News on professorships
Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Professorship in Law to Peter Wahlgren
Professor Peter Wahlgren has been awarded the Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Professor of Law for the period 2019-2023.
Torsten Söderberg Academy Chair in Medicine 2018 for research on brain development
Sten Linnarsson, Professor of Molecular Systems Biology, is awarded the Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship in Medicine 2018 for his work on creating a detailed map of the human brain. The grant amounts to SEK 10 million over a five-year period.
Söderberg Chair in Economics for research on climate and inequalities
Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien has decided to award Per Krusell at Stockholm University the Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Professorship in Economics 2019. The grants amount to a total of SEK 8 million. Per Krusell has been interested in everything from the impact of climate...
Torsten Söderberg Academy Professor of Medicine wants the brain to repair itself from nerve damage
Thomas Perlmann, professor and research group leader at Karolinska Institutet, is awarded the 2017 Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship in Medicine "for his groundbreaking research on how dopamine-producing neurons develop". The grant is worth SEK 10 million over a five-year period.
Fairness diplomacy in the spirit of Pufendorf
On March 22, 2017, Professor Karin Aggestam gave the installation lecture "Diplomacy of Justice in a Turbulent World" as the new holder of the Pufendorf Chair at Lund University. Aggestam is the first political scientist and the first woman...
Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship in Medicine 2016 to bacterial researchers
The Royal. Academy of Sciences has decided to award Fredrik Bäckhed, at the University of Gothenburg, the Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship in Medicine 2016 "for his groundbreaking discoveries on the importance of the intestinal flora for the body's metabolism". The professorship will promote internationally leading research in medicine and...
Cancer researcher Sten Eirik W. Jacobsen receives Torsten Söderberg Academy Chair in Medicine 2015
The Royal. Academy of Sciences has decided to award Sten Eirik Waelgaard Jacobsen, Karolinska Institutet, the Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship in Medicine 2015 "for his pioneering studies of the normal maturation of blood cells and cancer transformation".
Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship in Medicine 2014 to Alzheimer's researchers
Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien has decided to award Kaj Blennow, University of Gothenburg, the Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship in Medicine 2014. The professorship will promote internationally leading research in medicine and amounts to a total of SEK 10 million.
Professor Per Strömberg awarded the Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Chair in Economics 2014
The Royal. Vetenskapsakademien has decided to award Per Strömberg at the Stockholm School of Economics the Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Professorship in Economics 2014.
Jonas Frisén receives Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship in Medicine 2013
Kungl. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award Professor Jonas Frisén the Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship in Medicine.
