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)
  • 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
  • Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen, Political Science, University of Copenhagen
  • Jonas Andersson, Statistics, Norwegian School of Economics
  • Malcolm, Langford, Law, University of Oslo
  • Hanna Lehtimäki, Business Administration, University of Eastern Finland
    • Research Manager Robert Hamrén

Review Panel 2, Pedagogy, Psychology, Sociology etc

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

Review Panel 3, Languages, Art, Literary Studies etc

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

Review Panel 4, Philosophy, Historical Sciences, Theology etc

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

Review Panel RJ Programmes

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

Review Panel RJ Sabbatical

  • Gunilla Hermansson, Literary Studies, University of Gothenburg (Chair)
  • Anders Fjell, Psychology, University of Oslo
  • Asbjørn Grønstad, Visual Culture, University of Bergen
  • Åsa Palviainen, Linguistics, University of Jyväskylä 
  • Dorthe Gert Simonsen, History, University of Copenhagen
  • May-Len Skilbrei, Crimonology and Sociology, University of Oslo
  • Martin Marcussen, Political Science, University of Copenhagen
  • Kyrre Kverdokk, Cultural Sciences, University of Bergen
    • 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 for The Rönnberg donations

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

    • Research Manager Torbjörn Eng