FAS supports a number of research centres through centre grants, at present thirteen. They constitute a type of funding with a higher annual amount and longer duration and are restricted to the most prominent research environments.
FAS considers the establishment of strong research environments in all its key areas of responsibility highly essential. It is important that research within FAS’s sphere of responsibility be given the same opportunities as other research areas to develop leading edge competence, and it is also important that new emerging research groups within FAS’s sphere of responsibility be given the opportunity to attain this higher form of basic funding.
The centres receiving support at present are listed below. Click on the links for more information about each centre.
(Illustration: Tove Hennix)
FAS centre for research on ageing and supportive environments
At CASE, the Centre for Ageing and Supportive Environments at Lund University, the primary focus is on older and ageing people and the environments where they live. More
FAS centre for health and society
“We’re interested in what determines the public health of a country and why health develops differently for different groups in society.” This is how Professor Denny Vågerö at CHESS summarises the interdisciplinary research environment. More
FAS centre for research on the interactions between mental and physical health
Is there a connection between obesity or alcohol consumption in middle age and cognitive function later in life? Can mental stress lead to cardiovascular disease? More
FAS centre for global health research
Health – of individuals, communities and nations – is a global matter. So says Professor Peter Byass, Director of the FAS Centre for Global Health Research at Umeå University. More
FAS centre for research on hearing loss in working life
Research on hearing loss is not a new field, but the investments now being made at the Karolinska Institute are something of a pioneering effort. More
FAS centre METALUND – Centre for medicine and technology for working life and society
Medical and technological research must be coordinated in order to find and reduce the risk factors for major public health diseases. This is the main concept behind the new METALUND FAS centre. More
FAS centre: Social change and inequality over the course of life
The Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) at Stockholm University has been chosen as one of FAS’s new research centres. More
FAS centre for ageing research
How does ageing differ between various groups? How much ill health can be prevented? Can mild cognitive problems predict who will later develop dementia? More
FAS centre for studies on alcohol and drugs
SoRAD, the Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs at Stockholm University, conducts research on consumption patterns relating to alcohol and drug use and their consequences, including social and cultural. More
FAS centre for research on work and welfare in a multiethnic society
REMESO is the name of the FAS centre at Linköping University where a group of researchers led by Professor Carl-Ulrik Schierup will study migration and integration issues in relation to the changing labour market and welfare state. More
FAS centre Working life: The body at work – from problem to potential
The Centre for Musculoskeletal Research (CBF) at the University of Gävle conducts research into the causes of work-related injuries, how they can be prevented and whether effective remedies are available. More
FAS centre: Working life: Interdisciplinary research on job-related stress and health
Why do we become ill from stress, and how do you treat and prevent such illness? Torbjörn Åkerstedt and his colleagues at the Stockholm Stress Center have been awarded a ten-year grant from FAS to find answers to questions such as these. More
FAS centre: Uppsala Center for Labour Studies
Globalisation is leading to increased pressure for change in companies as well as countries. The Uppsala Center for Labor Studies is examining whether a labour market policy of the Nordic type helps or hinders this ability to adapt. More