SCAS is now pleased to present the next generation of talented early-career scholars who have been admitted to the prestigious Pro Futura Scientia programme.

Set up by SCAS and Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) in 1999, it is a cutting-edge research programme in the humanities and social sciences, where the idea is to provide optimal conditions for young researchers and give them a chance to pursue curiosity-driven research for a five-year period. A one (to one-and-a-half) year stint at SCAS and a year abroad are included in the programme.

Admittance to the programme is based upon nominations by Swedish universities, and the selection procedure is handled by an international committee organized and run by RJ.

In the recent round of admissions, a total of 28 researchers were nominated by 11 universities. The six researchers who have now been appointed Pro Futura Scientia XIX Fellows are:

(listed in alphabetical order)

Kalle Ekholm, Linnaeus University
Research project: The Political Consequences of Mental Health: Gendered Effects of Mental Health Issues

Nicholas Judd, Stockholm University
Research project: Natural Experiments in Cognitive Neuroscience: A Novel Approach to Study Environmental Causes of Neuroplasticity

Christa Lundberg, Lund University
Research project: Plagiarism Hunting in Early Modern Europe: Knowledge Circulation and Its Limits

Hannah Pelikan, Linköping University
Research project: The Humans Behind the Robots: Redesigning Mobile Autonomous Systems for Interaction in Public Places

Joe Roussos, Stockholm University
Research project: Representing and Communicating Uncertainty in Climate Science

Lewis Webb, University of Gothenburg
Enduring Uncertain Futures: Constant Crisis, Religious Coping Practices, and Social Resilience in Roman Republican Italy

Read the press release from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (in Swedish) External link, opens in new window.
Read more about the Pro Futura Scientia Programme
See the previously admitted Pro Futura Scientia Fellows