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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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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....
New President of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Academy of Sciences Birgitta Henriques Normark holds the Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship.
Professor Henriques Normark, who has held a Torsten Söderberg Academy Chair in Medicine at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences since 2020. Academy of Sciences since 2020 will take over as President of the Academy from July 1 this year.
Röhsska Museum opens the Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Hall
In February 2022, the entire Röhsska Museum in Gothenburg will open to the public. As part of the new venture, a completely new hall for research, exhibition and reading has been created - the Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Hall. The hall...
Rule of law in focus for new holder of the Pufendorf Professorship
In a digital ceremony at Lund University, Professor Christian Dahlman has been installed as holder of the Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Foundation Professorship in memory of Samuel Pufendorf. Professor Dahlman...
