Consortium partners and funders

UPSCALE brings together four research partners: LUT University (Finland) as the coordinator, Utrecht University (The Netherlands), Sophiahemmet University (Sweden) and University of Agder (Norway).

UPSCALE has received funding from Research Council of Finland, Dutch Research Council, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, and The Research Council of Norway under the framework the co-fund partnership of THCS Transforming Health and Care Systems (Grant Agreement No. 101095654 of the EU Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme).

A group picture of the consortium partners in a park at summer. People wave, smile, show thumbs up, and cheer.

Project partners in the project kick off meeting.

The International Advisory Board

The following experts are members of UPSCALE International Advisory Board:

Johan Lindström, Director of Health and Social Care, Eskilstuna Municipality, Sweden

Juha Koivisto, Chief Specialist, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland

Karlijin Leenaars, Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands

Margunn Aanestad, Professor, University of Oslo, Norway

Ane Fullaondo Zabala, Scientific Director, Kronikgune Institute for Health Services Research, Basque Country, Spain

Miroslava Fövényes, Project Manager, University Hospital FD Roosevelt in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia