Här nedan är alla Handelsbankens forskningsstiftelsers beviljade anslag till forskare med start 2025 och 2026 för Program företagsekonomi.
Peter Hedberg, Uppsala universitet
Projekttitel: Did the 20th century world wars impede or foster trade and innovation in Sweden, 1900-1965
Projektbeskrivning: THE AIM AND SCOPE OF THE PROJECT: In recent years, there has been a growing interest in understanding the impact of international external shocks, such as wars, revolutions, and crises, on economic growth and development in the 20th century. One of the main reasons for this has been the use of digitized databases, which has encouraged new approaches and techniques and allowed new empirical evidence and challenging theories to come to the fore. The research has focused mainly on large trading nations, but also on small industrializing countries such as Sweden.
Belopp: 2 000 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-01-01
Johan Sandström, Luleå Tekniska Universitet
Projekttitel: The power of the promissory organization
Projektbeskrivning: THE RESEARCH PROBLEM It is called the greatest industrial investment in Swedish history, the ‘green’ revolution in ‘the land of the future’ (Sörlin 2023). Fantasy amounts will be invested in hydrogen iron- and steelmaking in Norrbotten, an extreme makeover of a technological mega-system built at the dawn of the 20th century. Estimates reveal that the investments demand additional electricity equivalent to more than half of Sweden’s annual production.
Belopp: 1 638 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-01-01
Josef Taalbi, Lunds universitet
Projekttitel: Combinatorial evolution in technology history - critique, evidence, theory
Projektbeskrivning: 1. PURPOSE AND AIMS New technology is crucial for economic growth and sustainable development. Today, high expectations are placed on digital automation technology and renewable energy technology.
Belopp: 1 906 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-01-01
Johanna Sylvander, Linköpings universitet
Projekttitel: The interplay between sustainability reporting and management accounting practices: empirical exploration of firms’ early CSRD adoption
Projektbeskrivning: RESEARCH MOTIVATION AND AIMS The EU, with its ambitious political goals of a sustainable Europe, has implemented the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) in the hope of changing firm practices towards sustainable development (European Commission, n.d.). From 2024, firms in the EU are mandated to identify and report on significant environmental, social, and governance (ESG) aspects and describe their impacts, risks, and opportunities (i.e., IROs) in the entire value chain. To successfully comply with CSRD, firms must consider how their value chain influences (inside-out perspective) and is influenced by (outside-in perspective) sustainability factors using the double materiality analysis (Swedish Financial Reporting Board, 2023).
Belopp: 2 000 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-01-01
Bertram Steininger
Projekttitel: Tokenized Assets: Analyzing the Difference between the Physical and Digital Asset Representation and their Role in Multi-asset Portfolios
Projektbeskrivning: 1. Project’s purpose: Tokenization is the digital representation of a physical asset. Even if blockchain is fundamental for it, tokens are not crypto-currencies, they are crypto-assets.
Belopp: 2 000 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-08-01
Anna Knutsson, Uppsala universitet
Projekttitel: Illegal Trade during War: Examples from the High North Atlantic, 1760-1820
Projektbeskrivning: Purpose, Aims, and Research Questions In his seminal work on economic history, Eli Heckscher emphasised the important role of smuggling in Europe during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, particularly in times of war (Heckscher 1918). He added, however, that it is most difficult for historians to assess the scale and impact of this trade. By examining previously overlooked sources, this project aims to explore the creation and repercussions of illegal trade during times of upheaval.
Belopp: 2 030 000 kr
Startdatum: 2026-01-01
Jutta Bolt, Lunds universitet
Projekttitel: Living in poverty? Studying subsistence livelihoods in colonial Africa
Projektbeskrivning: Living in poverty? Studying subsistence livelihoods in colonial Africa 1. Purpose and aims Poverty reduction remains one of the most urgent development challenges today and is the first goal of the Agenda 2030 for sustainable development (Atkinson, 2016: 13).
Belopp: 1 875 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-01-01
Christina Öberg, Linnéuniversitetet
Projekttitel: I huvudet på en disruptör
Projektbeskrivning: Transformation har blivit ett av samtidens buzzwords. Förändring, ofta sedd som sekventiell och som en anpassning av aktörer till nya förhållanden. Disruption kan i det sammanhanget snarare förstås som abrupt och driven av en part som kommer utifrån till en sektor och förändrar dess förutsättningar (Christensen, 1997).
