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.
- Maja Hellsing, Swedish Research Council, Interim Office Manager
- Tutti Johansson Falk, Swedish Research Council, Communication Officer
- Katrin Brandt, Vinnova
The Swedish Research Council, in consultation with Vinnova, has appointed an expert group to advise the office on matters relating to the ESS and MAX IV research facilities. The members of the council represent actors who have an interest in these facilities in various ways. During 2023, development work has been done for the Office for ESS and MAX IV and in connection with this, a new council has been appointed.
Name | Organisation |
|---|---|
Darja Isaksson (Chair, rotating) | Vinnova |
Katarina Bjelke (Chair, rotating) | Swedish Research Council |
Hans Adolfsson | Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions |
Lars Börjesson | ESS Council |
Kristina Edström | Universities’ Reference Group for Research Infrastructures |
Emil Görnerup | Svenskt Näringsliv |
Göran K. Hansson | Karolinska Institutet |
Lars Hultman | Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research |
Fredrik Hörstedt | Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences |
Annika Jenmalm Jensen | SciLifeLab |
Olof Karis | MAX IV |
Pia Kinhult | ESS |
| Lisbeth Olsson | RFI |
| Monica Ringvik | Research Institutes of Sweden |
Jan-Eric Sundgren | Association of Swedish Engineering Industries |
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 national implementation plan is one of several tools to realize the vision of making the research facilities ESS and MAX IV the cornerstones of a world-leading center for materials science and life science. The work described in the plan shall contribute to gathering and coordinating relevant actors and converting identified needs into activities that can be carried out by the relevant actors within the framework of their strategies, guidelines, resources and assignments.
The implementation plan has been developed by the ESS/MAX IV office, which is a collaboration between the Swedish Research Council and Vinnova.
This is an update of the implementation plan (only in Swedish) and applies until the assignment is finally reported on 31 May 2025.
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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