Project grants 2022
In 2022, the Foundation has awarded grants of SEK 219 million to project and programs.
WASP-HS program, SEK 35 million.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, funding of SEK 50 million for “The Anthropocene Biosphere Laboratory of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences” funding together with Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, funding of SEK 30 million for "Development of research and meeting places for cross disciplinary workshops and seminars" funding together with Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation.
Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, STIAS, funding of SEK 30 million for the program ”Iso Lomso”.
Research projects within Social Sciences aimed at a sustainable society
Uppsala University, funding of SEK 9.1 million for a project entitled “Enabling climate-resilient development”.
Do climate-related disasters enable policy action for climate adaptation and sustainable development?
Linköping University, funding of SEK 8.2 million for a project entitled “Exploring the Transformative Power of Digital Technologies in Global Environmental Governance”.
How can new digital technology aid global environmental cooperation?
Stockholm University, funding of SEK 7.5 million for a project entitled “Novel methodologies for analyzing complex causality in human-environment systems”.
New ways of analyzing complex sustainability challenges
Örebro University, funding of SEK 6.1 million for a project entitled “Ensuring Sustainable Substitution: Learning from the corporate phase-out of PFAS in outdoor clothing”.
Phasing out PFAS in outdoor clothing – how green is it?
Stockholm School of Economics, funding of SEK 6 million for a project entitled ”Professorship in sustainability research”.
Linköping University, funding of SEK 5.7 million for a project entitled “Megabytes vs Megawatts: Understanding Infrastructural Frictions between Data Centers and Energy Grids for Sustainable Digitalization”.
Frictions and imaginaries surrounding the energy requirements of digitialization
Stockholm University, funding of SEK 5.6 million for a project entitled “Sustainability, Emotions and Intelligent Machines”.
Sustainability, emotions and intelligent machines
Stockholm School of Economics, funding of SEK 5.1 million for a project entitled “The impact of the EU Emissions Trading System on firm behavior and CO2 emissions”.
What is the impact on emissions of trade in emission rights?
Stockholm University, funding of SEK 5,1 million for a project entitled “Adapting to climate change in the northern Baltic Sea region, AD 1500–1900”.
Adapting to climate change in the northern Baltic Sea region, AD 1500–1900
Stockholm University, funding of SEK 4.9 million for a project entitled “Time to act sustainably: How temporal structures condition the development of sustainable work practices”.
Time constructions in sustainable organizations
Linköping University, funding of SEK 4.5 million for a project entitled “The symbolism of climate-friendly financial decisions”.
The symbolic value of different investment strategies
Luleå University of Technology, funding of SEK 4.1 million for a project entitled “From conflicts to understandings: designing online platforms to support inclusive and constructive dialogues on the Green transition".
Contentious social issues in a digital age
Other project grants
Karolinska Institutet, funding of SEK 15 million for "Building up the Centre for Health Crises, with a special focus on Ukraine".
Chalmers University of Technology, funding of SEK 13 million for a project entitled ”EDU-WACQT – a program to strengthen Swedish undergraduate education in quantum technology”.
Ideella föreningen Jobbsprånget, yearly funding of SEK 7.5 million for education and training for young newcoming people from other countries.
The Marcus Wallenberg Foundation for Promoting Scientific Research in the Forest Industry, funding of SEK 6 million for Marcus Wallenberg Prize.