Belopp: 819 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-01-01
Josef Pallas, Uppsala universitet
Projekttitel: Välfärdsprofessioner och arbetsrelaterat välmående i krisens spår
Projektbeskrivning: Background In the recently completed project "Welfare professions in the shadow of the pandemic", we identified a number of interesting examples of how the pandemic, in many respects, meant that some welfare professions and professional groups experienced a clear increase in self-determination and confidence in their profession. Professional commitment, a sense of doing something significant, professional pride, and work-related self-confidence seemed to develop at the same pace as COVID-19 swept through their workplace. Despite the great strain that the management of the pandemic placed on welfare workers' work situation and working conditions, many testified that their work-related well-being (somewhat paradoxically) did not only develop negatively.
Belopp: 2 000 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-01-01
Anna Bengtson, Uppsala universitet
Projekttitel: Is “the green gold” gold for everyone?
A study of the attractiveness of the Swedish forest industry
Projektbeskrivning: 1. Background The forest has always been important for Sweden; together with iron ore, forest products historically constitute the basis for Swedish wealth. Today, more than half of Sweden’s surface is covered by forests.
Belopp: 1 635 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-01-01
Per Davidsson, Jönköping International Business School
Projekttitel: The External Enablement Framework: Novel Insights from Laboratory Experiments on Entrepreneurial Responses to Environmental Changes
Projektbeskrivning: PROJECT DESCRIPTION 1. BACKGROUND External changes to the business environment—e.g., new technologies, regulatory changes, demographic and sociocultural trends, macroeconomic swings, and changes to the natural environment—can enable new venture creation. Environmental changes elicit and shape entrepreneurial endeavors as well as enhance the outcomes thereof (Ahlstrom et al., 2020; Davidsson et al., 2023; Hitt, Arregle, & Holmes, 2021).
Belopp: 2 000 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-01-01
Cecilia Gullberg, Södertörns högskola
Projekttitel: Scoping out scope 3 reporting: Strategic consequences of expanded greenhouse gas reporting in a supply chain
Projektbeskrivning: 1. RESEARCH PROBLEM Global warming is one of the major challenges to humanity. Heavy industry is responsible for a staggering part of global emissions and, among its sectors, the mining and metal industry alone produces approximately 4 to 7 percent of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions globally (McKinsey 2020).
Belopp: 2 000 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-07-01
Jens Rennstam, Lunds universitet
Projekttitel: Alternative food networks: craft-orientation and sustainable production and consumption of food
Projektbeskrivning: Dear stiftelse, In this application our productive research team turns to a new topic: craft-based food networks. In our previous projects, financed by HB, we focused on the role of branding in city contexts, so far resulting in five journal publications, two book chapters in research anthologies (see Jens’ CV), and another journal article and a book in progress. In this application, we expand upon our studies of city branding by including how craft and food are common elements in cities’ attempts to brand themselves as attractive and sustainable.
Belopp: 2 000 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-07-01
Christopher Absell
Projekttitel: Ascertaining motivations for historical trade policy using topic modelling
Projektbeskrivning: Research motivation Protectionism is experiencing a resurgence in the global economy. After more than half a century of liberalisation efforts and the widespread adoption of globalisation, recent years have witnessed a notable shift towards protectionist policies in international trade (Fajgelbaum et al., 2020). Tariffs have become central to this protectionist backlash, exemplified by significant events such as the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union and the United States-China trade war (Amiti et al., 2019; Dhingra & Sampson, 2022).
Belopp: 746 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-07-01
Martin Dackling, Lunds universitet
Projekttitel: Förmögenheternas geografi. Ojämlikhet i Sverige och Finland speglad i Förmögenhetsuppskattningen 1800
Projektbeskrivning: Projektets syfte och målsättningar Ekonomisk ojämlikhet anses idag vara en av de största samhällsutmaningarna vid sidan om klimatet (bland annat tydliggjort i Agenda2030), men dagens ojämna fördelning av resurser har en lång historisk bakgrund. Sedan Patrick Manning för knappt tio år sedan efterlyste en koordinerad global forskningsinsats om ojämlikhetens historiska dynamik (Manning 2017) har ett redan starkt forskningsfält utvecklats ytterligare. Traditionellt har den industriella revolutionen setts som en motor för ojämlikhet (Kuznets 1955), men sedan Thomas Piketty (2014) med flera visat en påtaglig ojämlikhet före industrialiseringen har den tidigmoderna periodens ojämlikhet kommit alltmer i fokus (Alfani 2021; Jackson 2023).
