Organization
VREF is governed by a Board and a Scientific Council. The Board decides which projects and activities will be financed, establishes policy, and is responsible for long-term asset management. The Scientific Council is responsible for evaluating the scientific quality of both the research funding applications that are submitted to VREF and the ongoing research that is carried out.
The Secretariat is responsible for the operational management and administration.
Board
Torbjörn Holmström
Senior Advisor to CEO, Research & Technology, AB Volvo, Gothenburg, Sweden
Ulrika Francke
CEO, Tyréns AB, Stockholm, Sweden
Lena Gustafsson
Former Vice-Chancellor, Umeå University, Sweden
Niklas Gustafsson
Senior Vice president CTO Office and Chief Sustainability Officer, AB Volvo, Gothenburg, Sweden
Axel Josefson
Municipal Councillor, Municipality of Gothenburg, Sweden
Torbjörn Suneson
Former Director for Strategic Development, The Swedish Transport Administration, Sweden
Paul Welander
Chairman World of Volvo AB.
Scientific Council
Karin Lundgren
Chairman of the Scientific Council of VREF, Professor, Structural Engineering, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
Lena Hiselius
Professor, Transport and Roads,Technology and society, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Mattias Höjer
Professor, Environmental Strategies and Futures Studies, KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Karolina Isaksson
Sr Research at the Swedish National Road & Transport Research Institute, VTI, and Adjunct Prof. in Policy & planning for sustainability transitions, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
Lars Rosén
Professor, Structural Engineering, Architecture and Civil Engineering, leder forskargruppen Teknisk geologi, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
Aud Tennoy
Chief Researcher, Sustainable Urban Development and Mobility, Institute of Transport Economics, Norwegian Centre for Transport Research (TOI), Oslo, Norway
Johan Woxenius
Professor, Dept of Business Administration, School of Business, Economics and Law
University of Göteborg, Sweden
Secretariat
Henrik Nolmark
Director of VREF
Fabienne Niklasson
Secretary of the Foundations
Karin Henriksson
Communications Officer