Project grants 2021

In 2021, the Foundation has awarded grants of SEK 162 million to 16 projects of which 7 within the WASP-HS program.

Projects within the WASP-HS program

Stockholm School of Economics, grant of SEK 9.5 million for ”assistant professor within the WASP-HS program”

Stockholm School of Economics, grant of SEK 6 million for the project ”Who´s in charge here? The dynamics of AI use, AI governance, and organizational renewal”. 

Interaction between AI use, governance of AI and organizational development

KTH Royal Institute of Technology, grant of SEK 6 million for the project ”Relying on a Robot: How Agency and Anthropomorphism in Human-Centered AI Affects Social Decision Making”. 

How human must a robot be before we can rely on it?

Lund University, grant of SEK 6 million for the project ”Al-based language models for Improving Diagnostic, Monitoring, and Outcomes of Depression and Anxiety”. 
AI-based language models for diagnosing depression and anxiety

Umeå University, grant of SEK 6 million for the project ”Machine learning to study causality with big datasets: towards methods yielding valid statistical conclusions”. 

Machine learning in causality studies using large datasets

Uppsala University, grant of SEK 6 million for the project ”The Artificial Public Servant”.

Accountability for AI-controlled decision making in public administration

University of Gothenburg, grant of SEK 5.8 million for the project ”The Missing Teacher In AI: Involving Teachers in Metadesign of AI to Ensure FAIRness”.

Teachers involved in developing digital AI teaching materials

Other project grants

Linköping University, grant of SEK 18.6 million for the project ”WASP-ED: The Wallenberg AI and Transformative Technologies Education Development Program”.

Stockholm University, grant of SEK 9.2 million for the project ”Cultural Evolution in Digital Societies”. 

Cultural evolution in digital societies

Stockholm School of Economics, grant of SEK 8 million for the project ”The path towards sustainable finance: Socially responsible investors and or financial regulation?”.

The road to sustainable finance

Lund University, grant of SEK 7.5 million for the project ”Understanding Constitutional Safeguards for State of Emergency: The Case of Covid-19 and Prospects for Climate Change Action”.

Lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic in future crises

Lund University, grant of SEK 6.1 million for the project ”Implementing the European Green Deal through the EU Taxonomy Regulation”.

Implementing the European Green Deal via the EU Taxonomy Regulation

The Marcus Wallenberg Foundation for Promoting Scientific Research in the Forest Industry, grant of SEK 6 million for “The Marcus Wallenberg Prize”.

Lund University, grant of SEK 5.9 million for the project ”International science and geopolitics”.

International science in a changing geopolitical environment

University of Gothenburg, grant of SEK 5.8 million for the project ”How Does Business Analytics Produce Value: Analyzing Regimes of Organizing”.

How does data-driven business analytics generate value?

Stockholm University, grant of SEK 2 million for the project ”Research program about Covid-19 in Sweden”.