Belopp: 1 900 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-07-01
Danila Raskov
Projekttitel: Copper as International Money: Coinage, Prices, and Trade in Early Modern Europe and Asia
Projektbeskrivning: Research Problem Copper has historically played a dual role as a commodity and as money. Using new data, this project analyzes a previous gap in copper money as a global phenomenon, focusing on seventeenth-century Europe and Asia. The study is divided into three areas: coinage, policies on standards and prices, and copper trade.
Belopp: 1 500 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-07-01
Johan Jönsson
Projekttitel: På spaning efter mediokritet: En organisationsetnografisk studie av medelmåttighetens språk och funktioner i arbetslivet
Projektbeskrivning: Problemområde Dagens samhälle och arbetsliv kan med rätta beskrivas som en excellenskultur. Vissa menar att denna utbredda excellenskultur härstammar från Peters och Watermans (1982) “in Search of Excellence” och det enorma genomslag denna bok haft (se t ex Collins, 2024; Mi Dahlgaard‐Park & Dahlgaard, 2007). Nära besläktad med vad Byung-Chul Han (2015) kallar för “prestationssamhälle” tycks grundtanken vara att det inte existerar en bortre gräns för hur bra en prestation, produkt eller tjänst kan vara i vitt skilda verksamheter som utbildning, mopedburna matleveranser, besök i livsmedelsbutiken eller kollektivresande.
Belopp: 2 000 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-07-01
Katharina Rahnert, Karlstads universitet
Projekttitel: Purple People: Exploring digital transformation in accountancy
Projektbeskrivning: PURPLE PEOPLE: DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION INOM REVISION INTRODUKTION Färgen lila, eller purpur, har historiskt haft en hög status i färgpaletten eftersom den krävde sällsynta och dyra ämnen för att framställas. Färgen, som sammansätts av grundfärgerna röd och blå, har på senare tid även rönt intresse som en nyckel för att lyckas med den digitala transformationen i företagsvärlden (Davenport, 2015; Stucky, 2010). Även revisionsbranschen har efterlyst s.k.
Belopp: 1 500 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-07-01
Tobias Johansson-Berg, Mälardalens högskola
Projekttitel: Half (wo)man half machine: Do stakeholders trust AI-assisted audits and auditors?
Projektbeskrivning: THE RESEARCH PROJECT IN SUMMARY The audit institution is a central mediator for handling agency costs within firms, the effectiveness of markets, and reducing transaction costs in society. The effectiveness and legitimacy of the audit institution depends on stakeholders’ confidence and trust in it. The proposed research program develops knowledge about how AI-assisted auditing affects stakeholders’ trust in the audit report and audit.
Belopp: 1 000 000 kr
Startdatum: 2026-01-01
Axel Hilling, Lunds universitet
Projekttitel: Effekterna av ISK-reformen: Beteendeförändringar, handelsmönster och samhällsekonomiska konsekvenser
Projektbeskrivning: Problemområde Grunderna i det svenska skattesystemet etablerades med skattereformen 1990 (Prop. 1989/90:110). Sedan dess har omfattande förändringar skett, inte minst inom kapitalbeskattning.
Belopp: 1 500 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-07-01
Johan Miörner, Lunds universitet
Projekttitel: Maintenance in transformation (MAIN-TRANS)
Projektbeskrivning: Problem framing The transformation of key infrastructure sectors of the foundational economy, such as energy, water, transport or construction, is receiving renewed attention in economic geography and related fields. These sectors are of crucial importance for economic competitiveness and regional development, yet also under severe pressure to transform their core structures to respond to climate change and other societal grand challenges (Hansen, 2022). Many regions are struggling with maintaining existing systems, let alone embark on transformation trajectories.
