Contributes with knowledge and advice
The reference group contributes with knowledge and advice on issues relating to science communication linked to the Swedish Research Council’s mandate in this field.
Areas covered include:
- strategies and forms for research communication
- contemporary environment monitoring
- the Swedish Research Council’s current development projects
- proposals for reviewers of applications for grants for science communication
Composition of the reference group
The reference group has eight members, appointed by the Swedish Research Council following nominations from organisations active in science communication.
The members of the group have experience of science communication and knowledge sharing from higher education institutions and other sectors of society. The group also has knowledge and expericence of science communication as a research field, science journalism, and different forms of collaboration between researchers and communicators.
The Swedish Research Council’s Director of Communications chairs the reference group.
The mandate period is three years, and the members meet two-three times per year.
| Name | Title | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Mikael Jonsson (Chair) | Director of Communications | Swedish Research Council |
| Ulrika Björkstén | Secretary General, PhD in physical chemistry | Public & Science Sweden |
Gustav Bohlin | Senior research officer, PhD in Science Education | The Riksdag Administration |
Torill Kornfeldt | Science journalist | |
| Gustav Källstrand | Senior Curator and researcher, PhD in Cultural History | Nobel Prize Museum |
| Anna Levrén | Head of Communications | Folkuniversitetet, Region mitt |
| Måns Magnusson | Associate senior lecturer, Assistant professor of Statistics | Uppsala University |
| Wojciech Michno | Associate senior lecturer and assistant professor of stem cell biology and neurochemistry and a SciLifeLab Fellow | Uppsala University |
| Anna-Karin Thorstensson | Head of Unit and Communications Officer, Communications and Marketing Division | Linköping University |
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