Pages about "Humanities and social sciences"

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17 Sep 2024

On 24 September, there will be a launch of one of the new centres of excellence with funding from the Swedish Research Council: Centre for Anthropocene History, at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. The centre will function as a hub for research and ...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences

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03 Sep 2024

DARIAH stands for Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities and is a European research infrastucture that supports digital research and teaching across the arts and humanities. The Swedish membership means that the infrastructure be...

Keywords: Artistic research Humanities and social sciences Research infrastructure

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21 Aug 2024

Anne Orford is the holder of the Olof Palme Visiting Professorship 2024. She is professor in international law at the University of Melbourne. On 29 August she will hold her inaugural lecture at Stockholm University.

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences

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10 Apr 2024

On 26 of April, there will be an inauguration of one of the new centres of excellence with funding from the Swedish Research Council: Excellence Center for the Human Past (CHP). The central theme of the center is to connect the efforts of archaeology...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences

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04 Apr 2024

On 26 of April, there will be an inauguration of one of the new centres of excellence with funding from the Swedish Research Council: Excellence Center for the Human Past (CHP). The central theme of the center is to connect the efforts of archaeology...

Keywords: Artistic research Humanities and social sciences Medicine and health Natural and engineering sciences

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31 Aug 2023

The Swedish Research Council’s research review in humanities and social sciences describes the current situation for the research and makes a forecast of the development during the next 5–10 years. The review also includes scientific and research pol...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Research policy

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22 Jun 2023

The Swedish Research Council has decided on the applications to be awarded Research project grants within Humanities and social sciences 2023. Our total grant amount for 2024-2027 is 436 million SEK.

Keywords: Decision Humanities and social sciences

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09 May 2023

In 26th of May, the call Enhancing well-being for the future opens. The call is initiated by the European research networks NORFACE and CHANSE. Swedish participation is made possible through a collaboration between Forte and The Swedish Research Coun...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences International calls

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11 Oct 2022

On 2–4 November, the international conference Societal Impact of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts 2022 will be held in Stockholm. The Swedish Research Council is one of the co-organisers.

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Research impact

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17 Aug 2022

The Swedish Research Council has decided on the applications to be awarded within the two calls Doctoral programme grant within humanities: doctoral student employment and Doctoral programme grant within humanities and social sciences: national colla...

Keywords: Decision Humanities and social sciences

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02 May 2022

The purpose of the grant is to support long-term collaboration within research into the Holocaust, victims of the Holocaust and anti-Semitism between Swedish research teams. The grant shall provide opportunities to establish or further develop a netw...

Keywords: Application Humanities and social sciences

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02 May 2022

The Swedish Research Council’s visiting researcher grant aims to give higher education institutions and other research organisations the opportunity to develop and strengthen a research field by recruiting an internationally prominent researcher duri...

Keywords: Application Humanities and social sciences

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07 Sep 2021

A pilot evaluation The Swedish Research Council has carried out an evaluation of political science as a research subject, using a new model for national evaluations of research subjects and thematic research fields. The purpose of the new model is t...

Keywords: Evaluation Humanities and social sciences Research impact Scientific quality

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13 Jan 2021

A pilot evaluation The Swedish Research Council has carried out an evaluation of political science as a research subject, using a new model for national evaluations of research subjects and thematic research fields. The purpose of the new model is t...

Keywords: Assessment Educational sciences Humanities and social sciences

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11 Sep 2020

A pilot evaluation The Swedish Research Council has carried out an evaluation of political science as a research subject, using a new model for national evaluations of research subjects and thematic research fields. The purpose of the new model is t...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Review panels

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31 Mar 2020

The purpose of this grant is to support international research collaboration within the Joint Programming Initiative on Cultural Heritage (JPI-CH). Sweden, via the Swedish Research Council, is one of the 14 countries taking part in the JPI-CH call, ...

Keywords: Application Humanities and social sciences International calls International collaboration

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06 Mar 2020

In 1922 Kerstin Hesselgren became Sweden's first female MP. Each year, the Swedish Research Council issues a call for a Visiting Professorship established in her memory. This year's holder is Ann Phoenix, who will be active at Umeå University.

Keywords: Gender equality Humanities and social sciences Gender

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28 Jan 2020

The purpose of the call is to support research and methodology development for knowledge transfer and increased impact of results from research projects funded within the call for “ Project grant for international research collaboration on pollutants...

