Information for hosts to academic refugees from Ukraine
There are many KI researchers who wish to help academic refugees from the current war in Ukraine. The following information summarizes the issues you should be aware of before you accept to act as host.
Funding
If you wish to use your current research funds, check with the grant funder whether there are restrictions for e.g. forms of employment that are allowed.
There are many current
Accommodation
KI housing currently has little or no possibility to take in visiting researchers directly. Short-term accommodation in Stockholm is a major limitation. The Swedish Migration Agency can offer temporary accommodation, but there is no choice of location. Local county councils might have arrangements for all refugees and no priority for academics.
Residence permit
See .
See goverment proposals
Visa
Ukrainian citizens with a valid biometric passport are visa-free within the Schengen area and can stay in Sweden without a permit for 90 days.
Insurance and healthcare
The Temporary Protection Directive gives the right to seek basic care. KI has a group insurance for foreign visitors who participate in the university's activities but do not have a Swedish social security number. The insurance also applies to the guest's accompanying family.
Provisions for family members
While your focus is on the researcher/PhD student you wish to host, there may be other family members (partners, children) that will also need to be incorporated into society. Children have the right to go to school according to the Temporary Protection Directive, even in preschool, and this is the responsibility of the local council authorities.
Psychological support
Consider that Incoming individuals (who might be traumatized) might require psychological support.
Employment possibilities
Doctoral students
Doctoral students who are admitted to a university in Ukraine can complete parts of their doctoral education at KI as a 鈥済uest doctoral student鈥. They will still be admitted to their Ukrainian university and their doctoral degree will be issued there.
Employment: A guest doctoral student can be employed on a short-term employment according to LAS. If the stay is prolonged, consider scholarships or to admit the doctoral student to KI, se below. Confer with HR staff regarding possibilities for employments. Persons cannot receive a KI scholarship if they have previously received a salary from KI.
Scholarship: KI-established doctoral scholarships may be awarded to persons who are located at KI as part of their doctoral education, but admitted to a doctoral program at another university. Scholarships may only be established using funds from external funders which have approved the be uses as disbursement of scholarships.
Another possibility is to 鈥渢ake over鈥 a Ukrainian doctoral student in order to admit him/her to KI鈥檚 doctoral education. The KI doctoral education can be accredited with whatever the student already have been achieved in Ukraine. Note that the same rules and requirements apply for such doctoral student as for any other doctoral students at KI: .
Employment/scholarship: A doctoral position employment does not need to be announced if the doctoral education have started at another university.
KI allows scholarship funding of doctoral students from low and middle income countries. Ukraine is defined as such country.
Postdocs
Employment: Must be announced if there are no exceptions. Recommended to be employed as a short-term employment according to LAS. Employment at PKA can be used, but then you must be employed for two years at the time of employment. We are not allowed to use S脛VA before PKA. So, we must first hire at PKA for two years, then S脛VA (LAS).
Scholarship: KI can provide a supplementary scholarship or a full scholarship. If the person has an external scholarship that has been announced in a competition, KI can receive them and top them up with a salary or scholarship. Otherwise, the scholarship must be advertised. KI does not receive the scholarship, but we can accept the person. See
Researcher:
Employment: Must be announced. Employment bases according to LAS can be used.
Scholarship: Cannot be given to people who are not students at the undergraduate and advanced level, doctoral students or postdoctoral fellows.