Organisation
The Centre for Integrated Research on Culture and Society (CIRCUS) is a research support centre at Uppsala University. CIRCUS belongs to the Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences. CIRCUS’s work is led by a board and a director. The director answers to the board and is chief rapporteur. The day-to-day operations are carried out by office staff.
The Board
The Board of CIRCUS consists of five members from Uppsala University, two external members and one student representative. Three of the five members from Uppsala University come from the Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, with one each from the Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy and the Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology.
The members of the board from 2024 are:
- Annika Waern, Professor at Department of Informatics and Media (Chair)
- Carl Fredrik Bergström, Professor at Department of Law
- Erika Boije, student representative, PhD student at Department of Theology, Church History and Mission History
- Johan Fritzell, Professor at Aging Research Center (ARC), Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University
- Orsi Husz, Professor at Department of History of Science and Ideas (Deputy chair)
- Hans Lennernäs, Professor at Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences
- Christina Olin-Scheller, Professor at Karlstad University
- Carina Schlebusch, Professor at Department of Organismal Biology
International Advisory Board
On 1 April 2020, the Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences appointed members to CIRCUS’s International Advisory Board.
The members of the International Advisory Board are:
- Helge Jordheim, Professor of Cultural History, University of Oslo
- Alexandra Klass, Professor of Law, University of Michigan
- Bernd Kortmann, Professor of English Linguistics, University of Freiburg
- Erin Leahey, Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona
- Celia Lury, Professor of Sociology and Director of Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, University of Warwick
- Uskali Mäki, University of Helsinki
- Helen Small, Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Oxford
- Veronica Strang, Professor of Anthropology, affiliated with the University of Oxford.
- Dr. Victoria McGuinness, King’s College London
Office
- Claes-Fredrik Helgesson, Professor of Technology and Social Change, Director
- Helena Grönqvist, Project Manager and Deputy Director
- Nadia Lovell, Project Coordinator
- Linda Isacsson, Project Coordinator
- Filmo Verhagen, Project Coordinator
- Mella Köjs, Administrator
Ingrid Berg is on leave from February 24th.

From left: Helena Grönqvist, Claes-Fredrik Helgesson, Linda Isacsson, Mella Köjs, and Nadia Lovell. Photo staff: Mikael Wallerstedt and Mella Köjs