Keywords: Application Humanities and social sciences Science communication

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21 Jan 2020

The call for project proposals within curiosity-driven research for a sustainable energy system is issued by the Swedish Energy Agency in collaboration with the Swedish Research Council. This year we are welcoming applications within humanities and s...

Keywords: Application Grant Humanities and social sciences Natural and engineering sciences

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18 Dec 2019

The Swedish Research Council and the Swedish Energy Agency are collaborating in the focus area and have made decisions on the projects to be funded with research project grants for energy-oriented basic research 2019.

Keywords: Decision Humanities and social sciences Natural and engineering sciences

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14 Nov 2019

The visiting researcher programme within climate and environment gives Swedish HEIs the opportunity to receive visiting researchers from the United States. The programme is open for various disciplines. The purpose of the visiting research programme...

Keywords: Development research Educational sciences Humanities and social sciences Medicine and health Natural and engineering sciences Visiting professor grant

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14 Nov 2019

This call text is only available in Swedish .

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14 Nov 2019

The purpose of the research environment grant within humanities and social sciences is to create added value through collaboration in larger groupings and with a somewhat longer perspective than standard projects can offer. The grant is applied for b...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Research environment grant

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14 Nov 2019

Spring call. The purpose of the grant is to give newly qualified researchers with a doctoral degree from a Swedish higher education institution (HEI) the opportunity to expand their networks and their competences by working abroad under secure emp...

Keywords: Artistic research Educational sciences Humanities and social sciences Medicine and health Natural and engineering sciences

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14 Nov 2019

The purpose of the Swedish Research Council’s grant for visiting professors is to give higher education institutions the opportunity to develop a subject area by recruiting an internationally prominent professor during a limited period.

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Visiting professor grant

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14 Nov 2019

The purpose of the grant is to give newly qualified researchers with a doctoral degree from a Swedish higher education institution (HEI) the opportunity to expand their networks and their competences by working abroad under secure employment conditio...

Keywords: Educational sciences Humanities and social sciences Medicine and health Natural and engineering sciences

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14 Nov 2019

The purpose of the project grant is to give researchers the freedom to formulate by themselves the research concept, method and implementation, and to solve a specific research task within a limited period. The Swedish Research Council rewards resear...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Research project grant

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14 Nov 2019

The purpose of the project grant is to give researchers the freedom to formulate by themselves the research concept, method and implementation, and to solve a specific research task within a limited period. The focus of this grant aims to promote dig...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences

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14 Nov 2019

The purpose of the Swedish Research Council’s grant for visiting professors is to give higher education institutions the opportunity to develop a subject area by recruiting an internationally prominent professor during a limited period.

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Visiting professor grant

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07 Oct 2019

Welcome to the installation of Carol Cohn as the 2019 holder of the Olof Palme Visiting Professorship. Carol Cohn is Professor of Political Science at University of Massachusetts in Boston, USA. On 21 September she will hold her inaugural lecture at ...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Visiting professor grant

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16 Jul 2019

The Swedish Research Council has decided on the applications to be awarded grants within Humanities and social sciences 2019. Our total grant amount for 2019-2023 is nearly 478 million SEK.

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Research project grant

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10 May 2019

The Swedish Research Council’s research overview within humanities and social sciences describes the current position of research and makes a forecast of developments over the next five to ten years. The overview also includes scientific and research...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences

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12 Dec 2018

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

Keywords: About the Swedish Research Council Humanities and social sciences Medicine and health Natural and engineering sciences

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13 Nov 2018

Autumn call The Swedish Research Council has decided on applications to be awarded conference grants within the 2018 autumn call. In total, we have approved 38 out of 64 applications and a total grant amount of almost 5.5 million SEK.

Keywords: Conference grant Decision Educational sciences Humanities and social sciences Medicine and health Natural and engineering sciences

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07 Nov 2018

The purpose of the project grant is to give researchers the freedom to formulate by themselves the research concept, method and implementation, and to solve a specific research task within a limited period. The Swedish Research Council rewards resear...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Research project grant

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07 Nov 2018

The Swedish Research Council’s grant for visiting professors aims to give higher education institutions the opportunity to develop a subject area by recruiting an internationally prominent professor during a limited period.

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Visiting professor grant

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07 Nov 2018

The Swedish Research Council’s grant for visiting professors aims to give higher education institutions the opportunity to develop a subject area by recruiting an internationally prominent professor during a limited period.

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Visiting professor grant

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05 Nov 2018

The Swedish Research Council has decided on the applications to be awarded research environment grant within migration and integration. Our total grant amount for 2018–2023 is about 70.5 million SEK.

