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Members of the Swedish Research Council’s board and scientific councils 2019–2021

The elector council has now appointed new members of the Swedish Research Council’s board and scientific councils for the period 2019–2021. 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

The Government appoints the chair of the board and one further member. We will publish the names of these persons as soon as we are notified by the Government

  • Marika Edoff, Uppsala University (new member)
  • Maria Fällman, Umeå University (re-elected)
  • Britta Lundgren, Umeå University (re-elected)
  • Lars Magnusson, Uppsala University (new member)
  • Jan Nilsson, Lund University (re-elected)
  • Per Persson, Lund University (new member)

Members of the Scientific Council for Humanities and Social Sciences

  • Per-Anders Edin, Uppsala University (re-elected)
  • Per-Olof Erixon, Umeå University (new member)
  • Gustaf Gredebäck, Uppsala University (re-elected)
  • Thomas Kaiserfeld, Lund University (re-elected)
  • Malin Rönnblom, Karlstad University/Umeå University (new member)
  • Charlotta Seiler Brylla, Stockholm University (new member)
  • Folke Tersman, Uppsala University (new member)
  • Helène Whittaker, University of Gothenburg (new member)
  • Viveka Östberg, Stockholm University (re-elected)

Members of the Scientific Council for Medicine and Health

The Government appoints two of the members. We will publish the names of these persons as soon as we are notified by the Government.

  • Dan I Andersson, Uppsala University (re-elected)
  • Niklas Arnberg, Umeå University (new member)
  • Elias Arnér, Karolinska Institutet (new member)
  • Anna Blom, Lund University (re-elected)
  • Charlotta Dabrosin, Linköping University (new member)
  • Abdel El Manira, Karolinska Institutet (new member)
  • Louise von Essen, Uppsala University (re-elected)
  • Ann Hellström, University of Gothenburg (new member)
  • Marie Wahren-Herlenius, Karolinska Institutet (new member)

Members of the Scientific Council for Natural and Engineering Sciences

  • Lennart Bergström, Stockholm University (new member)
  • Sandra Di Rocco, KTH (new member)
  • Dag Hanstorp, University of Gothenburg (re-elected)
  • Martin Jakobsson, Stockholm University (new member)
  • Karl Henrik Johansson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology (new member)
  • David Sands, Chalmers (re-elected)
  • Maria Selmer, Uppsala University (re-elected)
  • Emma Sparr, Lund University (new member)
  • Åsa Strand, Umeå University (new member)

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