On 30 April 2024, the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat delivered a proposal for a research strategy for Antarctica on behalf of the Department of Education. The goal of the research strategy is to raise Sweden's level of ambition as an active research nation in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean by strengthening ongoing research and initiating new collaborations and activities.
On April 17–19, a kick-off for the project POLARIN, Polar Research Infrastructure Network, will be held in Bremerhaven, Germany. POLARIN is an EU-funded network where the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat is one of 50 organizations from 20 countries that provides access to 64 infrastructures in the Arctic and Antarctic.
On December 22, 2023, the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat received a government assignment to develop proposals for a Swedish research strategy for Antarctica.