News on professorships
Emma Bell takes up H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf's professorship in leadership
The Stockholm School of Economics has appointed Professor Emma Bell as holder of the H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf Chair in Leadership. The professorship was established in 2023 to celebrate HM the King's 50 years on the throne and is funded...
Torsten Söderberg’s Academy Professorship in Medicine Awarded to a Professor Who Uses Dog DNA to Identify 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 to the Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Foundations’ Samuel Pufendorf Memorial Chair at Lund University.
Uppsala University Establishes New Professorship – The Torsten Söderberg Professorship 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.
New Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship in Medicine Awarded for Research on Alzheimer's Diagnostic Methods
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...
How Political Intentions Become Law – The Focus of the New Holder of the Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Chair in Jurisprudence
Mauro Zamboni will soon take over the Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Chair in Law at Stockholm University. During his four-year tenure, he will focus his research on the legislative process—particularly the crucial phase in which political intentions...
The new holder of the Torsten Söderberg Research Professorship is studying how businesses contribute to urban development and economic prosperity
Alexander Styhre, the new holder of the Torsten Söderberg Research Professorship at the School of Business, Economics and Law in Gothenburg and a professor of management, will spend the next three years studying how companies act to remain competitive while also contributing to...
New Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship in Medicine to Explore the Processes That Activate the Genome
Professor Rickard Sandberg of the Karolinska Institute has been appointed to a Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship in Medicine at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The methods he has developed make it possible to delve deep into the human genome and...
Rule of law in focus for new holder of the Pufendorf Professorship
At a virtual ceremony held at Lund University and presided over by Vice-Chancellor Professor Erik Renström, Professor Christian Dahlman was installed as holder of the Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Foundations’ Chair in Memory of Samuel Pufendorf. Professor Dahlman...
Torsten Söderberg's Research Professorship at the School of Business, Economics and Law in Gothenburg
Gregor Noll, professor of international law, has been appointed to the Torsten Söderberg Research Professorship at the School of Business, Economics and Law in Gothenburg. The professorship, which is a three-year appointment, will focus on studying the relationship between democracy, demography, and...
Torsten Söderberg's 2019 Academy Professorship in Medicine for research on bacteria that cause pneumonia
Birgitta Henriques Normark, a professor at Karolinska Institutet, has been awarded the Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship in Medicine for 2019 for her research on pneumococcal bacteria, which can cause life-threatening infections. The professorship is endowed with 10 million kronor over a five-year period.
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.
