Hemin Koyi leder Vetenskapsrådets nya kommitté för teknikvetenskap

2025-10-08

Hemin Koyi, Professor of Geodynamics and Tectonics.

The Swedish Research Council's board has appointed members to the Committee for Engineering Sciences for the period 1 October 2025–31 December 2027. Their task is to oversee new initiatives in the field of engineering.

The committee will consist of eleven members. The nine members now appointed by the Board have high scientific competence in engineering and natural sciences. The chair of the committee will be Hemin Koyi, Professor of Geodynamics and Tectonics at Uppsala University.

Members

Hemin Koyi, Uppsala University
Roland Larsson, Luleå University of Technology
Fredrik Lundell, Royal Institute of Technology
Klas Markström, Umeå University
Berit Olofsson, Stockholm University
Christelle Prinz, Lund University
Maria Riveiro, Jönköping University
Maria Tenje, Uppsala University
Lyudmila Tyrowska, Chalmers University of Technology

The chair of the committee will be Hemin Koyi, professor of geodynamics and tectonics at Uppsala University.

Facts
Strengthening in the field of engineering until a new scientific council is in place

In its 2024 research and innovation bill, the government recommended dividing the Swedish Research Council's scientific council for natural sciences and engineering into two parts. This will provide greater opportunities to focus on specific needs in each area.

As it takes time to establish a new scientific council, the Swedish Research Council has set up a committee for engineering science for a transitional period, with a mandate from 1 October 2025 to 31 December 2027. The secretary general for engineering science is Marika Edoff, professor of solid-state electronics at Uppsala University.

The committee's main task is to manage the new initiatives in the field of technology for which the Swedish Research Council has been given responsibility in the research policy bill. The initiative for clusters of excellence for groundbreaking technology is one example. During the committee's term of office, the Scientific Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering will continue its activities as before. The committee and the scientific council will work closely together on common issues.