Belopp: 2 000 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-09-01
Per Strömberg, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm
Projekttitel: Strategic Information Exchange and Governance in Swedish Private Equity Owned Companies: Comparative Insights with Publicly Listed Companies
Projektbeskrivning: Introduction The private equity (PE) industry began in the U.S. in the early 1980s and has since then grown into a global industry worth $6.9 trillion (S&P Global, 2023). Several academic studies (Kaplan and Strömberg, 2009; Sorensen and Yasuda, 2023) have shown that PE is associated with increases in productivity and growth in companies, contributing to economic growth, job creation and innovation in the economy as a whole (Bernstein et al, 2017).
Belopp: 1 441 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-10-01
Stefania Galli, Göteborgs universitet
Projekttitel: Mapping Social Stratification in the Making of Modern Argentina, 1850–1900: a Micro-Level Analysis
Projektbeskrivning: RESEARCH MOTIVATION AND AIMS The issue of social stratification has regained prominence in academic and political discourse (Piketty, 2020), with the COVID-19 pandemic highlighting the disproportionate social and economic costs bore by marginalized groups (Kamande et al., 2024). Such resurgence has extended to the Global South, historically marked by high inequality and low socio-economic development, to uncover the root causes of inequality and foster sustained growth (Alvaredo et al., 2021; De Rosa et al., 2024). However, most of this research is hampered by substantive and methodological challenges, including lack of robust data on key variables, described by Williamson (2009) as “history without evidence”, which limit the depth and accuracy of analyses on socio-economic and structural inequalities in historical perspective.
Belopp: 1 993 000 kr
Startdatum: 2026-01-01
Kerstin Sahlin, Uppsala universitet
Projekttitel: COLLEGIALITY FOR INTEGRITY AND QUALITY
How and why do scholars engage in collegial governance?
Projektbeskrivning: Challenges to collegiality Recent changes to university systems, debates on academic freedom, and changing roles of knowledge in society all point to questions regarding how higher education and research should be governed. Universities around the world have been subject to changed governance and organization according to widely spread bureaucratic and enterprise (often also termed as managerial) ideas and ideals (Parker & Jary, 1995; Marginson & Considine, 2000; Tuchman, 2009; Musselin, 2018; Czarniawska, 2019; Fleming, 2020). University reforms, of the kind referred to above, have challenged a long-standing agreement that universities ought to be governed as a collegium of peers (Sahlin & Eriksson-Zetterquist, 2023).
Belopp: 1 000 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-07-01
Kerstin Sahlin, Uppsala universitet
Projekttitel: COLLEGIALITY FOR INTEGRITY AND QUALITY
How and why do scholars engage in collegial governance?
Projektbeskrivning: Challenges to collegiality Recent changes to university systems, debates on academic freedom, and changing roles of knowledge in society all point to questions regarding how higher education and research should be governed. Universities around the world have been subject to changed governance and organization according to widely spread bureaucratic and enterprise (often also termed as managerial) ideas and ideals (Parker & Jary, 1995; Marginson & Considine, 2000; Tuchman, 2009; Musselin, 2018; Czarniawska, 2019; Fleming, 2020). University reforms, of the kind referred to above, have challenged a long-standing agreement that universities ought to be governed as a collegium of peers (Sahlin & Eriksson-Zetterquist, 2023).
Belopp: 1 000 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-07-01
Erik Green, Lunds universitet
Projekttitel: Colonialism, elite formation, persistence and change: The Cape Colony, 1652-1840
Projektbeskrivning: 1. Motivation and aims It is widely recognized that high levels of concentration of economic and political power impede long-term economic development in the global south. This is a key message in the works by the 2024 winners of Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2024, Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson (2001, 2002) as well as many others (Amsden and DiCaprio 2012; Robinson 2012; Alfani 2023).
