Research collaboration

KI-China research collaborations encompass a wide range of biomedical research subjects, and the most active fields are epidemiology and public health, cancer and hematology, immunology and inflammation, as well as neurosciences. It is estimated that KI researchers are currently conducting more than 80 collaborative projects in China.

Researcher-to-researcher collaboration

The majority of research collaborations are research interest-driven individual collaborations which takes place directly between researchers and are not centrally regulated. The collaborations are undertaken with cooperators mainly from leading Chinese universities in the east costal region of China, with more activities concentrated to Shanghai, Shandong, Guangzhou and Beijing.

University-governed collaboration

KI also operates research collaborations with selected and strategic Chinese partner universities under university level agreements or Memoranda of Understanding (MoU). These collaborations are initiated and supported centrally.

The key partner Chinese universities include:

CAMS (The chinese academy of medical science)
Shandong University
Sun Yat-Sen University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Fudan University Shanghai Medical College
City University of Hong Kong
Chinese University of Hong Kong
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

International collaboration guidelines and references

All KI-China collaboration must be operated mutually beneficial and in close adhesion to ethical principles, academic freedom, as well as Swedish and China Laws and regulations.