Sylvia Schwaag Serger
Senior Fellow
Sylvia Schwaag Serger

September 2022 until August 2023

She is a Professor at the Department of Economic History at Lund University and has worked in various capacities for the Swedish government, the European Commission, and the OECD. She focuses on China, international science and technology cooperation, and science, technology and innovation policy. She is a member of the Austrian Council for Research and Technological Development, chair of the Scientific Council of the Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development (Formas), and academician at the Swedish Royal Academy of Engineering (IVA).

At MERICS Sylvia focuses on interdisciplinary research on science and technology collaborations between Europe and China, with an interest in how East Asian countries and South Korea in particular have managed these collaborations.

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Sylvia Schwaag Serger

Senior Fellow

September 2022 until August 2023

She is a Professor at the Department of Economic History at Lund University and has worked in various capacities for the Swedish government, the European Commission, and the OECD. She focuses on China, international science and technology cooperation, and science, technology and innovation policy. She is a member of the Austrian Council for Research and Technological Development, chair of the Scientific Council of the Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development (Formas), and academician at the Swedish Royal Academy of Engineering (IVA).

At MERICS Sylvia focuses on interdisciplinary research on science and technology collaborations between Europe and China, with an interest in how East Asian countries and South Korea in particular have managed these collaborations.

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