Steering Committee

The SweDev Steering Committee is responsible for the strategic development of the network, the SweDev work plan as well as reporting results to our financiers. The Steering Committee consists of representatives from a variety of Swedish development research environments. One seat is reserved to a member of the organising committee of the forthcoming DevRes conference, and one seat is reserved to a PhD student in development studies. The committee elects a Chair amongst its members. 

Steering Committee members

Jesper Sundewall (Chair)

Lund University – Department of Social Medicine and Global Health
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Fredrik Söderbaum

University of Gothenburg – School of Global Studies
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Bengt Ove Turesson

International Science Programme (ISP)

Birgitta Schwartz

Stockholm University – Stockholm Business School

Emma Elfversson

Uppsala University – Department of Government
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Elisabeth Olivius

Umeå University – Department of Political Science
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Henning Melber

Nordic Africa Institute
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Jonas Ewald

Linnaeus University – Department of Social Studies

Katarina Börling

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences – SLU Global
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Linda Engström

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences – Department of Urban and Rural Development
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Mats Björk

Stockholm University – Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences
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Muriel Côte

Lund University – Department of Human Geography
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Bwalya Chibwe

Linköping University – PhD Representative

Veronica Brodén Gyberg

Linköping University – The Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research
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Janet Vähämäki

Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) – Development & Aid Policy team
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Executive Committee members

Jesper Sundewall, chairperson

Janet Vähämäki

Bengt Ove Turesson

Veronica Brodén Gyberg

Emma Elfversson, SweDev Secretariat

Samantha Julien, SweDev Secretariat