Moa Lidén new Pro Futura Scientia Fellow

Moa Lidén is one of two researchers from Uppsala University recently awarded a fellowship in Pro Futura, where she will continue her research project on evidence in criminal cases (EB-Crime). How do you establish beyond reasonable doubt that someone has committed a crime? How do you know if a person is lying or whose DNA is at a crime scene? By exploring sources of error in evidence, Moa wants the criminal justice process to become more evidence-based.

Together with the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS), Riksbankens Jubileumsfond runs Pro Futura, to which universities and colleges are invited annually to nominate researchers. The nominated researchers can spend five years researching and developing their skills, after which they are offered tenure-track positions at the nominating university. One of the five years is spent at the SCAS institute in Uppsala to build networks and collaborations and to participate in seminars.

Moa Lidén was also appointed a Wallenberg Academy Fellowship last autumn to develop the EB-Crime research project.