Belopp: 2 000 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-09-01
Stephan Schaefer, Lunds universitet
Projekttitel: The Potential and Limitations of Craft as an Economic and Social Transformative Force
Projektbeskrivning: In our ongoing research project (P22-0095) we explore the contributions of craft to social and ecological sustainability. During 2023 and 2024 we collected extensive empirical material in food and fashion craft domains and contributed empirical and conceptual insights to the scholarly debate on craft by analyzing (i) the motivation of building a craft career (Egan-Wyer, Rennstam, Schaefer and Schneider, paper presented at the 2024 meeting of the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) and currently under review); (ii) possibilities of de-alienation inherent in craft work (Schaefer & Schneider, paper presented at Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting 2024 and currently under review), (iii) craft as an intimate relation to the community (published, Schaefer & Paulsson, 2024), and (iv) craft as a practice embodying postgrowth ideals (Rennstam & Paulsson, 2024, published). While we can show that craft is meaningful to craftworkers and local communities and can provide important inspiration for a more sustainable society, our empirical and conceptual work has raised further critical questions.
Belopp: 1 631 000 kr
Startdatum: 2026-01-01
Miguel Gil
Projekttitel: The Influence of Artificial Intelligence on Accounting Education: A comparative study between Mexico and Sweden
Projektbeskrivning: Background Recent literature on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in accounting education has revealed a growing emphasis on machine learning algorithms and large language models (LLMs) as tools to improve auditing students’ scepticism and critical thinking. Studies demonstrate that these technologies accelerate data analysis, enhance anomaly detection, and enrich learners’ ability to question conventional assumptions in financial reporting (Han et al., 2023). These developments are relevant because they address the surging complexity of modern audits, where professionals are expected to sift through extensive datasets and detect subtle irregularities.
Belopp: 748 000 kr
Startdatum: 2026-01-01
Katarina Lagerström, Uppsala universitet
Projekttitel: Greenhushing: Regulations silencing corporate actors?
Projektbeskrivning: Greenhushing: Regulations silencing corporate actors? Research problem and question In the constant pursuit of sustainability, we encounter the challenge of distinguishing genuine environmental efforts made by corporations from those that are only seemingly green. While greenwashing has received its fair share of attention, it is time to review the more subtle form of deception in terms of corporations that are deliberately silent about their sustainability goals and accomplishments.
Belopp: 2 000 000 kr
Startdatum: 2026-01-01
Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist, Göteborgs universitet
Projekttitel: SCANCOR Sverige: Forskarutbyte vid Stanford och Harvard University 2026-2028
Projektbeskrivning: Forskningsstiftelserna har sedan år 2007 generöst bidragit till finansiering av Scancor, senast för perioden 2023-2025 (anslag Fv22-0022). Denna ansökan avser finansiering av det svenska institutionella medlemskapet 2026-2028. Sedan år 2024 är sökande representant för det svenska engagemanget i Scancor.
Belopp: 3 000 000 kr
Startdatum: 2026-01-01
Aineas Mallios, Göteborgs universitet
Projekttitel: The impact of corporate venture capital investment in innovation on economic growth
Projektbeskrivning: 1. Introduction The Draghi report (2024) on the future of Europe's competitiveness highlights that Europe invests less in innovation compared to other global economies and struggles to commercialize its innovative efforts. This has led to European start-ups relocating abroad to secure financing from US venture capitalists and scale up in the unified American market.
Belopp: 1 500 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-07-01
Jakob Molinder, Uppsala universitet
Projekttitel: Entreprenörens ekonomiska utfall under välfärdsstatens expansion – lärdomar från Stockholm under efterkrigstiden
Projektbeskrivning: Bakgrund Den svenska välfärdsstatens expansion under efterkrigstiden anses av ekonomer ha sammanfallit med minskad entreprenöriell aktivitet. Detta följde det rådande politiska och ekonomiska klimatet där entreprenören roll i att skapa ekonomisk tillväxt kom att ignoreras till förmån för storskalighet med färre företagare och fler löntagare (Henreksson, 2001). Detta var en del av en samhällsanda där entreprenören roll ansågs överflödig i den moderna samhällsekonomin (Schumpeter, 1942).
Belopp: 2 000 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-07-01
Timur Uman, Högskolan i Jönköping
Projekttitel: Configuring Management Control Systems for Resilience: Exploring Social Services and Primary Care During War
Projektbeskrivning: BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The ongoing war in Ukraine has highlighted the critical need for resilience and preparedness in essential services such as social services and primary care (Obłój & Voronovska, 2024; Opatska et al., 2024). Armed conflicts disrupt societal stability, jeopardizing the continuity of essential services that form the backbone of civilian well-being (Quinn & Jackson, 2014). Unlike financial crises or natural disasters, which are often localized or time-bound, war creates prolonged and unpredictable conditions that continuously challenge the operational readiness of critical service providers (Folkers, 2017).
