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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.
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