Key components in research excellence


Anders Broström
Guido Buenstorf.
Foto: David Ausserhofer
Jenny Larsson

What does it take to achieve excellence in research? According to Anders Broström, associate professor of economics at KTH, one should “allow for more open, visionary projects and consider what you believe is possible in the discipline, and what the people involved can achieve, rather than require a fixed plan.” Jenny Larsson believes that “the best ideas come in the space between different disciplines, when you are forced to think in a completely new way.”

We have barely begun the work compared to many other Centres of Excellence. Yet we already know that you need a large-scale vision to strive for and time to do what is required in the best possible way.

The full article is published in Tidningen Curie (in Swedish)


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