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

Karin Svensson
Chief Sustainability Officer at Volvo Group

Torbjörn Suneson
Former Director for Strategic Development, The Swedish Transport Administration, Sweden

Paul Welander
Chairman World of Volvo AB.

Ingrid Petersson

Charlotte Brogren
CTO Alimak Group

Göran Cars
Professor Urban Planning and Development

Scientific Council

Christina Lindkvist
Associate professor in urban studies, Malmö University

Mattias Höjer        
Professor, Environmental Strategies and Futures Studies, KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Jonas Flodén
Sr Lecturer, School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg

Karolina Isaksson
Professor at the Swedish National Road & Transport Research Institute, VTI, and Adjunct Prof. in Policy & planning for sustainability transitions, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden

Lars Rosén
Professor at Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology

Aud Tennöy
Assoc. Professor, Sustainable Urban Development and Mobility, Institute of Transport Economics, Norwegian Centre for Transport Research (TOI), Oslo, Norway

Margareta Friman
Pro-vice Chancellor Karlstad University, Professor, Psychology

Secretariat

Henrik Nolmark
Director of VREF

Fabienne Niklasson
Secretary of the Foundations

Karin Henriksson
Communications Manager