Belopp: 2 000 000 kr
Startdatum: 2026-02-01
Francesco Ciabuschi, Uppsala universitet
Projekttitel: Global Value Chains Resilience: Governance in Sensitive Sectors
Projektbeskrivning: RESEARCH PROBLEM Today, geopolitical risks such as trade wars, sanctions, political instability, and shifting international alliances have taken center stage for firms operating in an interconnected global economy. This is particularly critical for Swedish firms which rely heavily on international markets. Recent developments — e.g., the US “CHIPS and Science Act,” the EU’s evolving export control regimes, and persistent Sino-US trade tensions — underscore how swiftly geopolitical frictions can disrupt trade routes, critical technology flows, and access to strategic resources.
Belopp: 1 517 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-07-01
Lana Sabelfeld, Göteborgs universitet
Projekttitel: From Transparency Regulations to Sustainability: Exploring Business and Reporting Practices in the Climate-Neutral Transitions of Sweden and Japan
Projektbeskrivning: BACKGROUND AND RESEARCH PROBLEM The development and implementation of environmental policies and regulations are increasingly important for accelerating industrial and climate transitions and promoting a shift toward a circular economy. Recently, the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) was transposed into Swedish national legislation to enhance transparency around corporate sustainability efforts. This law, effective July 1, 2024, aligns with the European Green Deal agenda for 2050 and imposes significantly higher requirements on Swedish companies compared to previous regulations.
Belopp: 1 473 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-07-01
Fredrik Svärdsten, Stockholms Universitet
Projekttitel: Control for the Unexpected: Temporality and Flexibility of Management Control in the Context of 'Crisis Preparedness'
Projektbeskrivning: AIM AND RESEARCH QUESTION This project examines the relationship between organizational crisis preparedness (krisberedskap) and management control in the central government. While several studies have been made of management control during or after a crisis (Sargiacomo, et al., 2021), few studies have been made of management control in relation to crisis preparedness. The starting point of the project is that recent efforts to improve crisis preparedness (Regeringens prop.
Belopp: 2 000 000 kr
Startdatum: 2026-01-01
Sanne Frandsen, Lunds universitet
Projekttitel: Achieving Burnout: Mental Health Breakdowns among Mission-Driven Knowledge Workers.
Projektbeskrivning: Achieving Burnout: Mental Health Breakdowns among Mission-Driven Knowledge Workers. Research problem Burnout is increasingly recognized as a pressing workplace issue. The World Health Organization (WHO, 2019) defines it as a syndrome caused by chronic workplace stress and marked by exhaustion, energy depletion, and reduced professional efficacy.
Belopp: 1 888 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-07-01
Hugo Guyader, Linköpings universitet
Projekttitel: ciRculaR RetaileRs: Shifting to sustainable consumption through Rent, Redistribute, Repair, and Remanufacture strategies
Projektbeskrivning: INTRODUCTION There are various approaches to overcoming environmental problems and encouraging businesses to produce long-lasting, circular products, infuse more resource-efficient business models, and reduce waste. For example, the Right to Repair directive adopted by the EU Commission in 2024 will oblige Swedish manufacturers and retailers in 2026 to provide access to spare parts and tools for consumers to repair their products even after the guarantee expires (Choe et al., 2023; EU Commission, 2024). Thus, these businesses have no choice but to integrate a circular perspective in their operations, such as through reusing and retaining products already existing in the marketplace (Eckhardt et al., 2019; Godfrey et al., 2022; Huang & Wong, 2024).
Belopp: 2 000 000 kr
Startdatum: 2026-01-01
Mikael Wendschlag, Uppsala universitet
Projekttitel: It took a village - the civil servants, consultants and lawyers who managed the Swedish banking crisis
Projektbeskrivning: Research plan This project fills a gap in research on state interventions in banking crises by studying the day-to-day management of banking crises by the agencies and civil servants of the bureaucracy and by private sector professionals such as management consultants, accountants, lawyers and asset valuation experts. The project studies the management of Sweden’s early 1990s banking crisis. This crisis was among the most severe globally during the post-war 20th century (Reinhart & Rogoff, 2008).
