Welcome to the Torsten Söderberg Foundation
The purpose of the Torsten Söderberg Foundation is to promote scientific research and scientific teaching or study activities of national significance, preferably in the fields of economics, medicine and law.
Application period 2024
The processing of this year's applications is now complete and all applicants have been notified by letter.
Activities of the Foundation in 2023
The Foundation's annual activities are presented in articles on major donations, this year's research grants, newly appointed professorships, award winners and more. Access the digital version here.
News
Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship in Medicine to professor who uses dog DNA to find genes that cause cancer in humans
Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, Professor of Comparative Genomics at Uppsala University, has been appointed holder of the Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The professorship is made possible by a donation of SEK 10 million from the Torsten Söderberg Foundation and extends...
State responsibility for individuals and the adaptation of legislation to human vulnerabilities in focus for new Pufendorf Chair holder
Professor Titti Mattsson has been appointed as the new holder of the Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Foundation Professorship in Memory of Samuel Pufendorf at Lund University.
Uppsala University establishes a new professorship - Torsten Söderberg Chair in Jewish Thought
The Torsten Söderberg Foundation is donating SEK 12 million for a brand new professorship at Uppsala University. The field of Jewish studies is well established internationally, but until now there has been no professorship in this area in Sweden.
News on research projects
Crossroads - major exhibition on Sweden-Ukraine ties from Viking times to today / Crossroads: Sweden - Ukraine through a 1000 years
The exhibition Crossroads will highlight the 1000-year relationship between Ukraine and Sweden through unique objects and documents from both Swedish and Ukrainian museums and institutions. Fabian Arnheim, director of the Army Museum, where the exhibition will take place, points...
Better real-time assessment of economic developments with machine learning methods?
A pandemic, the Russian war in Ukraine, rising commodity prices, inflation and interest rates, disruptions in global supply chains are challenging for economic policymakers. For...
Schizophrenia - a form of rheumatoid arthritis in the brain?
Schizophrenia is an illness that often starts in adolescence or early youth and is usually lifelong. Although current medications...
