Contact the office by email: emk@vr.se
The personnel working with the Government mandate are located at both the Swedish Research Council and Vinnova.
- Mikaela Rapp, Swedish Research Council, Office Manager
- Tutti Johansson Falk, Swedish Research Council
- Johan Holmberg, Swedish Research Council
- Camilla Jakobsson, Swedish Research Council
- Niklas Ottosson, Swedish Research Council
- Maja Hellsing, Swedish Research Council
- Maria Öhman, Vinnova
In collaboration with Vinnova, the Swedish Research Council has appointed an expert group to provide advice to the office on issues relating to the research facilities ESS and MAX IV. The members of the council represent actors that in various ways have an interest in the facilities ESS and MAX IV. The mandate of the council lasts up to and including 31 January 2022. During 2021, the Swedish Research Council will analyse how the expert group has worked, and how an advisory body can be organised for the future.
Name | Role | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
Darja Isaksson (Chair, rotating) | Director General | Vinnova |
Sven Stafström (Chair, rotating) | Director General | Swedish Research Council |
Joakim Amorim | Director and Research Programmes Manager | Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) |
Anders Blank | Chief executive officer | LIF |
Olga Botner | Member | Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA) |
Lars Börjesson | Swedish delegate | ESS council |
Kristina Edström | Member | Universities’ Reference Group for Research Infrastructures (URFI) |
Lisbeth Olsson | Secretary-General | RFI |
Sigbritt Karlsson | President of KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions (SUHF) |
Anna Lefevre Skjöldebrand | Chief executive officer | Swedish MedTech |
Susanne Norgren | Deputy Chair, Mining and Materials Division | Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) |
Torgny Persson | Research and Innovation Director | Swedish Forest Industries |
Pernilla Walkenström | Divisionschef Material & Produktion | Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) |
Jan-Eric Sundgren | Senior Adviser | Association of Swedish Engineering Industries |
Pia Kinhult (adjunct member) | Head of Host States Relations | ESS |
Ian McNulty (adjunct member) | Director | MAX IV |
Viktor Öwall (adjunct member) | Deputy Vice Chancellor | Lund University |
Sweden is making major investments in ESS and MAX IV. The Government’s goal for the investments is to create an international centre that is world-leading within materials science and life sciences. Wide Swedish use of the facilities is central for Swedish research and innovation, and an important component of realising this goal. The Office for ESS/MAX IV shall coordinate national initiatives into the facilities, so that Sweden achieves the best possible return on the investments made.
One of the tasks of the Office is to develop and continuously follow up and review a long-term national implementation plan for how the use can be increased and widened.
The national plan shows the direction
The Office has produced a first version of the national implementation plan. The plan covers national strategic initiatives and prioritisations to achieve the vision of ESS and MAX IV forming corner stones in a world-leading centre for life sciences and materials science by 2028.
To reach this, three main goals must be achieved:
- Sweden shall have good financial and structural prerequisites for utilising the potential of ESS and MAX IV.
- Sweden shall have a high level of knowledge and broad competence for development and use of ESS and MAX IV.
- ESS and MAX IV shall strengthen Sweden as a knowledge and innovation nation.
For each main goal, there are a number of subsidiary goals and the initiatives required to achieve them.
The implementation plan will be updated regularly. The next update is planned for autumn 2022.
The task of the office
Our mandate is to maximise the benefit to Sweden of the research facilities ESS and MAX IV. We do this through:
- Increasing knowledge in Sweden about the facilities.
- Working to widen Swedish use of the facilities.
- Increasing engagement among new interest and user groups within different sectors.
- Making initiatives visible.
- Coordinating ongoing and planned national initiatives.
- Supporting active stakeholders.
The final report on the Government mandate to the Swedish Research Council and Vinnova shall be submitted in 2025.
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