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New members of the Swedish Research Council’s board and scientific councils 2025–2027
The elector council has now appointed new members of the Swedish Research Council’s board and scientific councils for the period 2025–2027. The mandate period is three years, and members may be reappointed for a further three-year period.
Members of the Swedish Research Council’s board
- Niklas Arnberg, Umeå University (re-elected)
- Susanna Fellman, University of Gothenburg (re-elected)
- Dag Hanstorp, University of Gothenburg (new member)
- Pontus Johnson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology (new member, appointed by the Government)
- Ellen Moons, Karlstad University (new member)
- Folke Tersman, Uppsala University (re-elected)
- Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson, Lund University (re-elected)
The chair of the board will be the same as during 2022–2024: Irene Wennemo, PhD in sociology, director general of the Swedish National Mediation Office. The Government appoints the chair of the board.
Members of the Scientific Council for Humanities and Social Sciences
- Cecilia Alvstad, Høgskolen i Østfold University College, Norway (re-elected)
- Lars Berglund, Uppsala University (re-elected)
- Stefan Dahlberg, Mid Sweden University (new member)
- Mats Ekström, University of Gothenburg (new member)
- Håkan Fischer, Stockholm University (new member)
- Lisa Käll, Stockholm University (new member)
- Sofia Lundberg, Umeå University (new member)
- Patricia Mindus, Uppsala University (new member)
- Maria Stanfors, Lunds University (new member)
- Malin Thor Tureby, Malmö University (new member)
- David Wästerfors, Lund University (new member)
Members of the Scientific Council for Medicine and Health
- David Engblom, Linköping University (re-elected)
- Charlotte Häger, Umeå University (re-elected)
- Diana Karpman, Lund University (re-elected)
- Maria Eriksson, Karolinska Institutet (new member)
- Stefan James, Uppsala University (new member)
- Jörgen Johansson, Umeå University (new member)
- Per Lindahl, University of Gothenburg (new member)
- Anna Rostedt Punga, Uppsala University (new member)
- Gunnar Schulte, Karolinska Institutet (new member)
In addition to these, the Government will appoint two members of the Scientific Council for Medicine and Health.
Members of the Scientific Council for Natural and Engineering Sciences
- Fredrik Almqvist, Umeå University (new member)
- Mats Fahlman, Linköping University (re-elected)
- Hanna Isaksson, Lund University (new member)
- Danica Kragic, KTH Royal Institute of Technology (new member)
- Kristiina Oksman, Luleå University of Technology (new member)
- Fredrik Ronquist, The Swedish Museum of Natural History (re-elected)
- Anna Rutgersson, Uppsala University (new member)
- Suparna Sanyal, Uppsala University (re-elected)
- Daniel Topgaard, Lund University (new member)
- Fredrik Viklund, KTH Royal Institute of Technology (new member)
- Göran Östlin, Stockholm University (new member)
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