SLU joins SHIP - Sustainable Health in Partnership
SLU has joined the Sustainable Health in Partnership (SHIP), a collaboration between five Swedish higher education institutions that strengthens the capacity to address complex global challenges affecting human health.
SHIP comprises five Swedish universities: Karolinska Institute, SLU - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå University, Uppsala University and Örebro University.
SLU Future One Health as SLU's contact point for SHIP
We asked Susanna Sternberg Lewerin, Programme Director at SLU Future One Health, about SLU's role within the new partnership.
What is your view on SLU's role within the SHIP partnership?
“I see SHIP as an opportunity for SLU to be part of a structured framework for collaboration with the other partner universities, facilitating exchanges within research and education, and creating coalitions on important societal issues.”
What role will SLU Future One Health play in realtion to SHIP?
“SLU Future One Health will serve as the SLU contact point for SHIP, provide input into planned activities, disseminate information to and from SHIP, initiate and work with activities within SHIP, as relevant for SLU.”
What are your expectations concerning this new partnership?
“I hope that this will create new opportunities for SLU researchers and students, and that SHIP will develop into a strong coalition that allows us to influence the academic landscape as regards opportunities for One Health research.”
SLU joins SHIP in 2025
The partnership stems from an agreement made by Gothenburg University, Karolinska Institutet, Umeå University and Uppsala University in 2023 regarding development work to enable the establishment of the “Centre for Global Transformation for Health”, which in 2024 was named “Sustainable Health in Partnership (SHIP)”. SLU joined the SHIP partnership in February 2025.
Vision, mission and expected contributions
The vision of SHIP is that Swedish universities will be empowered to tackle complex global challenges through partnerships that advance sustainable health, with a missio to advance transdisciplinary collaborations that promote ecologic, social, and economic sustainability, ensuring healthy lives for all within planetary boundaries.
Some expected contributions of SHIP are:
- Researchers, teachers, and students are equipped with knowledge and capabilities to accelerate sustainable development for health.
- Researchers lead in developing and applying transdisciplinary approaches to create innovative and scalable solutions for sustainable health.
- Swedish universities shape education and research that embed sustainable health principles, influencing both national and global agendas.
- Swedish universities actively collaborate across sectors, producing evidence-based frameworks that guide Swedish and international policies for sustainable health.
Read more about the partnership on SHIP's website SHIP - Sustainable Health In Partnership