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Fairness diplomacy in the spirit of Pufendorf
On March 22, 2017, Professor Karin Aggestam gave the installation lecture "Diplomacy of Justice in a Turbulent World" as the new holder of the Pufendorf Chair at Lund University. Aggestam is the first political scientist and the first woman...
Torsten Söderberg's 2016 Academy Professorship in Medicine Awarded to a Bacteriologist
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award Fredrik Bäckhed of the University of Gothenburg the Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship in Medicine for 2016 “for his groundbreaking discoveries regarding the importance of the gut microbiota for the body’s metabolism.” The professorship is intended to promote internationally leading research in medicine and...
Pre-school not good for everyone - how to drastically reduce the number of male violent offenders?
The Stockholm Prize in Criminology 2017 is awarded to Professor Richard E. Tremblay, Canada. Research on parenting, biology, schooling and crime prevention up to the age of 24 is rewarded.
The 2016 Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize to Danish textile designer Margrethe Odgaard
The Röhsska Museum’s selection committee for the Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize, funded by the Torsten Söderberg Foundation, has decided to award Margrethe Odgaard this year’s prize of 1 million Swedish kronor.
He renewed the book industry
Apprentice bookbinder Peder Herzog (1838-1920) arrives in Stockholm from Germany in 1859. In Stockholm he starts a modest bookbinding business that within a few decades becomes the largest in the Nordic countries.
Cancer researcher Sten Eirik W. Jacobsen will receive the Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship in Medicine in 2015
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award Sten Eirik Waelgaard Jacobsen of the Karolinska Institute the Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship in Medicine for 2015 “for his groundbreaking studies of the normal maturation and malignant transformation of blood cells.”
Alzheimer's research awarded - Söderberg Prize in Medicine 2016 to Kaj Blennow
The 2016 Söderberg Prize in Medicine to Professor Kaj Blennow, University of Gothenburg, for outstanding and innovative research on Alzheimer's disease.
Research on parental influence on criminal behavior rewarded
How can parents prevent their children from committing crimes? The 2016 Stockholm Prize in Criminology is shared by Travis Warren Hirschi (USA), Cathy Spatz Widom (USA) and Per-Olof Wikström (Sweden).
The 2015 Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize to Finnish designer Ilkka Suppanen
The Röhsska Museum’s award committee has decided to award Finnish designer Ilkka Suppanen the 2015 Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize, worth one million Swedish kronor.
From funnel cups to free ceramics
The book Keramik och porslin i Sverige genom 7000 år was published in October 2015 by Carlsson bokförlag. It comprises 400 pages and is richly illustrated with nearly 1200 images, of which over 800 are of objects in color,...
Development of the credit market in Gothenburg in the 19th century
The book "Krona eller klave" deals with the credit market in 19th century Gothenburg.
Criminologists Ronald V. Clarke and Patricia Mayhew receive the 2015 Stockholm Prize in Criminology
Opportunity makes the criminal - the theory behind effective crime prevention is rewarded. The 2015 Stockholm Prize in Criminology goes to Ronald V. Clarke and Patricia Mayhew from the UK.
