Scientific Council for Humanities and Social Sciences

The Swedish Research Council's Scientific Council for Humanities and Social Sciences supports research of the highest scientific quality in the humanities and social sciences. The Scientific Council has eleven members who have been elected by researchers at Swedish higher education institutions.

Responsible for allocating research funding

The Scientific Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences decides on which calls will be made within the humanities and social sciences. They also decide on which applications will be awarded grants. They have 11 regular review panels to help them, as well as a further number for special calls. The review panels examine and prioritise the applications that are submitted to the Swedish Research Council, before the Scientific Council makes a decision. It is the Scientific Council that appoints the members of the review panels.

Following up and evaluating research in the area

The Scientific Council follows up, evaluates and develops strategies for the area, for example through research overviews. In this work, the Scientific Council is assisted by both national and international experts. In addition to this, the Scientific Council also runs various research programmes and initiatives in its field.

The Scientific Council represents the Swedish Research Council and finances Swedish participation in several international collaborations, such as the Hera and Norface European research networks and the Joint Committee for Nordic Research Councils in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NOS-HS)

Composition of the Scientific Council

The Scientific Council for Humanities and Social Sciences consists of eleven active researchers with a high level of scientific expertise. The members are elected by researchers at Swedish higher education institutions. The term of office is three years and members can be reelected for a further three years.

The Scientific Council meets six times a year.

Members 2025–2027

Name

Title

Organisation

Cecilia Alvstad

Professor in Spanish

Department of Languages, Literature and Culture (SLIK), Østfold University College

Lars Berglund

Professor of Musicology

Department of Musicology, Uppsala University

Stefan DahlbergProfessor in Political ScienceDepartment of Humanities and Social Sciences, Mid Sweden University
Mats EkströmProfessor in Media and CommunicationJournalism Media and Communication, University of Gothenburg
Håkan FischerProfessor in Human biological psychologyDepartment of Psychology, Stockholm University
Lisa KälProfessor in gender studiesDepartment of Ethnology, History of Religions and Gender Studies, Stockholm University
Sofia LundbergProfessor in EconomicsUmeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics, Umeå University
Patricia Mindus
Professor in Practical PhilosophyDepartment of Philosophy, Uppsala University
Maria StanforsProfessor in Economic HistoryDepartment of Economic History and Centre for Economic Demography, Lund University
Malin Thor TurebyProfessor in HistoryDepartment of Society, Culture and Identity, Malmö University
David WästerforsProfessor in SociologyDepartment of Sociology, Lund University




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