For our partners
Do you work for one of our partner organisations and want to collaborate with academia? Wexsus connects you with Chalmers University of Technology, the University of Gothenburg, the University of Borås, the University of Skövde and University West. We help you find the right researchers, educational environments and forms of collaboration to take your sustainability challenges forward.
Do you face a challenge in your work towards a sustainable West Sweden that could benefit from collaboration with academia? Get in touch!
You know what needs to be done, but how do we move from insight to action? Sustainability transitions often involve conflicting objectives, difficult priorities and the need for new ways of working. We connect you with relevant expertise and people who can help you take the next step. Through your organisation's partnership with Wexsus, you can help develop practical approaches to collaboration.
We see four areas where further development is needed:
- New models for collaboration
How can we develop incentives and ways of working that make it easier for researchers, teachers and students to contribute to local and regional sustainability challenges? - Joint collaborative projects
How can we organise and implement projects that bring academia and practitioners together to create tangible benefits? - Skills development and provision
How can we improve knowledge exchange and dialogue between academia and working life to better align education with future skills needs? - Policy development
How can we work together to increase West Sweden's influence on national sustainability policy?
Partner group
Wexsus has established a partner group where representatives from our partner organisations meet six times a year. The group works to:
- Provide a collective voice for practitioners, highlighting local and regional challenges where more research and collaboration with academia are needed.
- Help Wexsus gain an overview of existing collaboration for sustainable development.
- Identify specific needs where Wexsus can contribute to and complement ongoing collaboration for a sustainable society.
- Help put more knowledge about sustainable development into practice across the region.
Representatives in the partner group:
- Hanna Jönsson, Regional Development Strategist, Region Västra Götaland
- Mikael Cullberg, Regional Development Strategist, County Administrative Board of Västra Götaland
- Maria Jakobsson, Head of Sustainability, City of Trollhättan
- Jenny Rehnman, Head of R&D Väst, Gothenburg Region
