Review Panels 2025

While the board of directors of Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) adopts resolutions regarding research grants, the applications received are assessed and prioritised in one or more of RJ’s review panels.

Each review panel includes a number of Swedish and international researchers and are appointed for a four-year terms.

Review Panel 1, Economics, Law, Political Science etc

  • Karin Bäckstrand, Political Science, Stockholm University (Chair)
  • Jonas Andersson, Statistics, Norwegian School of Economics, Oslo
  • Knut Bjarne Hidle, Geography, University of Bergen
  • Kurt Brekke, Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Oslo
  • Aline Bûtikofer, Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen
  • Dan Kärreman, Business Administration, Copenhagen Business School
  • Malcolm, Langford, Law, University of Oslo
  • Hanna Lehtimäki, Business Administration, University of Eastern Finland
  • Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen, Political Science, University of Copenhagen
    • Research Manager Robert Hamrén

Review Panel 2, Pedagogy, Psychology, Sociology etc

  • Ylva Ulfsdotter Eriksson, Sociology, Linnaeus University, Växjö (Chair)
  • Jan Antfolk, Psychology, Åbo Akademi University
  • Anniken Hagelund, Sociology, University of Oslo
  • Morten Axel Pedersen, Anthropology and Social Data Science, University of Copenhagen
  • Jan Saarela, Demographics, Åbo Akademi University
  • Uta Sailer, Psychology, University of Oslo
  • Petri Salo, Pedagogy, Åbo Akademi University
    • Research Manager Anders Sundin

Review Panel 3, Languages, Art, Literary Studies etc

  • Jesper Olsson, Literary Studies, University of Uppsala (Chair)
  • Mikkel Bogh, Art History, University of Copenhagen
  • Henrik Gustafsson, Media and Documentation Science, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
  • Dag Haug, Linguistics, University of Oslo
  • Anne Kauppala, Musicology, University of the Arts, Helsinki
  • Anne Maurseth, Literary Studies, University of Bergen
  • Mikkel Thorup, History of Ideas, Aarhus University
  • Øystein Vangsnes, Scandinavian Languages, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
    • Research Manager AnnaLena Hållner

Review Panel 4, Philosophy, Historical Sciences, Theology etc

  • Staffan Carlshamre, Philosophy, Stockholm University (Chair) 
  • Camilla Brautaset, Economic history, University of Bergen
  • Anne Eriksen, Ethnology, University of Oslo
  • Titus Hjelm, Religious Studies, University of Helsinki
  • Ulrik Langen, History, University of Copenhagen
  • Anne Lene Melheim, Archaeology, University of Oslo
  • Camilla Serck-Hanssen, Philosophy, University of Oslo
  • Karen Waltorp, Anthropology, University of Copenhagen
    • Research Manager Fredrik Persson-Lahusen

Review Panel RJ Programmes

  • Thomas Kaiserfeld, History of Technology and Science, Linköping University (Chair)
  • Morten Bennedsen, Economics, University of Copenhagen
  • Christoph Brumann, Social Anthropology, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle
  • Massimo Ciaravolo, Literature/Scandinavian Studies, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
  • Dorthe Duncker, Linguistics, University of Copenhagen
  • Eva G. Heidbreder, Political Science, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
  • Ralph Hertwig, Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin
  • Hazem Kandil, Historical and Political Sociology, University of Cambridge
  • Martin Kohlrausch, History, KU Leuven
  • Lucy O’Brien, Philosophy, University College London
  • Morten Ravn, Economics, University College London
  • Anna Wessman, Archaeology, University of Bergen 
    • Research Manager Fredrik Lundmark

Review Panel RJ Sabbatical

  • Gunilla Hermansson, Literary Studies, University of Gothenburg (Chair)
  • Anders Fjell, Psychology, University of Oslo
  • Birgitte Grøgaard, Business Administration, BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo
  • Asbjørn Grønstad, Visual Culture, University of Bergen
  • Kyrre Kverndokk, Cultural Sciences, University of BergenMartin Marcussen, Political Science, University of Copenhagen
  • Åsa Palviainen, Linguistics, University of Jyväskylä 
  • Dorthe Gert Simonsen, History, University of Copenhagen
  • May-Len Skilbrei, Crimonology and Sociology, University of Oslo
    • Research Managers AnnaLena Hållner, Anders Sundin

Review Panel RJ Flexit

  • Yvonne Eriksson, Information Design, Mälardalen University (Chair)
  • Martin Berg, Media Technology and Sociology, Malmö University
  • Julia Korkman, Psychology, Åbo Akademi University
  • Grete Rusten, Geography, University of Bergen
  • Mikkel Rytter, Anthropology, Aarhus University
    • Research Managers Torbjörn Eng, Robert Hamrén

Review Panel RJ Pro Futura

  • Carsten Schneider, Political Science, Central European University, Vienna (Chair)
  • Nadia Al-Bagdadi, History, Central European University, Vienna
  • Eva Anduzia, Political Science, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  • Steven Connor, Literary Studies, University of Cambridge
  • Genoveva Marti, Philosophy, University of Barcelona
  • Frank Trentmann, History, Birkbeck College, University of London
  • Benedicte Zimmerman, Sociology, School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS), Paris
  • Christina Garsten, Social Anthropology, Principal of SCAS, Uppsala University (co-opted member)
    • Research Manager Anders Sundin

Review panel for RJ Infrastructure for research

  • Elisabeth Ivarsflaten, Political Science, University of Bergen (Chair)
  • Tuomas Heikkilä, History of Religions, University of HelsinkiJörgen Modalsli, Economics, Oslo Business School, Oslo Met
  • Karen Skovgaard-Petersen, Book and Knowledge History, The Danish Language and Literature Society
  • Mikko Tolonen, Digital Humanities, University of Helsinki
    • Research Managers Fredrik Lundmark and Torbjörn Eng

Review panel for The Rönnberg donations

The scientific committee is comprised of board members and alternates with expert knowledge in research.

    • Research Manager Torbjörn Eng