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New holder of the Torsten Söderberg Research Chair studies how companies contribute to urban development and economic well-being.
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30 August 2023

New holder of the Torsten Söderberg Research Chair studies how companies contribute to urban development and economic well-being.

Alexander Styhre, the new holder of the Torsten Söderberg Research Chair at the Gothenburg School of Economics and Professor of Management, will spend three years studying how companies act to remain competitive while also contributing to...

Better real-time assessment of economic developments with machine learning methods?
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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?
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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...

2023 Stockholm Prize in Criminology for research on measures against lawlessness and violence
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12 June 2023

2023 Stockholm Prize in Criminology for research on measures against lawlessness and violence

Professor Beatriz Magaloni is awarded the SEK 1 million prize for her research, which shows that demands for toughness in the justice system often lead to more violence and points to the methods that can instead...

Gothenburg 400 years - research on Gothenburg's identity funded by the Torsten Söderberg Foundation
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30 May 2023

Gothenburg 400 years - research on Gothenburg's identity funded by the Torsten Söderberg Foundation

Gothenburg is an important commercial and industrial city and Sweden's gateway to the west, shaped by its location at the mouth of the Göta River. In 2023, Gothenburg celebrates 400 years and the anniversary year is being widely celebrated. The Torsten Söderberg Foundation has prepared for the...

New Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship in Medicine to delve into the processes that activate the genome
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7 March 2023

New Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship in Medicine to delve into the processes that activate the genome

Professor Rickard Sandberg at Karolinska Institutet has been appointed holder of a Torsten Söderberg Academy Chair in Medicine at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Academy of Sciences. The methods he has developed make it possible to penetrate deep into the human genome and...

Donation to the Röhsska Museum in memory of its former Chairman Tomas Söderberg
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19 December 2022

Donation to the Röhsska Museum in memory of its former Chairman Tomas Söderberg

The Torsten Söderberg Foundation donates SEK 5 million to the Röhsska Museum for the purchase of Nordic design and craft objects.

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

Decisions in the 2022 allocation
29 November 2022

Decisions in the 2022 allocation

In 2022, the Torsten Söderberg Foundation has decided to allocate nearly SEK 40 million in medicine, economics, law and other fields. A...

Bankrupt environmental research - when polluters can't pay up
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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 ...

HM The Queen awards the Stockholm Prize in Criminology 2021 and 2022
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21 June 2022

HM The Queen awards the Stockholm Prize in Criminology 2021 and 2022

During a formal award ceremony at Stockholm City Hall, HM The Queen presented the Stockholm Prize in Criminology 2021 to Professor Elijah Anderson and 2022 to Professors Francis T. Cullen and Peggy C. Giordano (absent). Giordano (absent).

Cyber attacks in peace, crisis and war
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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....