On Wednesday, Minister of Education Anna Ekström held a press conference on the occasion of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
It was stated that the government calls on Swedish universities to suspend cooperation with state institutions in Russia and Belarus.
- We urge higher education institutions to take into account the security policy aspects.
The government recommends higher education institutions to have a very strict stance regarding payments, agreements and the like that involve Russian and Belarusian state institutions, said Anna Ekström (S) at the press conference.
A call that Uppsala University obeyed.
- The high-level research collaboration that is based on institutional agreements will probably be affected, says Coco Norén, Vice-Chancellor of Uppsala University.
The university is now working on mapping the university's collaborations with Russia and Belarus to get a more comprehensive picture of exactly what the collaboration looks like.
The government has emphasized that individual researchers should not automatically be equated with government institutions.
Hear Uppsala University explain the decision in the clip above.