The Secretaries General are part of the Swedish Research Council’s management team and are responsible for initiating, promoting and following up issues in their specific area. The Secretaries General are active researchers and, as a rule, are employed by the Swedish Research Council on a part-time basis for a maximum period of six years.
Each Secretary General is affiliated with one or more of our Scientific Councils, Councils or Committees, with responsibility for managing the cases dealt with there. In addition, there are one Deputy Secretaries General for development research. Artistic research has an associated Scientific Advisor.
Humanities and Social Sciences, Artistic Research
Stefan Svallfors, Secretary General
Maria Hellström Reimer, Scientific Advisor, with special responsibility for Artistic Research
Development Research
Erik Ahlgren, Deputy Secretary General
Research Infrastructures
Björn Halleröd, Secretary General (until 31 October 2021)
Lisbeth Olsson will be the new secretary general for research infrastructures on 1 November 2021
Medicine and Health, Clinical Therapy Research and Clinical Studies
Madeleine Durbeej-Hjalt, Secretary General
Natural and Engineering Sciences
Mattias Marklund, Secretary General
Educational Sciences
Jörgen Tholin, Secretary General (until 30 September 2021)
Camilla Bardel will be the new secretary general for educational sciences on 1 September 2021
PublISHED ON 29 May 2018
UpDATED ON 01 September 2021