On 31 May, the term expires for the current board for CRS, the Centre for Research on Sustainable Societal Transformation. A new advisory board has been appointed and the new members include Georg Andrén, governor of Värmland, and Karolina Isaksson, senior researcher at VTI, the Swedish National Road and Transport Institute, who will serve as chair.
Karlstad University vice-chancellor Johan Sterte has appointed members of the CRS advisory board, which is the new name for the boards of University research centres.
“This board is crucial to the development of CRS, especially to our ability for collaboration in relevant networks. Having such a competent and strong board to discuss long-term and strategic issues with is incredible, says Moa Tunström, CRS director since 1 April.
The CRS advisory board
External members:
Karolina Isaksson (chair), the Swedish National Road and Transport Institute
Georg Andrén (member), Värmland County Administrative Board
Stephan Barthel (member), University of Gävle
Gunnel Forsberg (member), Stockholm University
Maths Isacson (member), Uppsala University
Lukas Smas (member), Stockholm University
Susanna Søholt (member), NIBR, Oslo Metropolitan University
Helen Vogelmann (member), Region Värmland
University members:
Satu Heikkinen (member)
Henrik Örnebring (member)
The doctoral student representative, Linda Persson, has been appointed for a one-year term by the doctoral students in the CRS graduate school.
The members will serve from 1 June of this year until 31 May 2024.
