Advisory Board

To assist the Director there is both a Swedish and an international advisory board. Their composition can be seen below. Each mandate period is three years, and one can serve a maximum of 3 + 3 years in a row.

Swedish Advisory Board

2023–2025

Solveig Jülich, Professor, History of Science and Ideas, Uppsala University.

Anders Houltz, Associate Professor, History of Science and Technology. Head of research at Centre for Business history.

Hjalmar Fors, Associate Professor, History of Science and Ideas. Head of unit at Hagströmerbiblioteket, Karolinska Institutet.

2024–2026

Sven Widmalm, chair, Professor, History of Science and Ideas, Uppsala University. FRSAS X (2012).

2025–2027

Thomas Kaiserfeld, Professor of History of Science and Ideas, Linköping University.

Claes Fahlander, Professor of cosmical and subatomic physics, Lund University FRSAS III (2006).

Maria Berggren, Associate Professor, Chef specialsamlingar, Uppsala University Library.

Adjunct member

Hans Ellegren, Professor in Evolutionary Biology, Uppsala University. Permanent Secretary RSAS. FRSAS VI (2010).

International Advisory Board

2023–2025

Brigitte van Tiggelen, Dr. Director of International Affairs at Science History Institutes, Paris.

Trienke van der Spek, Chief Science Curator at Teylers Museum, Haarlem.

2024–2026

Keith Moore, Head Librarian at Royal Society (London).

2025–2027

Jan Tapdrup, chair Danish society for the history of science, Copenhagen University.

Peder Roberts, ProfessorHistory of Ideas, University of Oslo.