Grant decision on call for proposals ‘The War in Ukraine and its Consequences’
2025-12-10
Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has had a dramatic impact on the Baltic Sea Region and Eastern Europe, with far-reaching consequences in the security, humanitarian, economic and legal fields. Regardless of the outcome of the war, the geopolitical situation and the international order have changed radically, which will characterise the region for the foreseeable future. Research plays a crucial role in understanding these developments.
In autumn 2025, the Foundation therefore issued a special call for proposals on the theme ‘The war in Ukraine and its consequences’ to further strengthen Swedish research in this area. Funding was available for grand projects, three-year project grants and research networks.
On 9 December 2025, the Board of Foundation decided which applications would be granted funding. The applications were assessed in competition by an international and interdisciplinary panel consisting of active researchers. The Board of Foundation decided to grant a total of SEK 58.6 million for the years 2026–2030 to one grand project, six three-year projects and one research network. Södertörn University is the grant administrator for all grants.
Granted funding
| Ref. no. | Project title | Project manager | Form of support | Grant amount |
| 25-UKR-GP-0010 | HUMAN-UKR | Eric Skoog | grand project | SEK 24,926,000 |
| 25-UKR-PR-0001 | Fighting for Rights: Ukraine’s Rainbow Soldiers and the Politics of Citizenship | Christofer Berglund | three-year project | SEK 5,986,000 |
| 25-UKR-PR-0015 | Living and Dwelling After War: Housing Provision and The Reimagination of “Home” among Internally Displaced People in Ukraine | Emma Rimpiläinen | three-year project | SEK 5,994,000 |
| 25-UKR-PR-0017 | Information management in Ukraine since the full-scale Russian invasion 2022 | Göran Bolin | three-year project | SEK 5,997,000 |
| 25-UKR-PR-0018 | Witnessing Ukraine: How Generative Artificial Intelligence Reshapes the Mediation of War | Maria Kyriakidou | three-year project | SEK 3,514,000 |
| 25-UKR-PR-0021 | Europe’s new Iron Curtain: Materiality, Emotion and Memory in the EU’s Eastern Borderland | Florence Fröhlig | three-year project | SEK 5,998, 000 |
| 25-UKR-PR-0022 | School and Education in Times of War: Online and Shelter Teaching in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine | Kateryna Bondar | three-year project | SEK 6,000,000 |
| 25-UKR-RN-0001 | Propagandistic Realities in War (PRW) | Joakim Ekman | research network | SEK 197,000 |
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