New thinking and tangible plans on how to become leaders in the international field were the most important selection criteria when an international panel of judges chose Centers of Excellence within gender research for the first time.
One of the most important objectives of the call for proposals is to increase internationalisation of Swedish gender research.
The international panel of judges was impressed by the quality of the applications and unanimous on the environments that should be financed.
The three chosen environments are:
âą Nature/Culture Boundaries and Transgressive Encounters,
Margaretha Fahlgren, Uppsala Centre for Gender Research
âą Challenging gender – a research programme at UmeĂ„ advanced gender studies, Britta Lundgren, UmeĂ„ University
âą Gendering EXcellence – GEXcel: towards a European Centre of Excellence in transnational and transdisciplinary studies of changing gender relations, intersectionalities and embodiment, Nina Lykke, Linköping University in cooperation with Ărebro University
More about the call for proposals:
A total of 60 million will be distributed to these Centers of Gender Excellence. They will each receive 20 million SEK over a five-year period.
The activity will be followed up at the chosen environments at the turn of the year 07/08.
There were ten applications in total from six universities.
A report describing the preparatory work will be published at www.vr.se during week 50.
The international panel was composed of:
Professor Marian Simms, Political Studies Department, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, marian.simms@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
Professor Sara Arber, University of Surrey, Dept of Sociology, Surrey, England, s.arber@surrey.ac.uk
Professor Yvonne Benschop, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen School of Management, HK Nijmegen, The Netherlands, y.benschop@fm.ru.nl
Professor Kinhide Mushakoji, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, QWD00105@nifty.ne.jp
Ph.D. Karen Offen, The Michelle Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University, USA, kmoffen@stanford.edu
Professor Susan P Phillips, Queenâs University, Dept of Family Medicine, Kingston, Canada
phillip@post.queensu.ca
Questions will be answered by: Vera Novakova, Research Secretary, tel: +46 (0)8-546 44 147,
email: vera.novakova@vr.se
6 October, 2010 - VetenskapsrÄdet
Barred for up to ten years from receiving research grants from the Swedish Research Council. There will be serious consequences for the few researchers who are guilty of plagiarism, falsification, or inventing results.
29 June, 2009 - VetenskapsrÄdet
As a part of the Swedish EU-presidency, the Swedish Government will host a conference on the future of European research; New Worlds – New Solutions â Research and Innovation as a Basis for Developing Europe in a Global Context. The Conference will take place in Lund, Sweden, on 7-8 July 2009 (at Lund University), and will be opened by the Minister for Higher Education and Research, Dr. Tobias Krantz, and the European Commissioner for Science and Research, Dr. Janez Potocnik. The overall theme of the Conference is the role of research and innovation in the development of Europe up to 2025. We expect around 400 participants.
9 December, 2008 - VetenskapsrÄdet
When European countries get together to prioritize what infrastructures are needed for future research, the Swedish radar facility EISCAT will be on the table among 7 new projects. On December 9, the European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures, ESFRI, published its updated roadmap to what infrastructure investments are deemed to be of the greatest importance in coming years. The list comprises 44 projects, and the recommendations cover all fields of research.
26 May, 2008 - VetenskapsrÄdet
Nobel Prize winner Peter Agre to discuss new science communication trends at PCST-10 pre-conference
Expertsvar, The Swedish Research Council, Hantverkargatan 11B, Stockholm SWEDENPhone +46(0)8 546 44 000
P.O. Box 1035, SE-101 38 Stockholm, expertsvar@vr.se
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