Conditions for research

Education, knowledge and science are vital for social development. As an independent non-governmental organization comprising all areas of research, the Academy has a unique position to analyse and advise on issues concerning conditions for, and opportunities in, research in a broader social perspective.

This work is carried out i.e. through the Academy's committees and separate statements in specific issues. The Academy is also an active member of many organizations engaged in this type of matters both at a european and a global level.

Statement by the Academy: Sweden needs bold, creative and pioneering basic research

 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has delivered a statement to the Ministry of Education and Research ahead of the forthcoming 2012 Research and Innovation Policy Bill. It emphasises that Sweden needs bold, creative and pioneering basic research in order to safeguard the country's future prosperity and tackle the huge global challenges humanity is facing. It is the Academy's view that the government should:

• provide quality assurance for government research appropriations

• ensure long-term coordination of Swedish research policy

• work to strengthen basic research in Europe

• foster academic mobility and the long-term supply of knowledge

• invest in individual creative researchers

• improve infrastructure

• rehabilitate know-how in Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Technology.

 Read the statement