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
Ansökningsperioden är nu stängd. Handläggning pågår och besked lämnas per brev till samtliga sökande i slutet av november.
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
AI and the impact of digitalization on the legal profession and legal technology
Systems thinking, artificial intelligence (AI) and scientific advances can address many problems traditionally left to the legislator. Traditional ways of legislating are thus being challenged and the legal sector is being affected in a profound way. What are the requirements...
The 2024 Stockholm Prize in Criminology will be awarded during the Stockholm Criminology Symposium
Professors Gary LaFree and Tom R. Tyler are awarded this year's prize of SEK 1 million for their research on the democratic legitimacy and legal certainty of the state's relationship with citizens. They receive the Stockholm Prize in Criminology from H.M....
New Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship in Medicine for research on diagnostic methods for Alzheimer's disease
Professor Oskar Hansson, Lund University, has been appointed to a Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Vetenskapsakademien. Finding a safe way to diagnose Alzheimer's disease in primary care has long been his dream. The Academy Professorship runs...
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...
