By
lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson)
- published 5 November 2025
SWEAH PhD students Farzana Rahman and Yuge Zhang, Karolinska Institutet, and Klara Le, Örebro University, came to Falun to think seriously about their future career. Photo: Stina Elfverson
This week, around 20 SWEAH PhD students are visiting the partner university Dalarna University campus in Falun. It's time for the autumn PhD Student Days, 4-5 November, packed with lectures, workshop, discussions and networking.
This time the theme is "Future career path". It is important to have a well-thought-out plan to become a fully-fledged researcher in aging and health.
SWEAH PhD students Jerry Norlin, Dalarna University, Linnéa Körlof, Luleå University of Technology, Alexandra Björck, Örebro University, Helén Dellkvist, Blekinge University of Technology and Lena Strålman, Örebro University. Photo: Stina Elfverson
What does your dream career look like?
– My dream career would be to be able to carry on doing research on loneliness prevention by promoting older adults social participation witin their everyday activities, using digital solutions. I feel that I have only scratched the surface of this major and complex health challenge and would thus like to explore and address it further, beyond my PhD, says one of the doctoral students, Linnéa Körlof, Luleå University of Technology.
What will you be doing in five years?
– By then I hope that I have made some form of clinical impact with my research, leading to positive influences on older adults health.
SWEAH PhD student William Son Galanza (in yellow), will defend his thesis in three weeks and participates for the last time in a PhD student activity.
– I regret a little that I have not been more active and have been to all the SWEAH activities, because it is always fun, rewarding and educational. This time I gave a presentation about my research stay in Bologna that SWEAH financed with a travel grant, he says. Photo: Stina Elfverson
Also on the schedule is a guided tour of Falu mine and a workshop in voice projection at the music producer Musik i Dalarna.
SWEAH arranges PhD Student Days at partner universities around the country every semester, the next time will be in spring 2026.
During the PhD Student Days, a lot of energy is put into thinking about one's career. Photo: Stina Elfverson
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