Researchers at Karolinska Institutet

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Karolinska Institutet employs over 3,000 researchers, including some 340 full professors. In all, the university has more than 2,100 active doctoral students. A large number of researchers, such as visiting scientists and unwaged docents, are also affiliated to the university without a formal employment. 

Professors
Adjunct and visiting professors
Foreign Adjunct Professors
Recently appointed professors
Maria Ankarcrona

Professors’ inauguration 2018

On Thursday, 11 October, eight new professors were inaugurated at Karolinska Institutet in Aula Medica. In addition, two new adjunct professors and two visiting professors were welcomed.
KI:s rekryteringsstrategi omfattar bland annat samordning och behovsinventering, strategiska rekryteringar och rekryteringsverktyg samt karriärstruktur för juniora forskare. Foto: Gustav Mårtensson

Available positions for researchers

List of available positions for researchers at Karolinska Institutet. Read more about the positions and apply.
Photos by Linda Forsell, Martin Stenmark, and Mattias Alm.

Interviews and portraits

Meet some of our researchers and doctoral students. The interviews and feature articles have previously been published in our magazine Medical Science or online on KI News.
Installationsceremonin för nya KI-professorer 2016. Foto: Erik Cronberg

How professors are made at KI

Since 2011 universities and institutions of higher education in Sweden have had greater freedom to decide themselves on the appointment of a professor. Karolinska Institutet has chosen to expose professorships to competition and has abolished the right to be promoted. Read more about this.
08 Apr 2019 by Katarina Sternudd. Editor: Katarina Sternudd.