Oceania
Lund University has long had an extensive collaboration with Australia and New Zealand in research and education and through its membership in the Universitas 21 network. The University offers good opportunities for exchange studies through mobility agreement at both university-wide and faculty level. Deepened collaborations in research and education are promoted through calls for seed funding and researcher mobility.
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.
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GDE for Oceania
In the roadmap for Oceania 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
- Strengthening cooperation with the University of Melbourne through the GloHub project.
- Promoting research and innovation collaboration within Horizon Europe with partner universities in New Zealand.
- Promoting cooperation in education with universities in Universitas 21 (U21) in Australia and New Zealand through, for example, summer and winter schools and studies combined with work placements.
- Exploring and promoting opportunities for increased recruitment of degree-seeking students, primarily from Australia.
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Lund University's collaborations with Australia and New Zealand take place through student exchanges as well as research projects and network activities. The Universitas 21 (U21) network enables in-depth collaboration on different levels.
Lund University has initiated an in-depth collaboration with the University of Melbourne. The University of Melbourne, together with UC Berkeley and National university of Singapore, is part of the LU-led project GloHub, which aims to explore and test novel ways of international university collaborations. Within the framework of the project, Lund University offers funding for collaborative research and education initiatives with the partner universities.
Our students have a strong interest in exchange studies in Australia and New Zealand. Lund University has a total of 28 student exchange agreements in Australia and 6 in New Zealand, including both university-wide and faculty-level partnerships.
Universitas 21 (U21)
U21 is a leading global network of research-intensive universities for collaboration in both education and research. U21 has five members in Oceania:
- University of Melbourne, Australia
- University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia
- University of Queensland, Australia
- University of Sydney, Australia
- University of Auckland, New Zealand
Lund University has initiated an in-depth collaboration with the University of Melbourne.
Australia is Lund University's twelfth largest co-publishing partner globally. New Zealand ranks 31st. The U21 members UNSW Sydney, the University of Melbourne, the University of Sydney, and the University of Queensland are among the institutions with which Lund University researchers co-publish the most in Australia, along with Monash University and the Australian National University. In New Zealand, most co-publishing occurs with the University of Canterbury, the University of Otago, the University of Auckland (U21), and Victoria University Wellington.
The EU framework programme for research and innovation, Horizon Europe, has become a valuable tool for collaboration with New Zealand organisations since New Zealand's association with the programme.
Contact
Teresia Rindefjäll
International coordinator
+46 46 222 62 40
teresia [dot] rindefjall [at] er [dot] lu [dot] se (teresia[dot]rindefjall[at]global[dot]lu[dot]se)
Global Dynamic Engagement 2025
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