Latin America
Latin America is a dynamic region with a strong educational tradition and long-standing academic institutions. Lund University cooperates with several higher education institutions and organisations in the region, in the fields of education and research. Our collaborations are extensive and generate significant mobility to and from Latin America for students, teaching staff, researchers and other staff.
Global Dynamic Engagement (GDE) is an approach on which Lund University bases its work to strengthen and further develop its international impact regarding research, education and innovation. Democracy, academic freedom and taking responsibility are the cornerstones of this work.
GDE for Latin America
In the roadmap for Latin America for 2025, prioritised activities are presented for the university-wide work during the year but does not exclude other issues that may become relevant for prioritisation. This is in accordance with the method used for the platform for strategic work, which Lund University is working to regarding 2025–2027.
- Leading and further developing research and educational cooperation with Chile as Global Hub, primarily through coordination of and activities within the framework of Academic Collaboration Chile Sweden (ACCESS). The University will also continue bilateral engagement with innovation-related actors.
- Expanding research cooperation with the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), the Swedish Brazilian Research and Innovation Centre (CISB) and other innovation-related networks and organisations in Brazil.
- Exploring opportunities for new collaborations in Brazil.
- Continuing to offer a preparatory Spanish course to students prior to exchange periods at Spanish-speaking institutions.
- Monitoring opportunities for new collaborations with scholarship organisations in the region.
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ACCESS – Academic Collaboration Chile Sweden
Lund University coordinates the Swedish/Chilean platform ACCESS aimed at increasing cooperation in higher education between Sweden and Chile. Through the ACCESS platform, a possibility is given to identify and collectively discuss solutions on common challenges for both Chile and Sweden.
Every 18 months, a bilateral research Forum is held where a broad spectrum of societal challenges is discussed in workshops. The goal is to facilitate a creative dialogue between researchers from both countries.
Until now, researchers from all faculties of Lund University have been engaged and it has resulted in new collaborations and mobility between Lund and Chilean higher education institutions. The target group are researchers and PhD-students who are interested in initiating new collaborations or strengthen ongoing actions with Chile. Today, ACCESS is a consortium of 15 universities in both Chile and Sweden.
Upcoming ACCESS Forums
- 2026: 12-16 January in Concepción, Chile
- 2027: May/June in Gothenburg, Sweden
Read more about ACCESS on the project website
FAPESP – São Paulo Research Foundation
Lund University (LU) is since 2015 collaborating with FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation). The aim is to strengthen the collaboration between LU researchers and researchers from the state of São Paulo, Brazil.
At Lund University, there is a Latin America group whose task is to promote and coordinate LU’s collaborations with organisations and higher education institutions in Latin America. The group meets four times a year, and offers support for university-wide initiatives by providing guidance to the University management in issues concerning strategic investments in the region.
The group is composed of the following members:
- Stacey Sörensen – chair
- Martin Tunér – Faculty of Engineering (LTH)
- Patrik Olsson – Faculty of Social Sciences
- Henrik Rahm – Faculties of Humanities and Theology
- Karin Broberg – Faculty of Medicine
- Lars Andersson – Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts
- Andrés Palacio – School of Economics and Management
- Vacant – Faculty of Science
- Vacant – Faculty of Law
- Miguel Cornejo Herrera – External Relations – secretary
Contact
Miguel Cornejo Herrera
International coordinator
+46 46 222 93 83
miguel [dot] cornejo_herrera [at] er [dot] lu [dot] se (miguel[dot]cornejo_herrera[at]global[dot]lu[dot]se)
Global Dynamic Engagement 2025
GDE Fact Sheet
The purpose, the process and the roadmap