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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 decided to allocate nearly 40 million kronor to 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: Birgitta Henriques Normark, holder of the Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship
Professor Henriques Normark, who has held the Torsten Söderberg Chair in Medicine at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences since 2020, will take over as president of the academy on July 1 of this year.
The Röhsska Museum Opens the Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Gallery
In February 2022, the entire Röhsska Museum in Gothenburg will open to the public. As part of this new initiative, a brand-new hall for research, exhibitions, 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
At a virtual ceremony held at Lund University and presided over by Vice-Chancellor Professor Erik Renström, Professor Christian Dahlman was installed as holder of the Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Foundations’ Chair in Memory of Samuel Pufendorf. Professor Dahlman...
Decisions in the 2021 allocation
In 2021, the Torsten Söderberg Foundation decided to allocate nearly 30 million kronor to the fields of medicine, economics, law, and other areas. 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...
