Hans Ellegren appointed Vice President of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Professor Hans Ellegren at the Department of Ecology and Genetics has been appointed Vice President of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA).
(Image removed) Hans Ellegren. Foto: Mikael Wallerstedt
In addition to being part of the Presidium and board of the Academy, Ellegren will be chairing KVA’s committee for research politics. The Academy serves as a key consulting body to many questions with bearing on research politics and is, among other things, also engaged in questions concerning the role of science in the society.