Keywords: Decision Humanities and social sciences National research programme within migration and integration

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29 Oct 2018

On 1 January 2019, Professor Stefan Svallfors will take over the position as Secretary General for Humanities and Social Sciences at the Swedish Research Council. He considers that perhaps his most important task is to defend the integrity of researc...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences

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06 Sep 2018

The Swedish Research Council has decided that professor Ann Phoenix at University College London will be the holder of the 2020 Kerstin Hesselgren visiting professorship.

Keywords: Decision Humanities and social sciences Visiting professor grant

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06 Sep 2018

Decision has been made regarding the NOP-HS scientific journal grant.

Keywords: Decision Humanities and social sciences International calls

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06 Sep 2018

Decision has been made on approved applications for International collaboration in GENDER-NET Plus Co-Fund.

Keywords: Decision Development research Gender equality Humanities and social sciences Medicine and health Natural and engineering sciences Research project grant

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06 Sep 2018

The Swedish Research Council has decided on the applications to be awarded research environment grants within interdisciplinary research 2018. Our total grant amount for 2018–2024 is just over 220 million SEK.

Keywords: Artistic research Decision Development research Educational sciences Humanities and social sciences Interdisciplinary Medicine and health Natural and engineering sciences Research environment grant

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06 Sep 2018

The Swedish Research Council has decided that professor Jason J. Czarnezki at Pace University will be the holder of the 2020 Olof Palme visiting professorship.

Keywords: Decision Humanities and social sciences Visiting professor grant

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06 Sep 2018

The Swedish Research Council has decided on the applications to be awarded research environment grants within child and adolescent mental health 2018. Our total grant amount for 2018–2023 is 137.4 million SEK.

Keywords: Artistic research Decision Educational sciences Humanities and social sciences Medicine and health Natural and engineering sciences Research environment grant

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06 Sep 2018

Research project grant, Research environment grant, Research project grant for research into equal conditions, Research project grant for digitisation and accessibility of cultural heritage collections

Keywords: Decision Humanities and social sciences

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06 Sep 2018

The Swedish research Council has decided on approved applications within Grants for NOS-HS workshops.

Keywords: Decision Humanities and social sciences

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17 Aug 2018

Welcome to the installation of Margaret Moore as the 2018 holder of Olof Palme Visiting Professorship. Margaret Moore is professor in Political Studies at Queen’s University, Canada. On 27 September she will hold her inaugural lecture at Stockholm Un...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Visiting professor grant

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03 Jul 2018

In 2016 decisions were made on Kerstin Hesselgren, Olof Palme and Tage Erlander visiting professorships for 2017.

Keywords: Decision Humanities and social sciences Natural and engineering sciences Visiting professor grant

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21 Jun 2018

The purpose of the grant is to promote international research collaboration and exchange of experience. Conference grants are a way of giving researchers active in Sweden the opportunity to arrange a conference with internationally recognised speaker...

Keywords: Artistic research Development research Educational sciences Humanities and social sciences Medicine and health Natural and engineering sciences

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21 Jun 2018

The Nordic Board for Periodicals in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NOP-HS) invites proposals for funding of Nordic scientific journals within the humanities and social sciences. The NOP-HS supports open access Nordic journals of highest scientif...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences

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07 Jun 2018

The purpose of the grant is to give the most prominent junior researchers the opportunity to consolidate their research and broaden their activities as independent researchers. Within the framework of the call, the Swedish Research Council wishes to ...

Keywords: Consolidation grant Educational sciences Humanities and social sciences Medicine and health Natural and engineering sciences

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05 Jun 2018

The purpose of the research project grant is to give researchers the freedom to formulate by themselves the research concept, method and implementation, and to solve a specific research task within a limited period. The focus of this grant aims to pr...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Research project grant

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05 Jun 2018

The purpose of the grant is to give the most prominent junior researchers the opportunity to consolidate their research and broaden their activities as independent researchers. Within the framework of the call, the Swedish Research Council wishes to ...

Keywords: Educational sciences Humanities and social sciences Medicine and health Natural and engineering sciences

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04 Jun 2018

The Joint Committee for Nordic Research Councils for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (NOSHS) invites proposals for funding covering series of Nordic workshops. The aim of the grant is to promote research collaboration and development of new re...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences

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30 May 2018

The Joint Committee for Nordic Research Councils for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (NOSHS) invites proposals for funding covering series of Nordic workshops. The aim of the grant is to promote research collaboration and development of new re...

