Research policy has long been an important issue for students. Higher education should be based on science. Both research and education are part of the core missions of universities, and it is often the same people who are both teachers and researchers. Therefore, it is important that the conditions for research and education are in harmony.
Research policy can be described in four-year cycles based on the government's research bill. Every four years, the government presents a comprehensive bill on how the policy area will develop in the coming years. It usually comes in the middle of each term. The next research bill will come in autumn 2020.
Before the research bill, SFS usually makes a recording to the government in which we present our view on research policy. The latest contribution focuses primarily on the need to strengthen the connection between research and education, and on the need for higher education institutions to take greater responsibility for educating more doctoral students.
Much of SFS's work on research issues is carried out through the SFS doctoral student union.