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Stockholm University (SU) is committed to contribute to a sustainable democratic society on a long-term basis through a solid and broad scientific foundation.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Nienke Buisman (Head of Unit Research and Innovation) and Karolinska Institutet and Kungliga Tekniska Hoegskolan

2 Dec 2025 · University Alliance - Presidents from the Trio (3 universities mentioned above)

Meeting with Maria Luís Albuquerque (Commissioner) and

2 Apr 2025 · Exchange on Savings and Investments Union and capital markets in Sweden

Meeting with Costas Kadis (Commissioner) and

27 Mar 2025 · Baltic Sea fisheries and challenges

Meeting with Sofie Eriksson (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Mar 2025 · Forskning om Östersjön

Meeting with Beatrice Timgren (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Mar 2025 · Sea marine biology, research

Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament) and Karolinska Institutet

8 Nov 2023 · European research policy

Response to Ensuring that hazardous chemicals banned in the European Union are not produced for export

28 Jul 2023

I support this initiative. Exporting hazardous chemicals banned in the EU is unethical and contradicts human rights principles. Globally, chemicals have a negative impact on the environment and people's health. Millions of acute pesticide poisonings occur annually in low- and middle-income countries due to inadequate management. The United Nations recognizes the unsound management of chemicals and waste as a threat to human rights, particularly affecting vulnerable populations. Many countries outside of EU lack proper chemical management systems, making them less equipped to handle banned chemicals exported from the EU. Stopping these exports would protect the environment, biodiversity, and at-risk populations, while promoting safer alternatives. Replacing hazardous pesticides with cost-effective options benefits health, environment, and biodiversity without harming crop yields.
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Meeting with Jakop G. Dalunde (Member of the European Parliament) and Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm Region Assocation for European Affairs (Stockholm Region EU Office)

6 Feb 2023 · Science & Research

Response to Improving access to and availability, sharing and re-use of chemical data for the purpose of chemical safety assessments

15 Aug 2022

Stockholm University welcomes and supports the Commission´s initiative for ‘one substance – one assessment’ and better access to chemicals data for safety assessments. Access to data is fundamental for health and environmental assessments and for the transition to a toxic-free circular economy. Improved access to data has the potential to reduce delays and redundancies in chemical regulation. The continued implementation of transparency regulation in all chemical regulations is vital for enabling third-party scrutiny and ensuring credibility and trust in the system. Confidentially claims must always be clearly justified. Also regarding transparency, we regard it as highly important that ECHA and other bodies routinely receive full study reports, rather than only summaries. Such study reports should also be made available to stakeholders including academic researchers and the public, much as is already the case for pesticides. We welcome the suggested data generation mechanism, including an obligation to notify studies, as a major step forward to avoid underreporting of studies. We also welcome the perspective that authorities gain a mandate to commission studies. To decrease the risk of a funding bias in toxicity studies, which may for example affect its design, reporting, and conclusions in favour of the sponsor’s interests, we suggest that all such studies should be commissioned by authorities, while companies would reimburse authorities for the generated costs. Strengthening the collaboration between science and regulation is much needed, and we suggest including funding agencies and scientific journals in this process as they are key players (and gatekeepers) in transforming science. Improved reporting requirements to ensure the reliability of studies, and open repositories of all planned and performed in vivo studies are examples of improvements that could be managed with the help of funders and scientific journals. The EU chemicals regulation also has the potential to have an impact outside the borders of the EU. We strongly urge the Commission to seek opportunities to inspire the management of chemicals in the suggested direction also on a global scale. At Stockholm University we perform research on science-policy interactions in chemical regulation. We also have long experience in discussing these aspects, e.g. previously a member of the ECHA management board, an observer in CARACAL, a member of the HLRT, and task leader of PARC WP 6.3. If we can support this process in any way, please let us know. Marlene Ågerstrand, Axel Mie, Christina Rudén
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Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and European Environmental Bureau and

5 May 2021 · Implementation of the chemicals strategy for sustainability

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament) and Mozilla Corporation and Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich

27 Jan 2021 · AI and the Green Deal