Organisation

The Centre for Integrated Research on Culture and Society (CIRCUS) is a research support centre at Uppsala University. CIRCUS belongs to the Diciplinary 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 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)
  • Orsi Husz, Professor at Department of History of Science and Ideas (Deputy chair)
  • Carl Fredrik Bergström, Professor at Department of Law
  • Erika Boije, studentrepresentative, PhD student at Department of Theology, Church History and Mission History
  • Johan Fritzell, Professor at Aging Research Center (ARC), Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University
  • Björn Hellman, Professor at Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences
  • Christina Olin-Scheller, Professor at Karlstad University

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
  • Victoria McGuinness, Head of Research Partnerships, TORCH, University of Oxford
  • 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.

The Old Observatory in Uppsala, picture from around 1880. Photographer: Osti, Heinrich. The image is taken from Alvin, Uppsala University Library's collection. Circus Office 2024 Photo:Mikael Wallerstedt

From left: Ingrid Berg, Helena Grönqvist, Claes-Fredrik Helgesson, Linda Isacsson, and Mella Köjs

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