The Foundation supports 16 research projects about the Baltic Sea Region and Eastern Europe

2024-10-25

The Board of the Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies has at its meeting on 30 September 2024 made the decisions on which research projects that will receive funding in this year’s calls. The assessment work in the Foundation’s various assessment panels has resulted in recommendations to the Foundation’s Board, which has now decided to grant a total of SEK 69 million to 16 research projects.

The projects will be conducted at Södertörn University, the grant administrator.

Two and three-year projects

Funding support for a project is available for an individual researcher or small group of researchers. The project period is two or three years and the amount of grant is a maximum of SEK 2 million a year. The Foundation has approved 12 project applications in this year’s application round.

Project numberProject leaderTitleUniversityAmount granted
24-PR2-0004Petra ÖsterlundThe GDR folk music scene and its contacts with Sweden 1960 –1995Södertörns Högskola2 792 000 kr
24-PR2-0005Andrei StsiapanauUnfolding the Ignalina NPP Archives: Soviet Nuclear Infrastructure in the Baltic StatesVytautas Magnus Universitet4 477 000 kr
24-PR2-0006Piotr WawrzeniukFrom Soviet legacy to existential war: evolution of Ukrainian military culture 1991-2023Försvarshögskola5 884 000 kr
24-PR2-0009Livia OlahVulnerability and partnership dynamics in the Baltic Sea region: Similarities and differences within and between Eastern European and Nordic countriesStockholms Universitet5 997 000 kr
24-PR2-0010Dmitrii DorogovThe Return of Repressive Psychiatry: Biopolitics of Mental Health in Putinite RussiaSödertörns Högskola4 193 000 kr
24-PR2-0011Emma Hagström MolinKnowledge disruptions. A study of destructions, movements, and resurrections of archives and libraries in the Baltic Sea Area, c. 1650–1815.Södertörns Högskola4 174 000 kr
24-PR2-0016Stefano Fogelberg RotaBaltic Queen: Christina’s Legacy in the Baltic area during the Swedish Great Power EraSödertörns Högskola4 084 000 kr
24-PR2-0017Eva SchwarzThe cultivation of force – An investigation into emotional practices of teaching the use of force in Swedish and German Police EducationSödertörns Högskola5 986 000 kr
24-PR2-0020Susanna WittDe/colonizing Ukraine: Practices of Russification and Modes of Resistance 1922–1991Stockholm Universitet6 000 000 kr
24-PR2-0021Elinor AndrénSubmarine Landslides and Potential Tsunami Events in the Baltic Sea: Enhancing Geohazard Understanding for Submerged and Coastal InfrastructuresSödertörns Högskola5 999 000 kr
24-PR2-0022Alexandra UrakovaQueering the Canon: Silenced Undercurrents in Nineteenth-Century Russian LiteratureTampere Universitet4 137 000 kr
24-PR2-0025Ekaterina RybkinaWired Empire: Telegraph and Techno-Diplomacy in the Caucasus, 1850s–1917Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg3 557 000 kr

Postdoctoral projects

Funding support for a postdoctoral project is available for an individual researcher who has recently obtained a doctoral degree. The project period is two years and the salary funding may cover 80–100% of a full-time annual position. The Foundation has approved 4 postdoctoral project applications in this year’s application round.

Project numberProject leaderTitleUniversityAmount granted
24-PD2-0003Kristina WejstålFencing off Europe: The Enforcement of Fundamental Rights at EU’s Eastern BordersGöteborgs universitet2 779 000 kr
24-PD2-0004Åsa Nilsson AustinSediment secrets: A 300-year exploration of the impact of aquatic vegetation biodiversity on blue carbon storage in the Baltic SeaStockholms universitet3 179 000 kr
24-PD2-0005Lovisa OlssonWomen’s Mobility and Migration Patterns in the Baltic Sea Region, 1360-1560Södertörns högskola2 961 000 kr
24-PD2-0008Kārlis SilsPolitical Street Violence in Interwar Rīga: Echoes of Imperial Collapse?European University Institute2 818 000 kr
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