Several projects get funding from the Swedish Research Council

By moa [dot] bejersten [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se (Moa Bejersten) - published 12 December 2023

A plant grows in a jar of money. — Image: Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash

No less than four Department of Sociology projects have recently received funding from the Swedish Research Council. The researchers behind the projects are Jan Mewes, Christopher Swader, Lisa Flower, Shai Mulinari, Sébastien Tutenges, Susanne Boethius and David Wästerfors.

Portraits of Jan Mewes, Christopher Swader, Lisa Flower, Shai Mulinari, Sébastien Tutenges, Susanne Boethius and David Wästerfors — Jan Mewes, Christopher Swader, Lisa Flower, Shai Mulinari, Sébastien Tutenges, Susanne Boethius and David Wästerfors will receive funding from the Swedish Research Council.

The following projects will get funds from the Swedish Research Council, with links to Swecris – the Swedish research database:

Generalised Trust, the Radius of Trust, and Self-Rated Health: An International Comparison (Jan Mewes and Christopher Swader)
Trials in transition: A study of video links in courts (Lisa Flower)
Are you Caucasian, Black, or Asian? A study of the current Swedish biopolitical paradigm of race and ethnicity in medicine (Shai Mulinari)
Nordic returnees from war-torn Ukraine: motivations, experiences, and support needs (Sébastien Tutenges, Susanne Boethius and David Wästerfors)

The Swedish Research Council is a government agency within the Ministry of Education and Research. The Swedish Research Council is the largest public funding body for research at Swedish universities and higher education institutions.