Election committees chosen for election of the Swedish Research Council’s board and scientific councils

New members are to be appointed to the Swedish Research Council’s board and scientific councils for the period 2025–2027. Electors, appointed by Sweden’s higher education institutions, have now chosen election committees that will propose new members. 16 December, the electors will then choose the new members.

Election committee – Swedish Research Council’s Board

Helena Edlund, Umeå University
Tobias Ekholm, Uppsala University
Anna-Sara Lind, Uppsala University
Stacey Sörensen, Lund University
Roine Viklund, Luleå University of Technology
Anders Wanhainen, Uppsala University

Election committee – Scientific Council for Humanities and Social Sciences

Natalia Berg, Linnaeus University
Göran Bolin, Södertörn University
Anna-Sara Lind, Uppsala University
Magnus Nilsson, Malmö University
Mikael Persson, University of Gothenburg
Charlotta Seiler Brylla, Stockholm University
Roine Viklund, Luleå University of Technology

Election committee – Scientific Council for Medicine and Health

Johan Björkegren, Karolinska Institutet
Helena Edlund, Umeå University
Maria Lerm, Linköping University
Jonas Nilsson, University of Gothenburg
Anders Wanhainen, Uppsala University
Lisa Westerberg, Karolinska Institutet
Kristina Åkesson, Lund University

Election committee – Scientific Council for Natural and Engineering Sciences

Tobias Ekholm, Uppsala University
Helena Filipsson, Lund University
Lars Kloo, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Bengt Nilsson, Malmö University
Lisa Prahl, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Anna Qvarnström, Uppsala University
Ida-Maria Sintorn, Uppsala University
Stacey Sörensen, Lund University
Thomas Wågberg, Umeå University

The election process in brief

Every third year, new members of the Swedish Research Council’s board and scientific councils are appointed using an election process:

The higher education institutions first appoint 165 electors to represent Sweden’s researchers (spring 2024).
The electors (the elector assembly) chooses election committees (early October 2024).
The election committees make proposals for new members (the turn of the month November/December 2024).
The electors choose who will be the new members (16 December 2024).

New members of the Committee for Educational Sciences and the Committee for Artistic Research will also be appointed this autumn. The members of the committees are appointed by the Swedish Research Council's Board.

How members of the board and scientific councils are appointed

PUBLISHED ON 10 October 2024

UpDATED ON 10 October 2024

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