New calls in 2025 for digitisation, criminality, and segregation

The Swedish Research Council is responsible for six national research programmes. We regularly issue different types of calls within the programmes. Next year, we are issuing calls within three of them.

Project grant within the societal consequences of digitisation

The research programme about the societal consequences of digitisation shall contribute new knowledge about how digitisation impacts on and is impacted by social and cultural relationships, working life, education, organisations, markets, and the democratic system, including public administration. The wide focus of the research programme means that urgent issues relating to the societal causes and consequences of digitisation can be looked at from a number of different perspectives.

Read more about the national research programme on the societal consequences of digitisation

Project grant within the national research programme on criminality

The research programme on criminality shall contribute new knowledge about the causes and consequences of criminality, and also about methods for preventing and fighting crime. The 2025 call will be funding applications in two areas:

• Gender equality and criminality Applications with this focus can, for example, relate to studies of violence in close relationships, sexualised violence and sexual harassment, honour-related violence and repression, gender equality and gender aspects of crime development and crime prevention, gender equality and gender aspects of the functioning of the legal system, and more.
• Preventive work to counteract criminality Applications with this focus can, for example, relate to studies or evaluations of initiatives from schools, healthcare, and social services, as well as the crime prevention work of the police and the prison and probation services, the role of civil society and municipalities in crime prevention work, area-based crime prevention initiatives, and more.

Research within the programme shall contribute to creating knowledge-based and effective practices for counteracting and fighting criminality.

Read more about the national research programme on criminality

Project grant within the national research programme on segregation

The research programme on segregation shall contribute new knowledge about the significant socio-economic differences that exist, for example between different housing areas, city districts, and parts of the country in Sweden in terms of factors such as school results, level of education, use of language, occupation, income, health, life span, security, participation in democracy, and involvement in cultural life.

The wide focus of the research programme means that urgent questions relating to segregation can be looked at from a number of different perspectives. Research within the programme shall contribute to creating knowledge-based and effective practices.

Read more about the national research programme on segregation

The calls open on 26 February and close on 1 April. Further information will be available later on this autumn.