GlobeLife at Almedalen 2026

GlobeLife and SweDev will organise a two-part seminar at Almedalen on 23rd June 2026

Part 1: Panel discussion (in Swedish): "Global hälsa i klimatförändringens tid - vilken roll spelar Sverige?"

Chaired by:

• Stefan Peterson, Hälsorådgivare Unicef Sverige, Professor, Karolinska Institutet
• Emma Elfversson, Director, SweDev, Docent, Uppsala University

Speakers:

• Pernilla Baralt, General Secretary, UNICEF Sweden
• Li Nester, President, Röda korsets ungdomsförbund
  
• Marie Trogstam, Department head, Hållbarhet och Infrastruktur, Svenskt Näringsliv

Part 2: Panel discussion (in Swedish/English): "Stärkt ömsesidig kunskapsöverföring och kapacitetsbyggande inom global hälsa/Operationalising a new approach to reciprocal knowledge transfer and capacity building".

Chaired by:

• Claudia Merli, Associate Professor, Uppsala University
• Jaran Eriksen, Associate Professor / Co-lead GlobeLife, Karolinska Institutet

Speakers:

• Sten Hagberg, Professor, Forum for Africa Studies / Uppsala University
• Soorej Puthoopparambil, Associate Professor in Global Healh, Head of WHO Collaborating centre on Migration and Health Data and Evidence, Uppsala University
  
• Magdalena Eriksson, Associate Professor, SweDev / Wexsus
• Jakob Wernerman, Department head, Humanitära avdelningen, Sida

Download the flyer. pdf, 456 kB.

For more information, visit the Almedalen website.