EEO - External Engagement Office

EEO provides guidance and support for setting up and managing industry collaborations, including contracting, intellectual property rights, impact and other related questions.

Head of EEO

Richard Cowburn leads a team of highly qualified staff who support partnering with industry and other actors. 

Richard Frank Cowburn

Richard Frank Cowburn

Head of External Engagement Office (EEO)


Industry collaboration

We work to create new opportunities for researchers for partnerships with industry and other external organisations. We also provide support in setting up and managing long-term structured partnerships. Industry-academia collaborations

Fadwa Benkessou

Fadwa Benkessou

Alliance Manager
Cecilia Elisabeth Aulin

Cecilia Elisabeth Aulin

Alliance Manager / Affiliated
Ferdinand Xiankeng Choong

Ferdinand Xiankeng Choong

Industry Collaboration Advisor


Research contracts

We provide advice and support in the early stages of the contracting process for partnerships. Support for research contracts

Håkan Karlsson

Håkan Karlsson

Contract process coordinator


Impact support

We provide inspirational activities and support to help researchers achieve impact and use of their knowledge assets as well as and how their research can address United Nations Agenda 2030 goals. Creating impact together


Intellectual property for funding and collaboration

We support researchers in working with Intellectual Property from the perspectives of research financing and collaboration. Intellectual property

Luis Fernando Farieta

Luis Fernando Farieta

European Patent Attorney, Intellectual Property (IP) Expert


KI Career Service

We work to educate and advise doctoral students and researchers for a future career inside and outside academia. We organize a doctoral course and a financed internship program for doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers. We offer an extensive program of seminars, workshops, lectures and online support. 

Email: career-service@ki.se 

Web pages: 

Ana Osorio Oliveira

Ana Osorio Oliveira

Coordinator, supports doctoral students, postdocs and researchers
Y. Vladimir Pabón-Martínez

Y. Vladimir Pabón-Martínez

Coordinator, support to doctoral students


EIT Health

Together with KI's researchers, we take operational and strategic initiatives for new projects in education, innovation and business development for the benefit of health care. EIT Health at KI