Belopp: 2 000 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-07-01
Monika Kurkkio, Luleå Tekniska Universitet
Projekttitel: Harmonization at the expense of impact: the emergence of CSRD as a new reporting practice
Projektbeskrivning: Harmonization at the expense of impact: The emergence of CSRD as a new reporting practice INTRODUCTION This research proposal targets the materialization of a global sustainability standard into a localized reporting practice as it emerges. This is a window of rare opportunity to study how a standard is interpreted, adhered to and integrated into organizational activities and financial objectives to bring sustainability impact. Sustainability reporting has become an increasingly common practice as organizations endeavor to meet the expectations and demands of stakeholders, who seek accountability for the social and environmental impacts of organizations’ global activities.
Belopp: 1 511 000 kr
Startdatum: 2026-01-01
Maria Stanfors, Lunds universitet
Projekttitel: Penalties and premia: the unequal costs and benefits of family responsibilities in a long run perspective
Projektbeskrivning: The gender wage gap is well-documented (Kunze 2018). Despite economic advances, women still earn less than their male counterparts, particularly in top jobs (Bertrand et al 2010, Cha et al 2023). That men and women are not, and never have been, paid the same makes understanding the gender gap an important mission for economists and sociologists.
Belopp: 2 000 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-07-01
Elena Raviola, Göteborgs universitet
Projekttitel: The new economy of evidence: The reorganization of expertise in journalism and justice
Projektbeskrivning: Introduction Everyday more than 3,2 billion images and 720,000 videos are shared on social media (Thomson, Angus and Dootson, 2020); over 20.000 satellites are orbiting in space as of 2024 (UNOOSA, 2024), many of them generating millions of pictures of space and the earth every day; more than 4,5 million videos are watched on Youtube every minute (Domo, 2019) and more than 250 million images are indexed on Google. This hyper-production and circulation of images together with the availability of generative algorithms that produce perfectly credible images have been arguably challenging the documentary value of images and produces a significant number of evidence struggles in the public sphere. In numerous professional domains, like journalism and justice, the preoccupation with the establishment of facts has caused a number of professional responses to reaffirm epistemic practices of evidence making.
Belopp: 2 000 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-07-01
Jonatan Andersson
Projekttitel: Stadssanering och omflyttning: rivningen av Stockholms innerstad och dess socioekonomiska effekter, ca 1950–1970
Projektbeskrivning: Bakgrund och syfte Bostadsrivningar föreslås av politiker på riks- och kommunnivå—från borgerliga till socialdemokrater—som en drastisk åtgärd för att bryta utanförskap och förbättra levnadsvillkoren för de boende i utsatta områden (Borlänge Tidning, 2024; Sveriges Television, 2024). Det finns emellertid lite forskning som ger stöd till idén om att människors levnadsvillkor kan stärkas genom att förmå dem att flytta från sina grannskap. Studier från USA som utforskar skillnader mellan vuxna syskonpar som flyttat mellan grannskap i barndomen visar visserligen att grannskapet som ett barn växer upp i påverkar ekonomiska utfall senare i livet (Chetty et al., 2016; Leventhal & Brooks-Gunn, 2003; Chetty et al., 2018) medan studier från exempelvis Sverige inte hittat några sådana samband (Sariaslan et al., 2013).
Belopp: 2 000 000 kr
Startdatum: 2026-07-01
Henrik Nilsson, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm
Projekttitel: Psykisk hälsa inom den finansiella sektorn: trender, utmaningar och konsekvenser
Projektbeskrivning: 1. Research Question and Motivation In this project, we seek to provide insights that can lead to a more sustainable and resilient working environment for the financial market. The project has three primary research questions: (1) to document the prevalence and severity of mental health conditions among financial service professionals; (2) to examine the consequences of financial service professionals’ mental health condition on their work quality and other externalities for the financial market, and (3) to examine mechanisms that may alleviate the negative effect of stressful workload on mental health.
Belopp: 2 000 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-07-01
Ulf Holm, Uppsala universitet
Projekttitel: WHEN IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BENEFICIAL?
