New members for two scientific committees at the Swedish Research Council

Committee for Artistic Research

The Committee for Artistic Research has seven members. They represent different art forms and are active in artistic research or artistic development work. The Swedish Research Council appoints the chair and members based on proposals from relevant higher education institutions.

Chair

Fredrik Nyberg, poet, PhD in Literary Forms of Expression, linked to the University of Gothenburg, HDK-Valand (former member)

Members (reappointed)

• Cecilia Järdemar, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Photography and Moving Images, Associate Researcher, Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design

Members (newly appointed)

• Martín Ávila, Professor in Design, Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
• Palle Dahlstedt, Professor in Interaction Design, University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology, Teacher in Composition, University of Gothenburg, Adjunct Professor in Art and Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark
• Mia Engberg, PhD in Performative and Media-based Practices, freelancing film creation, at Stockholm University of the Arts
• Rebecka Katz Thor, PhD, Head of Research, National Historical Museums, Senior Lecturer, REMESO, Linköping University, Researcher in Aesthetics, Södertörn University (until end of December 2024)
• Susan Kozel, PhD, Professor in Philosophy, Dance, and New Media, Malmö University
  
• Lisa Torell, PhD, Professor in Contemporary Art, Head of Program, Academicy of Art, Arctic University of Norway

Read more about the Committee for Artistic Research and its work at the Swedish Research Council

Committee for Educational Sciences

The Committee has eleven members representing different scientific disciplines of relevance to research in the educational sciences. The Swedish Research Council appoints the chair and members. Seven of them are appointed based on proposals from higher education institutions, and three are appointed based on proposals from the research funding bodies Formas (Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning), Forte (the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare), and Vinnova.

Chair

Fritjof Sahlström, Professor of Education, Helsinki University, Finland (newly appointed)

Members (reappointed)

• Eva Alerby, Professor of Education, Luleå University of Technology
• Ylva Hofvander Trulsson, Professor of Aesthetic Didactics, Stockholm University of the Arts
• Johan Lundin, Professor of Informatics focusing on learning, University of Gothenburg
• Helen Melander Bowden, Professor of Education, Uppsala University
  

Members (newly appointed)

• Andreas Fejes, Professor of Adult Learning, Linköping University
• Mia Heikkilä, Professor of Child and Youth Studies focusing on pre-school, Stockholm University
• Mona Holmqvist, Professor of Educational Sciences focusing on research into schools and the teaching profession, Lund University
• Cecilia Lundholm, Professor of Education focusing on teaching and learning in social sciences subjects, Stockholm University
• Daniel Pettersson, Professor of Education, University of Gävle
• Per-Åke Rosvall, Professor of Pedagogic Work, Umeå University
  

Read more about the Committee for Educational Sciences and its work at the Swedish Research Council