Keywords: Artistic research Educational sciences Humanities and social sciences Review panels

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30 May 2018

The Joint Committee for Nordic Research Councils for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (NOSHS) invites proposals for funding covering series of Nordic workshops. The aim of the grant is to promote research collaboration and development of new re...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Review panels Visiting professor grant

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30 May 2018

The Joint Committee for Nordic Research Councils for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (NOSHS) invites proposals for funding covering series of Nordic workshops. The aim of the grant is to promote research collaboration and development of new re...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Review panels

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30 May 2018

The Joint Committee for Nordic Research Councils for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (NOSHS) invites proposals for funding covering series of Nordic workshops. The aim of the grant is to promote research collaboration and development of new re...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Review panels

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30 May 2018

The Joint Committee for Nordic Research Councils for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (NOSHS) invites proposals for funding covering series of Nordic workshops. The aim of the grant is to promote research collaboration and development of new re...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Review panels

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30 May 2018

The Joint Committee for Nordic Research Councils for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (NOSHS) invites proposals for funding covering series of Nordic workshops. The aim of the grant is to promote research collaboration and development of new re...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Review panels

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30 May 2018

The Joint Committee for Nordic Research Councils for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (NOSHS) invites proposals for funding covering series of Nordic workshops. The aim of the grant is to promote research collaboration and development of new re...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Review panels

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30 May 2018

The Joint Committee for Nordic Research Councils for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (NOSHS) invites proposals for funding covering series of Nordic workshops. The aim of the grant is to promote research collaboration and development of new re...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Review panels

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30 May 2018

The Joint Committee for Nordic Research Councils for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (NOSHS) invites proposals for funding covering series of Nordic workshops. The aim of the grant is to promote research collaboration and development of new re...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Review panels

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30 May 2018

The Joint Committee for Nordic Research Councils for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (NOSHS) invites proposals for funding covering series of Nordic workshops. The aim of the grant is to promote research collaboration and development of new re...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Review panels

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30 May 2018

The Joint Committee for Nordic Research Councils for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (NOSHS) invites proposals for funding covering series of Nordic workshops. The aim of the grant is to promote research collaboration and development of new re...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Review panels

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28 May 2018

The purpose of the research project grant is to give researchers the freedom to formulate by themselves the research concept, method and implementation, and to solve a specific research task within a limited period of time. The Swedish Research Counc...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Research project grant

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25 May 2018

The purpose of the research project grant is to give researchers the freedom to formulate by themselves the research concept, method and implementation, and to solve a specific research task within a limited period of time. The Swedish Research Counc...

Keywords: About the Swedish Research Council Humanities and social sciences

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25 May 2018

The aim of the call is to support research that leads to increased participation, inclusion and integration and establishment in society of newly arrived children and adolescents, as well as children and adolescents with disabilities, focusing on men...

Keywords: Artistic research Educational sciences Humanities and social sciences Medicine and health Natural and engineering sciences Research environment grant

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22 May 2018

The purpose of the research environment grant within migration and integration is to create added value from collaboration in larger groupings than in a normal project, and to create a long-term perspective. The applicant shall represent a constellat...

Keywords: Artistic research Development research Educational sciences Humanities and social sciences Medicine and health National research programme within migration and integration Natural and engineering sciences

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27 Mar 2018

The Swedish Research Council’s grant for visiting professors aims to give universities the opportunity to develop a research area by recruiting an internationally prominent professor during a limited period.

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Visiting professor grant

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14 Feb 2018

The purpose of the research environment grant within humanities and social sciences is to create added value through collaboration in larger groupings than in a normal project, and to adopt a longterm perspective. The applicant shall represent a cons...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Sustainable development

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14 Feb 2018

The purpose of the research project grant is to give researchers the freedom to formulate by themselves the research concept, method and implementation, and to solve a specific research task within a limited period of time. The focus of this grant ai...

Keywords: Gender equality Humanities and social sciences

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24 Jan 2018

The Swedish Research Council’s grant for visiting professors aims to give universities the opportunity to develop a research area by recruiting an internationally prominent professor during a limited period.

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences

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24 Jan 2018

The purpose of the grant is to give newly qualified researchers with a doctoral degree from a Swedish university the opportunity to expand their networks and their competences by working abroad under secure employment conditions.

