Membership of the Scientific Review Panel 2020
The Board of Directors of the Swedish Research Council for Sport Science appoints the Scientific Review Panel in consultation with the Swedish Research Council (VR).
The Scientific Review Panel of the Research Council for Sport Science is divided into three Scientific Review Groups, with the following interests: The humanities and social sciences, physiology, medicine and biomechanics and traumatology, orthopaedics and rehabilitation. Applications of a multidisciplinary nature may need to be evaluated by more than one Scientific Review Group.
Each Scientific Review Group consists of a Chairperson and three members.
It is the Board of Directors where decisions regarding the distribution of funds are taken.
Scientific Review Group: Humanities and social sciences
Josef Fahlén (chairperson)
Docent of Pedagogy
Umeå University
Christer Ericsson
Professor Emeritus in the History of Sport
Örebro University
Mette Krogh Christensen
Associate Professor of Pedagogy
Aarhus University
Natalia Stambulova
Professor of Psychology
Halmstad University
Scientific Review Group: Physiology, medicine and biomechanics
Ylva Hellsten (chairperson)
Ylva Hellsten
Professor of Integrative Physiology
University of Copenhagen
Jan Cabri
Scientific Director
Luxembourg Institute of Research in Orthopedics, Sports Medicine and Science
Gareth Wallis
PhD in Physiology
University of Birmingham
Niels Ørtenblad
Professor of Physiology
The University of Southern Denmark
Scientific Review Group: Traumatology, orthopaedics and rehabilitation
Ronny Lorentzon (chairperson)
Professor Emeritus of Orthopaedics
Umeå University
Paul Ackermann
Associate Professor of Orthopaedics
Karolinska Institute
Maria Hagströmer
Professor of Physiotherapy
Karolinska Institute
Grethe Myklebust
Professor of Physiotherapy
The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences