Complex sentence: In 1998, he completed his doctorate in philosophy at the Stockholm university and became director of the Swedish "International Artists Studio Program" (IASPIS), a position he held well into the year 2000.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1998, he completed his doctorate in philosophy at the Stockholm university. Subsequently he became director of the Swedish "International Artists Studio Program" (IASPIS), a position he held well into the year 2000.