Survey on Career paths for infrastructure staff scientist

Survey on Career paths for infrastructure staff scientist

In preparation for the upcoming Facility Forum, we want to gather your perspective on how career paths for research infrastrcture staff can be improved across Sweden. By sharing your experience and ideas, you can help shape the next steps in this process. Your input here will be used to inform the panel discussion during the Facility Forum 2026.
The survey is fully anonymous. However, we ask you to indicate your university affiliation as career paths conditions may vary between institutions. Your responses will remain anonymous and cannot be linked to your name or job title.”

2. Do you know if there is a career path for infrastructure staff available at your University?
2a. Would you enter into the career path for infrastructure staff at your University?
2b. What is the main factor in your current choice to enter/not enter this career paths?
3. What do you see as the key challenge in creating clear and sustainable career paths for infrastructure staff in Sweden? (choose up to two)
4. What should be the next concrete step from SciLifeLab and the Universities? (choose up to two)
The invited panel consists of David Walker (Research Technical Professional (RTProf), Facility Manager at the University of Warwick, UK), Karin Dahlman-Wright (Director of the organisation for research infrastructure, RIKI, Karolinska Institutet), Markus Heidenblad (Site director SciLifeLab Lund, Lund University), and is chaired by Staffan Svärd, Uppsala University.