cpt_facts
Are doctoral candidates entitled to unemployment insurance benefits?
As a doctoral candidate you are considered a student by Akademikernas a-kassa as long as you are enrolled in the doctoral…
Unemployment
Unemployment benefits as a foreign citizen
One prerequisite for receiving unemployment benefits is that you are available to work. For example if you have a permanent…
Foreign citizens
Benefits from the social insurance system for foreign citizens
The Social Insurance Agency manages social insurance in Sweden. There are two types of benefits – residence-based which are granted…
Foreign citizens
What applies for registration in the population register when you arrive in Sweden?
You should register in Sweden if you are expecting to stay in the country for at least one year. There…
Foreign citizens
What applies to accompanying family members who want to work in Sweden?
As a trade union, SULF provides members with support and advice on matters relating to members’ pay and employment conditions.…
Foreign citizens
Permanent residence - live in another country
As a trade union, SULF provides members with support and advice on matters relating to members’ pay and employment conditions.…
Foreign citizens
What is necessary to be granted Swedish citizenship?
As a trade union, SULF provides members with support and advice on matters relating to members’ pay and employment conditions.…
Foreign citizens
Non-Swedish doctoral candidates and social insurance benefits
Work-based benefits In order to be covered by work-based benefits you must be, or have been, employed on a salary…
Foreign citizens
Employment conditions for professors emeritus
Currently there are no standard regulations for the rights and duties of emeriti after retirement. A small number of universities…
Emeriti
Emeriti
In the most prominent research nations, retirement age does not necessarily mean that professors close down their research. Quite the…
Emeriti