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