Projektbeskrivning: INTRODUCTION & RESEARCH OBJECTIVES Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become critical to today's organizations. It drives change in both the private and public sectors with its ability to improve decision-making, streamline processes, and drive innovation. It is recognized as a general-purpose technology with immense potential to drive efficiency and create competitive advantage across industries.
Belopp: 2 000 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-07-01
Daniel Castillo, Södertörns högskola
Projekttitel: Market Order and Stability Beyond the State. Illegal Enterprise and State Enforcement Strategies in Swedish Drug Markets.
Projektbeskrivning: Aims Recent evidence indicates that an increase in the availability of illegal drugs and shifts in the methods of drug distribution in the last decade have generated both elevated levels of criminal conflict and new patterns of organization in illicit drug markets in Sweden (BRÅ 2021). While drug-related violence in criminal settings has attracted extensive research attention, e.g., in the rise in firearms-related lethal violence (Gerell et al 2021; Magnusson 2023), we currently know much less about the new patterns of drug market organization that have been observed and even less about the effects of these patterns on drug market persistence and resilience. This is surprising given that the organization of crime groups may have a substantial impact on drug market resilience (Ayling 2009; Bouchard 2007; Pereda & Décary-Hetu 2024).
Belopp: 2 000 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-07-01
Anna Missiaia, Göteborgs universitet
Projekttitel: From Cobden–Chevalier to Ådalen: trade, regional growth and social conflict in Sweden (1860–1938)
Projektbeskrivning: [Project description and purpose] The second half of the nineteenth century up until the outbreak of the Second World War represents a period of economic, social and political transformations. These transformations are closely linked to the unprecedented expansion of long-distance trade and integration of global markets for goods and labour, known as the First Globalization, as well as the collapse of world trade in the interwar years as a result of the Great Depression. Scholars have devoted much attention to how the rise and fall of global trade impacts national economies and inequality among their citizens both today and in the past (Piketty 2014¸ Milanovic 2016).
Belopp: 1 509 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-07-01
Ebba Henrekson
Projekttitel: Samhällsdebatt i förändring: Digitaliseringens roll i politisk kommunikation och populismens framväxt
Projektbeskrivning: Introduktion Digitalisering och nya medieformat har förändrat medielandskapet de senaste årtiondena och det påstås ofta att dessa förändringar har förändrat samhällsdebattens innehåll och struktur. Förändringarna sammanfaller dessutom tidsmässigt med breda framgångar för populistiska rörelser i en lång rad länder. Men hur förhåller sig dessa förändringar till varandra?
Belopp: 2 000 000 kr
Startdatum: 2026-01-01
Daniel Normark, Uppsala universitet
Projekttitel: Creating value of hazardous waste: recycling in the automobile industry, 1970-2020s
Projektbeskrivning: 1.0 Swedish Recycling Industry While reuse and recycling have always been part of human practice, post-war consumerism, which embodied everything from household appliances and automobiles to various disposable goods and packaging, led to an unprecedented increase in the volume of waste. Sweden was no exception. The rise in consumption, coupled with the strong growth of manufacturing industries, made Sweden one of the leading per capita waste producers in Europe in the 1970s.
Belopp: 2 000 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-07-01
Alvin Chen, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm
Projekttitel: Financing for Infrastructure: Theory and Evidence
Projektbeskrivning: I. RESEARCH PROBLEM Project finance has emerged as a critical area of study due to its size and unique features. In 2022 alone, project finance funded investments totaled USD 363 billion.
Belopp: 1 570 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-07-01
Katarzyna Pleskacz Cieslak, Uppsala universitet
Projekttitel: Investigating the effects of multiple-vote share structure on firm value, stock returns and risk management
Projektbeskrivning: 1. Introduction and aim The EU recently proposed a new Directive on multiple-vote shares (MVS) for European growth markets (EU/2022/0406(COD)), signed by Parliament at the end of 2024. The Directive prevents EU SME growth markets from prohibiting MVS structures, aiming to encourage growth firms to go public without founders fearing loss of control, while ensuring safeguards for minority owners (1).
Belopp: 1 500 000 kr
Startdatum: 2025-07-01