Keywords: Artistic research Educational sciences Humanities and social sciences Medicine and health Natural and engineering sciences

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24 Jan 2018

The purpose of the grant is to promote international research collaboration and exchange of experience. Conference grants are a way of giving researchers active in Sweden the opportunity to arrange a conference with internationally recognised speaker...

Keywords: Artistic research Educational sciences Humanities and social sciences Medicine and health Natural and engineering sciences

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21 Dec 2017

The purpose of this grant is to support international collaboration within the ERA-Net Co-Fundprogram GENDER-NET Plus. The call is open to the Swedish partners in transnational Collaborative Research Projects (CRP), exploring gender effects and dimen...

Keywords: Development research Humanities and social sciences Medicine and health Natural and engineering sciences Research project grant

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12 Dec 2017

The Swedish Research Council has made decisions for scientific journal grants within humanities and social sciences for the period 2018–2020.

Keywords: Decision Humanities and social sciences Statistics

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12 Dec 2017

This call text is only available in Swedish.

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences

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01 Dec 2017

This call text is only available in Swedish.

Keywords: Artistic research Decision Development research Educational sciences Humanities and social sciences Medicine and health Natural and engineering sciences Statistics

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02 Nov 2017

In November 2017 the Swedish Research Council published decisions on grants awarded to humanities and social sciences. In total, almost 520 million SEK was granted for the period 2017–2022.

Keywords: Decision Gender equality Humanities and social sciences Statistics

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19 Sep 2017

The aim of the international postdoc grant is to offer researchers, who recently completed their PhDs at a Swedish Higher Education Institution, the opportunity to extend their networks and improve their qualifications through work stays abroad with ...

Keywords: Artistic research Educational sciences Humanities and social sciences Medicine and health Natural and engineering sciences

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16 Aug 2017

The purpose of the grant is to promote international research collaboration and exchange of experiences. A conference grant is a way of giving an opportunity for researchers operating in Sweden to arrange a conference with internationally recognised ...

Keywords: Artistic research Conference grant Educational sciences Humanities and social sciences Medicine and health Natural and engineering sciences Research environment grant

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21 Mar 2017

Syftet med bidraget är att du som forskare ges frihet att själv formulera forskningsidé, metod och utförande, samt att lösa en definierad forskningsuppgift inom en begränsad tid. Inriktningen för detta bidrag syftar till att stödja forskning om det c...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Research project grant

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21 Feb 2017

The aim of the International Postdoc Grant is to offer researchers, who recently completed their PhDs at a Swedish Higher Education Institution, the opportunity to extend their networks and improve their qualifications through work stays abroad with ...

Keywords: Artistic research Educational sciences Humanities and social sciences Medicine and health Natural and engineering sciences

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15 Feb 2017

The aim of the project research grant is to allow researchers the freedom to identify the research idea, methods and implementation steps, and to solve a specific research task within a limited period of time. The focus of this grant aims to support ...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Research project grant

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15 Feb 2017

The aim of this grant is to allow researchers the freedom to identify the research concept, methods and implementation steps, and to solve a specific research task within a limited period of time. The Swedish Research Council supports basic research ...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences

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15 Feb 2017

The aim of the distinguished professors grant programme is to create conditions for the mostdistinguished researchers to conduct long-term, innovative research with great potential to achievescientific breakthroughs. The grant will also promote the e...

Keywords: Distinguished professor grant Educational sciences Humanities and social sciences Medicine and health Natural and engineering sciences

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24 Jan 2017

The Olof Palme visiting professorship gives an internationally prominent foreign researcher the opportunity to spend one year at a university, higher education institute (HEI) or research institute in Sweden. The Olof Palme visiting professorship was...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Visiting professor grant

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20 Jan 2017

The aim of this grant is to promote international cooperation and sharing of experiences amongst researchers. The conference grant offers active researchers in Sweden the possibility to organize conferences with internationally recognized key speaker...

Keywords: Artistic research Conference grant Educational sciences Humanities and social sciences Medicine and health Natural and engineering sciences

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18 Jan 2017

The Swedish Research Council visiting professor grant aims to allow universities the possibility to recruit an internationally distinguished professor for a shorter period to develop a specific research area.

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Visiting professor grant

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06 Dec 2016

In 2016, the Swedish Research Council called for consolidator grant applications for the first time. Here we present the prominent junior researchers who were approved grants. In total, 221 388 000 SEK was granted for the period 2016–2022.

Keywords: Consolidation grant Decision Educational sciences Gender equality Humanities and social sciences Medicine and health Natural and engineering sciences Statistics

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15 Nov 2016

The Swedish Research Council granted a total of 9 411 342 SEK for conference grants in 2016. Here we present more information about grant approvals in the two calls for applications.

