News on research projects

Some of the research projects funded by the Torsten Söderberg Foundation.
Foundations laid for deeper engagement with and on Ukraine in the European historical context
September 5, 2025

Foundations laid for deeper engagement with and on Ukraine in the European historical context

The exhibition Crossroads: Sweden-Ukraine through 1000 Years, on display at the Army Museum in Stockholm until September 30, 2025, is the largest international museum exhibition in Ukrainian history. The historical relations between Ukraine and Sweden are depicted...

Challenges for the Swedish principle of openness in the wake of privacy protection
August 4, 2025

Challenges for the Swedish principle of openness in the wake of privacy protection

Increased digitization and the Europeanization of law are challenging the Swedish ideal of transparency. Increasingly, it is described as a threat to individual privacy. It is highly topical to highlight how the principle of openness can be developed to continue to ensure openness and transparency,...

RNA interference and cellular imbalances affect disease and ageing
July 2, 2025

RNA interference and cellular imbalances affect disease and ageing

Ageing is a complex process shaped by genetic, environmental and cellular processes. RNAi is increasingly recognized for its role in regulating ageing and attention is now turning to RNAi processes in the cell nucleus, processes...

Crossroads - major exhibition on Sweden-Ukraine ties from Viking times to today / Crossroads: Sweden - Ukraine through a 1000 years
Photo Johanna Fries Markiewicz
January 11, 2024

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?
Photo Shutterstock
2 August 2023

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?
Eyes. Artist Mats Konradsson © Schizophrenia Federation
June 28, 2023

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...

New research project highlights historical relations between Sweden and Ukraine through objects and museum collections in both countries.
Photo Nordic Museum
7 December 2022

New research project highlights historical relations between Sweden and Ukraine through objects and museum collections in both countries.

The Swedish National History Museums are launching a new research project to deepen the knowledge of Ukrainian objects in collections at Swedish museums and...

Bankrupt environmental research - when polluters can't pay up
Photo Adobe Stock
8 July 2022

Bankrupt environmental research - when polluters can't pay up

Recently, the phenomenon of criminals engaging in waste management in Sweden has been highlighted. They undertake to take care of waste ...

Cyber attacks in peace, crisis and war
Photo Adobe Stock
9 June 2022

Cyber attacks in peace, crisis and war

Dr. Marika Ericson, Associate Head of Department of International Law at the Swedish Defence University, is conducting a research project on legal perspectives on crisis preparedness and total defense....

Research to enable earlier diagnosis and treatment of ARDS risk in COVID-19
Photo Olle Dahlbäck
1 October 2021

Research to enable earlier diagnosis and treatment of ARDS risk in COVID-19

COVID-19 patients can develop severe and uncontrolled inflammation causing a dysfunctional inflammatory state, characterized by organ damage with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) as a common denominator. Cardiovascular diseases, high blood pressure and...

Elena Raviola - Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Professorship in Design Management
Photo Johan Wingborg
15 June 2020

Elena Raviola - Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Professorship in Design Management

The Chair in Design Management will develop new knowledge and practices between artistic design practice, scientific theory and management and business practice.

At the intersection of economy and culture
Photo Jonas Lindström
13 January 2020

At the intersection of economy and culture

The value of art has long been a controversial topic in social debate and is visible in the tension between economy and culture. Art displayed in museums not only attracts the attention of the museum visitor, but often receives a higher economic value....