forest industry education and to secure the recruitment of tomorrow's talents. The aim is to build up unique knowledge for sustainable development and profitability along the entire forest industry chain. In the future, a broadening of the areas within the collaboration arena may also be relevant.
Curious to hear more?
Contact Johan Bergh, professor of forestry and wood technology.
