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By making the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' collections of archives and objects available for research the Center promotes research in the history of science and also by participating in and conducting research projects.
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The SMS research program
The Center conducted a large research program in 2013–2019: Science and modernization in Sweden: An institutional approach to historicizing the knowledge society. It involved researchers from the Center, Lund university, Gothenburg University, Stockholm University, Uppsala University, Umeå University and KTH in Stockholm. It was financed by the Marcus and Marianne Wallenberg Foundation.
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Post doc collaboration with Umeå University
The Center in 2013–2015 collaborated with USSTE, Umeå University, about a post doc project. It was financed by the Göran Gustafsson Foundation.
The Linnaeus correspondence
The Linnaeus correspondence project made the whole of Linnaeus correspondence distributed in various archives available in one site on line, with summaries and translations as well as facsimiles. The project was financed by the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond.
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