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Crossroads - major exhibition on Sweden-Ukraine ties from Viking times to today / Crossroads: Sweden - Ukraine through a 1000 years
The exhibition Crossroads will highlight the 1000-year relationship between Ukraine and Sweden through unique objects and documents from both Swedish and Ukrainian museums and institutions. Fabian Arnheim, director of the Army Museum, where the exhibition will take place, points...
Decision on appropriations in 2023
In 2023, the Torsten Söderberg Foundation decided to allocate approximately 25 million Swedish kronor to medicine, economics, law, and other fields. These decisions are based on the donors’ intentions and the quality of the research projects.
Research on the links between the rule of law, legitimacy of societal institutions and crime receives the Stockholm Prize in Criminology 2024
Gary LaFree and Tom R. Tyler are awarded the prize for studies on the democratic legitimacy and legal certainty of the state's relationship with citizens. The field of research on how policymakers can win, or lose, the public's willingness to comply with laws...
H.M. The King is honored - new chair in young leadership at the Stockholm School of Economics.
To mark the celebration of King Carl XVI Gustaf’s 50th anniversary on the throne, a new professorship focusing on young leadership is being established at the Stockholm School of Economics. The Torsten Söderberg Foundation, together with the Ragnar Söderberg Foundation...
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...
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?
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
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’s 400th Anniversary – Research on Gothenburg’s Identity Funded by the Torsten Söderberg Foundation
Gothenburg is a major 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 will celebrate its 400th anniversary, and the anniversary year will be marked with great fanfare. In anticipation of the anniversary, the Torsten Söderberg Foundation has...
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...
Donation to the Röhsska Museum in memory of its former Chairman Tomas Söderberg
The Torsten Söderberg Foundation is donating 5 million kronor to the Röhsska Museum for the acquisition of Nordic design and craft objects.
