At Malmö University, collaboration is an integral part of research and education. The aim of collaboration is to create mutual added value for the University, participating parties and society. For the University, this means increased quality and relevance in research and education and our partners get access to research-based knowledge, which favours sustainable development in both business and society.

Collaboration platforms

Person speaking at a workshop.

The Forum for Social Innovation Sweden is a national knowledge and collaboration platform for social innovation and social entrepreneurship in Sweden, based at Malmö University. Together with academia, business and public and other creative actors, we build a capacity for innovation that meets societal challenges.

Anna and Savita.

Researchers at Malmö University collaborate with actors from all sectors of society. The aim is to create mutual added value for the University, participating parties and society. As a higher education institution, Malmö University contributes with research-based knowledge and education. The videos are in Swedish but English subtitles can be added.

Two people in front of a blackboard.

Muvah is a knowledge alliance between the city of Malmö and Malmö University modelled after the University of East London. The goal is, among other things, to increase the entry of Malmö youth into the labour market and to get more young people from underrepresented groups to choose higher education.

Malmö city.

As part of the UNIC alliance, the University contributes to the development of the UNIC Centre for City Futures, an infrastructure for collaboration and co-creation. The idea is to create a sustainable connection between the University and surrounding society, and to enable researchers, citizens and experts to collectively shape the cities of the future.

The Öresund bridge.

The Research and Innovation Council of Skåne (FIRS) is a collaboration between stakeholders that are willing and able to drive the development of innovation in Skåne. The aim is to act quickly and smart to benefit from arising opportunities and address joint challenges. FIRS acts to make Skåne a world-leading knowledge and innovation region that drives sustainable growth.

More collaboration platforms

K2 – Sweden's national centre for research and education on public transport

K2 is Sweden's national Centre for Research and Education on Public Transport. This is where academia, the public sector and industry meet to discuss and develop the role of public transport in Sweden.
We investigate how public transport can contribute to attractive and sustainable metropolitan areas of the future. We educate members of the public transport sector and inform decision-makers to facilitate an educated debate on public transport.

K2 is operated and funded by Lund University, Malmö University and VTI in collaboration with Region Stockholm, Region Västra Götaland and Region Skåne. We are supported by Vinnova, Formas and the Swedish Transport Administration.

K2:s website

Alliances and networks

UNIC is an alliance of ten universities in post-industrial cities. It is part of European Universities, an EU initiative to create new collaborations for higher education institutions and exchange opportunities for staff and students. The membership gives the University the opportunity to strengthen international collaboration in research and education and to deepen its collaboration with the city of Malmö.

Malmö University represents Sweden in a network for the most innovative higher education institutions in Europe, the European Network of Innovative Higher Education Institutions (ENIHEI). The mission includes contributing ideas on how higher education can lead to increased innovation power and being a pioneer when it comes to implementing the EU's new innovation agenda.

The New European Bauhaus is a creative and interdisciplinary initiative to highlight the importance of aesthetic, social and cultural values in the green transition of society that will contribute to the EU's climate goals of a climate-neutral union by 2050. Based on the values: sustainability, aesthetics and inclusion.

Cluster organisations

In the Mobile Heights network, Malmö University collaborates with, among others, Ericsson, Sony Mobile, Telia as well as Lund and Blekinge universities to promote innovation and growth in the areas of Connected Health and Connected cities.

Medicon Valley Alliance is an umbrella organization within Life Science with the aim of strengthening cooperation between universities, businesses and regions in Sweden and Denmark.

Together with a number of organisations, the University promotes innovation and growth in the digitalisation industry in southern Sweden.

Cities Changing Diabetes is a global partnership programme initiated by Novo Nordisk (a global healthcare company) in response to the dramatic increase in diabetes worldwide. Malmö is the first Swedish city to join the global co-operation project to find solutions to the problems of increasing overweight, obesity and diabetes locally.

The Sustainable Business Hub is a membership network that provides a platform where innovation, development and business for sustainable solutions can be realised. With members from business, municipalities and academia, the network encourages contact and collaboration.

Collaborative projects

We collaborate with the private, public and non-profit sectors, as well as citizens, to develop society and knowledge in various fields. This is to develop the University's collaboration with other actors through new knowledge, methods and working methods.

We also participate in other projects with other actors. Here are a few good examples.

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Student City Malmö

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