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May 20, 2025

Anna Mia Ekström on SVT’s Agenda: Global Health in Crisis, Sweden Must Reconsider the Cuts

On 27 April 2025, Anna Mia Ekström appeared on SVT’s Agenda to warn of the devastating impact of U.S. aid cuts and Sweden’s shifting aid policy, calling the global HIV response “in crisis” and urging the government to reconsider reductions to health and development research funding. She stressed that without urgent action, we risk losing decades of progress in the fight against AIDS.

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May 20, 2025

Wexsus and Chalmers Awarded Grant to Plan International Doctoral Network in Sustainability

Wexsus, an institutional support member of SweDev, and Chalmers University of Technology have received a planning grant from Vinnova to develop a proposal for a Horizon Europe, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) – Doctoral Network.

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May 5, 2025

Updated instructions to Sida – Research gets more prominence!

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) has received new instructions that will be effective from 15 May 2025.

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Human Development Report 2025 – A matter of choice: People and possibilities in the age of AI

This post is a summary of the press release published by the Human Development Report Office, which...

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Local inclusion and regulatory control key to sustainable mining

The Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) recently published a policy note authored by Grasian Mkodzongi...

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New report: Swedish Climate Aid in Transition?

The report Swedish Climate Aid in Transition?, authored by Veronica Brodén Gyberg (SweDev steering...

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