– My ambition is for the quality of Swedish research to increase and for the conditions for research-intensive innovation to be strengthened. [...] Higher education and research are crucial for Sweden's skills supply and for Sweden to be competitive as well as to meet various societal challenges, says Minister for Education Mats Persson.
According to the government's press release, the purpose of the Research Council is to contribute with national and international monitoring, analyses, and advice to research and innovation policy, which focuses on excellence, internationalisation, and innovation. The council is appointed from 1 September 2023 until 30 September 2024.
Members of the Research Council are:Per Alfredsson, Chief Executive Officer, AstraZeneca AB
Bertil Andersson, Professor of Biochemistry
Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn, Rector, Luleå University of Technology
Linnéa Carlsson, Doctoral Student, Swedish National Union of Students
Christofer Edling, Professor of Sociology, Lund University
Robert Egnell, Rector, Swedish Defence University
Magnus Eriksson, Unit Manager, RISE
Claes Erixon, Global Head of Development, Scania CV
Ann Fust, Former Council Director
Anders Hagfeldt, Rector, Uppsala University
Sofia Lodén, Associate Professor of French, Stockholm University
Amy Loutfi, Professor of Computer Science, Örebro University
Sara Mazur, Executive Member, Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
Anna Wedell, Senior Physician at the Centre for Inherited Metabolic Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital and Professor of Medical Genetics at Karolinska Institute
Linus Wiebe, Fund Manager, Fåhraeus Startup and Growth Fund
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