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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...
Decisions in the 2021 allocation
In 2021, the Torsten Söderberg Foundation has decided to allocate almost SEK 30 million in medicine, economics, law and other fields. A...
Research on adequate treatment during and after imprisonment to be awarded the 2022 Stockholm Prize in Criminology
The Stockholm Prize in Criminology 2022 is awarded to Professors Peggy Giordano and Francis Cullen, both from the United States, for their research on the causes of crime and society's measures to combat and prevent crime.
Research on mechanisms of violence in segregated areas awarded the 2021 Stockholm Prize in Criminology
The 2021 Stockholm Prize in Criminology is awarded to Professor Elijah Anderson, USA, for his observations and analysis of the underlying mechanisms of violence in socially, economically and ethnically segregated areas.
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...
Torsten Söderberg Research Chair at the Gothenburg School of Economics
Gregor Noll, Professor of International Law, has been appointed to the Torsten Söderberg Research Chair at the Gothenburg School of Economics. The professorship, which is held for three years, will be devoted to the study of the relationship between democracy, demography and...
Opportunity to curb firearm-related violence - international researchers awarded
At a formal digital award ceremony, HM The Queen awards the 2020 Stockholm Prize in Criminology to Professors Philip J. Cook and Franklin E....
The national edition of Strindberg's Collected Works now easily accessible to researchers and the general public
The national edition of Strindberg's Collected Works, which has been commissioned by Stockholm University for 35 years, has now been completed and is...
Decisions in 2020 appropriations
In 2020, the Torsten Söderberg Foundation has decided to allocate just over SEK 23 million in medicine, economics, law and other fields. Grants ...
60 years of enabling
On May 5, 1960, the spouses Torsten and Wanja Söderberg signed the letter of donation that established the Torsten Söderberg Foundation. The donors' initiative has so far enabled 60 years of extensive research activities. The Foundation has allocated approximately...