Keywords: Artistic research Conference grant Decision Educational sciences Gender equality Humanities and social sciences Medicine and health Natural and engineering sciences Statistics

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03 Nov 2016

November 3 2016, the Swedish Research Council published decisions on approved grants in humanities and social sciences over the period 2016–2020. Total grant amount was 547 763 900 SEK.

Keywords: Decision Gender equality Humanities and social sciences Statistics

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16 Sep 2016

The Swedish Research Council developed a series of overviews and analyses in 2014 which serve as the foundation for the Board’s summary conclusions and recommendations on research policy choices to promote Swedish research in the coming 5 to 10 years...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Research policy

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20 Jan 2016

The Nordic Board for Periodicals in the humanities and social sciences (NOP-HS) invites proposals for funding of Nordic scientific journals within the humanities and social sciences. The NOP-HS supports open access Nordic journals of highest scientif...

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences

Call |

20 Jan 2016

The Joint Committee for Nordic Research Councils for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (NOS-HS) invites proposals for funding covering series of Nordic workshops. The aim of the grant is to promote research collaboration and development of new r...

Keywords: Grant Humanities and social sciences

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01 Dec 2015

The Joint Committee for Nordic Research Councils for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (NOS-HS) invites proposals for funding covering series of Nordic workshops. The aim of the grant is to promote research collaboration and development of new r...

Keywords: Artistic research Decision Educational sciences Humanities and social sciences Medicine and health Natural and engineering sciences Research project grant Statistics

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01 Dec 2014

The Joint Committee for Nordic Research Councils for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (NOS-HS) invites proposals for funding covering series of Nordic workshops. The aim of the grant is to promote research collaboration and development of new r...

Keywords: Artistic research Decision Development research Educational sciences Humanities and social sciences Medicine and health Natural and engineering sciences Research infrastructure Statistics

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10 Mar 2014

The MONA (Microdata Online Access) system is Statistics Sweden´s (SCB) standard tool to make microdata available for research and statistical purposes. MONA was put into operation in 2004. Since 2006, parts of MONA development and all access costs fo...

Keywords: Educational sciences Evaluation Humanities and social sciences Medicine and health Natural and engineering sciences

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11 Jun 2012

In 2008, the Swedish Research Council initiated the transformation of SSD (Swedish Social Science Data Service) into SND (Swedish National Data Service). According to the agreement between the Swedish Research Council and the University of Gothenburg...

Keywords: Evaluation Humanities and social sciences Medicine and health

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10 May 2011

Quality assessment of the criminal science programme 1994–2004. The report has two overall objectives: The first is to perform a quality assessment of the criminal science programme which was initiated by HSFR on behalf of the Swedish government in 1...

Keywords: Evaluation Humanities and social sciences

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10 Feb 2010

Swedish social science research in the field of sustainable development has a lot to offer international research and society. External funding in the field has quadrupled in the past ten years, but new ideas and bold initiatives along with commitmen...

Keywords: Evaluation Humanities and social sciences

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11 May 2009

Research is increasingly being evaluated using indirect methods that measure supply and demand – publication and citation. In light of this background, the Swedish Research Council’s Scientific Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences has teste...

Keywords: Evaluation Humanities and social sciences Interdisciplinary

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01 Jun 2006

The Swedish Research Council’s final report on research in the programme, according to the Government assignment defined in the official appropriation document for 2006.

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Research impact

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01 Jun 2006

The Swedish Research Council’s final report on research within the programme, according to its Government assignment as defined in the official appropriation document for 2006.

Keywords: Humanities and social sciences Research impact

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10 May 2006

One of the tasks of the Swedish Research Council is to support gender research and to work for the development of gender perspectives in research. An interdisciplinary committee which is subordinate to the board of the Swedish Research Council, the C...

Keywords: Gender equality Humanities and social sciences

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11 Mar 2002

Swedish Research in Political Science. What is the level of Swedish research? In order to get a comprehensive overview of the state of art in an international perspective, the Swedish Research Council has engaged a number of distinguished scholars to...

Keywords: Evaluation Humanities and social sciences Research policy

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10 Dec 1997

What is the level of Swedish research in the Humanities and Social Sciences? To get an overall overview of state-of-the-art in an international perspective, the Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences (HSFR) engaged engaged a number of di...

Keywords: Evaluation Humanities and social sciences